Vieira Says An Early Goodbye, and Surprise, Handler Trash Talks Men at the Femme-Friendly Gracies - Hillary Atkin

The tributes amp8211 and probably some tears amp8211 will go on until Meredith Vieira officially steps down as cohost of quotTodayquot on June 8 leaving her reported 10 million salary to wake up much later and spend more time with her family while Ann Curry slips into her seat next to Matt Lauer on NBC39s toprated morning news showVieira started her farewell tour several weeks early as she collected a prestigious Gracie Award as best anchorThis 36th annual edition of the awards ceremony was held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel and will be televised later this summerHosted by Patricia Heaton and presented by the Alliance for Women in Media Foundation and title sponsor Dove the Gracies honor exceptional programming and individual contributions of those who create portrayals of women in all forms of media including radio broadcast television cable and new media The awards program also encourages the realistic and multifaceted portrayal of women in entertainment news features and other programsThis year39s gala dinner ceremony started off with a bang as the outstanding anchor statuette was awarded by actor Zachary Levi to Vieira Taking the stage in a flowing red gown Vieira used the occasion to thank and say goodbye to a list of her colleagues at quotTodayquot although whether mistakenly or by design she neglected to mention Curry in her kudosAmong the other honorees who took home one of the 36 Gracie Awards NBC news correspondent Anne Thompson for outstanding reporter Amber Lyons for outstanding investigative program quotSold on Craigslistquot Shonda Rimes for outstanding drama quotPrivate Practicequot Joan Lunden for outstanding talk show quotTaking Care with Joan Lundenquot Yvette Nicole Brown for outstanding performance in a supporting comedy role for quotCommunityquot and Chelsea Handler for outstanding talk show quotChelsea LatelyquotHandler whose latest book is topping bestseller lists joked onstage but she was honored to be awarded anything and then closed by saying quotMen your time is overquot She was spotted making an early exit in a chauffeurdriven SUVJulie McCarthy who had just won a Peabody Award for her work in Pakistan for NPR talked about the importance of telling complex stories in accepting her GracieAccess Hollywood weekend coanchor and correspondent Shaun Robinson was honored with the 2011 Dove Real Beauty Award created to honor an individual who best embodies and expresses the quotsubstance and spiritquot of real beauty through her life and careerThe prestigious Gracies Tribute Award for 2011 was presented to Emmy Awardwinning journalist and bestselling author Linda Ellerbee by former CNN anchor Aaron Brown She was recognized for her unparalleled career defined by intelligent journalism innovative television programming and inspirational messagingOther presenters included ESPN39s Erin Andrews ice skating icon Peggy Fleming Holly Robinson Peete Kim Delaney Brenda Strong Morgan Fairchild Dennis Swanson Christy Turlington Burns Scott Herman and Maria MenounosThe Gracies will air on the Hallmark Movie Channel on August 8 2011Hillary 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 organizations To contribute contact Jackmediadvisorygroupcom The opinions expressed in MediaBizBloggerscom are not those of Media Advisory Group its employees or other MediaBizBloggerscom contributors Media Advisory Group accepts no responsibility for the views of MediaBizBloggers authors

Click to Make Your 2025 Contribution to Support the MediaVillage Education Foundation

Vieira Says An Early Goodbye, and Surprise, Handler Trash Talks Men at the Femme-Friendly Gracies - Hillary Atkin

Author

Publish date

Channel

Archived in

Hillary Atkin

Empowering Women in Media: Insights from Industry Leaders (Video) - By E.B. Moss

More Videos:

Click to Make Your 2025 Contribution to Support the MediaVillage Education Foundation

Vieira Says An Early Goodbye, and Surprise, Handler Trash Talks Men at the Femme-Friendly Gracies - Hillary Atkin

Enjoying This Commentary? There's More to Love

Hillary Atkin

Empowering Women in Media: Insights from Industry Leaders (Video) - By E.B. Moss

The payment was successful

Cookies