Friday, January 03, 2014 7:44 PM The New, Multimedia One-Man Show, Ghost in the House, starring Tony Todd (Candyman) to be followed by a conversation about race in America moderator: Brian Watt. Before Barack Obama and MLK, before Jackie Robinson, Paul Robeson and Medgar Evers, before Malcolm X and Muhammad Ali, before Ferguson and “I can’t breathe”– there was Jack Johnson, the first African-American Heavyweight Boxing Champion who defied the powers that be. Ghost in the House recounts the racism and vindictiveness of White America against a man whose talents…
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6th NEJ Awards (Photos)
We congratulate the winners of the Los Angeles Press Club’s 6th annual National Entertainment Journalism & Centennial Awards. Browse through our collection of photos and feel free to share with your friends and colleagues.
Read MoreWinners of the 6th National Entertainment Journalism Awards Announced
Friday, December 06, 2013 12:29 PM More pictures from 6th National Entertainment Journalism and Centennial Awards – click here
Read MoreJoin us as we celebrate the Holiday Season
Wednesday, December 04, 2013 12:42 PM COME ONE, COME ALL Join us as we celebrate the holiday season! Press Photographers Association of Greater Los Angeles and the Los Angeles Press Club Invite our members to come together to kick off the holiday season on Friday December 13th 6:00pm undefined 10:00pm at the Glendale Moose Lodge. We also want to unite and ask our members to share the joy of Christmas and bring an unwrapped toy (value up to $20) to our evening event. The Toys for Tots collection box will…
Read MoreA Great Actor, An Even Better Person
A Great Actor, An Even Better Person For Press Club Visionary Award Recipient Forrest Whitaker, the Humanitarian Work is as Important as the Acting Accolades BY TED JOHNSON Last August, dressed in a blue suit and blue tie, Forest Whitaker stood in the spot at the Lincoln Memorial where Martin Luther King, Jr. stood 50 years earlier to deliver his “I Have a Dream Speech.” Like King, Whitaker spoke to a crowd that had gathered at the base of the memorial. “Today I want to celebrate those nameless individuals…
Read MoreVanity Fair Editor Graydon Carter to Receive Special Centennial Award
Friday, November 15, 2013 12:44 PM Krista Smith, West Coast editor of Vanity Fair, will accept the Special Centennial Award on behalf of Graydon Carter and the magazine at the NEJ gala Nov. 24. Vanity Fair and the Los Angeles Press Club are both celebrating their 100-year anniversaries this year.
Read MoreLGBTs in the News: There’s more to our story than discrimination and marriage
Monday, November 11, 2013 12:45 PM A discussion panel featuring some of the foremost LGBT voices in news and entertainment today. Among them Jason Stuart and Alexis Arquette.
Read MoreNat’l Entertainment Journalism Awards Gala, Nov. 24
Tuesday, October 29, 2013 12:53 PM Forest Whitaker undefined Visionary Award, introduced by Scott Cooper; Kenneth Turan undefined Luminary Award, introduced by David Ansen; Graydon Carter undefined Special Centennial Award Buy Tickets – Finalists – Invite Don’t miss out on National Entertainment Journalism Awards Party and Dinner. Your ticket gives you a chance to rub elbows with top journalists in entertainment media – and some of Hollywood’s royalty. Rising star writer/director Scott Cooper, the creative force behind Crazy Heart and the upcoming Out of the Furnace will present the Visionary…
Read MoreLAPC Luminary Award to Film Critic Kenneth Turan
Monday, October 28, 2013 4:20 PM Los Angeles Times film critic and book editor Kenneth Turan will receive the Los Angeles Press Club’s highly coveted Luminary Award for Career Achievement at the 6th Annual National Entertainment Journalism Awards Gala on Sunday, November 24th at the Millennium Biltmore hotel, downtown Los Angeles. Turan’s Luminary Award recognizes and praises his insightful and influential movie reviews as well as honoring his outstanding work for NPR and KUSC, Los Angeles. He is currently the senior film critic for the Los Angeles Times and NPR’s…
Read MoreOscar Winner and Humanitarian Forest Whitaker to Receive The Visionary Award
Wednesday, October 23, 2013 4:25 PM HOLLYWOOD, CA: The Los Angeles Press Club is proud to announce that Academy Award winner and humanitarian activist Forest Whitaker will accept the Visionary Award at a gala celebration on November 24 at the Biltmore Hotel, downtown Los Angeles. The Visionary Award was instituted last year to honor an individual within the Entertainment Industry who uses their high-profile status to make the world a better place and to spread information about issues of freedom and importance. “Mr. Whitaker represents the best, most generous and…
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