Blackie gets his Golden collar nomination
It took less than 24 hours for director Martin Scorsese’s plea to be answered.
Fans flocked to Facebook, posted their write-in votes and now Blackie, a Doberman who stars in the movie “Hugo,” is a contender for the newly established Golden Collar Awards.
“Due to the outpouring of love and support from around the world from fans of Mr. Scorsese, his film ‘Hugo,’ and its canine star Blackie, the write-in campaign on our Facebook page to gain a Golden Collar Award has been successful,” Alan Siskind, the CEO of Dog News Daily said.
The Golden Collar Awards are the creation of Dog News Daily.
“Keeping to its promise, Dog News Daily’s nominating committee has formally notified the impartial panel of 14 Golden Collar Award judges that Blackie’s name has been added to the Best Dog in a Theatrical Film category as the 6th and final nominee in that category; and that they should immediately include Blackie and HUGO in their deliberations,” Siskind said.
Scorsese’s tongue-in-cheek, publicity-in-mind complaint about Blackie being snubbed appeared in the Los Angeles Times Sunday.
While Blackie’s star may be rising, Uggie — the canine star who appeared in both “Water for Elephants” and “The Artist,” and got nominated for both — still seems to be Hollywood’s No. 1 darling.
Uggie assisted in announcing the Golden Collar nominations. And now, the Hollywood Reporter says Uggie is rehearsing a skit with host Billy Crystal for this year’s Academy Awards.
The Golden Collar Award ceremony will take place on Feb. 13, at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel, honoring the canine stars of US and international films, TV shows and commercials.
Posted by jwoestendiek January 31st, 2012 under Muttsblog.
Tags: academy awards, animals, awards, blackie, campaign, dog news daily, dogs, facebook, golden collar awards, hollywood, hugo, martin scorsese, nominations, oscars, pets, the artist, uggie, write-in
Comment from Anne’n'Spencer
Time January 31, 2012 at 7:16 pm
Well, good! I added my request to the Facebook page yesterday, and it looked like there were a lot of others there before me. The world would be very boring indeed if all dogs were uniformly “cute.” Dobermans are very intelligent and loyal friends. Just because they only let their hair down among family doesn’t mean they should be snubbed. I’m looking forward to seeing the movie, though I hope it doesn’t bring on a rash of thoughtless people wanting Dobermans as so many movies featuring a particular breed seems to do. Otherwise, six months from now we’ll all be worried about re-homing Dobermans.