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 Friday April 24, 06:10 PM
Anne Hathaway among Prism winners
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Anne Hathaway, William
Shatner and Benjamin Bratt were honored Thursday for individual
performances in film and TV categories of the 2009 Prism
Awards.
Chandra Wilson and Dana Delany also received performance
awards at the event.
Presented by the nonprofit Entertainment Industries
Council, the Prisms honor productions that advance public
awareness of substance abuse and mental-health issues. FX will
air the ceremony Sept. 26 as part of National Alcohol and Drug
Addiction Recovery Month.
"In these difficult economic times, when many of us know
someone in our lives touched by these issues, the stories we
honor with Prism Awards have shown great sensitivity toward
those who are experiencing addiction, substance abuse and other
mental-health problems," EIC chief Brian Dyak said.
Hathaway was honored in the feature performance category
for "Rachel Getting Married." The film also received a Prism.
Shatner was honored for performance in a dramatic TV show
for an episode of "Boston Legal," and Bratt was lauded for a
multiepisode arc on "The Cleaner."
Wilson received a Prism for the telefilm "Accidental
Friendship" and Delany was honored for an episode of "Desperate
Housewives."
Several TV shows were cited for accurate portrayals of
mental health and addiction themes. among them the series
"Boston Legal," "Breaking Bad," "King of the Hill," "Law &
Order: SVU" and "The Office," the miniseries "Sybil" and the
syndicated talk show "Dr. Phil."
(Editing by Sheri Linden at Reuters)
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