August 19, 2009

Halle Berry, Jon Cryer, Mariska Hargitay, Charlie Sheen, Jon Stewart and Kiefer Sutherland Confirmed as Presenters for the 57th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Awards Broadcast Live From Los Angeles' Shrine Auditorium
on Sept. 18 on CBS Television


North Hollywood, CA, August 11, 2005 – Halle Berry, Jon Cryer, Mariska Hargitay, Charlie Sheen, Jon Stewart and Kiefer Sutherland have been confirmed as presenters for the 57th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards.  The show will broadcast live from Los Angeles’ historic Shrine Auditorium, Sunday, September 18 (8:00-11:00 p.m. ET Live/PT  tape delayed) on the CBS Television Network.

Halle Berry is nominated for two Emmy Awards this year for her work in the Oprah Winfrey produced movie for ABC Their Eyes Were Watching God and as executive producer for the HBO telefilm Lackawanna Blues. For her performance in Lions Gate Films’ Monster’s Ball, she won an Oscar, a SAG Award, the Berlin Silver Bear Award and was named Best Actress by the National Board of Review.  Berry earned the Emmy, Golden Globe, SAG and NAACP Image Award for her critically acclaimed performance in HBO’s telefilm, Introducing Dorothy Dandridge, which she also produced.  She is currently in production on the third installment of the X-Men series being directed by Brett Ratner.

Jon Cryer stars as 'Alan Harper' on the CBS comedy series Two and a Half Men.  He has appeared in numerous feature films including No Small Affair, Pretty in Pink and Hot Shots! among others.  He co-wrote, produced and starred in independent films The Pompatus of Love and Went to Coney Island on a Mission from God...Be Back by Five. Cryer began his career on stage and his first foray into television was starring in the sitcom The Famous Teddy Z.

Mariska Hargitay received her second Emmy nomination this year for her role as Detective Olivia Benson on the NBC crime drama Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.  She won the 2005 Golden Globe for Lead Actress In a Drama Series and was a 2004 SAG Nominee. In its freshman season, in 1999-2000, Hargitay earned nominations from the Viewers for Quality Television for Best Actress, from the TV Guide Awards for Favorite Actress in a New Series and from the International Press Academy for Best Performance by an Actress in a Drama Series.

Charlie Sheen, who currently stars as ‘Charlie Harper’ on the CBS comedy series, Two and a Half Men, has won a Golden Globe Award for his lead role in the series Spin City.  Sheen has starred in more than 40 feature films, including Platoon, Wall Street, Red Dawn, Lucas, Navy SEALS, Eight Men Out, Young Guns, Major League, Hot Shots!, Hot Shots! Part Deux, The Three Musketeers, The Chase, Money Talks, Being John Malkovich, Scary Movie 3 and The Big Bounce.
 

Nominated for his third Emmy for Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program, Jon Stewart is considered one of America’s top social and comedic voices.   From his anchor chair on Comedy Central’s The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Stewart and The Daily Show have received 10 Emmy Award nominations and won 5.  These include winning for Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program three times (2001, 2003, and 2004) as well as Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series in 2003 and 2004.  As host of The Daily Show Stewart has interviewed such luminaries as former President Bill Clinton, Senators Hillary Rodham Clinton, John Kerry, John Edwards and Bob Dole and such celebrity icons as Tom Hanks and Bruce Willis. 

Nominated for his fourth Emmy, Kiefer Sutherland is currently starring in the critically acclaimed Fox drama 24. He has won a Golden Globe Award, a SAG Award and garnered a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor in a Drama Series.  The show has also won a Golden Globe Award for Best Drama.  Sutherland also has an extensive list of feature films to his credit including Taking Lives, Dark City, Eye for an Eye, The Three Musketeers, Article 99, A Few Good Men, Flatliners, Chicago Joe and the Showgirl, 1969, Flashback, Young Guns, Young Guns 2, Bright Lights, Big City, The Lost Boys, Promised Land, At Close Range and Stand By Me.

For complete, up-to-date information regarding all presenters confirmed to participate in this year's ceremony, please click here:
Celebrity Presenter Confirmations release index

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The 57th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards is being produced by Ken Ehrlich Productions and is presented by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.  Ken Ehrlich is the executive producer; Michael B. Seligman and Renato Basile are the producers; Danette Herman is the coordinating producer and executive in charge of talent.  Bruce Gowers will direct. 

The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences was founded in 1946 just one month after network television was born. It is a non-profit organization devoted to the advancement of telecommunications arts and sciences and to fostering creative leadership in the telecommunications industry. In addition to recognizing outstanding programming through its Emmy® Award, the Television Academy publishes Emmy® Magazine.

For additional press information and resources concerning the Primetime Emmy Awards or the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, please direct your inquiries to Robin Mesger of The Lippin Group at (323) 965-1990.

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Press Contacts:

CBS Publicity:
Andrea Ballas 323/575-2858 andrea.ballas@tvc.cbs.com
Susan Marks 323/575-2118 susan.marks@tvc.cbs.com

The Lippin Group for the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences:
Robin Mesger 323/965-1990 rmesger@lippingroup.com
Pam Golum 323/965-1990 pgolum@lippingroup.com


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