Camryn Manheim and Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg Among Matrix Award Presenters; Oprah Winfrey to Deliver Keynote Address at 30th Annual Awards Luncheon.Entertainment Editors NEW YORK--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--March 22, 2000 Actress Camryn Manheim Camryn Manheim (born Debra Frances Manheim on March 8, 1961, in Caldwell, New Jersey), is an American actress who is best known for her role as attorney "Ellenor Frutt" on the ABC legal drama The Practice and more popularly known today as Delia Banks of of ABC-TV's "The Practice" and attorney/author Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg are among the eight presenters at this year's Matrix Awards, it was announced today by New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Women in Communications, Inc. (NYWICI NYWICI New York Women in Communications, Inc. ). The Awards recognize exceptional women who have distinguished themselves in the communications fields of advertising, books, broadcasting, magazines, new media, newspapers, public relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most , and arts and entertainment. The 2000 Matrix Awards luncheon, hosted by Hearst Magazines and Good Housekeeping magazine, will take place at The Waldorf=Astoria on Monday, April 17. The luncheon will be chaired by Good Housekeeping Editor-in-Chief Ellen Levine. The keynote address will be delivered by television host, philanthropist, Academy Award-nominated actress and businesswoman Oprah Winfrey. The theme for the luncheon is "Celebrating Women Who Change the World." This year's winners and their presenters are as follows: Advertising: Linda Kaplan Thaler THALER. The name of a coin. The thaler of Prussia and of the northern states of Germany is deemed as money of account, at the custom-house, to be of the value of sixty-nine cents. Act of May 22, 1846. 2. , President and Chief Executive Officer Kaplan Thaler Group Award Presenter: James B. Patterson, Novelist Arts & Entertainment: Judith Jamison, Artistic Director Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater is a modern dance company based in New York, New York. It was founded in 1958 by choreographer and dancer Alvin Ailey. It is made up of 30 dancers as well as artistic director Judith Jamison and associate artistic director Masazumi Chaya. Award Presenter: Anna Deavere Smith For other persons of the same name, see Anna Smith. Anna Deavere Smith (born September 18, 1950, in Baltimore, Maryland) is an African American actress, playwright, and professor in the Department of Performance Studies at the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University. , Writer/Director/Actress Books: Patricia Cornwell, Best-Selling Author Cornwell Enterprises Award Presenter: Catherine Crier, Host, Crier CRIER. An inferior officer of a court, whose duty it is to open and adjourn the court, when ordered by the judges; to make proclamations and obey the directions of the court in anything which concerns the administration of justice. Today Court TV Network Broadcasting: Patricia Fili-Krushel, President ABC Television Network Award Presenter: Camryn Manheim, Actress Magazines: Ann Jackson, Group Publisher InStyle and Real Simple Magazines Award Presenter: Linda Fairstein, Chief, Sex Crimes Prosecutor/Author New York County District Attorney's Office New Media: Candice Carpenter, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer iVillage, Inc. Award Presenter: Shelly Lazarus, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide Newspapers: Katharine Graham, Chairman of the Executive Committee The Washington Post Company Award Presenter: Benjamin C. Bradlee Benjamin Crowninshield Bradlee (born August 26, 1921) is the vice president of The Washington Post. As executive editor of the Post from 1965 to 1991, he challenged the federal government over the right to publish the Pentagon papers. , Vice President at Large The Washington Post Company Public Relations: Ranny Cooper, Partner BSMG Worldwide Award Presenter: Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg, Attorney/Author For information regarding tickets and reservations, please call NYWICI at (212) 297-2133 or log on to www.nywici.org. New York Women in Communications, Inc., a not-for-profit professional organization founded in 1929, is a dynamic and diverse organization of nearly 800 communications professionals. NYWICI is dedicated to promoting the highest standards throughout the industry and to providing education and leadership for the next generation of women communicators. |
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