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We are hosting a live Twitter chat with Malcolm Goodwin of A&E’s #BreakoutKings this Sunday at 8:30pm EST!

The A&E original series #BreakoutKings returns for its second season this Sunday at 10 PM EST. 

The @ShortyAwards will host an exclusive live chat on Twitter with one of the cast members, Malcolm Goodwin! Malcolm plays Shea Daniels, a former gang kingpinwho understands the mind of a criminal.

We’ll be accepting questions that are tweeted @ShortyAwards with #BreakoutKings at the end from now until 7:45pm EST this Sunday. The chat will start at 8:30pm EST and Malcolm will answer questions from @AETV that we will tweet out first until 9pm EST, an hour before the premiere.

Breakout Kings tells the story of two US Marshals rejecting protocol and using former criminals to catch current ones by forming a special task force composed of the three most elusive convicts ever captured. Season two premiers this Sunday, March 4th!


The #YouTubeStar Shorty Award, created in partnership with A&E’s Breakout Kings, will be awarded to a #BreakoutCelebrity whose unorthodox and innovative use of Twitter, Facebook and social media has allowed them to become famous and take their careers to the next level. The six finalists will be invited first to submit questions for Malcolm. 

Make sure to watch the live stream on March 26th, and tune into A&E this Sunday for the Breakout Kings season two premiere!
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March 3, 2012

Only a few days left to nominate your favorite #BreakoutCelebrity

Have you nominated your favorite YouTube star using #BreakoutCelebrity yet?

Created in partnership with A&E’s Breakout Kings (premiering Sunday, March 4th), this award will go to a YouTube star whose unorthodox and innovative use of Twitter, Facebook and social media has allowed them to become famous and take their careers to the next level.

We know you spend most of your days, weeks and months surfing the inter-web and stumbling upon YouTube videos, leading to more YouTube videos… and more…

And we also know that once in a while a gem is found, a #YouTubeStar whose wit, charm and overwhelming ability to keep us procrastinating on our work grabs us by the heart and compels us to hit “subscribe”. These are the chosen ones, the ones you should nominate for a Shorty Award.

Nominate now by tweeting with #YouTubeStar or #BreakoutCelebrity, presented by @AETV’s Breakout Kings.

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February 13, 2012