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Finalists were announced on Tuesday (Oct. 15) for the fourth Annual Anthem Awards, which celebrate purpose and mission-driven work. Finalists from the music, media and entertainment worlds include Jelly Roll, Foo Fighters, Valerie June, Lainey Wilson and others with “Power to the Patients”; Becky G with NPR’s “Tiny Desk Concerts’ ‘El Tiny’ Takeover”; Rare Beauty […]
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Sara Bareilles is set to perform at the 2024 CARE Impact Awards, which will take place Monday, Oct. 21, at the Ziegfeld Ballroom in New York City. Ali Velshi, chief correspondent for MSNBC and host of Velshi on that network, will host the seventh annual awards ceremony. The honorees are Lynsey Addario, MacArthur Fellow, Pulitzer […]
Andrea Bocelli is the recipient of the 2024 Morton E. Ruderman Award in Inclusion, which is presented by The Ruderman Family Foundation. Bocelli is being recognized for his career, as well as for his philanthropic work through the Andrea Bocelli Foundation. Bocelli will formally receive the award when he is in Boston later this year, coinciding with his 2024 holiday tour.
The Andrea Bocelli Foundation (ABF) will receive a $100,000 contribution to help rebuild ABF schools throughout Haiti.
“Whether it be through my personal journey, musical career, or philanthropic projects, I have always prioritized giving a voice to the voiceless — to give back to the world all the good things I have received, so the less fortunate or most vulnerable members of our society get a chance to achieve a life full of opportunity and beauty,” Bocelli said in a statement. “It is therefore a tremendous honor to receive this award from the Ruderman Family Foundation, an organization that shares my worldview in both word and deed. Together, we will continue to work to build a better world than the one we have found.”
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The ABF, together with the local partner Foundation St. Luc, has already helped rebuild several schools in Haiti in five of the poorest and most remote communities, offering educational access to more than 3,500 students every day.
Bocelli’s foundation has raised 70 million Euros, has funded 10 schools in Haiti and Italy, and has improved water access for more than 400,000 people since it was established in 2011.
“Both in his musical career and his philanthropic work, Andrea Bocelli has unmistakably demonstrated that through perseverance we can achieve even the most ambitious goals and dreams,” said Jay Ruderman, president of the Ruderman Family Foundation.
The award, now in its 10th year, was named after Morton E. Ruderman, a founder of the Ruderman Family Foundation. Past recipients of the award who were honored specifically for effectuating change on the issue of inclusion include Oscar-winning actress Marlee Matlin, former U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin and filmmakers Peter and Bobby Farrelly. (Peter Farrelly won two Oscars in 2019 for co-producing and co-writing Green Book.)
Several other recipients of the award have been recognized for their efforts to reduce the stigma surrounding mental health, including actress Eva Longoria, actor and recording artist Selena Gomez, five-time NBA All-Star Kevin Love, Oscar-nominated actor Taraji P. Henson, and Olympian Michael Phelps.
Bocelli, a world-renowned tenor, has amassed nine top 10 albums on the Billboard 200, including Si, which debuted at No. 1 in November 2018. Five of his albums have logged a full year or more on Billboard’s flagship album chart: Romanza (91 weeks), Sogno (72), Aria – The Opera Album (69), Amore (59) and My Christmas (52).
Bocelli’s only hit on the Billboard Hot 100 was a 2010 collaboration with Mary J. Blige – a remake of Simon & Garfunkel’s 1970 classic “Bridge Over Troubled Water.”
Surprisingly, Bocelli has yet to win a Grammy, despite five nominations.
Emmylou Harris will receive the ASPCA Henry Bergh Award at the 2024 Humane Awards, which will be held at a luncheon in New York City on Thursday, Oct. 10. The award, given to an individual or institution for their commitment to animal welfare, is named after the founder of the American Society for the Prevention […]
Demi Lovato is set to perform at the 2024 Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) Gala on Saturday, Oct. 5, at The Event Deck at LA LIVE in downtown Los Angeles. The biannual Gala raises funds to support the hospital’s mission.
“Children’s Hospital Los Angeles holds a very special place in my heart,” Lovato said in a statement. “Over the years, it’s been my personal honor to meet so many families in their care and witness first-hand the compassion and brilliance of their staff. Creating hope and building healthier futures is at the heart of their mission, and I couldn’t be more thrilled to celebrate and support that at this memorable event.”
Lovato has notched eight top 10 albums on the Billboard 200, including Here We Go Again, which debuted at No. 1 in 2009. She has also had four top 10 hits on the Billboard Hot 100, topped by “Sorry Not Sorry,” which reached No. 6 in 2017. Her awards include an MTV Video Music Award for “Skyscraper” and two Grammy nods.
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Chuck Lorre, Bernadette and Sugar Ray Leonard, and AEG will each receive the Courage to Care Award for their humanitarian efforts at CHLA and beyond.
Lorre is one of the most successful producers in TV history, with such smash hits as Two and Half Men, The Big Bang Theory and Mom. He was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame in 2012.
Actor Jon Cryer, one of the stars of Two and a Half Men, and his wife, actress and producer Lisa Joyner, will co-host the event. Kaley Cuoco, one of the stars of The Big Bang Theory, will serve as a presenter, along with actor Jamie Lee Curtis (a past winner of the Courage to Care award), actor Colin Hanks and radio broadcaster Ellen K.
This year’s honorary co-chairs are Jimmy Kimmel and wife Molly McNearny, and Kristin and Jeffrey Worthe. Kimmel and McNearny both won Primetime Emmys earlier in September for their work on the 2024 Oscars, which was voted outstanding variety special (live). Kimmel won as host; McNearny as an executive producer.
Jennifer Hudson will accept the first-ever Elizabeth Taylor Rowdy Activist Award for her ongoing support for people living with HIV, and for the LGBTQ+ community. The award will be presented at The Elizabeth Taylor Ball to End AIDS fundraising gala on Sept. 26 at the Beverly Hills Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif. Hudson, who will […]
Diane Warren and Jimmy Jam will be honored at the 38th Carousel of Hope Ball on Oct. 5 at The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California.
Warren will become the second recipient of the Inspirational Lifetime Achievement Award, an award won in 2016 by Sidney Poitier. Jimmy Jam will be honored with the Brass Ring Award, an award that has previously gone to a wide range of notables, including such music stars as Whitney Houston, Frank Sinatra and Stevie Wonder.
The biennial event will once again bring together VIPs from the film, television, music, and business industries to support increasing awareness of type 1 diabetes, and raise funds for clinical care, prevention, and diabetes research at the Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes.
“I have attended the Carousel of Hope Ball many times and am honored and flattered to have been selected to receive the Inspirational Lifetime Achievement Award and to be part of an event that helps shed light on all the wonderful work being done at the Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes,” Warren said in a statement.
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Jimmy Jam noted that the award has special meaning to him and his family. “My son Max was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at the age of two, so receiving this Brass Ring Award is particularly personal for me,” he said. “Max had previously vowed, ‘I promise to stay in this fight and find a cure for Type 1 diabetes.’ I thank Barbara Davis for keeping that dream alive for Max and our family.”
Warren and Jimmy Jam are among the most successful hitmakers in music history. Both have been inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame (Warren in 2001, Jimmy Jam in 2017). Both are Grammy winners (five for Jimmy Jam, one for Warren). Both are Oscar nominees for best original song (15 for Warren, one for Jimmy Jam). Both are Primetime Emmy nominees, with Warren winning for a song she wrote for CNN’s The Hunting Ground and Jam nominated as one of the music directors of Let’s Go Crazy: The Grammy Salute to Prince.
Jay Leno and David Foster will again serve as host and music director, respectively. (Foster produced Celine Dion’s 1996 recording of “Because You Loved Me,” the song that brought Warren her only Grammy award to date.) Clive Davis and Quincy Jones will reprise their roles as music chairmen, while George Schlatter returns to produce the show.
The Carousel Balls have raised more than $115 million to date, with proceeds benefiting the Children’s Diabetes Foundation and the Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes. Funds are raised through sponsorships, dinner tickets, a live and silent auction, and contributions.
The 2024 Carousel of Hope Ball is presented by Dexcom, a global leader in real-time continuous glucose monitoring for people with diabetes. Underwriting support is provided by Sanofi. Additional sponsorship is provided by American Airlines and The Beverly Hilton.
Billy Porter, who is as philanthropic as he is flamboyant, will receive the 2024 Isabelle Stevenson Tony Award in recognition of his contributions as an activist and spokesperson for the LGBTQ+ community. The Isabelle Stevenson Award – the Tonys’ equivalent of the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & […]
U2’s lead guitarist The Edge and his wife, artist Morleigh Steinberg, will be honored at Venice Family Clinic’s Inaugural HEART (Health + Art) Gala on May 11 at 3Labs in Culver City, Calif. Beck is set to perform at the event. Steinberg and The Edge, who are longtime Venice Family Clinic supporters, will receive the inaugural […]