WNET President-Emeritus Bill Baker hosted the 9th annual Giants of Broadcasting ceremony on October 14th. The ceremony paid homage to thirteen “media giants” who transformed the broadcasting industry over a span of seven decades. The luncheon was held at the Grand Hyatt Hotel, where guests wined and...
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Mayor Bloomberg and Media and Entertainment Commissioner Oliver Present Seventh Annual “Made In NY” Awards at Gracie Mansion – New York, 2012
Mayor Bloomberg and Mayor’s Office of Media & Entertainment Commissioner Katherine Oliver presented the seventh annual “Made in NY” Awards, honoring individuals and organizations that have made significant contributions to the City’s entertainment and digital media industries. The 2012 “Made in NY” honorees include: Academy Award-winning actor,...
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Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara Receiving the Made in NY Lifetime Achievement Award –New York, 2012
Made in NY” Mayor’s Award for Lifetime Achievement: Anne Meara and Jerry Stiller.
As “Stiller & Meara,” Anne Meara and Jerry Stiller gained nationwide fame as a comedy team on “The Ed Sullivan Show.” They have performed together in nightclubs and theatres across the county and have made...
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Robert De Niro Academy Award Winning Actor, Director, and Producer honored at Made in NY Awards at Gracie Mansion – New York, 2012
Robert De Niro
In 1974, Robert De Niro won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for The Godfather, Part II, and in 1980, he won his second Oscar, as Best Actor, for his portrayal of Jake La Motta in Martin Scorsese’s Raging Bull. He has also earned...
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Lisa Lampanelli, Comedian Performance at The Night of a Thousand Gowns – 2011
Lisa Lampanelli is an Italian-American stand-up comedian and insult comic. She is noted for her racy and controversial style of comedy. Much of her material is ethnic humor, ridiculing and badmouthing various types of minority groups, most notably racial minorities and homosexuals.
Lampanelli began her stand-up career in...
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Interview With Actor Sam Waterson – 2011
Sam Waterston is an American actor, producer and director. Among other roles, he is noted for his Academy Award-nominated portrayal of Sydney Schanberg in 1984's The Killing Fields, and his Golden Globe-nominated and Screen Actors Guild Award-winning portrayal of Jack McCoy on the NBC television series Law...
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Exclusive Interview with Actress Susan Lucci – 2012
Susan Lucci is an American actress, television host, author and entrepreneur, best known for portraying Erica Kane on the ABC daytime drama All My Children. The character is considered an icon, and Lucci has been called "Daytime's Leading Lady" by TV Guide, with New York Times and...
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The Giants of Broadcasting Luncheon – 2012
The National Library of American Broadcasting presented its 10th Annual Giants of Broadcasting Honors at a ceremony and luncheon on October 18, 2012, in New York City. The event served as a tribute to those individuals who have played pivotal roles in creating and advancing the electronic...
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Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore’s Sex Trafficking Speech at CGI 2011
The Demi and Ashton Foundation (DNA), founded by Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher, launches its "Real Men Don't Buy Girls" interactive video campaign this week, aiming to educate the public about child sex slavery in the United States.
Kutcher became interested in the issue after stumbling across a...
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Interview With Actor Armand Assante – 2010
Assante was born in New York City and raised in Cornwall, New York, the son of Katherine, a music teacher and poet, and Armand Anthony Assante, Sr., a painter and artist. His father was Italian American and his mother was Irish American, and he was raised in...
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