Actor Jan Rubes has sadly passed away at the age of 89. Many Stargate SG1 fans will remember Jan for his portrayal of Dr Daniel Jackson’s grandfather in the Season Three episode ‘Crystal Skull’. Here is the press release from the Toronto Post TORONTO — Jan Rubes, who played the Amish grandfather in the 1985 … Read more
The Stargate franchise and its many talented actors and actresses have received multiple nominations in the 2009 annual Tubey Awards, the nominations are as follows: Worst Returning Show — Stargate Atlantis Best Performance by an Inanimate Object — John Sheppard’s hair Worst Romantic Relationship — McKay and Keller Best Almost-Romantic-But-Not-Quite Relationship — John and Rodney … Read more
The Stargate franchise has wiped the floor with the competition at this year’s 2009 Leo Awards ceremony winning 14 impressive awards out of the 27 nominations the franchise received. Stargate Atlantis was named best TV series which won a total of 9 awards for its final season. Stargate Continuum was named best feature length movie … Read more
The nominations keep on rolling in for the Stargate Franchise and its many talented actors, actresses, creative consultants, producers and many more behind the scenes production crew, in the 2009 Canadian Constellation Awards. The Constellation Awards are Canada’s annual science fiction awards focusing entirely on the science fiction film and television genres, and will take … Read more
The nominations for the annual Leo Awards ceremony which is held on behalf of the British Canadian Film and Television have been announced yesterday. Among the 2009 nominations are a whopping 29 for the Stargate Franchise Here is a complete list of the Stargate families nominations: Best Direction in a Feature Length Drama – Martin … Read more
Brad Wright and Robert C Cooper have been nominated in the 2009 annual Leo Awards Ceremony for their hit Science Fiction franchise ‘Stargate’ in the Outstanding Achievement Awards category. Fans of the franchise will know that the word ‘Stargate’ isn’t just used to describe one show it encompasses; Stargate SG1, Stargate Atlantis, Stargate Universe, and … Read more
One of the many Stargate Universe’s creative consultants John Scalzi has been nominated in several categories in this year’s annual Hugo Awards. John has been nominated in three categories for: Best Novel for Zoe’s Tale Best related book for ‘You Hate Mail Will Be Graded a Decade of Whatever’ Best dramatic presentation in Long Form … Read more
Executive producer Brad Wright has been nominated in the 2009 Nebula awards for the script he wrote for Atlantis season 5 episode ‘The Shrine’. The Nebula Awards are voted on, and presented by, active members of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America community. The awards ceremony was founded in 1965 by Damon Knight, … Read more
Stargate SG1 and occasional cross over actor Beau Bridges who Stargate fans will know as General Landry has won his very first Grammy award at this year’s 51st Gala which was held in Los Angeles. Beau was nominated along with Cynthia Nixon and Blair Underwood for their work in Al Gore’s ‘An Inconvenient Truth’. Beau … Read more
The Women in Film & Television Vancouver organisation have announced their 2009 spotlight award winners, and Amanda Tapping has been listed as one of the honourees. Here is an excerpt of the announcement: Women in film and television Vancouver is thrilled to announce the winners of this year’s spotlight awards. The awards Gala will occur … Read more