The Women Are More Than All Right: WIF Honors the Best in Film and Television at the Crystal + Lucy Awards - Hillary Atkin

Warren Beatty was there Tom Cruise wasn39t as their other halves took center stage at the Women in Film 2011 Crystal Lucy Awards in Beverly HillsHosted by Melissa McCarthy of quotBridesmaidsquot and the CBS hit show quotMike and Mollyquot the gala event honored Annette Bening with the Crystal Award Katie Holmes received the MaxMara Face of the Future Award CBS Entertainment president Nina Tassler quotHow I Met Your Motherquot director Pamela Fryman and cinematographer Reed MoranoThe memories of trailblazing women in entertainment industry were never far from hand as the entire evening was dedicated to producer Laura Ziskin Ziskin created the television fundraiser quotStand up to Cancerquot in response to her own diagnosis produced the Academy Awards telecast in 2002 and 2007 and was producing the latest quotSpiderManquot film her fourth when she died of breast cancer on June 12The evening had started off with McCarthy serenading Annette Bening and doing a funny spiel thanking Tassler for hiring her in a rap that also gave a shoutout to Holmes Fryman and MoranoThe incomparable Bening who last wowed filmgoers and the Hollywood Foreign Press Association for her role as Nic in quotThe Kids Are All Rightquot was the evening39s top honoree taking the stage to a standing ovation after an introduction from Martin Sheen who joked that it was difficult not being the president anymore referring to his lengthy term in the Oval Office on quotThe West WingquotquotI feel like I39m entering a new phase and finding real internal freedom reflected in my work nowquot she said referring to a stellar career that includes quotBugsyquot quotAn American Presidentquot quotAmerican Beautyquot and quotBeing Juliaquot for which she also won a Golden Globe AwardIt being a Women in Film event Bening said it was only appropriate that she thinks her main man in film husband and no stranger to awards himself Beatty who beamed his approval from the audienceHolmes39 career started off in television before she moved into motion pictures and then she became even better known Cruise39s wife and the mother of Suri She39s making her mark again in TV with a recent role as Jacqueline Kennedy in the miniseries quotThe Kennedysquot She39ll next be seen in the thriller quotDon39t Be Afraid of the Darkquot opposite Guy Pearce and the film comedy quotJack and Jillquot with Adam Sandler and Al PacinoIn accepting the Face of the Future Award from the Italian design house MaxMara which dressed many of the women for the show Holmes thanked a team whose commitment to work and family has inspired her including her husbandThe Lucy Award for Excellence in Television was first handed out in 1994 joining its sister the Crystal Award for Excellence in Film which was instituted in 1977 It is named after Lucille Ball and is presented in conjunction with her estate to those whose creative works follow in the footsteps of Ball39s extraordinary accomplishments particularly in enhancing the perception of women through the medium of televisionRecipient Tassler was named president of CBS entertainment in September 2004 and it39s been an uphill ride ever since Reporting to president and CEO Les Moonves she never fails to give him credit for the Eye39s success and her acceptance speech was no exception in sharing the creditquotI stand here as a representative of the gifted women I39m thrilled to work with every dayquot said Tassler quotWe39ve shared it all from births to bar mitzvahsquot She talked about her upbringing marching with her parents against the Vietnam War and taking to heart their admonition to make a difference Tassler who oversees the network39s entertainment program for prime time latenight and daytime as well as program development for all genres concluded by urging women to continue to tell stories and reach for the starsAs the director and executive producer of quotHow I Met Your Motherquot Pamela Fryman has guided the multicamera show for six seasons Cast member and recent Tony Awards host Neil Patrick Harris presented her with the directors award introducing her as the quotgreatest person everquot and relating her generosity to the cast and crewThe Dorothy Arzner Directors Award she accepted was named for the first female member of the DGA In her speech Fryman recalled starting out as a production assistant getting sandwiches for actor John Davidson and thinking that things didn39t get much better than thatCinematographer Reed Morano has been shooting documentaries features television series commercials and music videos for the past 14 years including the acclaimed film quotFrozen Riverquot which was nominated for two Academy Awards and seven Independent Spirit Awards She is currently in preproduction on several features shooting this yearIn her acceptance speech she cited several past winners of the Kodak Vision Award as inspirations to her which include Joan Churchill Mandy Walker Petra Korner and Cynthia PusheckThe legendary Elizabeth Taylor was bestowed posthumously with Women in Film39s Norma Zarky Humanitarian Award which was accepted by her granddaughter Naomi Wilding quotShe was an inspiration in using her celebrity to champion a causequot Wilding said in lauding Taylor for her groundbreaking work in raising awareness and funds for AIDS researchHillary Atkin is an awardwinning journalist who began her career as a television news writer reporter and producer at KOBTV As a broadcast producer at KCBS in Los Angeles she won numerous Emmy Associated Press and Golden Mike Awards for live coverage and entertainment special events programming and then produced and directed biographies on Robert Duvall Elizabeth Montgomery Linda Darnell and Nicolas Cage for AampampE and E She can be reached at hillaryatkinyahoocom Check us out on Facebook at MediaBizBloggerscomFollow our Twitter updates MediaBizBloggerMediaBizBloggers is an openthought leadership blog platform for media marketing and advertising professionals companies and 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