Latino Actors Honored at 22nd Annual Imagen Awards Featuring America Ferrera, Wilmer Valderrama, Jimmy Smits, Carlos Mencia, Kelly Monaco, Hector Elizondo, Tony Plana, Judy Reyes and More
Distinguished Event Sells Out at Walt Disney Concert Hall With Special Awards For Disney-ABC Television Group, America Ferrera, Walter Ulloa and Cynthia Cidre Winners in 19 Categories for Film and Television Announced
LOS ANGELES --(Business Wire)-- Jul. 29, 2007 More than 2,000 actors, entertainment industry executives, film and television studios and supporters including actors America Ferrera, Wilmer Valderrama, Jimmy Smits, Carlos Mencia, Kelly Monaco, Hector Elizondo, Tony Plana, Judy Reyes, Constance Marie, Jesse Garcia attended the 22nd Annual Imagen Awards Gala debut tonight at the sold out Walt Disney Concert Hall.
Nineteen awards were presented in categories including film and television, plus The Imagen Foundation presented four additional awards including the President's Award to Disney-ABC Television Group with an acceptance by Anne Sweeney, Co-chairman, Disney Media Networks, President, Disney-ABC Television Group; the Lifetime Achievement Award to Walter Ulloa, Chairman & CEO, Entravision; the Creative Achievement Award to America Ferrera, star of ABC's Ugly Betty; and the Norman Lear Writer's Award to Cynthia Cidre, writer of Cane, an upcoming CBS Latino-cast series.
The Imagen Awards were established in 1985 to encourage and recognize the positive portrayal of Latinos in all media and to increase Latino representation at all levels of the entertainment industry.
31.07.2007 | Editor's blog
Cat. : ABC Actors Honored at 22nd Annual Imagen Awards America America Ferrera Anne Sweeney Cane Cane Carlos Mencia Carlos Mencia CBS Cinema of the United States Constance Marie Cynthia Cidre Disney Media Networks Disney-ABC Television Group Entertainment Entertainment Entravision Héctor Elizondo Hector Elizondo Human Interest Human Interest Imagen Awards Jesse Garcia Jimmy Smits Jimmy Smits Judy Reyes Television Television in the United States the 22nd Annual Imagen Awards the Creative Achievement Award The Imagen Foundation The Lifetime Achievement Award the Norman Lear Writer's Award the President's Award Tony Plana Tony Plana Ugly Betty Walt Disney Walter Ulloa Wilmer Valderrama Wilmer Valderrama