The guest list at this luncheon is going to be stacked. Once again, Variety is celebrating the philanthropic work of some of Hollywood’s biggest stars. The outlet has announced the honorees for its Power of Women: New York event, in partnership with Lifetime.
Here are the Lifetime Impact honorees and the humanitarian efforts they support: Academy Award-nominated actress Jessica Chastain (Planned Parenthood); Vice Chair of the Clinton Foundation Chelsea Clinton (Alliance for A Healthier Generation, an organization dedicated to helping kids form life-long healthy habits); co-host of “CBS This Morning” and Editor at Large, O, The Oprah Magazine Gayle King (SEO Scholars, an academic program that helps underserved public high school students, and The Bowery Mission, which serves homeless and hungry New Yorkers); actress Blake Lively (Child Rescue Coalition, a nonprofit org dedicated to using technology to track pedophiles and arrest predators); six-time Tony Award-winning actress Audra McDonald (Covenant House, a privately-funded agency that helps homeless youth); and Vice Chair of CBS and Viacom Shari Redstone (Legal Services Corporation, which provides financial support for legal aid to low-income Americans).
“Saturday Night Live” star Vanessa Bayer will host the luncheon, scheduled for April 21 at Cipriani Midtown in New York City.
The event coincides with Variety’s annual New York Women’s Impact Report, “which profiles the most impactful women working in entertainment and media this year. Each of the honorees will be featured on the front cover of the New York Women’s Issue on April 18th,” a press release details.
“In its fourth year, we are thrilled to be honoring these outstanding women at our annual Power of Women: New York luncheon,” stated Michelle Sobrino Stearns, Group Publisher/Chief Revenue Officer of Variety. “At the heart of New York City is a vibrant community of strong women in entertainment, media, and politics whose commitment to philanthropy is inspirational. We are delighted to be celebrating these women along with the women profiled in our annual New York Women’s Impact List with our partners at Lifetime.”
Honorees at last year’s event included Oscar-winning actresses Julianne Moore and Lupita Nyong’o and ballerina Misty Copeland.
