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Bee to receive international achievement award from WIFT-T


TORONTO - Comedic actress Samantha Bee has been named the recipient of the 2011 Crystal Award for International Achievement by Women in Film & Television – Toronto (WIFT-T). The International Achievement award is presented to a Canadian woman working in screen-based media for her significant and well-recognized body of work in Canada and abroad. Known as the hilariously off-kilter most senior correspondent on Comedy Central’s The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Bee will receive the accolade at the Crystal Awards Gala Luncheon on December 5 in her hometown, Toronto. “WIFT-T is thrilled to present Samantha with the International Achievement Award,”...