Organizations that give out "innovator" and "pioneer" awards claim to want to support new ideas but end up giving money to better ways of doing the same thing.
2004: West allegedly walked out of the American Music awards claiming he was "robbed" when country singer Gretchen Wilson won Best New Artist instead of him.
At its 1997 convention, the Arab-American Anti-Discrimination Committee gave "Path to Paradise" its "Intolerance Award," claiming that the film's Arab and Muslim characters were racist stereotypes.
Not surprisingly, the Chinese government has harshly criticized the award, claiming that the Nobel committee unlawfully interfered with its internal affairs and humiliated it in the eyes of the international public.
Many were furious when José Mourinho insisted that Iniesta did not deserve the award, claiming that "any player could have scored the winner in the final", but he had a point.
The visitors argued that the corner should not have been awarded, claiming that the ball came off a Latics player.
Some alumni questioned whether a man widely seen as the architect of the Bush Administration's torture policies represents "the New Trier values of inquiry, compassion, and service" that the Award claims to honor.
The suit, which does not ask for individual monetary awards, claims that Ms. Whitman deliberately distorted information and put families at risk by encouraging them to return to apartments, schools and places of business before comprehensive tests of the air quality were available.
The veteran comedian, who was recently honoured by Bafta with the Alan Clarke prize at the television awards, also claimed Hollywood star Will Smith has stopped "being black" due to his success.
And while American commentators had engaged in much soul-searching about the superiority of British acting, all the other awards were claimed by Americans, led by Forest Whitaker.
