Barry Manilow and Matthew Weiner, Emmy(R) Award-Winning Creator & Executive Producer of AMC's MAD MEN, to Accept Honorary CLIO Awards Live at the 50th Anniversary Festival

Barry Manilow and Matthew Weiner, Emmy(R) Award-Winning Creator & Executive Producer of AMC's MAD MEN, to Accept Honorary CLIO Awards Live at the 50th Anniversary Festival

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NEW YORK, Feb. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- The CLIO Awards, one of the world's most prestigious international advertising and design competitions honoring creative excellence and innovation in the industry, today announced that Barry Manilow, Emmy Award-winning singer and songwriter, and Matthew Weiner, Emmy Award-winning creator and executive producer of AMC's MAD MEN, will accept Honorary CLIO Awards live at the 50th Anniversary CLIO Awards at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, May 12 - 14.

"To celebrate 50 years of excellence in advertising, design and interactive, the CLIO Awards are honored to recognize Barry Manilow and Matthew Weiner for their distinguished contributions to the industry," said Wayne Youkhana, director of the CLIO Awards. "We're thrilled to present honorary awards for the 50th Anniversary CLIO Awards to individuals who have each created bodies of work that have evolved into cultural phenomena acknowledged around the world."

Barry Manilow, who has produced some of the most famous advertising jingles of all time for companies such as State Farm, Band-Aid, Tab and Stridex, will accept his Honorary CLIO Award during The Moving Image Awards on Thursday, May 14th. In 1976, Manilow was the recipient of two CLIO Awards for his well-known television and radio commercial jingles. He received a CLIO for Best Television/Cinema Commercial for his composition of the jingle "Stuck on Me" for Johnson & Johnson's Band-Aid brand (Young & Rubicam, New York), as well as an award for Best International Radio Commercial for his performance in the jingle "Countdown" for Coca-Cola Company's soft drink, Tab (McCann-Erickson, Toronto). Best known for his musical recordings including "Mandy", "Weekend in New England" and "Copacabana", Manilow has sold more than 75 million records worldwide and is ranked as the top Adult Contemporary chart artist of all time, according to R&R (Radio&Records) and Billboard magazines.

Matthew Weiner, winner of four Primetime Emmy Awards and Executive Producer and Creator of AMC's MAD MEN, will accept his Honorary CLIO Award during the Communications Awards on Tuesday, May 12th. Weiner will be recognized as one of the most powerful storytellers to ever tackle the rise of advertising in America through a critically acclaimed original television series. The show, set in 1960s New York, follows the lives of the ruthlessly competitive world of Madison Avenue advertising executives. MAD MEN, which has one won two Golden Globes for Best Television Drama, is returning to AMC for its third season in summer 2009. Prior to his work on MAD MEN, Weiner was the Executive Producer of HBO's hit drama series THE SOPRANOS during the final seasons in which the show won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series.

The final entry submission deadline for all advertising, design, interactive, strategic communications/public relations work appearing between January 1, 2008 and the first quarter of 2009 is due Monday, March 2.

For more information about the 50th Anniversary CLIO Awards or to register online for the festival, please visit www.clioawards.com.

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