Awards & Recognition News

The nominations for the 2008 ALMA (American Latino Media Arts) Awards are in, and Grey's Anatomy star Sara Ramirez (Callie Torres) has been given a nomination for Outstanding Actress in a Drama Television Series!

Sara's competition in the category include:

• Valerie Cruz (The Dresden Files)
• Roselyn Sanchez (Without A Trace)
• Cote de Pablo (NCIS)

Sara Ramirez was also nominated last year in the category of Outstanding Actress – Television Series, Mini-Series, or TV Movie.

The ALMA Awards have rearranged categories slightly this year. In '07, Sara represented Grey's Anatomy and went up against the likes of America Ferrera (the winner, for Ugly Betty), Constance Marie (George Lopez) and Alexa Vega (Walkout).

We're happy to see Sara Ramirez get recognized - and with the exciting Callie and Erica developments in Season 5 of Grey's Anatomy, perhaps a Golden Globe or Emmy Award nomination isn't out of the question for next year at this time!

For the first time in three full seasons (Season One was only nine episodes long and therefore not eligible), Grey's Anatomy has been left off the final list of nominees for Outstanding Drama Series at the forthcoming Emmy Awards.

Up for the honor are Boston Legal, Damages, Dexter, House, Lost and Mad Men. Grey's Anatomy was among 10 semifinalists but missed the final cut.

A pair of Grey's Anatomy cast members, Sandra Oh and Chandra Wilson, received nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Drama Series.

Impressively, this marks the fourth consecutive nomination for Sandra Oh (Cristina Yang) and the third straight for Chandra Wilson (Miranda Bailey).

Last year, Katherine Heigl (Izzie Stevens) was nominated and won the Emmy Award for that category. This season... well, you know the details.

What do you think about this? Should Grey's Anatomy have been among the top six - or was Season Four really not up to par?

Behold - Emmy controversy that doesn't involve Katherine Heigl at all!

According to the Los Angeles Times, some omissions from the Emmy Awards' top 10 lists may have been due to (wait for it) a lack of a photo next to their names on the official eligibility lists that voters use as a reminder of contenders when checking off ballots.

One of the most notable people snubbed says this is indeed the case.

The lists appeared online and did not include pictures of several stars who got snubbed: Calista Flockhart (Brothers & Sisters), Matthew Fox (Lost), Kelsey Grammer (Back to You), Ellen Pompeo (Grey's Anatomy) and Kate Walsh (Private Practice).

Many other stars didn't have their photos posted online when Emmy voting began, but scrambled to provide them and they were added later.

The rep of one snubbed star says the academy's request for a photo was not included on the entry form, but "buried" in supplemental material.

The TV academy denies that. Whatever the case, there were lots of pictures missing on the ballot and that might have affected the outcome.

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Nothing is official yet, but our research has determined that four Grey's Anatomy stars are being considered for Emmy Awards this year, with the finalists (five are nominated per category) to be officially announced soon.

Among 10 semifinalists in their respective categories are Patrick Dempsey (Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama), T.R. Knight (Outstanding Supporting Actor), and a pair of mainstays in Chandra Wilson and Sandra Oh (Outstanding Supporting Actress).

T.R. Knight is one of four Grey's Anatomy stars in the running.

All are certainly worthy, and we would hope included on the lists of five finalists in these difficult races. Of the Grey's Anatomy stars not being considered, we would say Ellen Pompeo's omission is the most surprising. She has been so good.

Either Ellen or Katherine Heigl. Just kidding.

On a side note, rumor has it (this has not been confirmed), that Grey's Anatomy is on the bubble as far as earning a place among the five nominees for Outstanding Drama series. We will let you know when we hear for sure.

This news is a bit belated, but nonetheless worth mentioning.

With Grey's Anatomy one of 10 Emmy finalists for Best Drama, it's not at all surprising that its cast is always nominated for individual awards.

Case in point: The under-appreciated Chandra Wilson.

The actress who portrays Dr. Miranda Bailey so marvelously, was nominated recently for a BET Award in the category of Best Actress, alongside such heavyweights as Jill Scott, Queen Latifah, Angela Bassett and Halle Berry.

Chandra Wilson with fellow Grey's Anatomy star Sandra Oh.

In the end, Chandra Wilson didn't take home the honors (Berry did), but it's always great to see Grey's Anatomy stars recognized for their terrific efforts.

The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences has posted online the official top 10 finalists for nominations for the 60th annual Primetime Emmy Awards in the outstanding comedy series and drama series categories.

The 10 drama contenders are Boston Legal, Damages, Dexter, Friday Night Lights, Grey's Anatomy, House, Lost, Mad Men, The Tudors and The Wire.

The final five nominees in each category - which will be voted on and a winner announced at the Emmy Awards - will be released on July 17.

Katherine Heigl is at it again.

Call her what you want - the beautiful and talented star always speaks her mind. This time, the actress is not up for consideration at this year's Emmy Awards.

Heigl herself isn't seeking a nomination.

Her reasoning? Grey's Anatomy didn't provide the material this season for her character to produce an Emmy award-worthy performance.

Heigl, who was honored as Best Supporting Actress in a drama last year, has declined to put her name under consideration for a bid.

"I did not feel I was given the material this season to warrant an Emmy nomination and in an effort to maintain the integrity of the academy organization, I decided against competing," Katherine Heigl said in a statement.

"In addition, I did not want to potentially take away an opportunity from an actress who was given such materials," she added.

Katherine plays Dr. Izzie Stevens on Grey's Anatomy, which slipped in the ratings significantly this past season but remained a top 10 show.

An after-hours message left by the Associated Press for Grey's Anatomy creator and executive producer Shonda Rhimes was not immediately returned.

Heigl, who shot to box-office success last summer with the comedy Knocked Up, has established herself as one of Hollywood's rare voices of candor.

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It was a win-some, lose-some night for Grey's Anatomy on Tuesday, when the hit ABC hospital drama managed to win all three TV acting trophies at the People's Choice Awards, while the acclaimed show itself was shut out of any wins.

The handsome Patrick Dempsey and newlywed Katherine Heigl took home the Male and Female TV Star awards, while their co-star, Chandra Wilson, beat out the competition to win the Scene Stealer trophy. However, it was another rival medical series, Fox's House, that brought home the award for TV Drama.

Congrats to Patrick, Katherine and Chandra, who are definitely the people's choice here at Grey's Anatomy Insider. More photos to come ...

No red carpet. No fawning hosts. No celebrities. No gowns. No hairdos. No fashion faux pas. What kind of awards show is this?

"The 34th Annual People's Choice Awards" arrives at 9 p.m. tonight on CBS crippled by the writers' strike, now in its ninth week.

While the Critics' Choice Awards were staged free of picketing writers, the Golden Globes and People's Choice Awards have had to make adjustments because the celebrities are reluctant to cross picket lines.

Both awards presentations are thus switching to a newsier approach. The People's Choice scrapped its usual live show early on and promises a star-studded news magazine-style telecast tonight on CBS at 9 p.m.

Queen Latifah will lead viewers through segments shot by production teams. She doesn't interact directly with winners, she told USA Today: "I'm wacky enough to make it work. I had to tap back into my hip-hop to freestyle it."

The crystal statuettes were taken to winners at locations including Los Angeles, Nashville, New York, London and the USO tour in Kabul.

Fans have logged more than 10 million votes thus far. Here's a look at the nominees from the Grey's Anatomy cast as well as their competition ...

Favorite Female TV Star
Sally Field, Brothers & Sisters
Katherine Heigl, Grey's Anatomy
Jennifer Love Hewitt, Ghost Whisperer

Favorite Male TV Star
Patrick Dempsey, Grey's Anatomy
Charlie Sheen, Two and a Half Men
Kiefer Sutherland, 24

Favorite Scene Stealing Star
Richard Belzer, Law & Order: SVU
Neil Patrick Harris, How I Met Your Mother
Chandra Wilson, Grey's Anatomy

Already earning a nomination for next month's Golden Globes, Grey's Anatomy has been nominated for Best Drama Ensemble by the Screen Actors Guild. The awards will be handed out at a ceremony January 27 in Los Angeles, California.

Unfortunately, none of our favorite Grey's Anatomy cast members received nominations for the individual awards (we personally believe Ellen Pompeo was the biggest omission) this time around. But we digress. Follow the jump for the full list of nominations ...

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