CENTURY CITY, Calif.,
Sept. 20, 2015 /PRNewswire/
-- Television's biggest night took place in Century City, CA Saturday, September 19th, where the
entertainment industry came together for the ninth annual "Evening
Before" party, benefitting MPTF (Motion Picture & Television
Fund).
The television industry, from Emmy presenters and nominees, to
other TV industry members, helped raise funds to support their
industry colleagues and friends who benefit from MPTF's charitable
programs and services such as financial assistance, crisis
counseling, care giving support and of course the legendary
retirement facility in Woodland
Hills that is "home" to television and film veterans
alike. "The Evening Before is a celebration of the
achievement of a few, and an opportunity for the generosity of
many, so that MPTF can provide care and service to everyone in our
business. We are very grateful for the extraordinary support
of our sponsors and industry donors at the Evening Before that
supports the millions of dollars for the MPTF charitable programs
and services conducted each year," said Jeffrey Katzenberg, CEO of DWA and Chairman of
the MPTF Foundation.
The Ninth Annual "Evening Before" Host Committee consisted of
Christina Applegate, Matt Bomer & Simon
Halls, Julie Bowen,
Ty Burrell, Kathryn &
Kyle Chandler, Viola Davis & Julius
Tennon, America Ferrera &
Ryan Piers Williams, Tony Goldwyn, Mariska
Hargitay & Peter Hermann,
Allison Janney, Eva Longoria, Jennifer
Lopez, Julia Louis-Dreyfus
& Brad Hall, Jim Parsons, Amy
Poehler, Taylor Schilling,
Kevin Spacey, Octavia Spencer, Eric
Stonestreet, Jeffrey Tambor,
Kerry Washington, and Naomi Watts & Liev
Schreiber.
The Executive Host Committee included J.J. Abrams, Matthew C.
Blank, Linda & Jerry
Bruckheimer, Charlie Collier,
Roma Downey & Mark Burnett, Nancy
Dubuc, Robert Greenblatt,
Bonnie Hammer, Ted Harbert, Doug
Herzog, John Landgraf, Paul
& Deirdre Lee, Michael Lombardo, David
Nevins, Gary Newman,
Richard Plepler, Roy Price, Kevin
Reilly, Peter Rice,
Peter Roth, Josh Sapan, Ted
Sarandos, Ryan Seacrest,
Ben Sherwood & Karen Kehela Sherwood, Nina Tassler, Dana
Walden, and Dick Wolf.
This year's presenting sponsors were Delta Air Lines, essie, the
FIAT Brand, Netflix, PEOPLE, and Target.
"This year MPTF will serve thousands of industry workers and
their families in countless ways from counseling services,
financial assistance and even child care scholarships for parents
in between shows. The Evening Before is the perfect reminder
of Hollywood's big heart that has
supported the commitment of caring for our own for 94 years," said
Ken Scherer, CEO of MPTF
Foundation.
Among the celebrities who attended this year's event were
Uzo Aduba, Khandi Alexander, Sasha
Alexander, Will Arnett,
David Arquette, Jonathan Banks, Angela
Bassett, Kathy Bates, Mayim
Biyalik, Diego Boneta, Kate Bosworth, Josh
Bowman, Lorraine Bracco,
Betsy Brandt, Amy Brenneman, Beau Bridges, Adrian Brody, Danielle
Brooks, Dan Bucatinsky,
Tituss Burgess, Naomi Campbell, Jessica Capshaw, Justin
Chambers, Anna Chlumsky,
Erika Christensen, Gwendoline Christie, Louis CK, Gary Cole, Chris
Colfer, Laverne Cox,
Chase Crawford, Jackie Cruz, Alan
Cumming, Joan Cusack, Hugh
Dancy, Claire Danes,
Dana Delaney, Loretta Devine, Jenna
Dewan-Tatum, Rosemarie
DeWitt, Alfred Enoch,
Edie Falco, Scott Foley, Vince
Gilligan, Lauren Graham,
Clark Gregg & Jennifer Grey, Tony Hale, Marcia Gay Harden, Jon
Hamm, Angie Harmon,
Christina Hendricks, Miles Hizer, Gaby
Hoffmann, Derek Hough,
Vanessa Hudgens, Avan Jogia, Don
Johnson, Minka Kelly,
Michael Kelly, Keegan-Michael Key, Jimmy Kimmel,
Jaime King, Aja Naomi King, Regina
King, Jane Krakowski,
Peter Krause, Lisa Kudrow, Padma Lakshmi, Ron Livingston, LL COOL J, Justin Long, Melanie
Lynskey, Natasha Lyonne, Andie
MacDowell, Mia Maestro, Taryn
Manning, Tatiana Maslany,
Kelly McCreary, Kyle MacLachlan, Katharine McPhee, Alyssa
Milano, Cristin Milioti, Kate
Mulgrew, Trevor Noah,
Timothy Olyphant, Adam Pally,
Mandy Patinkin, Nasim Pedrad,
Jordan Peele, Chelsea Peretti, Evan
Peters, Ellen Pompeo,
Zac Posen, Jaime Pressly, Josh
Radnor, Retta, Lisa Rinna,
Doc Rivers, Gina Rodriguez, Tracee
Ellis Ross, Fred Savage,
Paul Scheer, Pablo Schreiber, John
Slattery, Karla Souza,
David Spade, John Stamos, Lily
Tomlin, Lorraine Toussaint,
Emily VanCamp, Kate Walsh, Matthew
Weiner, Ming-Na Wen,
Paul Wesley, Shane West, Bradley
Whitford, Mae Whitman,
Jesse Williams, Casey Wilson, Bellamy
Young, Constance Zimmer,
among many others.
Robyn Leuthe Norris produced the
"Evening Before" for the ninth consecutive year, with designs of a
relaxed town square atmosphere in the park, by Silver Birches.
The event is designed after the highly successful "Night
Before," another fundraiser held annually before the Academy
Awards® for the past thirteen years to benefit MPTF.
Delta Air Lines
Delta Air Lines serves more than 170 million customers each
year. Delta was named to FORTUNE magazine's top 50 World's Most
Admired Companies in addition to being named the most admired
airline for the fourth time in five years. Additionally, Delta has
ranked No.1 in the Business Travel News Annual Airline survey for
four consecutive years, a first for any airline. With an
industry-leading global network, Delta and the Delta Connection
carriers offer service to 319 destinations in 58 countries on six
continents. Headquartered in Atlanta, Delta employs nearly 80,000 employees
worldwide and operates a mainline fleet of more than 700 aircraft.
The airline is a founding member of the SkyTeam global alliance and
participates in the industry's leading trans-Atlantic joint venture
with Air France-KLM and Alitalia as well as a joint venture with
Virgin Atlantic. Including its worldwide alliance partners, Delta
offers customers more than 15,000 daily flights, with key hubs and
markets including Amsterdam, Atlanta, Boston, Detroit, Los Angeles,
Minneapolis/St. Paul, New York-JFK, New York-LaGuardia,
Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Salt Lake City, Seattle and Tokyo-Narita.
Delta has invested billions of dollars in airport facilities,
global products and services, and technology to enhance the
customer experience in the air and on the ground. Additional
information is available on the Delta News Hub, as well as
delta.com, Twitter, @DeltaNewsHub, Google.com/+Delta,
Facebook.com/delta and Delta's blog takingoff.delta.com.
essie
America's nail salon expert since 1981, essie was founded in
New York City by Essie Weingarten. essie is beloved for its
visionary approach to nail lacquer featuring catchy, clever names
that created a new standard for the category. A leader in luxury,
essie is the go-to nail brand for beauty professionals, industry
insiders, celebrities and women of style in over 100 countries. As
the color authority, essie is center stage on runways around the
world from New York to Paris.
essie offers highly-anticipated color collections, exclusively
curated by the brand's Global Color Designer, Rebecca Minkoff. essie is committed to safe
standards with an award-winning line of nail care products and more
than 900 shades to date. We can be found on: essie.com, Facebook,
Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, Tumblr and YouTube.
FIAT Brand
The FIAT brand stands for discovery through passionate
self-expression. That philosophy is embodied by the iconic Fiat 500
or Cinquecento – a small car that lives big. Italian at heart and
rooted in a rich heritage, the 500 is sold in more than 100
countries around the world and is synonymous with modern, simple
design blending form, function, technology and a pride of ownership
that is genuine.
In North America, the Fiat 500 was
introduced in March 2011 and was soon
followed by the Fiat 500c (Cabrio), the high-performance Fiat 500
Abarth and Abarth Cabrio, the fully electric Fiat 500e and the
five-passenger Fiat 500L. The FIAT brand continues to expand
with the introduction of the Fiat 500X, an all-new crossover that
combines Italian style with functionality, performance and
all-wheel drive confidence. The all-new Fiat 500X arrived
at FIAT studios in the second quarter of 2015.
Netflix
Netflix is the world's leading Internet television network with
over 65 million members in over 50 countries enjoying more than 100
million hours of TV shows and movies per day, including original
series, documentaries and feature films. Members can watch as much
as they want, anytime, anywhere, on nearly any Internet-connected
screen. Members can play, pause and resume watching, all without
commercials or commitments.
PEOPLE
Time Inc.'s PEOPLE revolutionized personality journalism when it
launched as a weekly in 1974 to celebrate extraordinary people
doing ordinary things and ordinary people doing extraordinary
things. Ubiquitous and still at the center of pop
culture more than 40 years later, the PEOPLE brand is accessible on
all surfaces (print, digital, video, mobile, social) bringing more
than 75 million consumers a unique mix of breaking news, exclusive
photos, video, and in-depth reporting on the most compelling
newsmakers of our time. In addition, comScore ranks the
PEOPLE and Entertainment Weekly Network No. 1 in the entertainment
news category. Each year major media across the globe
anticipate the cover reveal of PEOPLE's most famous franchise, the
Sexiest Man Alive (which is celebrating its 30th
anniversary in 2015) sparking a lively debate on social
media. With a trusted reputation and unparalleled access to
the red carpet, celebrities, and entertainment, an essential
component of PEOPLE's editorial vision remains human interest
stories, which touch and often mirror the lives of our passionate
audience. PEOPLE is an award-winning 24/7 news organization
headquartered in New York City
with reporters across the globe. For more information visit
PEOPLE.com and Timeinc.com, and follow @people on social media.
Target
Minneapolis-based Target
Corporation (NYSE: TGT) serves guests at 1,799 stores and at
Target.com. Since 1946, Target has given 5 percent of its profit to
communities, that giving equals more than $4
million a week. For more information, visit
Target.com/Pressroom. For a behind-the-scenes look at Target, visit
Target.com/abullseyeview or follow @TargetNews on Twitter.
Motion Picture & Television Fund
For more than 90 years, MPTF (Motion Picture & Television
Fund) has served as a beacon of hope for entertainment industry
members in their time of need. As a charitable organization, MPTF
provides financial assistance and services essential to the
wellbeing of the community and is a leader in the development and
implementation of services and programs for seniors and those who
care for them. For more information, visit www.mptf.com.
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