Mingle Media TV and our Red Carpet Report host Quinn Marie were invited to cover the 18th Annual PRISM Awards at the Skirball Cultural Center honoring writers, producers, directors, and actors for their authentic depictions of mental health and substance use issues.
- Alison Haislip, ABC’s “Battlebots”
- Brianna Brown, Lifetime’s Devious Maids, USA’s “Graceland”
- Brooke Newton, Hulu’s “Youthful Daze”
- Ed Asner, Emmy Award winner and voice star of Disney / Pixar’s “Up”
- Eric Martsolf, NBC’s “Days of Our Lives”
- Ever Carradine, TNT’s “Major Crimes”
- Jen Lilley, NBC’s “Days of Our Lives”
- Mackenzie Phillips, actress, singer and author of “High on Arrival”
- Max Burkholder, NBC’s “Parenthood”
- Michael Botticelli, Director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy
- Mira Sorvino, Academy Award winner, TNT’s “Falling Skies”
- Nigel Lythgoe, FOX’s “So You Think You Can Dance”
- Tom Papa, FOX’s “Boom!”
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About 19th Annual PRISM Awards
19th Annual PRISM Awards Ceremony honoring writers, producers, directors, and actors for their authentic depictions of mental health and substance use issues. Substance use: prevention, treatment, recovery, and mental health not only affect the person involved, but also others around them, and we are proud to commend those who are involved in the art of making a difference.
19th Annual Prism Award Winners
- Feature Film category, the winner was Still Alice
- Feature film performance award went to Mira Sorvino for her role in Perfect Sisters
- Comedy Series, (tie) between Louie and Mom
- Drama Multi-Episode Storylines, awards went to Elementary (CBS) for the substance use category and Chicago Fire (NBC) for the mental health category
- Drama episode awards went to Blue Bloods (CBS) for mental health and Major Crimes (TNT) for substance use
- Performance winner for drama series was Katie Cassidy of Arrow (CW)
- Actor Stacy Keach took home the first-ever PRISM for Fiction or Non-Fiction Book for his autobiography All in All
- The Grim Sleeper (Lifetime) earned the PRISM Award for TV Movie or Miniseries
- Performance in a TV Movie for her role in Grimm Sleeper was Macy Gray
- Daytime drama series, honors went to Days of Our Lives (NBC), which this year won its fifth PRISM
- Teen / Children’s Program arena, the winner was a story arc on Degrassi (TeenNick)
- Last Chance High was honored for Original Internet Program
- Documentary winners were Glenn Campbell: I’ll Be Me for mental health, and an episode of E:60 (ESPN) for substance use
- Unscripted Non-Fiction went to Extreme Weight Loss (ABC)
- Talk Show Episode went to Dr. Drew On Call (HLN)
Honored
EIC President and CEO Brian Dyak presented the EIC President’s Award to the NBC series Parenthood. On hand to accept the award was series creator Jason Katims and co-star Max Burkholder who plays Max Braverman on the show.
“Among the issues Parenthood addressed are Asperger’s, addiction and recovery, cancer, and the reintegration of returning veterans into civilian life. Addressing these complicated health concerns in an accurate way is a service that Parenthood provided to millions of viewers, creating an important dialog that barely existed before the show was created,” said Dyak in his presentation.
The Entertainment Industries Council, Inc. (EIC) annually presents, in collaboration with flagship airing partner FX Network, the PRISM Awards. The PRISM Awards is a nationally-televised awards show special recognizing the accurate depiction of mental health issues and drug, alcohol and tobacco use and addiction in film, television, interactive, music, DVD, and comic book entertainment. For more info please visit www.eiconline.org or www.prismawards.com
