BUZZMEDIA is proud to announce that Celebuzz Editor-in-Chief, Dylan Howard, was awarded three top honors at the fifth National Entertainment Journalism Awards on Sunday, November 18.
Held at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles, Howard was named investigative journalist of the year on all platforms for his report detailing how some of Hollywood’s biggest names, including actors Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire, Ben Affleck and Matt Damon, were involved in an underground high-stakes poker scene, where tens of millions of dollars changed hands.
The same report won Howard best print news report.
In bestowing the honor on Howard, the judges noted: “This sexy and troubling story of high-stakes poker by A-list stars was broken in the Star and RadarOnline by Dylan Howard, using sources inside the game as well as the FBI.”
Howard also won a top honor for his social media coverage of Whitney Houston’s February 2012 death.
Howard previously served as Senior Executive Editor at RadarOnline.com and Star before joining BUZZMEDIA as Editor-in-Chief at Celebuzz in March, 2012. RadarOnline.com is part of is a member of BUZZMEDIA.
Under his leadership, Celebuzz has grown to more than 9 million monthly unique visitors via ComScore and recently launched a slate of original video programming utilizing BUZZMEDIA’s state-of-the-art studio overlooking the Sunset Strip.
The National Entertainment Journalism Awards, hosted by the Los Angeles Press Club, recognized the best in arts and entertainment reporting.
Two-time Academy Award winning actress Jane Fonda received the Club’s inaugural Visionary Award “for her tireless efforts to use her celebrity to improve the lives of others.” She was introduced at the event by her friend and colleague Robert Redford and Newsroom star Jeff Daniels.
Other big names who came out to celebrate journalism’s finest were Lily Tomlin, Sam Waterston and Melanie Griffith.
Heading into the ceremony, Howard led the field of any individual journalist with a total of six nominations. He was also a finalist in two other categories, including the coveted Entertainment Journalist of the Year, an award he previously won in 2011.
Howard was also a finalist in the Online News category, for Celebuzz’s April 2012 report that exposed the feud between Chevy Chase, star of the NBC comedy series Community, and show creator Dan Harmon.