On Thursday, The LOGO Network announced the nominees for its third annual NewNowNext Awards — celebrating the next “big things” in TV, music, film, print — early Thursday and screen legend Betty White, Glee’s Lea Michele, singer Ke$sha, and Jersey Shore’s own Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi are among the stars up for prizes at this year’s ceremony honoring showbiz icons and young stars-on-the-rise.
Snooki will be competing against Keeping Up With The Kardashians’s Khloe Kardashian and Olympian Johnny Weir of Be Good Johnny Weir fame for LOGO’s Most Addictive Reality Star prize. Ke$ha and Jersey Shore are vying for the title of Best New Indulgence.
There’s even a category for Lesbians Who Look Like Justin Bieber! Take a look:
Nominees For The 3rd Annual “NewNowNext Awards” 2010:
Brink of Fame: Actor
· Morena Baccarin (“V”, ABC)
· Liam Hemsworth (The Last Song)
· Mark Indelicato (“Ugly Betty”, ABC)
· Lea Michele (“Glee”, FOX)
· Alexander Skarsgård (“True Blood”, HBO)
· Paul Wesley (“The Vampire Diaries”, CW)
OMFG Internet Award:
· Chatroulette (chatroulette.com)
· Jessica & Hunter (http://bit.ly/dkzQ64)
· Lesbians Who Look Like Justin Bieber (http://lesbianswholooklikejustinbieber.tumblr.com/)
· shitmydadsays on Twitter (twitter.com/shitmydadsays)
· Very Mary-Kate (verymarykate.com)
Best Show You’re Not Watching:
· “Archer” (FX)
· “Kirstie Alley’s Big Life” (A&E)
· “Let’s Talk About Pep” (VH1)
· “Nurse Jackie” (Showtime)
· “United States of Tara” (Showtime)
Best New Indulgence:
· “Hoarders” (A&E)
· “Jersey Shore” (MTV)
· Ke$ha
· “Spartacus: Blood and Sand” (Starz)
· The Split, “RuPaul’s Drag Race” (Logo)
Most Addictive Reality Star:
· Jujubee, “RuPaul’s Drag Race” (Logo)
· Khloé Kardashian, “Keeping Up with the Kardashians” (E!)
· Andrew Mukamal, “Kell on Earth” (Bravo)
· Snooki, “Jersey Shore” (MTV)
· Johnny Weir, “Be Good Johnny Weir” (Sundance)
Cause You’re Hot:
· Matthew Bomer (“White Collar”, USA)
· Scott Fujita (Linebacker, Cleveland Browns)
· Kellan Lutz (The Twilight Saga)
· Jesus Luz (Madonna’s boyfriend)
· Zoe Saldana (Avatar)
· Betty White (The Golden Girls)
Best Future Feature:
· Burlesque (Screen Gems)
· Eat, Pray, Love (Sony)
· Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Warner Brothers)
· The Kids Are All Right (Focus)
· Salt (Sony)
Brink of Fame: Music Artist
· Agnes
· La Roux
· Little Boots
· Passion Pit
· The xx
· VV Brown
Brink of Fame: Comic
· Aziz Ansari (“Parks and Recreation”)
· Michelle Collins (“Best Week Ever”)
· Liz Feldman
· Maulik Pancholy (“30 Rock”)
· Amy Phillips
Winners will be revealed Thursday, June 17th at 10/9C, on LOGO’s 2010 NewNowNext Awards show. The 90-minute special will be taped in front of a live audience of today’s hottest emerging and seasoned artists at the retro-glam Edison Hotel in Downtown Los Angeles on June 8.