Monday, November 24, 2014

LA Press Club honors Quincy Jones and Nancy O’Dell in Arts and Entertainment Journalism




This story was first Published on Examiner.com

Los Angeles Press Club honored Quincy Jones and Nancy O’Dell last night for Arts and Entertainment Journalism

The 7th Annual National Arts & Entertainment Journalism (NAEJ) Awards Gala honors reporters, photographers and critics across all media platforms. Quincy Jones (speaking) and Nancy O'Dell were also honored.
The 7th Annual National Arts & Entertainment Journalism (NAEJ) Awards Gala honors reporters, photographers and critics across all media platforms. Quincy Jones (speaking) and Nancy O'Dell were also honored.
President Robert Kovacik with honoree Co-Ancvhor Nancy O'Dell and her Entertainment Tonight producer of 20 years at the Los Angeles Press Club 7th Annual National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Awards. Quincy Jones was also honored.
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Music Giant Quincy Jones received the Los Angeles Press Club’s Visionary Award, for his humanitarian work at the 7th Annual National Arts & Entertainment Journalism (NAEJ) Awards Gala in the famed Crystal Ballroom at the historic Millennium Biltmore Hotel, downtown L.A. Sunday, Nov. 23, 2014.

The Awards event spotlights the best journalists and critics across all media platforms. Jones was be introduced by Actress Tina Sinatra and had a sit down, candid onstage interview with NBC4’s Robert Kovacik. The Press Club awards were dedicated to Robin Williams who gave back to the community, especially to the homeless. From the moment he broke into America’s living rooms as Mork from the Planet Ork, Robin Williams was irreplaceable, as both an actor and a comic. He was remembered most for his films, “Good Morning Vietnam, Dead Poets Society, Good Will Hunted, where he earned an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor. After Williams untimely death on Aug. 11, following a battle with depression, tributes poured in from friends and colleagues in Hollywood.

LA Press Club also handed Entertainment Tonight’s co-host Nancy O’Dell the Luminary Award. “Ms. O’Dell is one of the hardest working professionals in the business and truly deserving of this career achievement award,” said Press Club President Robert Kovacik of NBC4.
Nancy O'Dell (youtube) is the co-host of one of the most watched entertainment news programs, Entertainment Tonight. Among her many achievements she is also a producer, entrepreneur, philanthropist and author of three bestselling books. She is the creator of “Little Ashby: Star Reporter,” an educational series of children’s apps.

The 7th Annual National Arts & Entertainment Journalism (NAEJ) Awards Gala honors reporters, photographers and critics across all media platforms. The event included a silent auction, banquet and entertainment show hosted by Dan Lauria (The Wonder Years/Sullivan & Son) and Valerie Azlynn (Sullivan & Son) and included Comedian Alonzo Bodden
The “Journalist of the Year” award went to Jase Peeples, entertainment editor, THE ADVOCATE.
The Los Angeles Press Club is a nonprofit, 501© (3). For more info and the winners of last night’s event visit: http://LAPressclub.org.

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