By B&TF
On November 1 I attended 9th Annual POWER UP Annual Premiere Awards honoring gay women and men in showbiz. The event was held at Social Hollywood Club in Los Angeles.
As POWER UP Founder and Executive Director Stacy Codikow said, “Each year, the Annual Power Premier and Gala recognizes companies and individuals who, through their artistic endeavor, have helped to shape public opinion and social growth … POWER UP also recognizes 10 gay women annually for their successes in showbiz.”
This year POWER UP recognized Megan Cavanagh, who you might know as Marla Hooch from League of Their Own, Exes & Oh’s, and several other TV shows; Angela Courtin, SVP of Marketing, Entertainment and Content for MySpace; Liz Feldman, a four-time Emmy award winning writer/producer for The Ellen DeGeneres Show, comedian and the host of This Just Out on AfterEllen; Sharon Isbin, Grammy award winner and classical guitarist; Carol Leifer, writer and producer for several TV shows, including Seinfeld; Harriet Newman Leve, a Toni award winning Broadway producer; Rachel Maddow, the host of critically acclaimed The Rachel Maddow Show; Kelly McGillis who needs no introduction; Susan Miller, the writer/executive producer of the web series Anyone But Me; and Patricia Resnick, the writer for such films as 9 to 5, A Wedding and Straight Talk.
This year awards were also extended to 10 gay men who are working, creating and changing lives with their work. This year list of nominees was amazing, and though, not all of them were able to make it to the Gala, I was able to meet most of the honorees.
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