Wednesday, September 24, 2008

High Times 8th Stony Awards: American Drug War Nominated for Best Documentary

On Saturday, September 27 High Times Magazine will hold their annual Stony Awards in Malibu at 4:20pm. The show features celebrity presenters and will feature live musical performances. High Times, long held to be the number one counterculture magazine in the world, is in its thirty-fourth year of publication.

The Stony Awards honors the year’s “highest” movies and television shows. Categories include Best Comedy Film, Best Internet Video, Best Drama Film, Best TV Show and Stoner/Stonette of the Year. Nominees include “Pineapple Express,” “Harold & Kumar: Escape from Guantanamo Bay,” “The Wackness,” “Weeds,” “Californication,” “Attack of the Show: 420 Special,” James Franco, Jonah Hill, Matthew McConaughey, and Paris Hilton.

Celebrity attendees include: James Franco, Gary Cole (“Pineapple Express”), Madeline Zima (“Californication”), Nichole Hiltz (“In Plain Sight”), Paul Ben-Victor (“In Plain Sight”), Joe Rogan (“NewsRadio”), Olivia Munn & Kevin Pereira (“Attack of the Show”), DB Sweeney (“Miracle at St. Anna”), Leon (“Cliffhanger”), Daniel Franzese (“Mean Girls”), Guillermo Diaz (“Weeds”),Greg Pitts (“Office Space”), ( Ross Patterson (“Garden Party”), Jon Hurwitz & Hayden Schlossberg (“Harold & Kumar: Escape from Guantanamo Bay”), Kevin Booth (“American Drug War”), Kevin Heffernan (“Strange Wilderness”), Michelle Page (“Kush”) and recording artists Los Marijuanos, Leon & The Peoples, Zachariah & the Lobos Riders and Purple Foam.