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GLAAD Awards recognize Ellen and Portia and "The L Word"

This past weekend in Los Angeles, the second part of the GLAAD Media Awards were held, and several lesbians were awarded for their influence in the mainstream entertainment and news media.

Ellen DeGeneres was the first big winner of the evening, as “Ellen and Portia’s Wedding Day” won for Outstanding Talk-Show Episode. She brought her wife to the stage with her, and dedicated the award to Carl Hoover-Walker, an 11-year-old boy who recently killed himself after being repeatedly called gay by his classmates.

Julia Louis-Dreyfus attended to accept the award for Outstanding Individual Episode for her kissing scene with guest star Megan Mullally on The New Adventures of Old Christine.

Ilene Chaiken, Jennifer Beals, Kate Moennig and Leisha Hailey received a standing ovation when they took the stage for The L Word's Special Recognition Award.

Other presenters and attendees included:

Jane Lynch

Mandy Musgrave

Thea Gill

Belisa Morillo and Monica Zapata, family of Angie Zapata, recent hate crime victim

Look for video coverage of the event's red carpet from video blogger Alexi on the site soon.

Renee's picture

Is it just me or do most of

Is it just me or do most of those women look WAY too skinny! Portia and Ellen look like they're wasting away....and what happend to Thea Gill?? She looks really unhealthy too. Odd. ~Renée
andy andrea's picture

woah!!! yh baby!!!

glad to say that ellen and portia's wedding won!! yay!! the L word got , i should say , the very deserving award ever so congratz everyone!!! woowowo!!!

 

xoxo,

andy

Amy's picture

How lovely does Jennifer Beals look,

i love that woman!

And congrats to Ellen and Portia, they looked very nice :)

And i'm glad The L Word won, it did deserve it.

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lwrdTalice's picture

Obsession

How did I know you'd say something about JB!? xD

Don't worry as you know I'm obsessed aswell!^^She looked GREAT!

LEISHA LOOKED AWESOME(DUH)!!!! MEGAN MULLALLY IS FREAKIN' HOT!!!

I am your dirty king-The Cliks-Dirty King

MarissaNY's picture

Takes my breath away

Jennifer Beal fanatic
MarissaNY's picture

Takes my breath away

Jennifer Beal fanatic
marcia's picture

where is laurel

shouldn't there be jennifer, laurel, leisha and kate, and not Ilene. It seems like they never invite laurel to any event. what is up with that. maybe IFC, should stay home and give laurel a chance to make an appearance.

I am soooo sick of see ILene's face everywhere.

Sarah's picture

I'm going to be shallow like the boys.

Ellen's hair! She resembles a wet puppy.

I want Megan Mullaly's dress.

I'd rather Ilene not be up on that stage, but hey.

 

Beautifully Broken's picture

mandy musgrave

looked freaking gorgeous!....as well as the l word gals minus IC....heres her long borinng speech..http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dvAj1zPCJE . if you listen at 2:12 someone in the audience yells who killed jenny lol
DaChickenLady's picture

Ilene and Laurel

It would have been very nice to have Laurel there, but Ilene deserved to be there.  I dislike Ilene a lot but she was one of the creators of the show and the person most responsible for keeping the show on the air for as long as it did.  That stage was big enough for five people.
ilvostro's picture

god...

mandy musgrave...please never leave us ever. 

-- 

let's just pretend i said something constructive and intelligent.

Annie's picture

Can I just say how much I

Can I just say how much I love Jane Lynch and how freaking excited I am for Glee Club?

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"C'mere and gimme a cuddle."

flor's picture

Lovely to see them all!

Maybe I just missed it, but I really think Julia Louis-Dreyfus and her new show has not been given enough press-credit. What a wonderful way the show has brought some very important  issues to the main screen when the new Christine married her best friend because it made the most sense to them overall! I missed the kiss I guess.Thanks so much to Megan Mullally too! These women have been very deliberate allies.

When I see Thea Gill I miss QAF and her  and "Melanie" so much... Just like any of TLW women. They all look so wonderful and beautiful (Agree, Thea does seems very thin) yet overall these women are a great representation for lesbians and bi-sexual women for the world's perception of the lesbian is there upon because she can't get a man.

Although I always feel nervous about yet another of Ellen's love stories, I love how much the world is in love with her and she gets away with anything anymore! I've always loved her comedy and bravery. Her usual compassionate thoughts to dedicate the award to a recent tragic death of the 11-year old is wonderful, and so Ellen. Her hair--hate to bring this up--but it looks like Anne Heche's when they were "married"...And I do think she has lost weight and I don't think it suits her. She probably has been following Portia's vegan eating plan (it isn't for everyone). 

No Wanda Sykes? Very surprised.

And I usually don't think this of any one person, but Jennifer Beals is in an award catagory all of her own; she is just stunning, and that can't be just cosmetic.

e^(i Pi) + 1 = 0's picture

I must say, I love

I must say, I love your display pic!

I do think Ellen has lost weight this year and generally speaking, older women tend to age better if they aren't very thin but if I look like Ellen Degeneres at 51, I'll be one happy woman! I think she's extremely attractive.

You're right though, it's probably got a lot to do with her being a vegan but I do find myself wincing a bit at "following Portia's vegan eating plan".

I felt the phrase "eating plan" was a little dismissive.  Obviously I have no idea what your diet consists of, and you could well be a vegan for all I know, but personally I didn't like it. Being vegan is, for a lot of people (and judging by their animal rights activism this includes Ellen and Portia), a moral decision that completely changes an individual's life. It certainly doesn't just impact upon what you eat and so to refer to it as an "eating plan" - in the same way somebody is likely to refer to a fad diet - is quite offensive in my eyes.

Also, they became vegans together and prior to that Ellen was a vegetarian (certainly before her talk show but I do remember her eating crickets or something one day on the show) so I don't think it's fair to say that Ellen is simply following Portia's plan and its unfair to say so.

As I said, I have no idea were you stand on the vegetarian and vegan ways of life and I’m sure you didn’t intend to cause any offense but I really felt I had to reply to you.

And I'm very disappointed at the lack of Mrs Sykes too.

7Up's picture

what an image

flor, does your cat really curl up in bowls?  It doesn't look real....
peacecharade's picture

How did I miss...

Julia and Megan's kiss on New Adventures of Old Christine???  When did that happen?

So happy for Ellen & Portia. Her speech was really sweet, and they both look great and so happy!

And it's soooo good to see Thea. She looks gorgoues as always. :)

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LemurLover's picture

Is it just me...

Or does Ellen's haircut make her look A LOT like Lori Petty?
peacecharade's picture

Hmmm

I can see that.. Plus the blue eyes... God, I love Lori Petty. And Ellen. Mmmm.

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7Up's picture

nice people

very positive... ya, no Wanda Sykes or Rachel Maddow, how odd.... but maybe everyone isn't listed in this post?

lolcaz's picture

This may be a bit shallow of

This may be a bit shallow of me... But how freakin' good does Jennifer look in that dress?
Nikki's picture

Miss Musgrave

looks completely breath taking

i saw her picture and i was just like woah, and my breath was quite literally taken away....

absolutely beautiful, stunning, gorgeous, amazing, just wow.

BAS's picture

New Adventures of Old Christine

I hope that they didn't win for "the kiss" but for "the episode."  Because the kiss was okay, but the theme of the episode made it well worth GLAAD approval.  The episode is about how the company that owns Christine and Barb's gym came to renew their contract, and all was well until Christine said she was married to Barb and then they wanted to revoke the contract for "values" reasons.  It then comes out that Christine and Barb aren't actually gay, they are just married for citizenship, and THAT is okay with the company.  But Christine struggles with the idea that this company is bigoted and eventually decides that even though they could sign, they don't want to be part of the bigotry.

I thought it was great because it was portrayed as a struggle and I think a lot of people could relate to that.  She wants to do what's right but that might be really hard for her and it isn't really her fight, so should she?

The kissing scene was actually my least favorite part of the episode because I thought it recyled the tired idea of the homophobe being a closeted homo, besides the "hot women kissing=good for guys" issue. 

afan's picture

IC speech

I enjoyed IC's little speech (little --- tonque in cheek) anyway if she wrote it herself, not bad. Of course the same old self promotion but; what the hey. The L word was ground breaking, it gave us something we needed and even though it died a painful, ugly death, certainly could have been better, it does deserve recoginition.

I don't mind letting IC pat herself on the back yet again. I did appreciate Jennifer's  small step toward honesty in her interview. "Though flawed" yada, yada - yes Jen we noticed, and finally someone from the show said it out loud.

I hope in 5 years that tlw is not all we had or will have, prospects sure seem slim...

 

ice cream's picture

kate

my my...is kate looking gorgeous or what?
leighxt's picture

mandy

oh. my. freakin. goose. very very very stunning!

Mariah Mae's picture

who died? oh... jenny

I thought it was weird how Ilene, Kate, and Leisha are all wearing black but Jennifers in a bright yellow.

 

yay ellen and portia! Not a huge fan of ellens new hair, but she can pull it off. 

 

It was also nice to see mandy musgrave. I miss south of nowhere...

darn1121's picture

REal Women have curves!!!

Jennifer, Jane and the Zapata's are the only non-stick figures. At least of the bodies that I can see
afterval's picture

Praise the women at GLAAD:

Praise the women at GLAAD: they all shine.

Megan Mullally is unbelievable. I still love her from Karen (W&G), but look at her: she's beautiful and always have that look in her eyes...

p.s. Jennifer Beals is stunning.

Darth Rosenberg's picture

ellen and portia

are looking very thin and tired. i can't help it, but this picture is just awful. both their faces have effectively collapsed. maybe it's just the smiling all the time and the wrong moment that the picture was taken.

jennifer beals: unbelievable. so beautiful.

SillyGirl's picture

nice

everyone looked great... great presenters everyone looked great in there suits or dresses...    :-)