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30th Young Artist Awards | |
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Awarded for | Achievement in 2008 in film and television |
Date | March 29, 2009 |
Site | Globe Theatre Universal City, California |
Hosted by | Colin Ford and Selena Gomez |
Official website | YoungArtistAwards.org |
The 30th Young Artist Awards ceremony, presented by the Young Artist Association, honored excellence of young performers under the age of 21 in the fields of film, television and theater for the 2008 season, and took place on March 29, 2009, at Universal Studios' Globe Theatre in Universal City, California.[1][2][3][4] Special guest performers for the ceremony that year included Russian musical artists, "Street Magic" and Las Vegas father and son acrobat team, "The Kalinins".[4]
Established in 1978 by long-standing Hollywood Foreign Press Association member Maureen Dragone, the Young Artist Association was the first organization to establish an awards ceremony specifically set to recognize and award the contributions of performers under the age of 21 in the fields of film, television, theater and music.[1][5][6]