THE NEW YORK CHAPTER OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF TELEVISION ARTS AND SCIENCES
HOLDS 53RD ANNUAL NEW YORK EMMY AWARDS GALA
The New York Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences held its 53rd Annual New York Emmy Awards Gala on Sunday, April 18, 2010 at the Marriott Marquis, Times Square. The New York Emmy Awards honors content created primarily for the New York region. In attendance was 800 of the top professionals representing all facets of media, including familiar faces from news, entertainment, sports, production, advertising, and fashion.
Les Paul, the late Rock and Roll legend, New York icon and inventor of the solid-body electric guitar whose successful television show The Les Paul and Mary Ford at Home Show made him a household name, was presented the prestigious GOVERNORS AWARD for his extraordinary career in television and entertainment. His son Russ Paul accepted the lifetime achievement Emmy on his behalf.
Presenters, from the worlds of news, entertainment, and sports, included: Actor Orlando Jones; Photographer Nigel Barker; Health/Nutrition Expert Joy Bauer; Actor Richard Belzer; BET host Rocsi Diaz; Celebrity Chef Rocco DiSpirito; Broadway star Aaron Lazar; TV/Radio personality Jacque Reid; CBS Correspondent Kelly Wallace; Psychosexual Therapist Dr. Ruth Westheimer; NY Giants Linebacker Gerris Wilkinson; Sportscaster and TV personality Jill Martin; CBS2 News Anchors Kristine Johnson, Chris Wragge; WNJU Telemundo Anchors Jorge Ramos, Odalys Molina, from LX New York Sara Gore, George Oliphant; News 12 Long Island Anchors Jodi Appelgate, Ron Corning, Elizabeth Hashagen; from PIX News Mary Murphy, Marvin Scott; My 9 News Anchors Brenda Blackmon, Harry Martin; from Eyewitness News WABC N.J. Burkett, Sarah Wallace; Reporter/Host News 12 New Jersey John Bathke; Reporters for WNBC and NY NonStop Cat Greenleaf, Andrew Siff.
