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"I tell ya, comedy is in my blood. I wish it was in my act." -Rodney Dangerfield
Los Angeles, CA, April 13, 2018 --(PR.com)-- Joan Dangerfield and the Bell Brothers announced today
that Rodney Dangerfield has been nominated for Best Celebrity/Fan Social in the 22nd Annual Webby
Awards. The other contenders are Stephen Colbert, Conan O'Brien, Desus & Mero, and Stanley Kubrick.
Fans can vote online to help Rodney win Internet's top honor: vote.webbyawards.com
Hailed as the “Internet's highest honor” by The New York Times, The Webby Awards, presented by the
International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences (IADAS), is the leading international awards
organization honoring excellence on the Internet. IADAS, which nominates and selects The Webby
Award Winners, is comprised of Internet industry experts, including Jimmy Kimmel, Lyft CEO Logan
Green, Girls Who Code Founder Reshma Saujani, Gimlet Media CEO Alex Blumberg, Instagram's Eva
Chen, social entrepreneur Van Jones, Internet inventor Vint Cerf, Playmatics CEO Margaret Wallace,
Reddit's Alexis Ohanian, and Black Lives Matter's Opal Tometi.
“Nominees like Rodney Dangerfield are setting the standard for innovation and creativity on the
Internet,” said Claire Graves, Executive Director of The Webby Awards. “It is an incredible achievement
to be selected among the best from the over 13,000 entries we received this year.”
As a nominee, Dangerfield is also eligible to win a Webby People's Voice Award, which is voted online
by fans across the globe. From now until April 20, Dangerfield fans can cast their votes at
vote.webbyawards.com.
Winners will be announced on Tuesday, April 24, 2018, and honored at a star-studded ceremony on
Monday, May 14, 2018, at Cipriani on Wall Street in New York City. There they will have an opportunity
to deliver one of The Webby Awards' famous 5-Word Speeches. Past 5-Word Speeches include: Steve
Wilhite's “It's Pronounced 'Jif' not 'Gif'”; Stephen Colbert's “Me. Me. Me. Me. Me.”; and Björk's “A E I
O U.”
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Website: rodney.com
Facebook: Facebook.com/RodneyDangerfield
Instagram: RodneyNoRespect
Twitter: @RodneyNoRespect
YouTube: www.youtube.com/RodneyDangerfieldNoRespect
Website: www.webbyawards.com
Facebook: Facebook.com/TheWebbyAwards
Snapchat: TheWebbyAwards
Twitter: @TheWebbyAwards
YouTube: www.youtube.com/webby
Photo caption: What a crowd! Dangerfield, Colbert, Conan, Kubrick and Desus & Mero are duking it out
for a Webby Award. Get your vote in before the bell: wbby.co/soc-celeb
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Contact Information:
Dangerfield Entertainment
Caroline Mankey
213-553-5949
Contact via Email
www.rodney.com
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