As actors, writers, politicians, and musicians everywhere anxiously stare at their phones hoping for calls from their agents, we’re here to announce the 2012 Urchie Award Nominees. In a year when political and environmental stakes were higher than ever, artists and entrepreneurs from the literary and culinary fields excelled, yet last year’s thriving categories of film and television fell disappointingly short. Find out who made the cut below.
We are also excited to announce several new categories, including Best Bookstore and Writer of the Year, and invite you to cast your vote in the Reader’s Choice category: Best High Noon Picture. Let us know what you think of this year’s nominees, and tune in next week for the winners!
Book of the Year
Green is the New Red
by Will Potter
Travels with Charley
by John Steinbeck
Citizens of London
by Lynne Olson
Writer of the Year
Joan Didion
John Steinbeck
Peter Jon Lindberg
Film of the Year
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
The Artist
The Help
Best Performance by an Actress
Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady
Bérénice Bejo, The Artist
Octavia Spencer, The Help
Best Performance by an Actor
Gary Oldman, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Peyman Moadi, A Separation
Armie Hammer, J. Edgar
Exemplary Human Being
Will Potter
Elizabeth Warren
Philippe Cousteau
Musical Artist/Band of the Year
Song of the Year
Dilettante – St. Vincente
Lonely Boy – The Black Keys
Super Bass – Nicki Minaj
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