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New York, NY – February 24, 2026 – An evening of global recognition and humanitarian celebration will take place on Tuesday, February 24th, 2026 pa at 5:45 PM at 112 W. 27th Street, Manhattan, as Dr. Rami Gudovitch is honored with the distinguished Platinum Who’s Who Award at a United Nations–affiliated event hosted by an Accredited NGO MCIF.

Set against the backdrop of international leadership and humanitarian vision, the ceremony orchestrated by UN Ambassadors Monica Sanchez and Gloria Cressler will recognize Dr. Gudovitch’s unwavering commitment to uplifting humanity and inspiring meaningful global change. The Platinum Who’s Who Award is reserved for individuals whose leadership, compassion, and impact extend beyond borders — honoring those whose work embodies service, innovation, and a deep dedication to the betterment of society.

Dr. Gudovitch has become widely respected for his humanitarian initiatives and forward-thinking contributions that align with the United Nations’ mission of peace, cooperation, and sustainable global progress. His work reflects a powerful blend of professional excellence and heartfelt advocacy for communities in need.

The evening promises to bring together leaders, diplomats, philanthropists, and changemakers in celebration of those whose visions elevate humanity. With a theme centered on recognition and inspiration, the event underscores the importance of honoring individuals who transform challenges into opportunities for collective advancement.

“Celebrating those whose visions uplift humanity and inspire global change” serves as the guiding spirit of the ceremony — a message that perfectly reflects Dr. Gudovitch’s ongoing impact.

Media, dignitaries, and invited guests will gather to commemorate this milestone moment in Manhattan, shining a spotlight on leadership that transcends industries and borders.

For media inquiries or attendance information, please contact the event organizers.

Eileen Shapiro 631-506-6600 or email worldstarpublicrelations@gmail.com

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It opens the secret of life bringing peace, abolishing strife.”

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What began with a book about helping young professionals navigate the ‘corporate jungle’ has evolved into a community coming together to support one another and create positive change for our environment and those affected by the autoimmune disease Lupus.

Drawing on 30 years of experience carving out his path in the corporate jungle, author Chuck Saia wrote YOU GOT THIS, KID! Words of Advice for Young leaders to share his experiences and learnings with young professionals looking to develop the skills needed to build self-confidence, navigate uncertainty and achieve their greatest goals.

Chuck’s passion for mentoring young professionals shines through in his speaking engagements, but it’s his compassion for family, friends, colleagues and every person he connects with that has inspired our foundation’s board to mobilize our mission of inspiring action to reduce toxins in our environment that have a particularly adverse effect on those with autoimmune diseases.

The Saia family has closely witnessed the trials and tribulations the autoimmune disease Lupus can place on a family. Chuck, Allison and their two sons, Ethan and Matthew, have supported Allison’s sister Amy Szoke and her family, through two lupus induced strokes, daily joint pain and fatigue as well as a recent diagnosis of Lupus Nephritis.

The Saia and Szoke families are just two of the thousands of families and millions of people impacted by Lupus in the United States alone. There’s not a cure nor even a trivial understanding of the root cause.

The latest research studies, however, are discovering more about how our environment plays a role in our health. Environmental toxins’ effect on Lupus activity is part of the 2021 Pre-Matriculation program at Quinnipiac University where Professor and YGTK Board member Courtney McGinnis. will be teaching pre-med students about the connectivity. The students will also hear from other board members Amy Szoke and Karin Wagner in a fireside chat discussing the patient provider relationship and their personal journeys with Lupus.

Our foundation’s influence has only just begun, and we welcome you to join us in our journey to drive positive change for young professionals, those affected by Lupus and all of our local communities to make for a brighter tomorrow.

“What started with a book became a community of people coming together to build this foundation and mobilize our mission.”

-Chuck Saia

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It opens at the IFC, New York, http://www.ifccenter.com on August 3rd, and at the
Laemmle Monica Film Center, Santa Monica, https://www.laemmle.com on August 10th.
This animated feature film has won these awards:
Special Jury Remi Award, Animation – Worldfest Houston, April 21-30, 2017.
Grand Jury Prize, Animated Feature Competition – Nashville Film Festival, April 20-29, 2017.
Special Distinction Prize among Feature Films in International Competition – Bucheon International Animation Festival, Korea, October 20-24, 2017.
“Revengeance” Screening Links:
https://vimeo.com/169256153
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Vimeo: http://www.ifccenter.com/films/revengeance/
The password is: r0dr0ss3
Trailer: Revengeance Trailer HD – YouTube
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWmqpFpq-O8
An Industry legend, Bill Plympton is known as the King of Indie Animation and was the first person to hand-draw an entire animated feature film. Bill has created animation master classes in around the world. New York,1968, Bill launched his career creating cartoons for name publications, The New York Times, National Lampoon, Playboy and Screw. Bill is famous for his Dog Shorts Series. In 2005 he received an Academy Award nomination for his Short Animation “Guard Dog”. Others in this series include, Guide Dog, Hot Dog, Horn Dog and Cop Dog. He has won over 100 awards for his films.
As of 2018 Plympton had created over 60 animated short films and six animated features. Bill has self-published three collections of his comic strips, in addition to “The Sleazy Cartoons of Bill Plympton”, he also self-published “Sloppy Seconds” and “We Eat Tonight”. Prior to that, other companies published his cartoons in collections called “Tube Strips”, “Medium Rare” and “Polls Apart: How to Tell A Democrat from a Republican” “Through the Wire” by Kanye West, “Make Toons that Sell Without Selling Out” published by Focal Press. “Independently Animated” Bill Plympton, Rizzoli Press.
Bill has collaborated on a number of films, music videos and book projects with amongst others, Jackie Green, Madonna, Kanye West, Weird Al Yankovic and Jim Lujan.
JIM LUJAN co-created “Revengeance” with Bill,working on the story, designs, script, music and had voiced many of the characters. Jim is anunderground animation veteran whose films include, “Freakdaddy”, “Unchained Fists”, “Mama I’m a Thug” and made for the Titmouse/6 Point Harness Rugburn Channel, “Sanjourno Must Die”. His animation has appeared at Spike and Mike’s Sick and Twisted Festival, Adult Swim. Jim creates the art, animation, music and voice-overs for his own shorts and feature films.
A Selected List of Bill’s Plympton’s Awards:
1987 Oscar Nomination for his Short Film Your Face
1991 Push Comes to Shove,won the Jury Prize, Cannes Palme d’Or
2001 EAT Grand Prize for Short Films, Cannes Film Festival Critics’ Week
Prix Canal +Cannes Court Métrage
2005 Life Time Achievement (Time Machine Award) SITGES Film Festival
2006 Special Career Award – Fantasporto Film Festival
2008 IDIOTS AND ANGELS premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival on 26 April 2008
2008 IDIOTS AND ANGELS won the Special Distinction prize in the feature film category,
Annecy International Animated Film Festival
2006 Winsor McCay Award, Annie Awards by ASIFA-Hollywood
2008 MoCCA (Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art) – Cartoonist of the Year, MoCCA Art Festival
2010 Delray Beach Film Festival, “The Cow Who Wanted To Be a Hamburger”
2011 20th Annual Cinema St. Louis Film Festival, Lifetime Achievement Award
2011 Burbank International Film Festival, Pioneer in Theatrical Animation Award
2011 Action On Film International Film Festival, Lifetime Achievement Award
2013 ANIMAFicx Award, 51st Gijon International Film Festival: Cheatin
A collection of more than 180 Plympton items is held at the Academy Film Archive.
U.S. Press Quotes:
“Revengeance is a mind-fucking descent into ’70s Los Angeles scuzz.”
Walker MacMurdo, Willamette Week
“A High-minded stroll between whimsy and lunacy.”
Jay Horton, Willamette Week
“Lujan and Plympton are both masters of sleazy irreverence and their mordant, scatalogical-inflected humour is bracingly amped up in their collaboration. Together, they have produced an unbridled, caustic, grotesquely comic vision of America that feels particularly timely.”
Virginie Sélavy, Sight & Sound
French Reviewers: “A psychedelic thriller on a paranoiac America in the dirty and cool style of Plympton.Crazy and cool”
Les Inrockuptibles
“Bikers, eccentric girls, tattooed mouths – the Maverick of the animation realize a thriller like Tarantino, virulent and ironic. Completely disturbs and full of humor”
Vocable
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Of Performers

Apollo Legend Ella Fitzgerald’s Centennial Birthday

Featuring Patti Austin, Andra Day, Lizz Wright

And Just Added

Monica Mancini, Cassandra Wilson & Kevin Spacey

Co-hosted by David Alan Grier and Patti Austin

with the Legendary Count Basie Orchestra

and a Special Performance by

Howard University’s Vocal Ensemble Afro Blue

Saturday, October 22nd, – 8 p.m.

Harlem, NY, October 11, 2016 – This October, the Apollo Theater today announced some special additions to its lineup for 100: The Apollo Celebrates Ella on Saturday, October 22nd at 8 p.m, a special concert celebrating the centennial of Apollo Legend and the Queen of Jazz, Ella Fitzgerald. 100: The Apollo Celebrates Ella will be hosted by David Alan Grier and Patti Austin and will feature performances by some of the greatest talents in music, theater and film including Ms. Austin, Andra Day, Lizz Wright and just added – Cassandra Wilson, Monica Mancini and Kevin Spacey. The concert will include musical backing by the legendary Count Basie Orchestra, led by Scotty Barnhart, and a special performance by Howard University’s vocal ensemble Afro Blue.

100: The Apollo Celebrates Ella will honor the career of the “First Lady of Song” and her relationship to the Apollo Theater, where she won Amateur Night at the age of 17 and performed regularly throughout her storied career. This concert marks the inaugural performance of the Theater’s celebration of the jazz icon’s centennial, with events and performances through the spring of 2017.

Ella Fitzgerald was a regular performer at the Apollo Theater over the course of her illustrious career. Her relationship with the Theater began in the midst of the Harlem Renaissance, when she made her singing debut in the fall of 1934 as a nervous 17-year-old competing in the Amateur Night variety show. Apollo legend has it that she originally planned to dance, but made the last minute decision to sing after being intimidated by the competition. Ella was so nervous she improvised song lyrics by imitating its instruments—a technique that would become part of her signature repertoire, scatting. That night, she won the top Amateur Night title, making her the first female performer to earn such a distinction. Soon after her win, she joined the Chick Webb Orchestra and began touring with the group throughout some of the city’s most famous venues. In 2006, Ella Fitzgerald was inducted into the Apollo Walk of Fame in in honor of her long history with the Theater, as well as her continued influence on the American music landscape.

“Long before anyone knew her as a powerhouse performer, Ella Fitzgerald made a name for herself at one of the earliest editions of Amateur Night,” said Kamilah Forbes, the Apollo Theater’s Executive Producer. “Her innovations in vocal jazz that started on our stage exemplifies the Apollo’s tradition of nurturing creativity and pushing artistic boundaries. For Ella’s centennial birthday, we’re thrilled to celebrate the Queen of Jazz, the timeless talent she represents, and the generations she has inspired.”

Music highlights for 100: The Apollo Celebrates Ella include “A Ticket a Tasket,” “Blues in the Night,” “Miss Otis Regrets,” “You’ll Have to Swing It” and more. The concert is produced in collaboration with seven-time GRAMMY® – winning producer Gregg Field, who at the age of 24 toured as the drummer for both Count Basie and Ella Fitzgerald. Field also produced the Emmy nominated PBS special “Great Performances: We Love Ella,” for Ella’s 90th birthday.

This extraordinary concert is the first of the Theater’s four events that will honor the “First Lady of Song’s” centennial birthday. The Apollo’s celebration of Ella will extend into Spring, 2017 with Live Wire: Ella! A Centennial Celebration a discussion commemorating Ella’s legacy (Thursday, March 23, 2017); Apollo Music Café: Ella Fitzgerald Tribute an evening featuring contemporary jazz artists celebrating the songstress (Friday, April 7, 2017) and a special Jazz edition of Amateur Night celebrating the first female to win the Theater’s signature program (Wednesday, April 19, 2017).

About the Artists

David Alan Grier has earned many accolades and awards throughout the years for a stellar career that spans across multiple mediums. The three-time Tony and GRAMMY® Award nominee studied Shakespeare at Yale University where he received his MFA from the Yale School of Drama. He went on to build a diverse resume with countless credits in television, film, theater and comedy under his belt. Most notably, he was an integral cast member of the classic hit variety television show In Living Color and was named among Comedy Central’s list of Top 100 Greatest Stand-Ups. He has appeared on Broadway in the Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess in 2012, alongside Audra McDonald , and was nominated for a Tony Award and a Grammy for that role. In fall 2015, he adopted a role in NBC comedy series The Carmichael Show, which will return for its third season this spring. Shortly after this debut, he appeared as the Cowardly Lion in NBC’s live performanceof The Wiz Live!, for which he earned two Image Awards and two Critics’ Choice Awards nominations.

GRAMMY® award-winning singer and Harlem native Patti Austin, whose unique sound crosses all musical genres, has released an incredible 17 solo albums and a string of hit singles (like the R&B classic “Baby Come To Me”) over the course of her 60 plus years in the entertainment business. In striking similarity to Ella Fitzgerald, Austin is an Apollo legend in her own right and her storied career also began on the Apollo stage when at the age of four she performed on Amateur Night. She signed a contract with RCA Records shortly after and went on to become a mainstay on Billboard’s jazz and r&b charts, respectively.

Considered one of the premiere voices in jazz music, Cassandra Wilson is a world renowned vocalist, songwriter and producer celebrated for her rich, dusky sound, improvisational and interpretive gifts. A two time GRAMMY® winner and Down Beat magazine’s Jazz Vocalist of the Year for three consecutive years, Wilson has been hailed as “America’s best singer” and “the true heir of Billie Holiday and Sarah Vaughn” by TIME magazine. Making her name in the 1980s as a founding member of Steve Coleman’s free-ranging M-Base Collective, Wilson’s breakthrough 1993 album Blue Light Until Dawn was a prime collection of originals and songs by Robert Johnson, Mitchell, Hank Williams and Van Morrison. She won a GRAMMY for 1996’s New Moon Daughter, and the following year sang on the recording and tour of Wynton Marsalis’ Pulitzer Prize-winning oratorio Blood on the Fields.

Citing Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, and Dinah Washington, as her musical influences, soul music chanteuse Andra Day is considered soul music’s brightest new star, having been nominated for two GRAMMY® Awards this year for her debut album Cheers to the Fall and her hit single, “Rise Up.” Already in her career, the singer has performed at the White House, at the 2016 Democratic National Convention and appeared alongside Stevie Wonder in an Apple TV commercial singing Wonder’s song, “Someday at Christmas.” In late 2015, she embarked on her first national tour when she opened up for rock legend Lenny Kravitz. This Fall, Day will headline her first national tour with the appropriately, named, Cheers to the Fall Tour

Known for her vocal blend of R&B, jazz, blues and gospel, The New York Times calls Lizz Wright “a smoky-voiced goddess.” Wright has been mesmerizing music fans worldwide ever since she appeared on the late pianist and composer Joe Sample’s 2002 disc, The Pecan Tree. The following year, she gained even wider recognition for her critically acclaimed debut record, Salt on Verve Records. Produced by the legendary Tommy LiPuma – best known for his award-winning work with George Benson, Diana Krall, and Natalie Cole – the album helped introduce her as one of the most fascinating female vocalists of her generation as it raced to number two on the charts. After a move to Concord, she released Freedom & Surrender, her fifth album, in 2015.

Two time Academy award-winning actor, director, producer, and singer Kevin Spacey catapulted to international stardom with films such as LA Confidential, The Usual Suspects and American Beauty. Even more diverse roles followed, and his turn to TV acting in 2013 garnered across-the-board acclaim, as he began inhabiting the character Frank Underwood on Netflix’ first original, multi-award winning drama series House of Cards. In addition to film acting, Spacey has earned acclaim for his work as a film producer and director, and is a well-respected theatre actor who served as Artistic Director of London’s legendary Old Vic theatre for 11 years. He earned a Grammy nomination for the soundtrack to his second film as director, Beyond The Sea, portraying legendary singer/actor Bobby Darin, and performing all the musical numbers. Spacey’s most recently performed at PBS’ “Billy Joel: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize”, and in “Tony Bennett Celebrates 90: The Best Is Yet To Come” airing in December on NBC.

Monica Mancini, the daughter of famed film composer Henry Mancini and notable studio singer Ginny O’Conner Mancini, has carved out an impressive career of her own as a concert performer, appearing with major symphony orchestras worldwide, including the Chicago Symphony, Dallas Symphony, Seattle Symphony and the London Metropolitan Orchestra. She is a two-time GRAMMY® nominee whose program often includes the classic songs “The Shadow of Your Smile,” “Moment to Moment,” “Moon River,” “Soldier in the Rain,” “Alfie,” “Charade,” “Days of Wine and Roses” and “Over the Rainbow.”

Apollo 2016-17 Season at a Glance

100: The Apollo Celebrates Ella is one of many highlights in the Apollo Theater’s 2016-2017 season. Additional events include, Hendrix in Harlem, a celebration of Apollo Legend Jimi Hendrix featuring a diverse group of performers to reimagine the late artist’s celebrated body of work; the return of the new holiday classic The First Noel, presented in collaboration with the Classical Theatre of Harlem, which will make an unprecedented move to the Theater’s Mainstage; WOW – Woman of the World Festival, featuring a celebration of the life, music, and legacy of jazz master and civil rights activist Abbey Lincoln; Unapologetically Black: AFROPUNK’s Race Music, a partnership with international cultural movement AFROPUNK paying homage to black protest music; and the return of the Theater’s signature programs Amateur Night, Apollo Music Café, Apollo Comedy Club, as well as free, ongoing Education and Community Outreach programs.

Tickets for 100: The Apollo Celebrates Ella are $35- $95. Tickets will be available at The Apollo Theater Box Office: (212) 531-5305, 253 West 125th Street, and Ticketmaster at 1-800-745-3000, http://www.ticketmaster.com.

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Wednesday – 10:00 am – 8:30 pm

Saturday – 12:00 pm – 6:00pm

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The Apollo’s 2016-2017 season is made possible by leadership support from Citi, Coca-Cola, Troy and Keisha Dixon, Ford Foundation, The Howard Gilman Foundation, Jerome L. Greene Foundation, Robert K. Kraft, The Reginald F. Lewis Foundation, Merrill Lynch, The Parsons Family Foundation, the Ronald O. Perelman Family Foundation, JoAnn Price, Earl W. and Amanda Stafford, Time Warner Inc., the Reginald Van Lee Fund for New Works, the Apollo Board of Directors, and many other generous donors.

Public support provided by the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature, and from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council

About the Apollo Theater

The legendary Apollo Theater—the soul of American culture—plays a vital role in cultivating emerging talents and launching legends. Since its founding, the Apollo has served as a center of innovation and a creative catalyst for Harlem, the city of New York, and the world.

With music at its core, the Apollo’s programming extends to dance, theater, performance art, spoken word initiatives, and more. This includes the October 2014 premiere and 2015 international tour of the dance celebration project James Brown: Get on the Good Foot, the annual Africa Now! Festival, Apollo Club Harlem, and the recent New York premiere of the opera Charlie Parker’s YARDBIRD. The Apollo is a presenting organization that also produces festivals, large-scale dance and music works organized around a set of core initiatives: Apollo Music Signature Programs—Amateur Night, Salon Series, Apollo Music Café; Legacy Series— work that celebrates and extends the Apollo’s legacy through a contemporary lens; Global Festivals including the Women of the World (WOW) Festival and Breakin’ Convention, international and U.S.-based artist presentations focused on a specific theme; and Special Projects, multidisciplinary work with partner organizations.

Since introducing the first Amateur Night contests in 1934, the Apollo Theater has served as a testing ground for new artists working across a variety of art forms, and has ushered in the emergence of many new musical genres—including jazz, swing, bebop, R&B, gospel, blues, soul, and hip hop. Among the countless legendary performers who launched their careers at the Apollo are D’Angelo, Lauryn Hill, Machine Gun Kelly, Miri Ben Ari, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, Billie Holiday, James Brown, Michael Jackson, Gladys Knight, Luther Vandross, and Stevie Wonder; and the Apollo’s forward-looking artistic vision continues to build on this legacy.

The Apollo Theater is a not-for-profit organization with the mission to extend the institution’s role in fostering artistic innovation and in building appreciation of American culture around the world. For more information, visit www.apollotheater.org .

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