The Motion Picture and Television Foundation is gearing up for the centennial toast on June 18 with an all-star celebration at The Lot at Formosa in West Hollywood.
The event, part of the organization’s 100th anniversary celebration, will be held as “100 Years in Hollywood: A Celebration of Service” and will be an evening of performances, tributes and storytelling, signs the MPTF. Jody Foster, Harry Northup and Yvette Nicole Brown appeared on the show, along with musical guests Abigail Barlow and Emily Bear, Tory Kelly and Chloe Arnold, ladies syncopated.
The “House” of the evening will be named an Honorary Service Award, a special presentation of the silver medallion for Marilyn and Jeffrey Katsenbergs. The Katsenbergs were longtime champions of the MPTF, as the mogul spent more than three decades on various boards (including the board of directors and governors) that served to raise hundreds of millions of dollars.
While it’s easy to see what they’ve done by donating time and millions to help attract red carpets like Night Before parties, Jeffrey’s behind-the-scenes work has been equally fruitful in strategizing and recruiting to bring experts into the MPTF. . He announced last June that he would resign from the organization.
Marilyn Katzenberg and Jeffrey Katzenberg
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Past Silver Medallion recipients have included industry legends such as Liu and Eddie Wasserman, Mary Pickford, Gregory Peck, Jules Stein, Jack Warner, Samuel Goldwyn, Howard Koch and Roddy McDowall. There will be a tribute video featuring the best and brightest people in Hollywood and a live presentation of the award.
“Wow! This 100th event is finally here and we are so excited about all of its elements and of course we respect Marilyn and Jeffrey Katsenberg. A special thanks to all the talent that will make this night special,” said MPTF President And. CEO Bob Beecher.
The event is sponsored by City National Bank, Delta Air Lines and UCLA Health. Diamond is sponsored by the American Directors Guild, IATSE, Sherry Lansing & William Friedkin, PMC, Walt Disney Company and Warner Bros. Discovery. Hollywood-themed dishes from chefs Vartan Abgarian, Govind Armstrong, Ben Ford and May Lin will be presented to sponsors ahead of the event.
The event is chaired by Sherry Lansing, Casey Wasserman and Honorary Chair Walter Mirsch, and the host committee includes Greg Berlant and Robbie Rogers, Kate Capshaw and Steven Spielberg, Robert Chapek, Channing Dunge and Scott Powell Janer, Es. “50 Cent” by Jackson, George Lucas and Melody Hobson, Katie McGrath and Jay Jay Abrams, Jay and Elaine Penske, Brian Robbins and Tracey James, Laura and Jeff Shelley, Lauren Schuler Donner, John and Marilyn Wells and David Zaslav.
The show’s executive producers are Julianne Hare and Charlie Heikel Don Mischer Prods. Produced by John Foy and Emmy Award winner Ricky Minor as music director.
Abigail Barlow and Emily Bear
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Source: Hollywood Reporter
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