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Nina Kennedy Walks the Red Carpet at the GLAAD Media Awards

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  Nina Kennedy The stars came out for the 33rd GLAAD Media Awards at the New York Midtown Hilton May 6th, the first GMAs since 2019. Our own Nina Kennedy was invited to walk the Red Carpet as the 2021 Lambda Literary Award Finalist for her book  Practicing for Love: A Memoir .  Cynthia Nixon Other celebrities on the Red Carpet included Sex and the City star Cynthia Nixon, and Real Housewives of Atlanta star Kandi Burruss. Cynthia Nixon remembered Nina from the NYWIFT (New York Women in Film and Television) Muse Awards, and embraced her warmly. Actor Judith Light came to receive the  Excellence in Media Award, and was introduced by Oscar winner and star of West Side Story Ariana DeBose. Kandi Burruss The Red Carpet was also graced with the presence of the new White House Press Secretary  Karine Jean-Pierre. GLAAD Board Chair Pamela Stewart introduced Secretary Jean-Pierre who received a rousing standing ovation. "Thank you, family," were her first words as she...

The Stars Come Out for the 2017 NYWIFT Muse Awards

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The annual New York Women in Film and Television Muse Awards took place Thursday December 14 th  in the Grand Ballroom of the New York Hilton in midtown Manhattan. IN F EM NITY Productions and The Noshing with Nina Show had an official capacity this year as members of the press corps, and as such we were invited to cover the Red Carpet arrivals. Honorees included celebrated filmmaker Julie Dash , actors Laura Dern and Judith Light , Amy Emmerich (Chief Content Officer at Refinery29), and Regina K. Scully (filmmaker and CEO of the Artemis Rising Foundation). Emmy Award-winning contributor to CBS News Sunday Morning , and our dear friend and colleague Nancy Giles served as emcee. Nancy Giles The program kicked-off with an inspiring speech by  NY Lieutenant Governor Kathy Hochul , stressing the importance of assisting and supporting female colleagues in the industry, and lifting each other up.  Harvey Weinstein’s ears must have been burning as virtua...