Sesame Workshop today announced that former First Lady Michelle Obama will accept the Joan Ganz Cooney Award, named for Sesame Street’s creator, at the nonprofit organization’s annual benefit dinner on May 29. This event celebrates Sesame Street’s landmark 50th anniversary year. “As we celebrate this milestone, we’re proud to honor First Lady Michelle Obama for […]
LAWCLERK, the leading online marketplace for freelance lawyers, today announced it is sponsoring a private screening of the film Balancing the Scales, a powerful new documentary about women lawyers in America, why their attempts to break the glass ceiling have failed, and what can be done to change the cultural attitudes which prevent women from […]
Mikaela Shiffrin, alpine ski world champion, joined Swiss watchmaker Longines at Macy’s Herald Square on March 21 to present her new sport watch for the first time in the United States: the Conquest Chronograph by Mikaela Shiffrin. The exciting event followed Shiffrin’s thrilling recent victories as the 24-year-old skier surpassed the world record with seventeen […]
Triple Daytime EMMY® winner Gaby Natale made history Wednesday, March 20 when the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences nominated the SuperLatina host to a fourth consecutive Daytime EMMY® Award in the Outstanding Daytime Talent in a Spanish Language Program category. “When I launched SuperLatina from a carpet warehouse in Odessa, Texas almost 12 […]
Television personality on Bravo’s “The Real Housewives of New York City”, philanthropist, fashion lifestyle entrepreneur and mom, Sonja Morgan, continues her partnership with CoolSculpting, owned by Allergan plc, to talk about “Bikini Denial.” Bikini Denial identifies the feeling that many woman get when realizing that swimsuit season has snuck up on her and she is […]
Plastic Oceans International and Breathe Conservation, two global nonprofit organizations dedicated to solving the plastic pollution problem, announced that South African endurance swimmer, Sarah Ferguson, set a new world record—becoming the first person to swim around the entire perimeter of Easter Island—as part of Swim Against Plastic, a global campaign to help end plastic pollution […]
Tarana Burke was born September 12, 1973. She’s a a civil rights activist from The Bronx, New York and also founded the Me Too movement. In 2006, Burke began using the phrase “Me Too” to raise awareness of the pervasiveness of sexual abuse and assault in society, and the phrase developed into a broader movement, […]
Yvette Noel-Schure, highly-regarded music and entertainment PR executive, was presented with Berklee’s first Master of Global Entertainment Award by María Martínez Iturriaga, executive director of Berklee’s campus in Valencia, Spain. The award was presented at a March 14 event in Noel-Schure’s honor at Berklee Valencia. The respected industry veteran is known for her work with […]
Tracy Davidson, NBC 10 News Today anchor and 11-time Emmy Award-winning journalist, will be presented with the 2019 Women United Award during United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey’s (UWGPSNJ) annual Women United Gala at the Crystal Tea Room in Philadelphia on March 27, 2019. This award is presented annually to a female […]
Kate Middleton put all rumors of a royal feud to rest by greeting Meghan Markle with a very British cheek-kiss at Commonwealth Day for everyone to see. An inside source spoke with Vanity Fair, and said that her actions were a deliberate move on Kate’s part. She knew the cameras would be watching them. The […]