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121-849: Entrant work is judged on the merits of excellence in creativity, strategy, and engagement by the Real Time Academy, a group of industry professionals selected by the Shorty Awards on the basis of their professional reputations, industry knowledge, and personal achievements (which may include previous Shorty wins). An additional public voting component, known as Audience Honor Voting, is also used to select Shorty Awards contenders. Notable Shorty Award winners include Malala Yousafzai , Trevor Noah , Michelle Obama , Conan O’Brien , Lady Gaga , Bill Nye , and Lizzo . Brands and organizations such as Chipotle , Duolingo , Marvel Studios , HBO , Red Bull , Airbnb , Nestle , BMW , UNICEF and

242-701: A Primetime Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award . Born to actors Donald Sutherland and Shirley Douglas , he got his first leading film role in the Canadian drama The Bay Boy (1984), which earned him a Genie Award nomination. He has since appeared in such films as Stand by Me (1986), The Lost Boys (1987), Young Guns (1988), Flatliners (1990), A Few Good Men (1992), The Three Musketeers (1993), Freeway (1996), A Time to Kill (1996), Dark City (1998), Phone Booth (2002), Melancholia (2011), Pompeii (2014), and The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial (2023). He has also starred in

363-571: A cochlear implant , after which she was reported to be in stable condition. Yousafzai wrote in July 2014 that her facial nerve had recovered up to 96%. The murder attempt received worldwide media coverage and produced an outpouring of sympathy and anger. Protests against the shooting were held in several Pakistani cities the day after the attack, and over 2 million people signed the Right to Education campaign's petition, which led to ratification of

484-677: A "flashy cameo". In The Sentinel (2006), he starred alongside Michael Douglas , as his protégé and he also starred in Disney's The Wild where he voiced the character Samson. He played the lead roles in Alexandre Aja 's supernatural horror, Mirrors (2008). In 2009, he joined the DreamWorks animated film Monsters vs. Aliens , reuniting him with actress Reese Witherspoon with whom he starred in Freeway . Monsters vs. Aliens

605-634: A Connecting People award. The awards also introduced new Shorty Industry Awards to recognize the best uses of social media by brands and agencies. Winners were announced at a ceremony on March 28, 2011, hosted by Aasif Mandvi in the Times Center. Other Shorty Awards presenters were scheduled to include Kiefer Sutherland , Jerry Stiller , Anne Meara , Stephen Wallem , Miss USA Rima Fakih , and Miss Teen USA Kamie Crawford . The 4th Annual Shorty Awards featured Ricky Gervais and Tiffani Thiessen . 1.6 million tweeted nominations were made across all

726-567: A Drama Television Series at the 2007 Golden Globe Awards for 24 . According to his 2006 contract, his salary of $ 40 million for three seasons of the show made him the highest-earning actor on television. Sutherland constantly emphasizes that the show is merely "entertainment". The dean of the United States Military Academy , Brigadier General Patrick Finnegan, visited the set of 24 in February 2007 to urge

847-628: A Lifetime Achievement Award at the Zurich Film Festival . Sutherland was born on 21 December 1966 at St Mary's Hospital in the Paddington district of London, to Donald Sutherland and Shirley Douglas , both successful Canadian actors who had been living and working in England. His parents divorced when he was three. He has a twin sister, Rachel Sutherland, who works as a post-production film supervisor. His maternal grandfather

968-552: A Pashtun folktale. On 3 January 2009, her first entry was posted to the BBC Urdu blog. She hand-wrote notes and passed them to a reporter who scanned and e-mailed them. The blog recorded Yousafzai's thoughts during the First Battle of Swat , as military operations took place, fewer girls show up to school, and finally, her school shut down. That day she wrote: I had a terrible dream yesterday with military helicopters and

1089-516: A Pashtun leader known for his nonviolent Khudai Khidmatgar resistance movement against the British Raj , as inspirations for her activism. As Yousafzai became more recognised, the dangers facing her increased. Death threats against her were published in newspapers and slipped under her door. On Facebook , where she was an active user, she began to receive threats. Eventually, a Pakistani Taliban spokesman said they were "forced" to act. In

1210-482: A bus after taking an exam in Pakistan's Swat Valley. Yousafzai was 15 years old at the time. According to reports, a masked gunman shouted: "Which one of you is Malala? Speak up, otherwise I will shoot you all." Upon being identified, Yousafzai was shot with one bullet, which travelled 18 inches (46 cm) from the side of her left eye, through her neck and landed in her shoulder. Two other girls were also wounded in

1331-497: A cult following. He starred with Sally Field in the thriller Eye for an Eye , and he appeared in A Time to Kill alongside his father Donald Sutherland . In 1998, he starred in Dark City , the science fiction film directed by Alex Proyas in which he portrayed the historical character Daniel P. Schreber . Sutherland also starred in the film Ground Control where he played Jack Harries, an air traffic controller who had

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1452-482: A doctor alongside Ray Liotta in the drama Article 99 . He played a supporting character in Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me , the continuation of the short-lived television series of the same name which ran from 1990 to 1991, as agent Sam Stanley ; and also in A Few Good Men (1992), where he played a junior officer subordinate to Jack Nicholson 's Col. Nathan R. Jessup. The film was nominated for

1573-460: A doctor, said that she had a 70% chance of survival. Interior Minister Rehman Malik said that Yousafzai would be moved to Germany, where she could receive the best medical treatment, as soon as she was stable enough to travel. A team of doctors would travel with her, and the government would bear the cost of her treatment. Doctors reduced Yousafzai's sedation on 13 October, and she moved all four limbs. Offers to treat Yousafzai came from around

1694-540: A documentary. In May, the Pakistani Army moved into the region to regain control during the Second Battle of Swat (also known as Operation Rah-e-Rast). Mingora was evacuated and Yousafzai's family was displaced and separated. Her father went to Peshawar to protest and lobby for support, while she was sent into the countryside to live with relatives. "I'm really bored because I have no books to read," she

1815-472: A film in 1991. During an interview in March 2012, he said he had declined director Gus Van Sant 's offer to star in the lead role in the movie My Own Private Idaho , a decision that he regretted. He was quoted as saying "I passed on My Private Idaho because I wanted to go skiing and didn't even look at it. I told myself that I needed to stick to my plan ... and it was a really dumb plan." In 1992, he played

1936-563: A five-hour operation, doctors successfully removed the bullet, which had lodged in her shoulder near her spinal cord. The day following the attack, doctors performed a decompressive craniectomy , in which part of her skull was removed to allow room for swelling. On 11 October 2012, a panel of Pakistani and British doctors decided to move Yousafzai to the Armed Forces Institute of Cardiology in Rawalpindi . Mumtaz Khan,

2057-546: A fundraiser for the Metropolitan Museum of Art . Several weeks later, Sutherland and McCollough issued a joint statement in which Sutherland apologized; police later dropped the charges. Sutherland is the co-owner (along with Jude Cole ) of the independent record label Ironworks . Sutherland reportedly fell victim to a financial scam involving cattle in 2010. According to the Associated Press ,

2178-470: A group of other grassroots activists that had been invited to see United States President Barack Obama 's special representative to Afghanistan and Pakistan, Richard Holbrooke . Yousafzai pleaded with Holbrooke to intervene in the situation, saying, "Respected ambassador, if you can help us in our education, so please help us." When her family finally returned home, they found it had not been damaged, and her school had sustained only light damage. Following

2299-541: A hospital birth and Yousafzai was born at home with the help of neighbours. She was given her first name Malala (meaning "grief-stricken") after Malalai of Maiwand , a famous Pashtun poet and warrior woman from southern Afghanistan . At her house in Mingora , she lived with her two younger brothers, Khushal and Atal, her parents, Ziauddin and Tor Pekai, and two chickens. Fluent in Pashto , Urdu and English, Yousafzai

2420-510: A lot in class and enjoyed ourselves like we used to before." Attendance at Yousafzai's class was up to 19 of 27 pupils by 1 March, but the Pakistani Taliban were still active in the area. Shelling continued, and relief goods meant for displaced people were looted. Only two days later, Yousafzai wrote that there was a skirmish between the military and Taliban, and the sounds of mortar shells could be heard: "People are again scared that

2541-461: A meeting held in the summer of 2012, Taliban leaders unanimously agreed to kill her. I think of it often and imagine the scene clearly. Even if they come to kill me, I will tell them what they are trying to do is wrong, that education is our basic right. — Malala Yousafzai envisioning a confrontation with the Taliban On 9 October 2012, a Taliban gunman shot Yousafzai as she rode home on

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2662-571: A no-brainer. Free universities : absolutely, that's a no-brainer. So, in the definition, I guess those are leaning toward socialist politics. To me, it's common sense. As a Canadian citizen residing in the United States for work, Sutherland said he is unable to vote in either country. However, he has stated in a 2016 interview that he would have aligned with the New Democratic Party due to his family's history and support for

2783-462: A perfect record until one air crash haunts him to leave the business. Years later, he is hurtled back into the world he thought he left behind. In 2000, he co-starred with Woody Allen in the black comedy Picking Up the Pieces , but the film was received poorly by both commercial audiences and by critics. Since then, Sutherland has starred in small projects and festival-released films. He starred in

2904-632: A politician to save this country. There are so many crises in our country. I want to remove these crises. — Malala Yousafzai, Class Dismissed (documentary) By early July, refugee camps were filled to capacity. The prime minister made a long-awaited announcement saying it was safe to return to the Swat Valley. The Pakistani military had pushed the Taliban out of the cities and into the countryside. Yousafzai's family reunited, and on 24 July 2009 they headed home. They made one stop first—to meet with

3025-538: A schoolgirl to blog anonymously about her life there. Their correspondent in Peshawar , Abdul Hai Kakar , had been in touch with a local school teacher, Ziauddin Yousafzai, but could not find any students willing to report, as their families considered it too dangerous. Finally, Yousafzai suggested his own daughter, 11-year-old Malala. At the time, Pakistani Taliban militants led by Maulana Fazlullah were taking over

3146-561: A semester at Regina Mundi Catholic College in London, Ontario and attended weekend acting lessons at Sir Frederick Banting Secondary School . Sutherland told The Sunday Times that he didn't really know his famous father outside of holidays and summer vacations until he moved out at age 15. He told Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2009) that he and Robert Downey Jr. were roommates for three years when he first moved to Hollywood to pursue his career in acting. He and Downey also starred together in

3267-405: Is Friedkin's sole posthumous work, the director having died on August 7 of the same year. Brian Tallerico of RogerEbert.com praised Sutherland for bringing "unique energy" to the role, describing his performance as "one of the best acting turns of his career." Total Film have also praised his performance, writing Sutherland delivers "some of the best work of his career here. He's only briefly in

3388-627: Is Sutherland's highest-grossing film to date. The actor is also a frequent collaborator with director Joel Schumacher , and has appeared in The Lost Boys , Flatliners , Phone Booth , the big screen adaptation of A Time to Kill (the film also starred his father Donald, although their characters did not interact), and Twelve as the narrator. In 2005, Sutherland was inducted into Canada's Walk of Fame in Toronto, where both of his parents have also been inducted. He ranked No. 68 on

3509-413: Is filmed saying in the documentary. That month, after criticising militants at a press conference, Yousafzai's father received a death threat over the radio by a Pakistani Taliban commander. Yousafzai was deeply inspired in her activism by her father. That summer, for the first time, she committed to becoming a politician and not a doctor, as she had once aspired to be. I have a new dream ... I must be

3630-401: Is paying all transport, migration, medical, accommodation and subsistence costs for Malala and her party." Yousafzai had come out of her coma by 17 October 2012, was responding well to treatment, and was said to have a good chance of fully recovering without any brain damage. Later updates on 20 and 21 October stated that she was stable, but was still battling an infection. By 8 November, she

3751-473: The Academy Award for Best Picture . In The Vanishing (1993), he starred alongside Jeff Bridges as a desperate man seeking the whereabouts of his girlfriend, three years after she mysteriously vanished. In The Three Musketeers (1993), Sutherland played the central character of Athos . In 1996, Sutherland appeared in three films. He starred with Reese Witherspoon in Freeway , which gained

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3872-646: The Ford Motor Company of Canada . In mid-2006, he voiced the Apple, Inc. advertisement announcing the inclusion of Intel chips in their Macintosh computer line. He also voices the introduction to NHL games on the Versus network in the US. On 14 February 2010, Fox TV announced they were temporarily suspending production of Season 8 of 24 due to a ruptured cyst near one of Sutherland's kidneys. According to

3993-485: The Fox television series Touch . He played the father of an autistic boy who does not like to be touched, while the son also communicates future humanity interrelated events to his father through numbers and mathematics. In The Reluctant Fundamentalist (2013), the best-selling novel adaptation directed by Mira Nair , he played a supporting character for newcomer Riz Ahmed , as a boss named Jim Cross. On 14 May 2013, it

4114-837: The Grand Ole Opry on June 6, 2016. A 2017 review in The Guardian said, "you have the first Hollywood hobby act unshackled by convention and with a real shot at greatness." The band performed in Scotland and in Las Vegas in 2019. The band's second album, Reckless and Me , was released in April 2019. Sutherland played Det. Clay Bryce in the American action thriller television series The Fugitive , which premiered on August 3, 2020. He also starred as lead role John Weir in

4235-539: The Human Rights Campaign have also been awarded. The Shorty Awards also produces an annual award program called The Shorty Impact Awards, a competition dedicated to showcasing digital and social media-based projects by brands, agencies, and organizations that seek to make the world a better place. The awards were created in 2008 by tech entrepreneurs Greg Galant, Adam Varga, and Lee Semel of Sawhorse Media. They invited Twitter account holders to nominate

4356-618: The International Children's Peace Prize of the Dutch international children's advocacy group, KidsRights Foundation . She was the first Pakistani girl to be nominated for the award. The announcement said, "Malala dared to stand up for herself and other girls and used national and international media to let the world know girls should also have the right to go to school." The award was won by Michaela Mycroft of South Africa. Yousafzai's public profile rose even further when she

4477-522: The Progressive Conservatives ' push for fiscal discipline as he argued that his grandfather's achievements were "never at the expense of social and human services to those in need". MacLeod responded by criticizing an "expensive" bus shelter ad for Designated Survivor outside of Queen's Park while suggesting that Sutherland does not understand the challenges of being a politician compared to "pretending to be one on TV". Sutherland

4598-564: The Quran says that "people propagating against Islam and Islamic forces would be killed", going on to say that " Sharia says that even a child can be killed if he is propagating against Islam". On 12 October 2012, a group of Islamic clerics in Pakistan issued a fatwā – a ruling of Islamic law – against the Taliban gunmen who tried to kill Yousafzai. Islamic scholars from the Sunni Ittehad Council publicly denounced attempts by

4719-570: The United States Men's National Soccer Team during the 2014 FIFA World Cup for ESPN . He has appeared in a Brazilian TV commercials for Citroën C4 sedan and a voice-over for a commercial for Bank of America . He voices Sgt. Roebuck in Treyarch 's video game Call of Duty: World at War and voices Big Boss in the video game Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes and its sequel Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain , taking over

4840-574: The 2006 Forbes Celebrity 100 list of the world's most powerful celebrities, his earnings were a reported $ 23 million. In 2008, he was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame . Sutherland was the first Inside the Actors Studio guest to be the child of a former guest; his father, Donald, appeared on the show in 1998. Sutherland was featured on the cover of the April 2006 edition of Rolling Stone , in an article entitled "Alone in

4961-537: The 2023 Paramount+ thriller show Rabbit Hole . In the 2023 film The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial , based on the two-act play of the same name , Sutherland played the role of Lieutenant Commander Phillip Queeg, the part portrayed by Humphrey Bogart in the 1954 film adaptation . The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial , directed by William Friedkin , premiered in September 2023 at the 80th Venice International Film Festival where it screened out of competition. The film

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5082-528: The Dark with Kiefer Sutherland". The article began with Sutherland revealing his interest to be killed off in 24 . However, he stated, "Don't get me wrong. I love what I do." It also revealed that he devoted 10 months a year working on 24 . He has starred in Japanese commercials for CalorieMate , performing a parody of his Jack Bauer character. Sutherland also provides voice-overs for the current ad campaign for

5203-494: The Elevate Creatives Fund, a $ 100,000 initiative aimed at supporting digital creators in building sustainable businesses. Malala Yousafzai Malala Yousafzai ( Urdu : ملالہ یوسفزئی , Pashto : ملاله یوسفزۍ , pronunciation: [məˈlaːlə jusəf ˈzəj] ; born 12 July 1997) is a Pakistani female education activist, film and television producer, and the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize laureate at

5324-530: The Fox drama Touch (2012–2013), and provided the facial motion capture and voice for Venom Snake in the video games Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes (2014) and Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (2015). From 2016 to 2019, he starred in the ABC / Netflix political drama series Designated Survivor . Sutherland has been inducted to the Hollywood Walk of Fame and to Canada's Walk of Fame , and has received

5445-616: The NDP. Sutherland also supports the Liberal Party 's efforts to protect universal health care and criticized the Conservative Party 's "undervaluing" of the Canadian public health care system. In 2019, Sutherland called out Ontario premier Doug Ford and Ottawa MPP Lisa MacLeod for using his late grandfather's name to "push their agendas". He also criticized Ford for claiming that the late Douglas would have approved of

5566-624: The New York TimesCenter and was hosted by Comedian Natasha Leggero . The show included appearances by Patton Oswalt , Jamie Oliver , Kristen Bell , Jerry Seinfeld , Moshe Kasher , Julie Klausner , Erin Brady , Guy Kawasaki , Matt Walsh , Retta , Us the Duo , Big Boi , Gilbert Gottfried , Thomas Middleditch , Billie Jean King and Leandra Medine . Winners included Jerry Seinfeld and Will Ferrell. The Seventh Annual Shorty Awards

5687-423: The Pakistani Taliban destroyed several more local schools. On 24 January 2009, Yousafzai wrote: "Our annual exams are due after the vacations but this will only be possible if the Pakistani Taliban allow girls to go to school. We were told to prepare certain chapters for the exam but I do not feel like studying." It seems that it is only when dozens of schools have been destroyed and hundreds others closed down that

5808-407: The Pakistani Taliban had set an edict that no girls could attend school after 15 January 2009. They had already blown up more than 100 girls' schools. The night before the ban took effect was filled with the noise of artillery fire, waking Yousafzai several times. The following day, she also read for the first time excerpts from her blog that were published in a local newspaper. Following the edict,

5929-682: The Pakistani Taliban to mount religious justifications for the shooting of Yousafzai and two of her classmates. Although the attack was roundly condemned in Pakistan, "some fringe Pakistani political parties and extremist outfits" have aired conspiracy theories, such as the shooting being staged by the American Central Intelligence Agency to provide an excuse for continuing drone attacks . The Pakistani Taliban and some other pro-Pakistani Taliban elements branded Yousafzai an "American spy". On 15 October 2012, UN Special Envoy for Global Education, Gordon Brown ,

6050-614: The PlayStation Theater on April 23, 2017. They were hosted by two-time Emmy Award winner Tony Hale with a musical performance by Lizzo . Winners of the night included Bill Nye , Shay Mitchell , Doug the Pug , Gigi Gorgeous , Simone Biles , Mara Wilson , Gaten Matarazzo and Chrissy Teigen . The 10th Annual Shorty Awards, took place on April 15, 2018, at the PlayStation Theater , New York City. The ceremony

6171-541: The Royal House of Swat which supports schools and clinics. She rose in prominence, giving interviews in print and on television, and was nominated for the International Children's Peace Prize by activist Desmond Tutu . On 9 October 2012, while on a bus in Swat District after taking an exam, Yousafzai and two other girls were shot by a Taliban gunman in an assassination attempt targeting her for her activism;

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6292-712: The Swat Degree College for Women at Yousafzai's request, and a secondary school was renamed in her honour. By 2012, she was planning to organise the Malala Education Foundation, which would help poor girls go to school. In 2012, she attended the International Marxist Tendency National Marxist Summer School. In a television interview the same year, she named Barack Obama, Benazir Bhutto and Abdul Ghaffar Khan (Bacha Khan),

6413-409: The Swat Valley, banning television, music, girls' education, and women from going shopping. Bodies of beheaded policemen were being displayed in town squares. At first, a girl named Aisha from her father's school agreed to write a diary, but her parents stopped her from doing it because they feared Taliban reprisals. The only alternative was Yousafzai, who was four years younger and in seventh grade at

6534-602: The Taliban announced the peace deal on their FM Radio studio, another round of stronger firing started outside. Yousafzai spoke out against the Pakistani Taliban on the national current affairs show Capital Talk on 18 February. Three days later, Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi leader Maulana Fazlulla announced on his FM radio station that he was lifting the ban on women's education, and girls would be allowed to attend school until exams were held on 17 March, but that they had to wear burqas . On 25 February, Yousafzai wrote on her blog that she and her classmates "played

6655-601: The Taliban's occupation of Swat. The following summer, journalist Adam B. Ellick made a New York Times documentary about her life as the Pakistan Armed Forces launched Operation Rah-e-Rast against the militants in Swat. In 2011, she received Pakistan's first National Youth Peace Prize. She interned for the Swat Relief Initiative , a foundation founded by Zebunisa Jilani , a princess of

6776-481: The Taliban. I have had such dreams since the launch of the military operation in Swat. My mother made me breakfast and I went off to school. I was afraid going to school because the Taliban had issued an edict banning all girls from attending schools. Only 11 out of 27 pupils attended the class because the number decreased because of the Pakistani Taliban's edict. My three friends have shifted to Peshawar, Lahore and Rawalpindi with their families after this edict. In Swat,

6897-633: The age of 17. She is the youngest Nobel Prize laureate in history, the second Pakistani and the only Pashtun to receive a Nobel Prize. Yousafzai is a human rights advocate for the education of women and children in her native homeland, Swat , where the Pakistani Taliban had at times banned girls from attending school. Her advocacy has grown into an international movement, and according to former Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi , she has become Pakistan's "most prominent citizen." The daughter of education activist Ziauddin Yousafzai , she

7018-440: The army thinks about protecting them. Had they conducted their operations here properly, this situation would not have arisen. — Malala Yousafzai, 24 January 2009 BBC blog entry In February 2009, girls' schools were still closed. In solidarity, private schools for boys had decided not to open until 9 February, and notices appeared saying so. On 7 February, Yousafzai and her brother returned to their hometown of Mingora, where

7139-528: The attack, saying that Yousafzai "is the symbol of the infidels and obscenity", adding that if she survived, the group would target her again. In the days following the attack, the Pakistani Taliban reiterated its justification, saying Yousafzai had been brainwashed by her father: "We warned him several times to stop his daughter from using dirty language against us, but he didn't listen and forced us to take this extreme step." The Pakistani Taliban also justified its attack as part of religious scripture, stating that

7260-493: The attackers had been "threatened by that kind of empowerment". British Foreign Secretary William Hague called the shooting "barbaric" and that it had "shocked Pakistan and the world". American singer Madonna dedicated her song " Human Nature " to Yousafzai at a concert in Los Angeles the day of the attack, and also had a temporary Malala tattoo on her back. American actress Angelina Jolie wrote an article explaining

7381-564: The best Twitter users in general categories such as humor, news, food, and design. Winners were chosen by more than 30,000 Twitter users during the voting period. The founders of Twitter first heard about the awards after the contest had gotten underway and expressed support for it. The first Shorty Awards ceremony was held on February 11, 2009, at the Galapagos Art Space in Brooklyn , New York . Approximately 300 people attended

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7502-463: The best in social media and digital content on May 24, 2023, at Tribeca 360° in New York City. Hosted by Jay Pharoah , the event honored creators, brands, and organizations across 148 categories, recognizing excellence in digital storytelling, innovative content, and impactful social media campaigns. Notable winners included Jay Shetty , Smile Train , and Paramount . The event also introduced

7623-521: The categories to honor the top users on Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, Foursquare, YouTube and other internet platforms. The 5th Annual Shorty Awards ceremony featured Felicia Day , James Urbaniak , Kristian Nairn , Hannibal Buress , Carrie Keagan , Chris Hardwick , David Karp and Coco Rocha . 2.4 million tweeted nominations were made across all the categories to honor the top users on Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, Foursquare, YouTube and other internet sites. The ceremony took place on April 7, 2014, at

7744-416: The ceremony took place online for the first time, with presenters and award winners filming from their own homes. The ceremony was hosted by actor J.B. Smoove and featured a remixed performance of Trap Queen by Fetty Wap . Award winners included Jack Stauber , Supercar Blondie , Rose and Rosie , and Greta Thunberg . The 13th Annual Shorty Awards took place from April 26 to May 14, 2021. The ceremony

7865-826: The ceremony. On-stage presenters included Kevin Jonas , Bill Nye , Bella Thorne , Wyclef Jean , Emily Kinney and Tyler Oakley . The Eighth Annual Shorty Awards were held in NYC at the TimesCenter on April 11, 2016. They were hosted by YouTuber, Writer and Comedian Mamrie Hart with musical performances from Nico & Vinz . Winners of the night included Bill Wurtz , DJ Khaled , Misty Copeland , Casey Neistat , Dwayne Johnson , Hannah Hart , Troye Sivan , Baddie Winkle , Kevin Hart , Taraji P. Henson , King Bach , and Zach King . The Ninth Annual Shorty Awards were held in NYC at

7986-557: The cleric who ordered the attack on Yousafzai, was hiding in eastern Afghanistan. He was killed by a U.S.-Afghan air strike in June 2018. On 12 September 2014, ISPR Director, Major General Asim Bajwa , told a media briefing in Islamabad that the 10 attackers belonged to a militant group called "Shura". General Bajwa said that Israrur Rehman was the first member of the militant group to be identified and apprehended by troops. Acting upon

8107-583: The crime-action film Renegades . That same year, he and his father appeared at the 61st Academy Awards as presenters of the Academy Honorary Award to the National Film Board of Canada . In the sequel Young Guns II (1990), Sutherland continued to play 'Doc' alongside some of the original cast and with newcomer Christian Slater . As of 2017 , it is the only sequel to a feature film he has starred in. Sutherland starred as

8228-414: The documentary, Yousafzai was interviewed on the national Pashto -language station AVT Khyber , the Urdu-language Daily Aaj , and Canada's Toronto Star . She made a second appearance on Capital Talk on 19 August 2009. Her BBC blogging identity was being revealed in articles by December 2009. She also began appearing on television to publicly advocate for female education. From 2009 to 2010 she

8349-645: The engagement four days before. On 29 June 1996, Sutherland married Kelly Winn. The couple separated in 1999, and he filed for divorce in 2004. The divorce was finalized on 16 May 2008. In the late 1990s, Sutherland purchased a 900-acre (360 ha) ranch in Montana and toured on the rodeo circuit. He dated Bo Derek in 2000. Sutherland began dating model/actress Cindy Vela of Olmito, Texas , sometime in 2014, keeping their relationship private up until 2017 when they began to be seen together in public. Vela and Sutherland became engaged in 2017. As of 2019 , they reside in Toluca Lake, Los Angeles . Sutherland

8470-466: The event recognized influencers, brands, and organizations across various categories, celebrating excellence in digital storytelling and innovative online campaigns. Notable winners included Tabitha Brown for her food content and the D'Amelio Family for their contributions to family and parenting content. The event highlighted the role of digital media in connecting and inspiring audiences during challenging times. The 15th Annual Shorty Awards celebrated

8591-446: The event to her children and answering questions like "Why did those men think they needed to kill Malala?" Jolie later donated $ 200,000 to the Malala Fund for girls' education. Former First Lady of the United States , Laura Bush wrote an op-ed piece in The Washington Post in which she compared Yousafzai to Holocaust diarist Anne Frank . Ehsanullah Ehsan, chief spokesman for the Pakistani Taliban , claimed responsibility for

8712-538: The event. The event was hosted by CNN anchor Rick Sanchez and featured appearances by prominent Twitter users MC Hammer and Gary Vaynerchuk and a video appearance by Shaquille O'Neal . The awards, in 26 categories, were voted on by Twitter users. Voting for the second Shorty Awards opened in January 2010 in 26 official categories. A Real-Time Photo of the Year category was added to the list of official categories for

8833-602: The film 1969 (1988). Sutherland made his screen debut in Max Dugan Returns (as did Matthew Broderick ), in which his father Donald Sutherland also starred. Sutherland was one of the contenders for the role of Glen Lantz in the original A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984), which ultimately became Johnny Depp 's feature film debut. After receiving critical acclaim for his role as Donald Campbell in The Bay Boy , Sutherland moved to Hollywood. Stand by Me

8954-728: The film Beat , which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2000. He also appeared in 2001 film Cowboy Up , which won the Crystal Heart Award at the 2001 Heartland Film Festival . He also starred in the film To End All Wars , which won two awards at the Heartland Film Festival and one award at the Hawaii International Film Festival . Since 2001, Sutherland has been associated most widely with

9075-496: The film in which Kiefer was nominated for the major Danish film prize Bodil . Kiefer also shared the screen with Hurt another time, this time on the small screen, in the web series The Confession . In 2011, Sutherland made his Broadway debut, opposite Brian Cox , Jim Gaffigan , Chris Noth and Jason Patric , in the Broadway revival of That Championship Season , which opened in March 2011. In 2012, Sutherland starred in

9196-439: The film received generally mixed to negative reviews, and Sutherland's Roman accent and antagonistic performance as Senator Quintus Attius Corvus received polarizing responses from critics, he regarded the film as "much more fun" than many of his other roles, and considered production of the film to be "one of the most comfortable environments I've ever been in". Sutherland also provided narration for several promotional spots for

9317-481: The film, and yet he makes every second count, fidgeting with his hands and spitting his lines as if certain words pain him. He makes Queeg a complex, complicated man, not just a stock villain." Sutherland narrated the Apple TV+ docuseries John Lennon: Murder Without a Trial . It was released on Apple's streaming platform on December 6, 2023. On 12 September 1987, Sutherland married Puerto Rican-born Camelia Kath,

9438-536: The finalists, the academy decided on the winners. Winners were announced at a ceremony held in the Times Center in The New York Times building in Manhattan that was also streamed online. The ceremony was hosted by CNN anchor Rick Sanchez , who presented awards in the official categories as well as the newly added Real-Time Photo of the Year and a special humanitarian award. The nomination period for

9559-402: The first Right to Education Bill in Pakistan. Pakistani officials offered a 10 million rupee (≈US$ 105,000) reward for information leading to the arrest of the attackers. Responding to concerns about his safety, Yousafzai's father said: "We wouldn't leave our country if my daughter survives or not. We have an ideology that advocates peace. The Taliban cannot stop all independent voices through

9680-541: The first time, recognizing the best photo posted to services such as Twitpic , Yfrog , or Facebook . The second Shorty Awards competition introduced a panel of judges called the Real-Time Academy of Short Form Arts & Sciences whose members were Craig Newmark , David Pogue , Kurt Andersen , Caterina Fake , Joi Ito , Frank Moss , Alberto Ibargüen , Sreenath Sreenivasan , MC Hammer , Alyssa Milano and Jimmy Wales . After public nominations determined

9801-428: The force of bullets." Pakistan's president Asif Ali Zardari described the shooting as an attack on "civilized people". UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called it a "heinous and cowardly act". United States President Barack Obama found the attack "reprehensible, disgusting and tragic", while Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Yousafzai had been "very brave in standing up for the rights of girls" and that

9922-617: The former British Prime Minister , visited Yousafzai while she was in the hospital, and launched a petition in her name and "in support of what Malala fought for". Using the slogan "I am Malala", the petition's main demand was that there be no child left out of school by 2015, with the hope that "girls like Malala everywhere will soon be going to school". Brown said he would hand the petition to President Zardari in Islamabad in November. The petition contains three demands: The day after

10043-656: The gunman fled the scene. She was struck in the head by a bullet and remained unconscious and in critical condition at the Rawalpindi Institute of Cardiology , but her condition later improved enough for her to be transferred to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham, UK . The attempt on her life sparked an international outpouring of support. Deutsche Welle reported in January 2013 that she may have become "the most famous teenager in

10164-459: The information received during his interrogation, all other members of the militant group were arrested. It was an intelligence-based joint operation conducted by ISI, police, and the military. Kiefer Sutherland Kiefer William Frederick Dempsey George Rufus Sutherland (born 21 December 1966) is a Canadian actor. He is best known for his starring role as Jack Bauer in the Fox drama series 24 (2001–2010, 2014), for which he won

10285-786: The lead in Flatliners , with an ensemble cast featuring Julia Roberts and Kevin Bacon , a film about a student who wants to "experience" death's afterlife and record what happens during it, with the help of a group of young students who are "a little" crazy like him; the film received positive reviews from critics. He plays a young FBI agent coming to terms with his life in a commune in Flashback (1990) alongside Dennis Hopper . Sutherland had also starred in The Nutcracker Prince as Hans/The Nutcracker. Sutherland did not make

10406-555: The lead role of the former ABC political drama series Designated Survivor as Tom Kirkman, the President of the United States. The show was renewed by Netflix for a third season which was released on 7 June 2019. In 2016, Sutherland released his first album, Down in a Hole , and a music video for "Not Enough Whiskey" from the album. The country music songs were written by Sutherland and Jude Cole. The Kiefer Sutherland Band toured in April and May of that year, and debuted at

10527-506: The peace may not last for long. Some people are saying that the peace agreement is not permanent, it is just a break in fighting." On 9 March, Yousafzai wrote about a science paper that she performed well on, and added that the Taliban were no longer searching vehicles as they once did. Her blog ended on 12 March 2009. After the BBC diary ended, Yousafzai and her father were approached by New York Times reporter Adam B. Ellick about filming

10648-487: The perpetrator, Michael Wayne Carr, took US$ 869,000 from Sutherland, ostensibly in order to buy steers which were never purchased. Carr pleaded guilty and was ordered to pay US$ 956,000 in restitution to Sutherland and his investment partner. In his January 2007 interview with Charlie Rose , Sutherland said of his political views: I believe inherently that we have a responsibility to take care of each other, so when you talk about socialized health care : absolutely, that's

10769-453: The report, he waited a few days before going in to have "elective surgery" performed. It was anticipated that he would return after a week, but a few days further were needed and Fox reported that his return to set would be 1 March. In the 2011 drama-thriller Melancholia directed by Lars Von Trier , he played the male lead character and got the chance to share the screen with long-lost co-stars such as Charlotte Rampling and John Hurt ,

10890-419: The role of Jack Bauer on the critically acclaimed television series 24 . After being nominated four times for the "Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series" Primetime Emmy Award , Sutherland won the award in 2006 for his role in 24' s fifth season. In the opening skit of the 2006 Primetime Emmy Awards , Sutherland made an appearance as his 24 character, Jack Bauer. He was also nominated for Best actor in

11011-491: The role originally performed by David Hayter . After working in the movie industry for more than 30 years, he had the chance to star with his father, Donald Sutherland, in the western-drama film Forsaken , which also stars Demi Moore and Brian Cox . The film screened at the Toronto International Film Festival and received mixed reviews from critics. In 2016, Sutherland was cast in

11132-543: The shooting, Pakistan's Interior Minister Rehman Malik stated that the Taliban gunman who shot Yousafzai had been identified. Police named 23-year-old Atta Ullah Khan, a graduate student in chemistry, as the gunman in the attack. As of 2015 , he remained at large, possibly in Afghanistan. The police also arrested six men for involvement in the attack, but they were later released due to lack of evidence. In November 2012, US sources confirmed that Mullah Fazlullah ,

11253-414: The shooting: Kainat Riaz and Shazia Ramzan, both of whom were stable enough following the shooting to speak to reporters and provide details of the attack. After the shooting, Yousafzai was airlifted to a military hospital in Peshawar , where doctors were forced to operate after swelling developed in the left portion of her brain, which had been damaged by the bullet when it passed through her head. After

11374-554: The show's makers to reduce the number of torture scenes and Sutherland accepted an invitation from the U.S. military to tell West Point cadets that it is wrong to torture prisoners. In an interview with OK! magazine, Howard Gordon said it would be an "unbearable loss" if they killed off Sutherland's character. Due to his extensive schedule with 24 , he spent less time in film. In 2004, he starred in Taking Lives , alongside Angelina Jolie and Ethan Hawke , in which he had

11495-421: The streets were deserted, and there was an "eerie silence". She wrote in her blog: "We went to the supermarket to buy a gift for our mother but it was closed, whereas earlier it used to remain open till late. Many other shops were also closed." Their home had been robbed and their television was stolen. After boys' schools reopened, the Pakistani Taliban lifted restrictions on girls' primary education, where there

11616-416: The third annual Shorty Awards opened in January 2011 and ran through February 11, 2011, except for new categories that had extended nomination deadlines. There were 30 official categories and five special categories. In addition to Real-Time Photo of the Year, for the first time the awards accepted nominations for Foursquare Mayor of the Year, Foursquare Location of the Year, Microblog of the Year on Tumblr, and

11737-463: The time. "We had been covering the violence and politics in Swat in detail but we didn't know much about how ordinary people lived under the Taliban", said Mirza Waheed, former editor of BBC Urdu. Because they were concerned for Yousafzai's safety, the BBC editors insisted she use a pseudonym. Her blog was published under the byline "Gul Makai" (" cornflower " in Pashto), a name taken from a character in

11858-412: The twice-elected, assassinated Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto , Yousafzai started speaking about education rights as early as September 2008, when her father took her to Peshawar to speak at the local press club . "How dare the Taliban take away my basic right to education?" she asked in a speech covered by newspapers and television channels throughout the region. In 2009, she began as a trainee and

11979-456: The widow of Chicago guitarist/singer Terry Kath ; she was 34 and he was 20. They had one daughter, Sarah , born on February 18, 1988. Through their marriage, he became stepfather to Camelia's daughter Michelle Kath (b. 1976), who has two sons with actor Adam Sinclair . Sutherland and Kath divorced in 1990. Sutherland was engaged to Julia Roberts , his co-star in Flatliners (1990). The pair planned to marry on 14 June 1991, but called off

12100-484: The world". Weeks after the attempted murder, a group of 50 leading Muslim clerics in Pakistan issued a fatwā against those who tried to kill her. Governments, human rights organizations and feminist groups subsequently condemned the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan . In response, the Taliban further denounced Yousafzai, indicating plans for a possible second assassination attempt which the Taliban felt

12221-561: The world. On 15 October, Yousafzai travelled to the United Kingdom for further treatment, approved by both her doctors and family. Her plane landed in Birmingham , England, where she was treated at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital , one of the specialties of this hospital being the treatment of military personnel injured in conflict. According to media reports at the time, the UK Government stated that "[t]he Pakistani government

12342-537: The youngest ever Honorary Fellow at Linacre College, Oxford . Yousafzai was born on 12 July 1997 in the Swat District of Pakistan's northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, into a lower-middle-class family. She is the daughter of Ziauddin Yousafzai and Toor Pekai Yousafzai. Her family is Sunni Muslim of Pashtun ethnicity, belonging to the Yusufzai tribe. The family did not have enough money for

12463-521: The youngest person to address the House of Commons of Canada . Yousafzai completed her secondary school education at Edgbaston High School , Birmingham in England from 2013 to 2017. From there she won a place at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford , and undertook three years of study for a Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE), graduating in 2020. She returned in 2023 to become

12584-482: Was co-education . Girls-only schools were still closed. Yousafzai wrote that only 70 pupils attended out of the 700 who were enrolled. On 15 February, gunshots were heard in Mingora's streets, but Yousafzai's father reassured her, saying, "Don't be scared—this is firing for peace." Her father had read in the newspaper that the government and militants were going to sign a peace deal the next day. Later that night, when

12705-566: Was Scottish-born Canadian politician and former Premier of Saskatchewan Tommy Douglas , who is widely credited for bringing universal health care to Canada. Sutherland is named after American-born writer and director Warren Kiefer , who directed Donald Sutherland in his first feature film, Castle of the Living Dead . When he was a baby, his mother was arrested by the FBI and charged with conspiracy to possess unregistered explosives but

12826-534: Was awarded Pakistan's first National Youth Peace Prize two months later in December. On 19 December 2011, Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani awarded her the National Peace Award for Youth. At the ceremony, she stated she was not a member of any political party, but hoped to found a national party of her own to promote education. The prime minister directed the authorities to set up an IT campus in

12947-510: Was born to a Yusufzai Pashtun family in Swat and was named after the Afghan folk heroine Malalai of Maiwand . Considering Abdul Ghaffar Khan , Barack Obama , and Benazir Bhutto as her role models, she was also inspired by her father's thoughts and humanitarian work. In early 2009, when she was 11, she wrote a blog under her pseudonym Gul Makai for the BBC Urdu to detail her life during

13068-702: Was charged in Los Angeles on 25 September 2007, on drunk driving charges, after failing a field sobriety test . His test exceeded the state's legal blood alcohol limit , and he was later released on a $ 25,000 bail. It was Sutherland's fourth DUI charge since 1989. Sutherland pleaded no contest to the DUI charge and was sentenced to 48 days in jail. Sutherland surrendered to the NYPD on 6 May 2009 for head-butting fashion designer Jack McCollough, founder and co-designer of Proenza Schouler , at The Mercer Hotel in SoHo following

13189-547: Was confirmed that the show 24 would return for a limited series. Before that, he was also offered the lead role in the NBC drama The Blacklist . In May and July 2014, Fox aired the twelve-episode 24: Live Another Day , which received acclaimed reviews from critics. Although he did not appear in 2017's 24: Legacy , he was the show's executive producer. Sutherland was cast in the 2014 epic romantic historical disaster movie, Pompeii , directed by Paul W. S. Anderson ; though

13310-584: Was educated mostly by her father, Ziauddin Yousafzai, a poet, school owner, and an educational activist himself, running a chain of private schools known as the Khushal Public School. In an interview, she once said that she aspired to become a doctor, though later her father encouraged her to become a politician instead. Ziauddin referred to his daughter as something entirely special, allowing her to stay up at night and talk about politics after her two brothers had been sent to bed. Inspired by

13431-530: Was hosted by actress, singer, and songwriter Keke Palmer with a musical performance by Betty Who . The 11th Annual Shorty Awards were held on May 5, 2019, in New York City at the PlayStation Theater. The ceremony was hosted by American actress and comedian Kathy Griffin , with a musical performance by Tank and the Bangas . The 12th Annual Shorty Awards were held on May 3, 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic ,

13552-512: Was hosted by comedian Rachel Dratch and took place on April 20, 2015, at The Times Center in NYC. The Real-Time Academy, the judging body of the Shortys, tripled in size for the 7th annual Awards and included Alton Brown , Mamrie Hart , Nikki Glaser , OK Go , The Fine Bros , Debbie Sterling , Dan Savage , Deena Varshavskaya and Palmer Luckey . Panic! at the Disco was the musical guest at

13673-492: Was hosted on different social media platforms, such as Instagram and Clubhouse , to create a more tailored experience. Winners were announced from May 11 to May 14, with 10 winners being revealed each hour from 1 to 4 p.m. EST on the Shorty Awards Instagram account. The 14th Annual Shorty Awards were held virtually on May 15, 2022, honoring the best in social media and digital content. Hosted by Jay Shetty,

13794-546: Was justified as a religious obligation. This sparked another international outcry. After her recovery, Yousafzai became a more prominent activist for the right to education . Based in Birmingham , she co-founded the Malala Fund , a non-profit organisation, with Shiza Shahid . In 2013, she co-authored I Am Malala , an international best seller. In 2013, she received the Sakharov Prize , and in 2014, she

13915-713: Was later exonerated. Sutherland's family moved to Corona, California , in 1968. His parents divorced in 1970. In 1975, Sutherland moved with his mother to Toronto , Ontario. He attended Crescent Town Elementary School and St. Clair Junior High (now Gordon A. Brown Middle School) in East York , and John G. Althouse Middle School in Etobicoke . He attended several high schools, including St. Andrew's College , Martingrove Collegiate Institute , Harbord Collegiate Institute , Silverthorn Collegiate Institute , Malvern Collegiate Institute , and Annex Village Campus. He also spent

14036-508: Was photographed sitting up in bed. On 11 November, Yousafzai underwent surgery for eight and a half hours, in order to repair her facial nerve . On 3 January 2013, Yousafzai was discharged from the hospital to continue her rehabilitation at her family's temporary home in the West Midlands , where she had weekly physiotherapy. She underwent a five-hour-long operation on 2 February to reconstruct her skull and restore her hearing with

14157-554: Was the chair of the District Child Assembly of the Khpal Kor Foundation . In 2011, Yousafzai trained with local girls' empowerment organisation, Aware Girls , run by Gulalai Ismail , whose training included advice on women's rights and empowerment to peacefully oppose radicalisation through education. In October 2011, Archbishop Desmond Tutu , a South African activist, nominated Yousafzai for

14278-484: Was the co-recipient of the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize with Kailash Satyarthi of India. Aged 17 at the time, she was the youngest-ever Nobel Prize laureate. In 2015, she was the subject of the Oscar -shortlisted documentary He Named Me Malala . The 2013, 2014 and 2015 issues of Time magazine featured her as one of the most influential people globally. In 2017 she was awarded honorary Canadian citizenship and became

14399-625: Was the first film Sutherland made in the United States. In the film, directed by Rob Reiner , he played a neighbourhood bully in a coming-of-age story about a search for a dead body. Before that, he played a silent, supporting character, as one of Sean Penn 's friends who goes up against Christopher Walken in James Foley's crime-thriller At Close Range . He next appeared as a vampire David in Joel Schumacher 's The Lost Boys in 1987. Promised Land (1988), with Meg Ryan ,

14520-533: Was the first film to be commissioned by the Sundance Film Festival . In the Western film Young Guns (1988), he starred alongside Emilio Estevez and Lou Diamond Phillips . He was considered for the role of Robin in Batman (1989), alongside Michael Keaton , in the early production before the character was deleted from the shooting script. He went on to star again with his close friend Lou Diamond Phillips, in

14641-560: Was then a peer educator in the Institute for War and Peace Reporting 's Open Minds Pakistan youth programme, which worked in the region's schools to help students engage in constructive discussion on social issues through journalism, public debate and dialogue. In late 2008, Aamer Ahmed Khan of the BBC Urdu website and his colleagues came up with a novel way of covering the Pakistani Taliban 's growing influence in Swat . They decided to ask

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