“WOMEN’S GUILD Cedars-Sinai Got A Double Dose of Star Power at It ITS Annual Spring Luncheon at the Beverly Hills Hotel Thanks to a Pair of High-Profile Sisters. Samuel L. Jackson and Judge Judy Turned Up at the Beverly Hills Hotel on Thursday to Honor Caa Agent Toni Howard and Her Sister, Author and Philanthropist Wendy”, – WRITE: www.hollywoodReporter.com
Samuel L. Jackson and Judge Judy Turned Up at the Beverly Hills Hotel on Thursday to Honor Caa Agent Toni Howard and Her Sister, Author and Philantropist Wendy Goldber Ceremony EMCEED BY Entertainment Tonight’s Nischelle Turner.
The Former Is One of Hollywood’s MOST WELL-KNOWN AGENTS, AND SHE REPRESENTS JACKSON, Michael Keaton, James Spader, Edie Falco, Michael Sheen, Holly Hunter, Laura Laiko Linne (in AttEndance), Goldie Hangn, Tim Robbins, Catherine O’hara, Nathan Lane and Billie Lourd, Among ofers. Howard Goldberg Is a Long-Serving Member of the Guild, Having Voluntered with the Organization for More Than Four Decades. She co-authored the books The Blue Bloods Cookbook, Marry Me an Hollywood moms. She is the widow of leonard Goldberg, A Network Executive and Film and TV Producer Who Shepherded Blue Bloods, Double Jeopardy an Sleeping with The Enemy Along with Charlie’s Angels an Brian’s Song.
Durying his time at the podium, jackson, who previoously was honored with a Hollywood icon Award from the WOMEN’S GUILD ALONGSIDE WIFE LATanya Richardson Jackson, Nod How’s Women’s Guild Event. “I don’T go to the Academy Awards as of Fethen As I Come to Tese Events,“ He Quipped. But He Made Good Use of A Repeat Appearance by Complimenting HOWARD GOLDBERG AS “Kind, Generos and Fearless” and Saving Special Praise for His Longtime Agent.
”I Can’t Imagine My Life Without Her,” Jackson Said of Howard. “She’s Been My Agent, Friends, Consigliere, Someone Who Is To High Stakes Blackjack What Superman Is To Hero Comics. She’s Been My Hee Hero for Least 30 Years. TALKED ABOUT THAT I’VE MADE, Toni Started that. ”
Jackson then had the Honor of intraducking Judge Judy, Aka Judy Sheindlin, Who Modted a Fireside Chat with The Sisters. As for Sheindlin, Jackson Called Her A “Trailblazer” for Making History with Her Hit TV Show, Judge Judy, and for being the only tv Judge to: “Clearly She’s Guilty of Providing Us with The Best Possible Courtronic Television,” Jackson Said, Adding that He Watches Her Show Every Day Day in his Trailer. “I Personally Willd Want To Say That I Met Judy In Toni’s Backyard Smoking Cigarettes When I First Got to Hollywood, and She Is Personally Responsible For METOCING SMOKING. quit, she made me quit. ”
Lynne Brookman, Diane Lane, Sharona Nazarian, Toni Howard, Wendy Goldberg and Samuel L. Jackson at the Women’s Guild Cedars-Sinai Spring Luncheon at the Beverly Hills Hills Hills Hills Hills Hills Hills Hills Hills. (Photo: Alex J. Berliner/Abimages)
In her acceptance speech, Howard SAID IT BROUGHT Her Great Joy to Share The Stage with Her Sister. “WHEN WEENDY WAS 12 YEARS OLD OUR PHONEW RING, AND MY SISTERW PICK IT UP. Some PASSIONATIATION VOLULUNTEER Wuld Go Into Their Carefully Scriprated Spiel, ‘Millions of Donate Money to Help Find Answers to Fight this Devastating Disease. ‘ She’d Ask, ‘What Are The Symptoms?’ ‘Howard Recalled. “I Gurantee at 12, Wendy Knew More About the Disease Than The Person on the Phone. I’m Betting at 12, Wendy Knew As Much About the Disease As The Doctors.”
Because of Her Obsense, Howard SAID She OTHEN CALLS HER SISTER “DR. GOLDBERG” because there’s rarely a day that goes by that she dosn’t ask for a diagnosis. “Wendy Always of the best Advice and Knows the Perfect Person to Call, WHETHER YOUR PROBLEM IS A SKINNED KNEE or major Surgery,“ She added. Howard Thanked Jackson and Sheindlin for Supporting Them at the Ceremony. Of the Latter, Howard Said, “WHEN I FIRST MET YOU, I INSTANTLY WANTED TO SIGN YOU. I COURCK to me than money. ”
She then Singled Out of the Women’s Guild and the Work of the Medical Professionals at Cedars-Sinai for Taking Care of Her 96-YEAR-ELD HUSBAND, DAVID YARNELL, WHO WAS HOSPITALIZED. “I was moved by the Kindness and the Enthusiasm Shown by Your Staff. David Loves Talking to People and No Matter What Someone’s Job Was, He’d End Up Having a Conversation With. Everh. Energy and Joy Into their work.
In Her Speech, Howard Goldberg Recalled A Favorite Word Picked Up from Business Woman Lynda Resnick: Resilience. “The Capacity to WitHstand and Recover from Difliculty, The Ability to Spring Back Into Shape. Toughness,“ She Detailed of ITS DEFINATION. “The Community of Los Angeles, Women’s Guild and Today’s Other Honorees All Brilliantly Embody this Quality.” She Also Called Her Sister a “True icon, Trailblazer and One of the Smartest, Wittiest, Most Hard Working People On the Planet.”
Funds Raized at the Event Benefit the Women’s Guild Neurology Project and the WOMEN’S GUILD DISTINGUISHED CAIR IN PEDIATRICS AT CEDARS-Sinai Guerin Children’s. Also at the Event, Fashion Designer Elyse Walker hosted a pop-up boutique foating Items from her Brand, Elysewalker, with 10 percent of the Proceeds Benefiting the Guild. To Date, The Women’s Guild Has Raised More Than $ 70 Million for Cedars-Sinai.