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.
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.
