But he gets ten-times leverage by launching a prize, and 100-times leverage by supporting a prize-giving organisation.

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The awards are traditionally seen as the second most important prize-giving ceremony in the Hollywood calendar, after the Oscars.

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Then there were the ceremonies themselves: the prize-giving in the afternoon of December 10th and the dinner in the evening.

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The prize-giving ceremony was preceded by a dinner, and followed by music and dance performances, a comedian and a fashion show.

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Barry Manilow, Elvis Costello and Jamiroquai will perform at the Oslo event on 11 December - one day after the prize-giving ceremony.

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The Nobel Foundation seems to have a taste for controversial prize-giving.

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Mr Hartwell said he was open to suggestions for a suitable venue for next year's prize-giving ceremony, but that it would not be a black tie event.

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The botched prize-giving emphasised that point.

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In addition, the Ben Heck bobblehead contest continues, giving viewers a chance to win show t-shirts and the grand prize bobblehead.

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The Shanghai Corporate Pavilion at the World Expo, funded by local state enterprises, commissioned a Pulitzer-prize-winning photographer, Liu Heung Shing, to compile a book of images of Shanghai's history, giving him unprecedented access to the city's archives.

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