Webby Awards: 2010 Winners Include Roger Ebert, Jim Carrey, OK Go

NEW YORK -- The 14th annual Webbys, which celebrate Internet achievement, were announced Tuesday by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, a 550-member group of Web experts.

Though Roger Ebert lost his ability to speak after surgery for cancer, he has found a new and powerful voice online. The film critic was chosen as person of the year by the Webby Awards.

The Webbys also honored the rock band OK Go, famous for their viral music videos, as video artist of the year. Amy Poehler, former "Saturday Night Live" cast member and star of NBC's "Parks & Recreation," was chosen as actress of the year for her online series "Smart Girls at the Party."

The honoree for lifetime achievement went to Vinton Cerf, one of the Internet's founding fathers who pioneered its communications technology at Stanford University.

Check out some of the 2010 winners in the slideshow below, including the picks for celebrity website of the year, the best social networking site, and more.

A full list of winners can be found at WebbyAwards.com.

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Roger Ebert. The Webby Awards writes, "In addition to his film criticism, which remains as eloquent as ever, his online journal has raised the bar for the level of poignancy, thoughtfulness and critique one can achieve on the Web, while at the same time shining a light on the most important issues facing journalism as it relates to the Internet itself."

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Roger Ebert. The Webby Awards writes, "In addition to his film criticism, which remains as eloquent as ever, his online journal has raised the bar for the level of poignancy, thoughtfulness and critique one can achieve on the Web, while at the same time shining a light on the most important issues facing journalism as it relates to the Internet itself."

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[jjkmack]

10:20 AM on 05/06/2010

How very corporate....the death of creativity and freedom on the internet is on the horizon.

[WilliamTheV]

03:29 AM on 05/05/2010

Where's Neil Patrick Harris?!

[curiousasheck]

08:11 PM on 05/04/2010

Probably 99 % of these celebrity web awards winners don't even know what HTML is.

[WilliamTheV]

03:30 AM on 05/05/2010

99% of internet users don't know what HTML, Java, XML, TCP/IP, or what Http are.

[ragtag]

06:46 AM on 05/06/2010

Hand waving frantically in air - I do, I do!

[Michael Crump]

05:53 PM on 05/04/2010

Webby Lifetime Achievement - Vincent Cerf
Webby Person of the Year - Stephen Hawking
Best Website - Celebrity/Fan - I do not have an opinion. I do not use their websites.
I use the other sites that are dedicated to a multitude of celebrities/fans
Best Actress - Elizabeth Mitchell
Best Website - Social Networking - Facebook
Film & Video Artist of the Year - M.I.A.
Best Website Magazine - Do not have one. I get e-mail updates then go to the appropiate
e-zine.
Best Mobile - Social Networking - Irrevelent since I do not use social media on any
mobile device.
Best Website - News - Democracynow.org (But that is not produced in paper format,
so Free Rock Press.)
Best Website - Music - Grooveshark and / or Blip.fm.
Best Online Film + Video: Writing - www.huffingtonpost.com
Best Online Film + Video: Documentary - Democracynow.org and / or anything on msnbc.msn.com
Best Online Film + Video: Music - I do not have a specific one in mind.
Best Website - Broadband - Youtube videos in HD format, but I usually do not use HD anyway.

[henryhenryhenry]

12:38 PM on 05/04/2010

I disagree with pretty much all of them.

[NHBill]

03:19 PM on 05/04/2010

"I disagree with pretty much all of them. "
because..........
You see one must explain why one holds such an opinion for the opinion to have any meaning.

[SwingingFromCenter]

11:00 AM on 05/05/2010

Actually, when you disagree on such a wide scale, it simply implies that one feels the voters were just stupid. Which I tend to agree with this time around. Cerf was the only one in that entire slideshow where I went "Good pick"

[InofTouch]

03:02 AM on 05/05/2010

I disagree with you but I to don't have to give a reason

[LatteLiberals]

12:31 PM on 05/04/2010

The Webby's are nice, but the real fight is over Net Neutrality which the Obama Administration seems to be wussing out on.

[WilliamTheV]

03:31 AM on 05/05/2010

geez, the guys got enough on his plate already. its a big issue, but compared to everything else, i can understand why it might be on the backburner

[ewj1]

12:29 PM on 05/04/2010

Popularity and stupidness of the masses win again. Jim Carrey, New Yorker, and New York Times should not be in the top ten in those categories.

[NHBill]

03:18 PM on 05/04/2010

"Jim Carrey, New Yorker, and New York Times should not be in the top ten in those categories. " because..........
You see one must explain why one holds such an opinion for the opinion to have any meaning.

[InofTouch]

03:03 AM on 05/05/2010

thank god you don't own anything