2009-2010 Artie Awards Contests

Rules & General Info for the Artvoice Theatre Awards

"Predict the Winners Contest"

The 2009-10 Artvoice Theatre Awards are being held on Monday, June 7th at the Town Ballroom. At this time of year, I like to run a "Predict the Winners Contest." In this contest, everything remains anonymous. Therefore, more people can participate and no one will know who you are...you won't have to worry about offending or "slighting" anyone. The actual nominations are visible at the Artie Awards Archive, here.

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Here Are the Rules:
Simply email me at dougweyand@hotmail.com with your picks for who you think is going to win in each Artie category, this year. DON'T email me with who you WANT to win as that is something completely different.

Whomever has the most correct choices will be the winner and will be notified by email. I will ask your permission to reveal your name to the public. If you wish to remain anonymous, I will simply state that "this year's winner is anonymous."

The webpolls on the right side of this page are for you to vote for whom you WANT to win. Feel free to vote an check back often. Spread the word to your friends and other theatre enthusiasts!

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Welcome to My Revised Blog

I haven't posted anything on here in a long time. I wasn't sure where I wanted to go with my blog. A majority of the posts used to be about film awards. I have since deleted almost all of those.

What this new version of Smug Doug will offer is some of my old, familiar stylings, but with some limitations and additions.

The blog's name has changed to Smug Doug's Things to Watch. Why? Because a majority of what I enjoy doing involves watching things: films, tv, theatre and, more importantly, the world around me.

So, while you're here, you find some film reviews, tv reviews, theatre reviews, etc...but you'll also find my view/slant on certain topics. Some will be Buffalo/WNY based, while others will be national in scope. In other words: I'll give my opinions about things that matter to the things I watch.

There WILL also be some awards show stuff and the return of the Artie Awards "Pick the Nominees" and "Pick the Winners" Contests. (I also run a website which is the Archive of the Artvoice Theatre Awards (Arties): http://artieawards.webs.com/index.htm
There you can find all past nominees and winners of the award.

I hope you check back on occassion to see what's here. I'll update a few times a week. Sometimes, I'll be prolific while other times I'll be sparse.

Regardless, I hope you enjoy your time here. Below you'll find some entries going back to as early as 2007, involving film, tv and theatre reviews...plus a few entries that are there for nothing but fun.