Direct link to tickets–

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Details—-

Monday

November 6, 2023

To be held under the rotunda at

Columbia University’s

Low Memorial Library

West 116th Street &Broadway, Manhattan

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Catalyst, a nonprofit focused on helping women work outside the home, on Tuesday celebrated adding its archives to Hagley Museum and Library’s collection of business records.

The organization, which also is celebrating its 60th anniversary, started as a way to encourage educated women to go to work at a time when businesses were dominated by men.

It evolved to encompass all women and work on helping corporations change workplaces to make them more attractive for women who wanted to work and have a family. Catalyst was an early champion of job sharing, for example.

Hagley will store and preserve Catalyst’s archives, which archivists say is the only collection of its kind that shows the evolution of women in business and the workplace.

It came in 350 boxes that are still being archived, but should be open to researchers in a few months.

FELICE N. SCHWARTZ

Looking at business through the eyes of women is an area Hagley hopes to be able to continue to strengthen.

The library already is known for having a major collection of manuscripts, archives, photographs and books from many companies, including DuPont, that document American business and technology.

Catalyst was established by Felice N. Schwartz in 1962.

The nonprofit’s debut tracks along with the rise of the feminist movement in the late 1960s and early 1970s, but rather than burning bras, Catalyst wanted to encourage women to have the satisfaction of a career and a paycheck of their own while balancing that with family.

“The focus on the role of women in business is squarely where we are,” said CEO Lorraine Hariton. “Our vision and mission has evolved over time, but it’s always been about women being successful in business.”

Catalyst evolves
Somewhere in the 90s, Catalyst realized that corporations needed to change their workplaces in order to attract and keep more women and shifted focus to that. It champions diversity and embraces changes, such as working virtually, which it started doing 20 years ago.

The company is based in New York but is global. It works with hundreds of companies and has revenues of $25 to $30 million annually.

Catalyst bused dozens of workers to Hagley Tuesday to attend a preview of the archives as part of its 60th anniversary.

Sixty years from now, Hariton told the crowd, Catalyst will still be trying to help women in the workplace.

Also speaking Tuesday was Dr. Anne Boylan, professor emerita of history and women and gender studies at the University of Delaware.

She fascinated the crowd with stories about how women came to the workplace, starting with a study group created in December 1961 by President John F. Kennedy.

The Presidential Commission on the Status of Women was housed in the cabinet-level Department of Labor and led by former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt. Those on the committee included five cabinet secretaries, congressmen and leaders of important major corporations.

“In other words, this was not just window dressing. This was a consequential group,” she said. “It wasn’t just designed to sort of placate Kennedy’s women supporters.”

DR. ANNE BOYLAN

When the commission delivered its landmark 300-page report to Kennedy in October 1963, it offered a blunt assessment of women’s status in early 1960s America in everything from job opportunities, marriage and family life, to law, education, tax code and political status.

It said American women were systemically disadvantaged and treated as second class citizens in the economy and the family. It also said Black women and women of color generally suffered worse from economic and discriminatory structures in every facet of their lives.

Boylan pointed out that both Schwartz and Betty Friedan went to Smith College in the 40s. Neither was allowed into Ivy League schools, who accepted only men.

Schwartz founded Catalyst a year before Friedan’s “The Feminine Mystique” was published in 1963. The book was a reworked collection of essays that Friedan had written for magazines.

It’s possible, Boylan said, that Schwartz had read those articles.

The Catalyst archive promises to open a variety of new lines of research, Boylan told the crowd that filled the second floor of Hagley’s Soda House.

“It’s also likely to propel forward interpretive projects that historians have had in development for the past 25 years or so,” she said. “That project involves challenging outdated notions about women’s historical experiences during the 1950s and 1960s, especially experiences in the economy.”

The event ended with a preview of the archives’ content and a champagne toast celebrating Catalyst’s 60th anniversary.

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The Library is throwing a virtual costume party—and you’re invited! Share your best literary-themed costume with the hashtag #NYPLHalloween and join us on Friday, October 30, when Project Runway’s Tim Gunn will review his favorite looks and share highlights on our social media. Learn more about how you can tune in to check out the parade—and submit your own book look to be featured.‌ ‌ ‌

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Get ready for Election Day on November 3 with NYPL’s list of essential books for all ages. Featuring selections from across our Library system, these titles offer deep analysis of the topics on voters’ minds today, including healthcare, education, and climate change, as well as trends in political polarization, the media, and movements toward greater justice and socioeconomic equity.

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Get Ready for Halloween with NYPL & Tim Gunn

The Library is throwing a virtual costume party—and you’re invited! Share your best literary-themed costume with the hashtag #NYPLHalloween and join us on Friday, October 30, when Project Runway’s Tim Gunn will review his favorite looks and share highlights on our social media. Learn more about how you can tune in to check out the parade—and submit your own book look to be featured.

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NYPL’s 2020 Election Reading List

Get ready for Election Day on November 3 with NYPL’s list of essential books for all ages. Featuring selections from across our Library system, these titles offer deep analysis of the topics on voters’ minds today, including healthcare, education, and climate change, as well as trends in political polarization, the media, and movements toward greater justice and socioeconomic equity.

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New! Introducing Shelf Help

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NYPL’s 2020 Election Reading List

Get ready for Election Day on November 3 with NYPL’s list of essential books for all ages. Featuring selections from across our Library system, these titles offer deep analysis of the topics on voters’ minds today, including healthcare, education, and climate change, as well as trends in political polarization, the media, and movements toward greater justice and socioeconomic equity.

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Get Ready for Halloween with NYPL & Tim Gunn

The Library is throwing a virtual costume party—and you’re invited! Share your best literary-themed costume with the hashtag #NYPLHalloween and join us on Friday, October 30, when Project Runway’s Tim Gunn will review his favorite looks and share highlights on our social media. Learn more about how you can tune in to check out the parade—and submit your own book look to be featured.

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LIVE from NYPL

Introducing the Harry Belafonte Black Liberation Speaker Series, with Thanks to Kenneth Cole

Malcolm X: The Facts and the Fictions

Monday, October 26 | 8 PM
Join the Library for an illuminating discussion of The Dead Are Arising, the new biography of Malcolm X’s life that was last week named a finalist for the National Book Award. In 1990, Pulitzer Prize–winning investigative journalist Les Payne embarked on what would become a near-30-year quest to reconstruct the life and death of Malcolm X. His daughter, Tamara Payne, heroically completed the project after his death in 2018. She will speak with the Rev. Calvin O. Butts III about her father’s life and work, and the book that reaffirms the centrality of Malcolm X in American political life. Presented in partnership with the Library’s Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.

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Raven Leilani & Kiley Reid in Conversation

Monday, November 16 | 8 PM
Join Raven Leilani, author of Luster, and 2020 Young Lions Fiction Award nominee Kiley Reid, author of Such a Fun Age, for an in-depth discussion on the politics of writing and their bestselling debut novels. Both novels feature young Black women trying to navigate the challenges of a world often neglectful of their needs. Leilani and Reid will speak with writer Roxanne Fequiere about the particular resonance of their novels in the broader context of Black feminism.

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Virtual Book Club

Read the Book & Meet the Author: Raven Leilani

Wednesday, October 28 | 7 PM
Coming up this week, dive deep into Leilani’s book, Luster, with our October book club livestream and Q&A. For a limited time, Luster is available to download on the Library’s free e-reader app, SimplyE—no holds or waiting. Download the book and join the conversation with this special event, as well as our librarian-led discussion groups, held throughout the month. Plus, keep an eye out for our November book club announcement to find your next great read!

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For Kids & Teens

TeenLIVE: The Voting Booth by Brandy Colbert

Wednesday, October 28 | 4:30 PM
Award-winning author Brandy Colbert joins the Library to discuss her novels, including her latest release, The Voting Booth, about a civic-minded teen on a quest to help her fellow classmate after he’s turned away from the polls when trying to vote for the first time. Tune in and submit your questions for a chance to speak with the author herself!

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KidsLIVE with Padma Venkatraman

Tuesday, October 27 | 3:30 PM
Join us for a special edition of KidsLIVE with Padma Venkatraman, author of The Bridge Home. Venkatraman will share her inspirations for writing the book and read an excerpt. Then, NYPL librarians will join the author for a Q&A.

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New! Sing, Dance & Learn with Your Littlest Learners

The Library is excited to announce a new regular series of videos to help prepare your youngest learners for a lifetime of learning. Join us for music, movement, and multilingual fun, with five new videos posted online every week to get your little one dancing, singing, and learning in a variety of languages, including English, Spanish, and Urdu.

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Remote Resources & Events

Now Expanded: Virtual Career Services Just for You

The Library is proud to offer personalized, one-on-one job support from our expert librarians to help New Yorkers during this critical time. Our trained staff can help you edit your resume and cover letters, identify job search resources, and find partner organizations that will provide you with job training and specialized job search assistance. Sign up today!

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Networking Best Practices to Land the Job and Career You Want

Monday, October 26 | 6 PM
Having a network of relationships is crucial in today’s challenging environment, where bulk-applying to jobs can be an inefficient way to find one. In this webinar, Robert Hellmann, president of Hellmann Consulting, takes you through strategies and techniques that will help you to build the relationships that will advance your career.

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Find Out What’s New in Medicare

Wednesday, October 28 | 12 Noon
Understanding the ins and outs of Medicare can be difficult, but our experts are here to help. Join us for an overview of what Medicare offers and your coverage options, and learn about programs that may help with your Medicare costs. Get the latest information and your questions answered.

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মহামারিতে পথে পথে | Pandemic on the Road with Reetu Sattar

Wednesday, October 28 | 6 PM
ননিউইয়র্ক পাবলিক লাইব্রেরির সহযোগিতায় সুইস ইন্সটিটিউট নিউইয়র্ক বাংলাদেশি শিল্পী ঋতু সাত্তার এর একটি নতুন ‘লেকচার পারফর্মেন্স’ আয়োজন করতে পেরে অত্যন্ত আনন্দিত। উপস্থাপনাটি সম্পূর্ণ বাংলা ভাষায় পরিচালিত হবে এবং গোটুওয়েবেনার এর মাধ্যমে নিউইয়র্ক পাবলিক লাইব্রেরির ওয়েবসাইট থেকে পরিবেশিত হবে। বিস্তারিত জানতে এবং রেজিস্ট্রেশন করতে দয়া করে এখানে ক্লিক করুন।Presented in Bengali, this lecture-performance by artist Reetu Sattar will spotlight the power of community and hope during this troubled time.

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Panel: Contagion in Fiction

Wednesday, October 28 | 6:30 PM
The COVID-19 pandemic has sparked overwhelming interest in books and films depicting pandemics, contagion, and other biological threats. Join writers and experts including Richard Preston, Peng Shepherd, Laura van den Berg, and Mike Chen, to explore the past, present, and future of quarantine writing.

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LENNY @ 100

Join us for a performance celebrating the 100th birthday of one of the greatest modern composers in history, featuring highlights from West Side Story and Candide, plus chamber works and humorous arts songs.

Tickets for this free event are are-come, first-serve, with admission beginning one hour prior to performance.

March 24th, 2018 at 2:30 PM

Bruno Walter Auditorium
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
40 Lincoln Center Plaza
New York, NY 10023

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I want to Thank You all so much for your love and support. I have wonderful News, The KYLE Foundation (Keep Your Light Expanding)has raised enough donations to incorporate as a non-profit foundation in the state of Pennsylvania and file for 501c3 status with the IRS; also The KYLECenter will qualify for a federal community center grant because of its location.

Also Awake 2 Oneness Radio and The KYLE Foundation will be sponsoring its first community event on the 6th Annual GlobalOneness Day, Saturday October 24th, at the Pocono Mountain Public Library in Tobyhanna, PA.

Global Oneness Day is an annual event that is sponsored by Humanity’s Team a global organization, offering a Free 12 hour Live Virtual Summit with over 40 world leaders, scientists, entertainers, spiritual leaders, activists and business leaders.

I wrote my first Press Release for the community event that we will be sponsoring.

GLOBAL ONENESS DAY 2015 CELEBRATION IN THE POCONOS

By: Caroline Chang
October 19, 2015

Tobyhanna, PA – Come Celebrate the 6th Annual Global Oneness Day! We Are All One, Let’s Live That Way!

Awake 2 Oneness Radio and The KYLEFoundation (Keep Your Light Expanding) will be hosting a Global Oneness Day celebration at the Pocono Mountain Public Library in Tobyhanna, PA on Saturday, October 24th from 10:00 am – 2:00 pm EDT.

There will be refreshments, live music, video presentations and we will listen to the first three hours of the Streaming Live Tele-Summit with over 40 world leaders, scientists, entertainers, spiritual leaders, activists and business leaders who will be speaking, such as Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Michael Bernard Beck with, Neale Donald Walsch, Panache Desai, Marianne Williamson, Ken Wilber and many more speakers.

Humanity’s Team works year-roundto sponsor Global Oneness Day worldwide. It is an “Earth Day” for an awakened humanity. Its function is to awaken the whole of humanity to our Oneness with each other and all of life. Humanity’s Team is a registered 501c3non-profit organization.

To learn more about Global Oneness Day and to register for the Free 12 hour Live Virtual Summit go to:
https://vg165.isrefer.com/go/AffG1D2015Reg/Awake2OnenessRadio/

About Awake 2 Oneness Radio

A new Internet Talk RadioShow/Podcast! Awake 2 Oneness Radio’s mission is to inspire the World to awaken to the Universal Truth of Oneness. Spirituality and Science are telling us we are literally all connected, we are all ONE and when the world awakes to this Truth there will be peace on earth. The show will feature guest experts in Spirituality,Metaphysics & Quantum Physics. Theshow airs live on Fridays at 7:00 PM EST.
http://www.awake2onenessradio.org/

About The KYLE Foundation

In dedication of my son’smemory, Kyle R. Chang, who passed away on July 1, 2014, I am starting anonprofit foundation, The KYLE Foundation (Keep Your Light Expanding).

The KYLE Foundation (KeepYour Light Expanding) will raise funds for The KYLECenter. The non-profit community center will be a gathering place for ALL, of all religions, cultures and backgrounds. There will be lecture halls,classrooms, library, meditation garden, community rooms, book & gift store and cafe. The center will be open FREE to the public.

All events, classes,lectures, workshops, and seminars will be FREE of charge. The KYLE Center will operate 100% on grants and donations. All donations to The KYLE Foundation will be tax deductible even though 501c3 status is pending, the IRS will retroactivetax exemptions for up to 27 months.

http://www.gofundme.com/juyjek

Contact

To learn more about this please contact:

Caroline Chang
123 Saint Regis Walk
Tobyhanna, PA 18466

Home Office: (570) 894-3056

Cell: (570) 972-4399

Email: cbchang@verizon.net

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About Bill Persky
Bill Persky is a five-time Emmy Award-winning writer, director and producer for such hit TV shows as the Dick Van Dyke Show, That Girl, Sid Caesar, Bill Cosby, and Kate & Allie. As funny as the comedy scripts he has written for over four decades, he is a sought after keynote and after dinner speaker.

After a start at WNEW radio in the mid 1950s, Persky moved to California and wrote for a variety of shows including, The Steve Allen Show, The Andy Williams Show, Julie Andrews Show, McHales Navy, and The Joey Bishop Show, until he found a home with mentor Carl Reiner on The Dick Van Dyke Show. After three years as a writer, story editor, and two Emmys, Persky – with his writing partner Sam Denoff – created That Girl for Marlo Thomas.

In the mid 1970s, the successful partnership ended amicably, as Persky sought a new path as a director, specializing in Television pilots. From 1975 to 1982 he directed 22, of which 16 were put on the air as series, the most memorable being Who’s The Boss?. There were also five television films, and the Paramount feature, Serial, before he moved to New York to produce and direct 100 episodes of the series, Kate and Allie, winning an Emmy for directing. He was honored by the Writers Guild with a life time achievement award in 1998.

Persky lives in New York City with his wife, advertising executive Joanna Patton, and has a very active speaking career and is a guest lecturer at NYU Film School and Yale University, and teaches comedy writing at The New York Film Academy. In addition to his current memoir, My Life is a situation Comedy, he is a contributing writer to USA Today. Esquire and the L.A. Times.

For more information please visit
http://giantsofbroadcasting.com/

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Deal Includes Development and Distribution of Content from Miramax Library 

Miramax and The Weinstein Company (TWC) announced today a multi-year, multi-title film, television and live stage co-production and co-distribution agreement involving library- derived and original development projects covering some of the most iconic titles in the Miramax library.

Films created under this partnership will be released in the United States by TWC and sold in the international marketplace by Miramax, and could include derivative works of some of the most recognized titles in the Miramax library from Swingers to Shakespeare in Love in addition to new titles currently in development.

The partnership also includes the development of several television series based on Miramax titles such as Good Will Hunting and Flirting with Disaster, with Miramax to lead international distribution and team with TWC domestically.
The multi-year deal is the next important step in Miramax’s commitment to creating new, original content, supporting the Studio’s return to prominence as a major supplier of smart, provocative, quality entertainment.

The multi-year deal is the next important step in Miramax’s commitment to creating new, original content, supporting the Studio’s return to prominence as a major supplier of smart, provocative, quality entertainment.

Acquired on the eve of the entertainment industry’s digital distribution boom in 2010 by Qatar Holding, together with the investor group led by Thomas J. Barrack, Jr.’s Colony Capital, Miramax has enjoyed tremendous success in bringing this celebrated library to audiences around the world through a global distribution capability that reaches nearly every country in the world, and has proven in the last three years to be one of the most valuable libraries in film history—a clear testament to the incredible content picking instincts of the Weinsteins since founding Miramax in 1979.

“Qatar Holding fully supports this exciting development for Miramax, as part of a long-term strategy to further enhance the value in the company’s extensive catalogue of material. By securing an agreement between Miramax and The Weinstein Company, the deal brings together two of the best-known names in the film industry to provide a dynamic partnership which will take Miramax to the next stage in its journey,” Qatar Holding said.

“As some of the greatest independent filmmakers in history, Harvey and Bob built Miramax into one of the most recognizable and powerful brands in Hollywood. The iconic library they created has enabled us to capture the value of the digital distribution revolution and harvest revenue far greater than we ever imagined,” said Thomas J. Barrack Jr., Founder, Chairman and CEO of Colony Capital, LLC and Chairman of the Board of Miramax.

“Reuniting Harvey and Bob with the acres of cinematic diamonds that is the Miramax library, and combining the two companies’ powerful distribution capabilities, will create an unparalleled partnership in cinematic excellence,” Barrack added.

“This is an amazing opportunity to reunite us with the company named after our parents Miriam and Max. We salute Qatar Holding and Tom Barrack of Colony Capital for joining forces in this most exciting of endeavors. From movies to TV shows to the Broadway stage they have reinvigorated Miramax productions and to have the Miramax banner fly once again is a dream come true for all of us,” says Harvey and Bob Weinstein, Co-Chairmen of The Weinstein Company.
Miriam Weinstein (Harvey and Bob’s mother) said, “Over the years Bob and Harvey have never let me talk although I would have done better than them, after all I am a Jewish mother. I want to thank Tom Barrack, Colony Capital, and Qatar Holding for bringing Miramax actively back into my life and making a dream come true. No one would be happier than Harvey and Bob’s late father, Max. This is truly a lucky partnership for all involved, for filmmakers and hopefully lucky for filmgoers all over the world.”

Miramax and TWC anticipate the first productions will start in early to mid- 2014. Predating this agreement was Miramax’s development of several IP- derived TV series including Robert Rodriguez’s From Dusk Till Dawn, which is currently in production, James Mangold’s Copland and Martin Scorsese’s Gangs of New York. Miramax and Sony’s Screen Gems also just wrapped shooting of Jeremy Garelick’s The Wedding Ringer.

ABOUT QATAR HOLDING

Qatar Holding, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Qatar Investment Authority, is a global investment institution and a preferred partner of choice for investors, financiers and other stakeholders.

It is envisaged that the already significant investment portfolio of Qatar Holding will continue to grow. Key investments of Qatar Holding include Agricultural Bank of China, Barclays plc, Canary Wharf Group (via Songbird Estates), Credit Suisse Group, Harrods Group, Hassad Food Company, Heathrow Airport Holdings Ltd, Iberdrola SA, J Sainsbury plc, London Stock Exchange Group, Qatar Exchange, Qatar Telecom, Qatar National Bank, Santander Brasil and Volkswagen AG.

ABOUT COLONY CAPITAL, LLC

Founded in 1991 by Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Thomas J. Barrack, Jr., Colony Capital is a private, international investment firm focusing primarily on debt and equity investments in real estate-related assets and operating companies. The firm has invested $52 billion in over 30,000 assets/loans through various corporate, portfolio and complex property transactions. Colony has a team of more than 400 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, with offices in New York, Boston, Scottsdale, London, Madrid, Paris, Rome, Beirut, Hong Kong, Seoul and Taipei. For more information, visit www.colonyinc.com.

ABOUT MIRAMAX

Miramax is a leading worldwide film and television studio with a library of more than 700 motion pictures. The Miramax library holds some of the world’s most original and acclaimed independent films including Pulp Fiction, Shakespeare in Love, Chicago, Good Will Hunting, The English Patient, No Country for Old Men, Kill Bill Volumes I and II, Life is Beautiful, Reservoir Dogs, Sex, Lies and Videotape, Cinema Paradiso and My Left Foot – as well as scores of commercially successful films such as Bridget Jones’s Diary, Bad Santa, and the Scream, Hellraiser, Scary Movie and Spy Kids franchises. Collectively, the Miramax library has received 284 Academy Award® nominations and 68 Oscars®, including four Best Picture awards.

Miramax is headquartered in Santa Monica, California with a sales office in London. For more information, please visit www.miramax.com, “like” the company on Facebook and follow Miramax on Twitter @Miramax.

ABOUT THE WEINSTEIN COMPANY

The Weinstein Company (TWC) is a multimedia production and distribution company launched in October 2005 by Bob and Harvey Weinstein, the brothers who founded Miramax Films in 1979. TWC also encompasses Dimension Films, the genre label founded in 1993 by Bob Weinstein, which has released such popular franchises as SCREAM, SPY KIDS and SCARY MOVIE. Together TWC and Dimension Films have released a broad range of mainstream, genre and specialty films that have been commercial and critical successes. TWC releases took home eight 2012 Academy Awards®, the most wins in the studio’s history. The tally included Best Picture for Michel Hazanavicius’s THE ARTIST and Best Documentary Feature for TJ Martin and Dan Lindsay’s UNDEFEATED. THE ARTIST brought TWC its second consecutive Best Picture statuette following the 2011 win for Tom Hooper’s THE KING’S SPEECH.

Since 2005, TWC and Dimension Films have released such films as GRINDHOUSE; 1408; I’M NOT THERE; THE GREAT DEBATERS; VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA; THE READER; THE ROAD; HALLOWEEN; THE PAT TILLMAN STORY; PIRANHA 3D; INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS; A SINGLE MAN; BLUE VALENTINE; THE COMPANY MEN; MIRAL; SCRE4M; SUBMARINE; DIRTY GIRL; APOLLO 18; OUR IDIOT BROTHER; I DON’T KNOW HOW SHE DOES IT; SARAH’S KEY; SPY KIDS: ALL THE TIME IN THE WORLD IN 4D; MY WEEK WITH MARILYN; THE IRON LADY; W.E.; CORIOLANUS; UNDEFEATED; THE ARTIST; BULLY; THE INTOUCHABLES; LAWLESS; KILLING THEM SOFTLY; THE MASTER; SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK; DJANGO UNCHAINED; QUARTET; ESCAPE FROM PLANET EARTH; DARK SKIES; THE SAPPHIRES; SCARY MOVIE 5; and KON-TIKI. Currently in release are UNFINISHED SONG and FRUITVALE STATION, LEE DANIELS’ THE BUTLER, THE GRANDMASTER, SALINGER, and 12-12-12, PHILOMENA, and MANDELA: LONG WALK TO FREEDOM. Upcoming releases include AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY, ONE CHANCE, and VAMPIRE ACADEMY.

TWC is active in television production, led by former Miramax Films President of Production Meryl Poster. TWC is the studio behind such hit television series as the Emmy® nominated and Peabody Award winning reality series PROJECT RUNWAY and its spin-off series PROJECT RUNWAY ALL STARS and PROJECT ACCESSORY; the VH1 reality series MOB WIVES and its spin-off series MOB WIVES CHICAGO and BIG ANG; and the critically acclaimed scripted HBO comedy/crime series THE NO. 1 LADIES’ DETECTIVE AGENCY which also received a Peabody Award. The company is in production on the upcoming TLC series WELCOME TO MYRTLE MANOR, the A&E series RODEO QUEENS, and the Lifetime reality competition show SUPERMARKET SUPERSTAR hosted by Stacy Keibler. Among TWC’s other projects in development for television are the martial-arts epic MARCO POLO for Starz, an untitled private eye procedural for FX, and THE NANNY DIARIES developed by ABC with a pilot by Amy Sherman Palladino.

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WHEN:           Thursday, October 18

11:30 a.m. (Reception),

Noon – 2:30 p.m. (Luncheon and Awards Ceremony)

WHERE:         The Starlight Roof (18th Floor)

Waldorf Astoria Hotel

301 Park Avenue (Between 49th and 50th Streets), New York City

The national Library of American Broadcasting will present its Tenth Annual GIANTS OF BROADCASTING Awards at a ceremony and luncheon to be held on October 18, 2012 in New York City. The event, attended by prominent members of the broadcasting, media and corporate communities, serves as a tribute to those individuals who have played pivotal roles in creating and advancing the electronic arts. The distinguished honorees join 140 GIANTS OF BROADCASTING who have been honored by the Library since 2003. BILL BAKER, president emeritus of WNET New York and himself a Giant of Broadcasting, will serve as master of ceremonies.

HONOREES:   Sir Howard Stringer, Chairman of the Sony Corporation

Ted Turner, Media Mogul and Creator of CNN, TBS, TNT, Philanthropist

Norman Lear, Writer-Producer of All in the family, Maude, The Jeffersons, Sanford and Son

Robert Macneil and Jim Lehrer, Creators and Anchors of The MacNeil/Lehrer Report,

George Beasley, Chairman, CEO and Founder of Beasley Broadcast Group

Don Cornelius, Creator, Host and Producer of nationally syndicated Soul Train

Erica Farber, President and CEO of the Radio Advertising Bureau

Andy Rooney from CBS’ 60 Minutes

Dinah Shore, Singer, Actress and Television Personality

Library of American Broadcasting

The LIBRARY OF AMERICAN BROADCASTING (LAB) — located at the University of Maryland — is entering its 41st year serving as the national information resource for the radio and television industries and the academic communities that rely upon it for depth and expertise. Its collections of historic documents, professional papers, oral and video histories, books and photographs are among the nation’s most extensive. LAB is evolving from a conventional library into a “homepage” for the world at large, reaching thousands simultaneously through the Internet. Industry outreach includes lectures, symposia, print and the broadcast media themselves.

The Library has been honoring leaders in the broadcasting industry annually since 2003 — its list of Giants will now exceed 149. Previous honorees include industry founders Guglielmo Marconi, David Sarnoff of RCA and NBC, William S. Paley and Frank Stanton of CBS, Leonard Goldenson of ABC, Bob Hope, Lucille Ball, Jack Benny, Philo Farnsworth, H. V. Kaltenborn, Edward R. Murrow, Walter Cronkite, Arthur Godfrey, Paul Harvey, Charlie Rose, Ken Burns, Johnny Carson, Katie Couric, Brian Williams, Christiane Amanpour, Lowry Mays and Tim Russert.

LAB’s chair is Virginia Hubbard Morris, president of Hubbard Radio, based in Minneapolis-St. Paul; the president/CEO is Donald West, veteran broadcast journalist and former assistant to the president of CBS Inc.; the dean of libraries at the University of Maryland is Patricia Steele, and the curator is Chuck Howell.

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