Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) January 28, 2011

In anticipation of the 83rd Annual Academy Awards weekend, comedic superstar Kevin Hart is announced as host for the 2011 Eye on Black: A Salute to Directors dinner. The event serves as the largest salute to African American Directors in Hollywoods history while recognizing film pioneers whose works, over the past 30 years, have re-shaped the black experience on the silver screen. Eye on Black: A Salute to Directors will be presented by Anheuser Busch and contributing sponsor The KESS Agency on FRIDAY FEBRUARY 25th, 2011 at the California African American Museum (CAAM).

The special salute will honor ROBERT TOWNSEND, KEENEN IVORY WAYANS, and TIM STORY for their pioneering accomplishments in film and television. Presenters will salute the panel of distinguished Directors through film and music, and by high- lighting turn-key moments in their careers that solidified their contributions to black cinema. Concluding the evening, legendary director and black cinema pioneer MELVIN VAN PEEBLES will receive the 2011 Lifetime Achievement Award; A namesake honor that will forever be named for him. The ceremony will also include the recognition of an emerging minority director in film, music, and theater. The 2011 Emerging Face award will be given to an upcoming minority director paving the way for a new generation of Directors.

This salute is expected to boast an A-list Hollywood celebrity guest-list as well as corporate and entertainment insiders. Promising to be a night full of celebration, the event will feature a sponsored cocktail and red carpet lifestyle lounge prior to the formal dinner for 200 VIP guests. A portion of all proceeds and private silent auction contributions will be donated to the Melvin Van Peebles Foundation.

About Keenen Ivory Wayans

An accomplished actor, comedian, director and writer is known as the host and creator of the FOX sketch comedy series In Living Color, which is credited with sparking the careers of fellow cast members, Jim Carrey, Jamie Foxx, brothers Damon Wayans, Shawn Wayans and Marlon Wayans, sister Kim Wayans, David Alan Grier, Tommy Davidson and featured star, Rosie Perez. Wayans is the director/Creator of Scary Movie, the highest grossing movie ever directed by an African-American and has also directed notable films such as, Im Gonna Git you Sucka, A Low down Dirty Shame, White Chicks, and Little Man.

About Robert Townsend

A true pioneer in African American film and television, Robert Townsend has appeared in, directed and or produced over 118 projects for film and or television. Leading the way into the new digital platform of webisodes, Townsend helped inspire a new generation of film makers and is consistently re-energizing an already accomplished resume with cutting edge creativity. Townsend is most notably known for his films Eddie Murphys RAW, The Meteor Man, The Five Heartbeats, B*A*P*S, Carmen: A hip opera, Jackies Back!, and many more. Townsend has worked with and or shaped the careers of many stars: Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Denzel Washington, Halle Berry, Morgan Freeman, Alfre Woodard, Lou Gossett, Jr., Keenan Ivory Wayans and Chris Tucker to name a few.

About Tim Story

An emerging African American Director who has directed both mainstream and urban films, Tim Storys box office successes have defined the new look of crossover directors in the millennium. Story is credited with directing the Fantastic Four movie franchise with stars such as Jessica Alba, Chris Evans, and Kerry Washington has also directed box office hits Barbershop and Taxi starring Queen Latifah.

About Mr. Melvin Van Peebles

An American actor, director, screenwriter, playwright, novelist and composer; Mr. Melvin Van Peebles is a pioneer of black cinema most famous for creating the acclaimed film, Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song, which heralded in a new era of African American focused films. Nominated for eleven Tony Awards in 1972, for his Broadway Play “Ain’t Supposed to Die a Natural Death;” and in 1973, for Musical for “Don’t Play Us Cheap, Mr. Melvin Van Peebles is noted as one of the first triple threats in black Hollywood. He is the father of actor and director Mario Van Peebles.

About The Melvin Van Peebles Foundation (MVP)

Founded in 2003 by Melvin Van Peebles the mission of the foundation is to provide educational assistance for economically disadvantaged youths. The Foundation has two educational goals 1.) To provide support for K-6 in reading and literacy and 2) to provide a yearly scholarships or grant in any area of study but with preferred focus in those fields that promote excellence in the hard sciences and business. The MVP Foundation awards grants to undeserved youths in the African Diaspora who would be unable to attend a school of higher learning without additional funding to the family.

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(PRWEB) January 18, 2012

Charity offers donors world-leading auction platform, built specifically for non-profit fundraising, today announced a strategic partnership with MVPNY, Multimedia Publishing Division Morris Communications Company.

generating annual readership of 34 million, MVP | NY market leading visitor publications include a detailed, behind-the-scenes look for the best New York has to offer visitors and locals. WHERE? New York Magazine, part of the global where the product is necessary to have a visitor guide and local residents and travelers, and is distributed in the room and concierge desks of three, four and five star hotels, as well as visitor locations throughout the city. New York, offers a handy calendar of events, details maps and information-oriented traveler and the urban life and events for visitors and native-like pulse. Its rooms are distributed, and a concierge desk in the top three, four and five star hotels, as well as various visitor centers.

attraction Charity Bids platform, MVP | NY launches fundraising auction in conjunction with the Hotel Excellence Awards take advantage of Les Clef Dor Foundation, NYC Hotel Concierge Association Charitable Fund, the ITM Hospitality Fund and the Hotel Association of New York City, Inc. Scholarship Fund. HEA program, which consists of the hotel experience and Silver Plume Awards recognize the best in New York hospitality industry. That evening, MVP | NY also bestowed a Lifetime Achievement Award to a person who has supported the tourism and hospitality industry’s efforts. The elite guest list of this invitation only event exclusive industry-wide program authorized by Hotel Association of New York City to New York Hotels and Travel community who, hosting more than 500 VIP, including general managers, concierges, director of sales and marketing director of food and beverage, event sponsors, the political officials and the media.

This initial campaign can be found at: http://www.mvpnyauction.com and includes support from corporations such as Tiffany & Co, Porsche Design Studio, St. Regis, New York Trump International Hotel and Tower, InterContinental Barclay New York, the Museum of Jewish Heritage, living monument to the Holocaust, the Guggenheim Museum, the Musical Sister Act, Stomp, Blue Man Group, Chicago, Rock of Ages, Nobu and many others. Online offers close January 26, 2012

used some of the worlds most recognizable non-profit corporations and celebrities, charity, offers a turnkey social media and online auction platform designed exclusively for non-profit funds. Offers compassionate leadership in its branches at each stage of a virtual auction, allowing customers to raise funds through the auction items and experiences leading up to or

case or a single virtual platform to expand its reach and sponsors for their immediate audience.

Hotel Excellence Awards recognize the hotel and tourism industry in the best of the best, “said Adeline Tafuri JURECKI, senior vice president of marketing and strategic partnerships for MVP | NY. We are truly honored to celebrate the hotel and their staff’s achievements in this black tie. And for the second year in a row to work with the charity offers to give back to four worthy causes.

We are very pleased to collaborate with MVP | NY, said Israel Schachter, co-founder and CEO of Charity Bids. With more than 48 million international and domestic visitors to New York each year, the economic impact is significant, with more than $ 28 billion spent by tourists. This is the business of philanthropy program is a great way to give back to the vendors in their communities through donations in kind donations, which can be purchased by visitors. Along with the MVP | NY, we hope to engage thousands of sellers who benefit from the tourism economy in New York City to join the program and give back to the industrys key reason

The MVP / NY: Morris Visitor Publications, New York (MVP / NY) is Morris Communications Company unit. MVP / NY ‘s market-leading publications include a visitor to New York and Where? New York Magazine, QG: Quick Guide to New York, where guests books on New York and New York City Map. marketfrom reach every visitor and family entertainment segment of the business and luxury travelMVP / NY New York’s most famous product show hotels, visitor centers and high traffic attractions, private clubs, airports, New York Water Taxi boats more than 300, Amtrak trains ACELS and VIP lounges and upscale corporate housing, annual production exceeds 34 million readers. For more information, visit http://www.mvpny.net and http://www.innewyork.com.

The Charity Bids: Constructed from long-time volunteer team fundraisers, charity offers a turnkey social media and online auction platform designed exclusively for non-profit funds. Proposals charity which promotes branded and own and / or seamlessly integrated, multi-line and Facebook auction programs, which enable non-profits raise funds through kind items and experiences at auction or keep the case or on a separate basis. For more information, visit http://www.charitybids.org.

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