The Golden Collar Awards reward the best canine actors. The trophies are delivered during a ceremony, similar to other ceremonies of the cinema industry.

History

The Golden Collar Awards were created in 2012 by the website Dog News Daily, a commercial web site dedicated to the products for dogs that has been created in 2009.

The first Golden Collar Awards rolled out the red carpet for the dogs on 13 February 2012 in a luxury hotel, the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza in Los Angeles,[1] in front of an audience composed of the press.[2] The trophy has been created by designer Simon Tavassoli: it consists in a statue that represents an Italian Leather Collar with embedded shiny Swarovski crystals.[1]

Some criticism has been expressed that the awards were only launched a couple of months prior, due to the attention the dog Uggie was getting for his performance in The Artist.[3]

Categories

The dogs and their owners or trainers concur in five catégories:

  • Best Dog in a Theatrical Film
  • Best Dog in a Foreign Film
  • Best Dog in a Television Series
  • Best Dog in a Reality Television Series
  • Best Dog in a Direct-To-DVD Film

An honorary prize rewards the "humanitarian" (animal protection) or the "legends" of the dogs on the screen:

  • Honorary Golden Collar Award

Prizes

Prizes 2012

The 2012 edition has been presented by actresses Pauley Perrette and Wendie Malick.

See also

Notes and references

  1. 1 2 Hollywood Hot Spots on celebritydognews.com
  2. ↑ (in French) Phalène de La Valette, The Artist : Uggie remporte le Collier d'Or à Hollywood, Le Figaro.fr, 14 février 2012
  3. ↑ Pond, Steve (14 February 2012). "Uggie is top dog at the Golden Collar Awards - of course". Reuters. Retrieved 14 February 2012.
  4. ↑ (in French) Le chien de The Artist récompensé aux Colliers d'Or, L'Express.fr, 14 février 2012


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