`'Thugs on Film,'' Mondo Media's Animated Web Hit, Presents the First Annual ''Tossers Award Show''; The Web Alternative to the Academy Awards.Entertainment Editors & Multimedia Writers SAN FRANCISCO--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--March 15, 2000 Cast Your Vote for Categories That Have Nothing to do With Talent or Undue Studio Influence, Including "Best On Screen Shagging Shagging may refer to:
"Biggest Hollywood Fluff Job" or "Best Performance by a Rack in an Unsupported Role" Mondo mon·do Slang adj. Enormous; huge: a mondo list of pizza toppings. adv. Extremely; very: a mondo big mistake. Media, the leading creator and distributor of serial-based animated content, today announced its first annual Tossers Award Show presented by the infamous football hooligans Cecil and Stubby stub·by adj. stub·bi·er, stub·bi·est 1. a. Having the nature of or suggesting a stub, as in shortness, broadness, or thickness: stubby fingers and toes. b. , the animated hosts of "Thugs on Film." The Tossers Award Show will be featured on Mondo's extensive distribution network including AltaVista, AtomFilms, Excite@Home, iCAST.com, Netscape Netcenter and shockwave.com. For more information on the affiliate sites where you can access the Tossers Award Show, go to www.mondominishows.com. The Tossers Award Show will go live on March 23 on all of the Mondo affiliate sites. Cecil and Stubby will hand over the prestigious (and heavy) Tossers trophy to a number of celebrities in the following categories: "Best Performance by a Rack in an Unsupported Role," "Most Pathetic pa·thet·ic also pa·thet·i·cal adj. 1. Arousing or capable of arousing sympathetic sadness and compassion: "The old, rather shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic" Casting in a Major Motion Picture," "The Biggest Hollywood Fluff Job," "Best On Screen Shagging," and "Best Hetero Performance by an Alleged Poufdah." There will also be a special salute to Robert Downey Jr., the first recipient of the Thug's very own Peter O'Toole Noun 1. Peter O'Toole - British actor (born in Ireland in 1932) O'Toole, Peter Seamus O'Toole Emerald Isle, Hibernia, Ireland - an island comprising the republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland Lifetime Achievement Award. Tens of thousands of serious movie fans across the Web have already voted, but it's not too late to mark your ballot as votes will be taken through March 21, on all affiliate sites. Tosser nominees include: Sigourney Weaver Sigourney Weaver (born Susan Alexandra Weaver on October 8, 1949 in New York City) is an Oscar-nominated American actress. Early life Weaver is the daughter of late NBC television executive Pat Weaver (d. 2002) and Elizabeth Inglis, a former British actress (d. , Rosie O'Donnell, Jason Biggs and Tom Cruise. "We are excited to offer our network partners this first-of-its-kind and off-the-wall new Web Awards Show," said John Evershed John Evershed (1864 – 1956) was a British astronomer. He was the first to observe radial motions in sunspots, a phenomenon known as the Evershed effect. Evershed was born in Gomshall, Surrey on February 26, 1864. , chief executive officer and co-founder of Mondo Media. "Cecil and Stubby have been entertaining movie fans with their refreshing film critiques of popular movies for several months now, so we felt it was a natural progression to have them host a daring Web alternative to the Oscars." "'Thugs on Film' is a big hit with our users and continues to draw new fans every week," said Margaret Heffernan, president of iCAST. "We look forward to the first annual Tossers Award Shows which has already grabbed the attention of thousands because it clearly captures the spirit of online animation." Along with "Thugs on Film," Mondo Media creates and distributes popular Mondo Mini shows Mondo Mini Shows (also known as Mondo Media) is a leading innovator in the use of new media platforms for the delivery of high-quality animation targeted at teens and young adults. , "The God & Devil Show (a celebrity talk show hosted by God and the Devil which appears on Entertaindom) and "Like, News" (written and directed by Don Asmussen Don Asmussen is an editorial cartoonist for the San Francisco Chronicle. Asmussen was born in 1967 in Rhode Island. He has worked at the Portland Press Herald, the Detroit News, the San Diego Union-Tribune, and Time Magazine. , a regular cartoonist for Time and George), with several more programs slated for distribution this year. The shows are designed as high-impact animated entertainment using technology that is readily accessible by a mass audience, such as Macromedia Flash(TM). The show episodes are updated weekly also allowing for retention and growth of the fan communities throughout the various affiliates. About Mondo Media Founded in 1988 and based in San Francisco's "Multimedia Gulch," Mondo Media is a successful new media company that creates and syndicates digital animation for the Web, television and the emerging interactive television markets. With an established production facility staffed by more than 90 artists, animators Famous animators no longer living
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