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Saturday, May 14th, 2011
Dean Stockwell is an American actor of film and television with an epic career spanning over 60 years. Starting out as a child actor, he appeared as a main character (Donald Martin) in the musical movie Anchors Aweigh, alongside Frank Sinatra and Gene Kelly. Some of his other notable child roles included that of Robert Shannon in The Green Years (1946), Gregory Peck‘s son in Gentleman’s Agreement (1947), and as Lionel Barrymore‘s grandson, and Richard Widmark‘s protege in Down to the Sea in Ships (1949). He also starred in the lead role of the film The Boy With Green Hair in 1948, and in a film adaptation of The Secret Garden in 1949. In 1950, he appeared in a lead role alongside Errol Flynn in Kim, the film of Rudyard Kipling‘s novel of the same name.
Unlike many child actors, he continued to act past his teenage years. In 1959, Stockwell appeared in the film Compulsion, playing Judd Steiner. Stockwell has the distinction of having won the award for best actor at the Cannes Film Festival , for Compulsion and Long Day’s Journey Into Night.
In 1958, he joined Gloria Talbott and Dan Blocker as guest stars in the episode “Mercyday” of the NBC western series The Restless Gun, starring John Payne.
In 1960, he played in Sons and Lovers, cast as an Englishman, and working alongside Trevor Howard and Wendy Hiller. In 1961, Stockwell appeared in the premiere episode of ABC‘s Bus Stop series, which starred Marilyn Maxwell. In 1962, he played in an adaptation of Eugene O’Neill‘s play Long Day’s Journey Into Night along with Katharine Hepburn, Ralph Richardson and Jason Robards, for which he won Best Actor at Cannes once again.
In 1984, he appeared in Wim Wenders‘ critically acclaimed film Paris, Texas, and in that same year, in David Lynch‘s film version of Dune as Wellington Yueh. The following year he turned in a brief but significant role as attorney Bob Grimes in William Friedkin’s To Live and Die in L.A. In 1986, Stockwell acted in another Lynch production, the neo-noir thriller Blue Velvet. In 1988, he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance as Mafia boss Tony “the Tiger” Russo in the comedy Married to the Mob. He received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on February 29, 1992 (Leap Day) following the success of Quantum Leap.
In 2006 Stockwell joined the cast of Battlestar Galactica as the lead antagonist, Cylon John Cavil, staying until the end of the series four years later.
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Friday, May 6th, 2011
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Friday, May 6th, 2011
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Thursday, May 5th, 2011
Nancy Ratner will speak at The 1st Annual Women’s Empowerment Summit. Nancy Ratner is Senior Director, VH1 Consumer Marketing Partnerships & Promotions. In this role Nancy develops and produces marketing campaigns in support of key programming initiatives including music branding for VH1. Her work covers experiential marketing, event marketing and social media marketing with the goal of building buzz and driving tune-in with a variety of partners including airlines, digital out-of-home ad networks, professional sports organizations, cinemas, retail companies, e-commerce businesses and pro-social organizations.
Nancy began her career at VH1 15 years ago in the viewer services department as a liaison between viewers and the channel, providing real-time feedback to key executives. Prior to working at VH1 Nancy worked in the non-profit sector as a prospect researcher where she was responsible for identifying and qualifying major gift donors for Tufts University, Harvard Medical School, Sarah Lawrence College and Scripps Clinic and Research Foundation.
Nancy is a graduate of Tufts University and lives in NYC with her husband. She is the proud mother of 18-year-old twin sons and a 19-year-old step-daughter, all of whom are freshman in college.
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Friday, April 29th, 2011
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Steaz will be sponsoring the 1st Annual NYC Women’s Empowerment Summit.
Steaz is the #1 USDA Organic and Fair Trade Certified beverage brand in the U.S. All of their great-tasting sparkling green tea, energy drinks and iced teaz are made with the finest all-natural ingredients from around the world, creating a great taste that refreshes the mind, body and soul.
Steaz is a world class, socially responsible leader in the beverage category, recognized for delicious tasting organic and fair-trade products . Steaz searches the world over, from the Sun drenched fields of Florida to the fog shrouded, mystical mountains of Sri Lanka to find the purest ingredients that set Steaz beverages apart. The Steaz culture is steeped in triple bottom-line business practices focused on our core values of People, Planet & Profits. Enjoy Steaz and discover the better way.
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Monday, April 25th, 2011
Sibrena Stowe will speak at the 1st Annual Women’s Empowerment Summit. Sibrena is founder of La Chic Media, formerly Stowe Communications, Inc., specializing in publicity and advertising for an extensive client roster including high profile entertainment executives such as artists from Czar Entertainment, Kedar Entertainments, Jive Records, Tupac Shakur’s The Outlawz, Arista’s DJ Quik and Run/DMC, Universal’s Juvenile, Lil Wayne & Big Tymers, The legendary Rakim, MJG & Eightball and countless others! Stowe will continually buy media/ad buys for Music World Entertainment singers Solange Knowles and multi-platinum selling pop star, Beyonce Knowles, and R&B singer Joe from Kedar Entertainment Group, just to name a few. Stowe also works outside of music with Amber Brooke who has a recurring role as, Glenda on CW’s hit television series, One Tree Hill, and The Vampire Diaries, and Dashaun “Jiwe” Morris author of War of The Bloods In My Veins and of the Emmy Awards Emmy nominee star of Sundance channel’s hit docu-series, Brick City, and television personality and legal analyst, Vikki Ziegler of CNN, HLN and Fox News. La Chic Media/SCI also has an event planning division has organized events such as the NFL’s Official Super Bowl’s Passion for Fashion produced by then Philadelphia Eagles, Rodney Peete and actress Holly Robinson-Peete which was hosted by Star Jones; as well as the movie premiere party of: STANDING IN THE SHADOW OF MOTOWN, co-hosted by The NARAS Grammy Committee and Artisan Films.
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Thursday, April 21st, 2011
Abiola Abrams will be honored at the 1st Annual NYC Women’s Empowerment Summit. Abiola Abrams, your favorite bad girl and good woman, writes books, blogs and columns and broadcasts TV and web shows about love, lifestyle and pop culture. Current projects include: BBC Radio Entertainment Correspondent reporting on celebrity news and relationships, MTV Teen Dating Empowerment Coach on the reality series “Made,” blogger and editor on her lifestyle site “Abiola’s Passionista Playbook,” and host/producer of her own award-winning web series and advice vlogs.
Abiola’s upcoming book, The Passionista Playbook for Rockstar Living, is part humorous memoir, part fun handbook, about living with passion. Dare (Simon & Schuster), a hip hop love story, Abiola’s popular debut novel was taught at Amherst College and her essays have been published in anthologies such as Behind the Bedroom Door, Dirty Words: A Literary Encyclopedia of Sex, and A Memory, A Monologue, A Rant and A Prayer. In the past Abiola Abrams has hosted TV shows like BET’s “The Best Shorts,” HBO’s “The Buzz” and NBC’s “Source: All Access,” starred as “Miss Picky” on VH1 reality series “Tough Love” and appears as a pop culture talking head on networks like FOX. Recent press includes being interviewed for a feature about sex toys in Essence Magazine, being quoted in The New York Times about Fashion Week and talking about the Person of the Year on The Judith Regan Show on Sirius XM Radio. Abiola has written for and been written about in publications from Gawker and Jezebel to Paper Magazine and Self. Abiola is a lead lifestyle & entertainment content contributor (articles, videos, celebrity interviews) in the areas of love, lifestyle, pop culture including advertorial and branded entertainment. She’s interviewed celebrities such as Patti Labelle, Quincy Jones, Chris Rock, Busta Rhymes, LL Cool J and Henry Louis Gates, Junior. Clients and sites include and have included: Pepsi We Inspire, American Airlines’ Black Atlas, HP, Yahoo, Glam, Hello Beautiful, Examiner and Luv Em or Leave Em.Abiola Abrams has given keynote addresses on empowerment at many schools such as NYU, The New School for Social Research and Howard University. She was featured in the 2010 Sex Bloggers Calendar and as a part of her ongoing safe sex initiative she directed the award-winning and critically acclaimed feminist erotica art film, “Afrodite Superstar.” Her social issues short films and documentaries have shown in festivals, museums and universities. Abiola Abrams has a BA from Sarah Lawrence and an MFA from Vermont College of Fine Arts. She curated the Chashama Gallery exhibit Hos, Putas and Dragon Ladies: Our Sexuality Remixed and VDay’s Until the Violence Stops Film Festival at the Museum of The City of NY and the Museum of TV and Radio. Recently Abiola hosted the 6th Annual African American Literary Awards in New York City.
Visit her site here: www.abiolaabrams.com
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Sunday, April 17th, 2011
Valerie Smaldone will be a featured guest at the 1st Annual NYC Women’s Empowerment Summit. Valerie is a 5-time Billboard Magazine Award winner and is well known for her unprecedented success, holding the #1 on air position in the New York radio market, as well as hosting numerous nationally syndicated programs featuring in-depth interviews with top artists such as Paul McCartney, Celine Dion, Mariah Carey, and many others. During her two decades in the business Smaldone has won numerous awards, including: The American Women in Radio and Television’s Golden Apple Award for Broadcast Excellence, The Radio and Records’ Contemporary Personality of the Year 2001 – 2006, the Italian Welfare League even named her ‘Woman of the Year.’ Smaldone has started her own production company, Two Sides of a Coin, dedicated to supporting projects developed by women. Smaldone’s voice extends beyond the radio waves through many avenues such as playing the “Voice of God,” a role typically given to those with deep male voices. She has performed in this capacity for many prestigious live events including: The Clinton Global Initiative, The Emmy Awards, and The Tony Preview Concert. Smaldone also works face to face, speaking at conferences ranging from topics such as women in media and business, to women’s health, and Ovarian Cancer. At 43, Smaldone was diagnosed with ovarian cancer, had a tumor removed from her right ovary, and underwent chemotherapy. After her experience, Smaldone became the Gynecologic Cancer Foundation (GCF) spokeswoman. She has twice been honored by the Sass Foundation for Medical Research and received an award from the World Foundation for Medical Studies in Female Health along with Jenny Craig for their efforts promoting women’s health.
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Thursday, April 14th, 2011
Karen Goodman will speak at the 1st Annual NYC Women’s Empowerment Summit. As female half of the Simon & Goodman Picture Company duo, Karen Goodman is recipient of three Academy Award nominations and three Emmy Awards and recently won an Oscar for the documentary “Strangers No More.” Goodman has done groundbreaking work in both film and television in documentary format to explore truth. Her exploration of the role of women in Egypt, “Cairo Unveiled,” was the season premiere of National Geographic Explorer series. They have produced a number of projects for Lincoln Center’s Dance Film Archive, documenting the works of choreographers Paul Taylor, Alvin Ailey, Robert Joffrey, Jerome Robbins, and George Balanchine. Other joint projects include commercials, corporate and promotional videos, and political spots. Goodman has served as a judge for the International and National Emmy Awards, the Media Program for the National Endowment for the Humanities, and many other prestigious awards. Simon & Goodman are currently in production on a documentary for PBS’s American Experience.
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Sunday, April 10th, 2011
The 1st Annual NYC Women’s Empowerment Summit July 16th 2011 in New York City at Bennett Media Studios 723 Washington St New York NY 10014 10:00am till 4:00pm (Doors open at 9:30am).
The NYC Women’s Empowerment Summit is a one-day conference designed for all women, young and old, to meet and share best practices, stories of success, and experiences both personal and professional. The goal of the summit is to create new bridges and a wider awareness of political, social and economic causes, in order to help other women reach their full potential in life. Our panel of speakers includes a variety of successful women from all genres of business, workforces and life. Proceeds from the day’s events will be donated to the Make a Wish Foundation®. The following panel of speakers will be honored for their work in their respective fields.
Seating for this special and unique event is limited to only 100 tickets available to the public. Tickets are available for $45.00 dollars and include a catered lunch and a VIP Pass to the full day’s events which include opening ceremonies, guest lectures and a meet and greet following the day’s events. To order your tickets please click here. All Proceeds from the event go towards The Make A Wish Foundation.
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