OOOM Magazine published its fourth annual OOOM 100: THE WORLD’S MOST INSPIRING PEOPLE list, compiled by an international jury. The results are remarkable: No less than eight spots in this year’s OOOM 100’s top 10 are claimed by women. GRETA THUNBERG was voted the most inspiring person of 2019, who “grew into a symbol and […]
Ava DuVernay, award-winning writer, director and producer, is set to receive the prestigious Television Showman of the Year from the International Cinematographers Guild (ICG, IATSE Local 600) Publicists, honoring her prolific career as a visionary television producer. The 57th Annual ICG Publicists Awards ceremony, which traditionally occurs the week leading up to the Academy Awards®, […]
At an induction ceremony in New York City, Mary Ellen Carlyle, Senior Vice-President and General Manager of Dome Productions, became the first Canadian inducted into the Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame, in recognition of her ground-breaking career in televised sports and the media industry. Carlyle was one of 10 sports broadcasting professionals and the only […]
Standard Motor Products, Inc. announces its new SMP ‘Women in Auto Care’ Scholarship. Running January 1 through March 31, 2020, the inaugural competition will present two female students with a $5,000 scholarship each. Students can enter by visiting SMPWIACScholarship.com, completing an online questionnaire, and submitting a recent photo of themselves. SMP’s independent judges will evaluate […]
Trip.com Group CEO Jane Sun has been named one of Forbes’ “World’s Most Powerful Women” in its recently published list for 2019. This year, Sun is ranked among peers like German Chancellor Angela Merkel, European Central Bank Head Christine Lagarde, Melinda Gates and Serena Williams. Having first joined Trip.com Group as CFO in 2005, Sun […]
Storytelling and innovation studio Al Jazeera Contrast, part of the digital division of Al Jazeera Media Network, announced today that Still Here will premiere at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival in the New Frontier program. The visceral experiences of over twelve formerly incarcerated women who have re-entered society are at the core of Still Here, […]
Bumble, the women-first social networking app with over 75 million users worldwide, today released a brand-new video featuring Emmy-winning Actress and Comedian Tiffany Haddish and Montrezl Harrell of the L.A. Clippers, which takes viewers on a behind-the-scenes look at two Bumble first dates as Haddish and Harrell give their humorous dating advice on the fly. […]
TIME names Greta Thunberg the 2019 Person of the Year. TIME Editor-in-Chief and CEO Edward Felsenthal writes, “Meaningful change rarely happens without the galvanizing force of influential individuals, and in 2019, the earth’s existential crisis found one in Greta Thunberg…. Thunberg has become the biggest voice on the biggest issue facing the planet—and the avatar […]
Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans, Inc., a nonprofit educational organization honoring the achievements of outstanding individuals and encouraging youth to pursue their dreams through higher education, today announced that award-winning actress, artist, author and producer Jane Seymour has been selected for membership in this prestigious organization. Ms. Seymour joins 13 other exceptional business, civic […]
Airlines for America (A4A), the industry trade organization for the leading U.S. airlines, today announced that Riva Khoshaba Parker has been named Vice President, Labor and Employment/Litigation. Parker is an expert litigator in all areas of labor and employment law, bringing years of litigation experience to A4A. Parker joins A4A from the Pentagon’s Office of […]