Comedian Tim Minchin, who wrote the songs for last year's South Bank theatre prize winner, Matilda, presented this year's breakthrough award to actor Tom Hiddleston.
This year's breakthrough talent award went to Tim Whitnall, writer of Best Possible Taste: The Kenny Everett Story.
MTV's breakthrough performance award went to actress Shailene Woodley for her role in "The Descendants, " George Clooney's Oscar-nominated film.
The singer is also nominated for the breakthrough act award along with Sheeran, Jessie J, Anna Calvi and The Vaccines.
The Breakthrough Awards recognize ten individuals and teams, including one winner of the Breakthrough Leadership Award, who are helping to improve lives and expand possibilities in the realms of science, technology, and exploration.
The achievements have resulted in the school receiving a number of prestigious awards, including the Breakthrough School Award from the National Association of Secondary School Principals and the MetLife Foundation, and the designation of an Exemplary Middle School by the Association of Wisconsin School Administrators.
Other winners included classical guitarist Milos Karadaglic, who took the award for breakthrough artist of the year, and Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli, who collected the prize for best international artist.
In October, the White House Cyber Coordinator Howard Schmidt gave the Australians a U.S. National Cybersecurity Innovation Award for their breakthrough.
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She tells us that Bigelow's biggest breakthrough was to win the award for directing a film traditionally considered a male domain -- in Hollywood 80 percent of films are action movies and virtually none of them are given to women directors.
Hefin O'Hare won Glasgow's try of the season award, while Jon Welsh was named breakthrough player of the year.
Over the past 25 years, the World Food Prize has grown to become the foremost international award for individuals who have made exceptional breakthrough achievements in increasing the quality, quantity and availability of food in the world, thus reducing hunger.
He told FORBES that are no restrictions on how Breakthrough Prize winners spend their money and that past winners will be asked to a join a committee to award future prizes.
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