The Raid Gauloise or The Raid is considered by many to be the first modern expedition adventure race and was first held in 1989 in New Zealand as "la grande traversée". Its creator, Gérard Fusil , took the existing concept of long distance endurance races like the Whitbred Round the World Yacht Race , and focused on the team aspects, requiring each competitor to be part of a five-person co-ed team supported by a two-person logistics crew. The Raid had no set course, with competitors being required to rely on their wits and judgment to reach the specified checkpoints. The Raid was named after its original sponsor, the Gauloises Cigarette Company .
56-753: Geoff Hunt and his expat French partner Pascale Lorre replicated the event as the Southern Traverse in 1991. Hunt and Lorre went on to create the Discovery Channel World Championships in 2001 after Eco-Challenge left the network for the USA Network. The event later changed its name to the Adventure Racing World Championships and was taken over by an Australian event production company Geocentric Pty Ltd in 2011. In 1996, Fusil left
112-492: A 55 percent interest in One Three Media and LightWorkers Media . The two companies were consolidated into a new film and television company, United Artists Media Group , which was then acquired fully by MGM in 2015. In December 2015, Burnett was named president of MGM Television and Digital Group, signing a five-year deal. Burnett's appointment was set up to occur simultaneously with the closing of MGM's acquisition of
168-605: A fence at Venice Beach in Los Angeles , and sold T-shirts for $ 18 each during weekends. Realizing he made more money selling T-shirts, he left his insurance job. In 1991, Burnett and four others joined a French adventure competition, the Raid Gauloises . Afterward, Burnett saw a business opportunity in holding similar competitions. He purchased the format rights and brought a similar competition, Eco-Challenge , to America. Eco-Challenge launched Burnett's career as
224-539: A good substitute for humor." Schreier also quoted Joystiq 's Justin McElroy , who voiced his concern at many awards being shown together in a short montage. Praise was given for the handling of The Legend of Zelda's induction into the Hall of Fame including the video package of the franchise's releases and an appearance by creator Shigeru Miyamoto . The 2013 VGX received considerable negative press after airing; much of
280-547: A job under real estate magnate and later US President Donald Trump . Burnett has produced several other television franchises including Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader? , Shark Tank , The Voice , Beat Shazam , Coupled , and TKO: Total Knock Out . Past shows include Celebrity Apprentice (NBC), Bully Beatdown , Combat Missions , The Contender , The Contender Asia , Expedition Africa , Expedition Impossible , How'd You Get So Rich? , Martha Stewart , My Dad Is Better than Your Dad , On
336-536: A judgment for legal separation was granted in December 2003; they divorced in 2006. In January 2004, Burnett began dating Roma Downey . In November 2006, while the two were vacationing with their children in Zihuatanejo , Mexico , he proposed to her. They wed on 28 April 2007 in their Malibu home. The ceremony was officiated by Downey's former co-star, Della Reese . In 2004, Time called Burnett one of
392-511: A nanny, Burnett went on the interview. The Jaegers, realizing the advantage of having a nanny and security at the same time, hired him. After a year of working for the Jaegers, he moved on to another family in Malibu, California , taking care of two boys for $ 250 a week. He was eventually given a position in the insurance office owned by the boys' father. Two years later, Burnett rented a portion of
448-954: A new game called The Phantom Pain (later revealed to be Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain ). The event also had appearances from all past hosts of the VGAs except David Spade . The event featured musical performances by Linkin Park , Tenacious D , Gustavo Santaolalla and Wolfgang Gartner . The 2011 VGAs was held Saturday, December 10, 2011, at the Sony Pictures Studios in Culver City , California, hosted by Zachary Levi . The awards previewed world premieres of Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Patriots , Transformers: Fall of Cybertron , BioShock Infinite , Alan Wake's American Nightmare , Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance , Tony Hawk's Pro Skater HD , The Amazing Spider-Man ,
504-793: A special live performance by Snoop Dogg and the remaining members of The Doors performing "Riders on the Storm". Other performances included Snoop Dogg and Pharrell , Mötley Crüe , Busta Rhymes , and Method Man and Redman in the first-ever Def Jam: Fight For NY performance. Celebrity appearances included Brooke Burke , Samuel L. Jackson , Vin Diesel , Green Day , Giovanni Ribisi , Gabrielle Union , Tara Reid , Papa Roach , Tony Hawk , John Singleton, Danny Masterson , Frankie Muniz , Bai Ling , Ron Perlman , Bam Margera , Freddy Adu , Fabolous , Bobby Crosby , Barry Zito , and Michelle Rodriguez , among others. The 2003 Spike Video Game Awards
560-612: A strong presence in award show franchises, having produced the MTV Movie Awards (2007–2011), the annual People's Choice Awards (2010–2017), the Spike Video Game Awards (2011 & 2012) and the 2011 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards . Burnett has produced more than 3,200 hours of television programming which regularly airs in more than 70 countries. Variety recognized Burnett and his wife Roma Downey as "trailblazers". Both of them were also named among
616-509: A television producer. Burnett first produced the expedition race show Eco-Challenge in 1995. This led to the hit reality show Survivor which premiered in the summer of 2000, and was the most watched summer series since Sonny & Cher . Survivor was named the Number 1 reality series of all time by Entertainment Weekly in 2009. In 2004, NBC premiered The Apprentice , a reality television series in which contestants competed for
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#1732793117762672-627: A world premiere of Blizzard Entertainment 's opening cinematic movie for its highly anticipated expansion set, World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade . The event featured musical performances by Tenacious D and AFI and show appearances by 50 Cent , Eva Mendes , Sarah Silverman , Seth Green , Masi Oka , Hayden Panettiere , Yellowcard , Brandon Routh , Rachael Leigh Cook , Tony Hawk , Michael Irvin , Method Man , Maria Menounos , Tyrese Gibson , Xzibit , James Gandolfini , Kurt Angle , among others. In character as Stewie Griffin and Tom Tucker from Family Guy , Seth MacFarlane served as
728-403: Is a British television producer who has won 13 Emmy Awards including 10 Primetime, one Sports Emmy Award and two Daytime Emmy Awards. His other accolades include five Producers Guild of America Awards , twelve Critics' Choice Television Awards , and ten People's Choice Awards . From 2013 to 2017, Burnett was listed on Variety500, an index of the 500 most influential business leaders shaping
784-470: Is that of a series of events called The Raid World Cup culminating in a world championship event called The Raid World Championship . This final championship event is supposed to be similar to the original events and were held in the following locations: This multisport, triathlon, adventure racing or other endurance related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Mark Burnett James Mark Burnett (born 17 July 1960)
840-598: Is the executive producer of five network television shows: Generation Gap (ABC), Beat Shazam (FOX), Shark Tank (ABC), Survivor (CBS) and The Voice (NBC). Burnett is also the executive producer of the cable series Lucha Underground (The El Rey Network) and The Contender (EPIX). In 2017, Burnett had timeslot winning shows on six nights out of seven. Moreover, as Chairman of MGM Worldwide Television, he oversees scripted television shows including, Fargo (FX), The Handmaid's Tale (Hulu), Vikings and Vikings: Valhalla (Netflix). Burnett's first wife
896-671: The British Academy of Film and Television Arts . In November 2007, Burnett was elected into the Broadcast & Cable Hall of Fame and in 2008, it was announced that he would be honoured with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame . On 8 July 2009, Burnett received a star at 6664 Hollywood Blvd. In June 2011, Burnett was elected into the Producers Guild of America Council Board of Delegates and currently serves on
952-688: The Falklands War and Northern Ireland . After his service, he initially planned to go to Central America and work as a " weapons and tactics adviser ". In October 1982, Burnett immigrated to the United States, where his friend Nick Hill, who had emigrated from the UK earlier, was working as a nanny and chauffeur . Hill knew of an open position for a live-in nanny with the Jaeger family in affluent Beverly Hills . Despite having no experience as
1008-689: The VGX for the final show) was an annual award show hosted by American television network Spike from 2003 that recognized the best computer and video games of the year. Produced by GameTrailers TV's Geoff Keighley , the show featured preview trailers for upcoming games, live music performances and appearances by popular performers in music, movies, and television. The VGAs was held at various locations in Los Angeles and Santa Monica , California as well as Las Vegas , Nevada. Spike's only Video Game Hall of Fame award, given to The Legend of Zelda ,
1064-562: The "Most Influential People" by The Hollywood Reporter . In February 2016, Downey and Burnett gave the keynote address at the National Prayer Breakfast , and Burnett returned the following year to give remarks following his invitation from President and The Apprentice presenter Donald Trump . Burnett was born on 17 July 1960 in London , the only child of Archie and Jean Burnett, both Ford Motor factory workers, and
1120-894: The 2011 VGAs was the NFL Blitz Cover Athlete award. This award, determined by live online voting during the event (just like Character of the Year), determined which NFL athlete would be on the cover of the EA Sports game, NFL Blitz . Appearances were by Charlie Sheen , Brooklyn Decker , Seth Green , Felicia Day , LL Cool J , Jason Biggs , Seann William Scott , Tony Hawk , will.i.am , Hulk Hogan , Stacy Keibler , Bellator MMA stars Eddie Alvarez and Michael Chandler , Blake Anderson , Adam Devine , Anders Holm , and game designers Cliff Bleszinski of Epic Games and Hideo Kojima of Konami . Musical performances were by The Black Keys and Deadmau5 . The 2010 VGAs
1176-554: The 2015 Critics' Choice Television Awards, at which Shark Tank won for Best Reality Series. In 2014, Burnett was named the "Number 1 Reality Producer" on The Hollywood Reporter Reality Power List. In 2014, Burnett and his wife Roma Downey were recipients of the Anti-Defamation League 's Entertainment Industry Award. He and Downey are heavily involved with philanthropic organizations Operation Smile and Compassion International . In 2015, they partnered with
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#17327931177621232-727: The Borderlands , Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition (an Xbox One and PlayStation 4 port with graphical updates and all DLC included), Remedy Entertainment 's Agents of Storm for iOS, Telltale Games' Game of Thrones , and independent developer Hello Games ' No Man's Sky . The 2013 show also featured reveals of Titanfall , Thief , Quantum Break , South Park: The Stick of Truth , Broken Age , Dying Light , Tom Clancy's The Division , and The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt . Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aimé demoed an upcoming Wii U game, Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze , and Rockstar Games worked with
1288-751: The Institute for Global Engagement to launch the Cradle Fund (TCF). TCF is focused on raising $ 25 million to help Middle Eastern minorities displaced by ISIS to return to a home where they can practice their faith without fear. As of 2019, they have helped more than 10,000 displaced Christian refugees to relocate. Special Awards Burnett has been nominated for many television industry awards between 1999 and 2018, including Emmy Awards, Critics Choice Awards, Producers Guild of America Awards, and People's Choice Awards. Spike Video Game Awards The Spike Video Game Awards (in short VGAs , known as
1344-566: The Lot (a collaboration with Steven Spielberg), Pirate Master , The Restaurant , Rock Star , Sarah Palin's Alaska , Stars Earn Stripes , Starmaker , Toughest Cowboy and Wedding Day . Burnett and his wife, actress Roma Downey , produced The Bible , a ten-hour History Channel drama based upon stories of the Bible . The Bible became the No. 1 new series on cable TV in 2013 and
1400-878: The Most Influential People in the World Today. Burnett was also named "Philanthropist of the Year" by the Reality Cares Foundation. He has won both Brandweek 's "Marketer of the Year Award", the prestigious Rose d'Or Frapa Format Award , the Brandon Tartikoff Legacy Award and the Norman Lear Award from the Producers Guild of America . Burnett served for two years on the board of directors for
1456-1015: The Producers Council. He is an ambassador for Operation Smile . In 2013, the ten-hour mini-series The Bible received the Parents Television Council 2013 Seal of Approval. Shark Tank , The Voice and Survivor were all nominated for Critics Choice Awards, at which The Voice won for Best Reality Series – Competition. The three shows were nominated for the Television Critics Association Awards , at which Shark Tank won for Outstanding Achievement in Reality Programming. In 2013, The Voice , Shark Tank , and The Bible were nominated for Primetime Emmy Awards ; The Voice won for Outstanding Reality – Competition Program. The Voice and Shark Tank were nominated at
1512-609: The Raid in 1993 and secured a license from Fusil to run the race in the United States under the name Eco-Challenge , first held in Utah in 1995. New Zealand adventure racer John Howard entered and won four Raid Gauloises, including 1989, 1991, 1994, and 1998. Howard also won three Eco-Challenges, the ESPN X-Games, and Southern Traverse, one of only two people to do so. The other is Australian athlete Ian Adamson . The format since 2004
1568-747: The Raid to begin a new adventure race series, the Elf Authentic Adventure. Patrick Brignoli and Alain Gaimard continued to organize the Raid with their company RGO and Saga d'Aventures (The 1998 Raid in Ecuador was the first raid organized without Fusil). 2003 was the last year for the Raid Gauloises. In 2004, the Raid Gauloises was retooled into the Raid World Championship. Entrepreneur Mark Burnett competed in
1624-491: The Spike Video Game Awards. In his assessment of the 2010 VGAs, Green laments that Spike TV alienated viewers due to their decision to focus the awards on its own primary demographic, rather than the video game community at large. Green states that this leads to appearances by celebrities who "either didn't want to be or know why they were there." 2011 VGA host Zachary Levi recognized this and prior to hosting
1680-517: The VGA's focus on its exclusive reveals. The 2011 VGAs were given similar criticisms. Kotaku reported that VGA nominees Mark Hamill and Tara Strong were disappointed that they were present at the event but their respective categories were not present at the show, only finding out the results of the "Best Performance by a Human Male" and "Best Performance by a Human Female" awards after the show. Wired.com writer Jason Schreier addressed Spike TV after
1736-533: The company expanded its cable television productions through the acquisitions of Evolution Media ( Botched , The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills , The Real Housewives of Orange County ) and of Big Fish Entertainment ( Live PD and Black Ink Crew ). Burnett has co-created the Christian media series The Bible and A.D. The Bible Continues , and produced the feature films Son of God , Little Boy , Woodlawn , and Ben-Hur . He has maintained
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1792-457: The event in reference to food eating segments by Felicia Day and the host Zachary Levi having simulations of a sexual act performed on him. Schreier said, "It's not hard to find the root of the problem here: You think we're dumb. You think your audience is so stupid that they'll be amused by YouTube rants and health potion gags. You think we get our jollies out of watching girls bite cupcakes off conveyor belts. You think video game references make
1848-405: The event, told MTV in an interview that, "I'm happy to work on the VGAs on Spike and make the network happy, but I want to be respectful to the community of gamers because I am one myself. And [with] the humor involved, I want it to be smart, I want it to be honest, and accurate." Giant Bomb 's Alex Navarro has also commented on the VGAs, questioning the importance of the awards themselves next to
1904-474: The exclusive PlayStation 3 game The Last of Us developed by Naughty Dog , Command & Conquer: Generals 2 from BioWare Victory , and Fortnite from Epic Games . New trailers for both Hitman: Absolution and Mass Effect 3 were aired during the show, as well as a pre-show announcement for Tekken Tag Tournament 2 . Mark Burnett was the Executive Producer for the event, and for
1960-407: The first time, the VGAs aired live on MTV 2 (US), Spike.com (US) and Ginx TV (UK), in addition to Spike TV. The winners, as well as world premiere trailers, were announced during a pre-show red carpet live event hosted by GTTV's Amanda MacKay and Daniel Kayser. The 2011 VGAs also honored The Legend of Zelda franchise with its first ever "Video Game Hall of Fame Award". Another unique award at
2016-409: The first trailer of Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception aired during the awards. Appearances included AnnaLynne McCord , Thor: God of Thunder video game star Chris Hemsworth , Dane Cook , Olivia Munn , Dominic Monaghan , Michael Chiklis , Academy Award nominated film director Guillermo del Toro, Halo: Reach star and VGA nominee Nathan Fillion , Nick Swardson , Tony Hawk , and the cast from
2072-464: The global media industry. Burnett served as President of United Artist from 2014-2018 and as chairman of MGM Worldwide Television Group from 2018 to 2022. He created and or produced the television shows The Apprentice , Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader? , Shark Tank , Survivor , The Voice , Beat Shazam , The Martha Stewart Show and Generation Gap . Burnett first joined MGM in 2013. After his promotion to chairman in 2018,
2128-517: The hit series It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia , Danny DeVito , Charlie Day , Glenn Howerton , Kaitlin Olson , and Rob McElhenney . Musical performances included award-winning violinist Diana Yukawa , My Chemical Romance , and José González . The show featured use of ground breaking augmented reality technology, conceived by Done and Dusted ; with Lee Lodge , in partnership with Weider Design , Full Mental Jacket , and Orad . The 2009 VGAs
2184-453: The production team to produce a musical performance of the music of Grand Theft Auto V . The 2012 VGAs (promoted as VGA 10 for the tenth anniversary) was held on December 7, 2012, at Sony Pictures Studios in Culver City , California. Samuel L. Jackson returned to host for a fourth time. This was the last year under the name "Spike Video Game Awards". For the first time, the awards were broadcast on Xbox Live . Live users could "play"
2240-940: The remaining 45 percent of Hearst's, Burnett's and Roma Downey's interests in United Artists Media Group (UAMG), which would be absorbed under the MGM Television Group umbrella. MGM Television would now have numerous unscripted and scripted television shows airing on network and cable or in production, including: The Voice (NBC); Survivor (CBS); Shark Tank (ABC); Beyond the Tank (ABC); Celebrity Apprentice (NBC); Fargo (FX); Vikings (HISTORY); Teen Wolf (MTV); 500 Questions (ABC); The People's Choice Awards (CBS); LIGHT TV , Lucha Underground (El Rey Network) and America's Greatest Makers (INTEL/Turner). In June 2018, MGM appointed Burnett as Chairman of MGM Worldwide Television. As of 2024, Burnett
2296-1041: The show as it aired live. Responses to poll questions were tabulated in real time on screen for the Xbox Live audience and users with Xbox SmartGlass devices got a unique second-screen experience that updated in real time alongside the show content. Additionally, Spike TV and Entertainment Weekly partnered to create the first-ever "Entertainment Weekly and Spike VGA Best Game of the Decade" award. Exclusive world premieres that debuted at VGA 10 include Naughty Dog 's The Last of Us , Epic Games ' Gears of War: Judgment , Obsidian Entertainment 's South Park: The Stick of Truth , Konami 's Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 , Irrational Games ' BioShock Infinite , Crystal Dynamics ' Tomb Raider , Ubisoft 's Assassin's Creed III: The Tyranny of King Washington , and 343 Industries ' Halo 4: Spartan Ops . Two new games were announced, including Dark Souls II by FromSoftware , and
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2352-424: The show was livestreamed online on Xbox One , Xbox 360 , PlayStation 3 , Twitch , Steam , iOS , and Android devices, as well as on GameTrailers.com and the websites of Spike, Comedy Central , MTV, MTV2, and BET . As with previous years, the show featured exclusive world premieres of game demos and trailers. The 2013 VGX premieres included Telltale Games ' and Gearbox Software 's collaboration Tales from
2408-893: The voice of the VGAs. The 2005 VGAs was held December 10, 2005, at the Gibson Amphitheatre in Los Angeles. The first VGAs hosted by Samuel L. Jackson , the show featured world premieres of 24: The Game from 2K Games , Spy Hunter: Nowhere to Run from Midway Games , Star Wars: Empire at War from LucasArts , and Scarface: The World Is Yours , as well as a 25th anniversary comic tribute to Pac-Man from Namco . Musical performances were by 50 Cent , Def Leppard , and Missy Elliott , and show appearances by Charlize Theron , Kiefer Sutherland , Jack Black , Red Hot Chili Peppers , The Rock , Vin Diesel , Carson Daly , Donald Faison , Jaime Pressly , Josie Maran , Snoop Dogg , Xzibit , Carmen Electra , Natasha Bedingfield , and Dane Cook , among others. The 2004 VGAs
2464-655: The winners were announced ahead of the event which was held at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas. The show featured performances by Foo Fighters , Kid Rock , and exclusive world video game premieres of Borderlands , Gran Turismo 5 Prologue , Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 , and TNA iMPACT! . The 2006 VGAs aired December 13, 2006, at the Galen Center in Los Angeles and were hosted by Samuel L. Jackson . The show featured
2520-492: Was The Legend of Zelda franchise. Shigeru Miyamoto accepted the award. With the exception of the fan-voted "Most Anticipated Game", "Character of the Year", and a few other non-annual categories, the award nominees and winners are voted by an advisory council, featuring over 20 journalists from various media outlets. Fans, however, can vote online for which games they think should win each category. Video game journalism veteran Jeff Green has been vocal in his criticism of
2576-646: Was Kym Gold , but that marriage only lasted about a year. Before that marriage ended he met Dianne J. Burnett ( née Valentine) and they married in 1992; they have two sons together, James and Cameron. In 2014, Cameron survived a neuroendocrine tumor at the age of 17, had brain surgery and had to learn to walk again. Cameron was awarded the 2015 Courage Award at the Visionary Ball which raises money each year for UCLA 's Department of Neurosurgery. The couple filed for legal separation in September 2002, and
2632-943: Was announced and accompanied with a trailer. Appearances were made by Stevie Wonder , the cast of MTV's Jersey Shore , Green Day , and Jack Black , with live music performances by Snoop Dogg and The Bravery . The 2008 VGAs was held on December 14, 2008, at Sony Pictures Studios in Culver City. Hosted by Jack Black , the show featured previews of Brütal Legend , Dante's Inferno , Fight Night Round 4 , Gears of War 2 "Combustion" map pack announcement and trailer, God of War III , Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned , Mafia II , Pearl Jam 's album Ten for Rock Band , Terminator Salvation , Uncharted 2: Among Thieves , and Watchmen: The End Is Nigh . Musical performances included 50 Cent , The All-American Rejects , Weezer , and LL Cool J . The 2007 VGAs aired December 9, 2007. Hosted by Samuel L. Jackson ,
2688-575: Was announced that Spike would drop their award show, ending their decade-long run. Geoff Keighley went on to create his own video game award show in the form of The Game Awards starting in that year, dropping the support from Spike. The 2013 awards, the final awards show, was rebranded as VGX and held on December 7, 2013, and was hosted by Joel McHale . The show featured a different format from previous years. It featured extended demos of next-generation games, one-on-one interviews, and "a more intimate studio setting." Rather than airing live on Spike TV,
2744-429: Was awarded at the 2011 awards show. On November 15, 2013, Spike announced a new format under the name VGX , calling it "The next generation of the VGAs". The last award show, carrying this name, aired on December 7. Changes from the previous format included "in-depth extended demos of the next generation of games and interactive one-on-one interviews and panels in an intimate studio setting." On November 10, 2014, it
2800-452: Was established to recognize video game "franchises throughout history that have brought the industry to where it is today" – Casey Patterson, executive producer of the VGAs and executive vice president of event production for Viacom Media Networks Entertainment Group. The only inductee, due to the award show ending in 2013, was awarded at the ninth annual Spike Video Game Awards on December 10, 2011. The inaugural, and subsequently only, recipient
2856-619: Was held Saturday, December 11, 2010, in Los Angeles, California at the L.A. Convention Center and returned to using a host which was Neil Patrick Harris . Unlike previous years, all the awards were not awarded during the show. Several new games were announced which include BioWare 's announcement of Mass Effect 3 , Prototype 2 , Insane from acclaimed movie director Guillermo del Toro , The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim , Mortal Kombat featuring Kratos , Resistance 3 , Portal 2 , SSX: Deadly Descents , and Forza Motorsport 4 . Batman: Arkham City had another CGI trailer debut and
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#17327931177622912-615: Was held in Santa Monica , California on December 14, 2004, at the Barker Hangar and hosted by Snoop Dogg . The show featured exclusive world premiere game play and footage of Midway Games ' Fear & Respect , The Godfather: The Game from John Singleton and Electronic Arts , and Need for Speed: Underground Rivals for the PlayStation Portable . Musical performances included Sum 41 , Ludacris , and
2968-712: Was held on December 12, 2009, at the Nokia Event Deck in Los Angeles, California and is the only VGAs that did not feature a host. It opened with a trailer announcing the sequel to Batman: Arkham Asylum . There were other exclusive looks at Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands , UFC 2010 Undisputed , Halo: Reach , Tron: Evolution , Medal of Honor , Crackdown 2 , Bonanza , Spec Ops: The Line , Rock Band 3 , Deadliest Warrior: The Game , and True Crime . Samuel L. Jackson previewed LucasArts newest upcoming Star Wars game, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II . In addition, Green Day: Rock Band
3024-609: Was raised in Dagenham , Essex . His father was a Roman Catholic Glaswegian and his mother was a Presbyterian ; it is not known in which denomination he was raised. At the age of 17, he enlisted in the British Army , and in the rank of corporal became a Section Commander in the Parachute Regiment . From 1978 to 1982 he served with the 3rd Battalion, Parachute Regiment in C Company and saw action during
3080-460: Was the No. 1 series in Canada, Spain and Portugal. In total, with subsequent airings, The Bible was seen by more than 100 million viewers. After the success of The Bible , Burnett and Downey started developing more faith-based scripted series. A.D. The Bible Continues premiered on NBC on Easter Sunday 2015, and The Dovekeepers miniseries aired on CBS in 2015. In September 2014, MGM acquired
3136-646: Was the first video game award show to be hosted by Spike TV. It was held at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada on December 2, 2003, and aired on December 4. The event was hosted by David Spade and featured appearances by Lil' Kim , Jaime Pressly , DMX , P.O.D. , Orlando Jones , and Cedric the Entertainer . The event also featured a WWE tag team wrestling match with the superstars Rey Mysterio , Chris Jericho , Trish Stratus , and Victoria . Spike's Video Game Hall of Fame
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