FREEZE FRAME 4/7/14
Tony Hale (l.) and Julia Louis-Dreyfus take part in a Paleyfest panel on HBO’s Veep at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles, Calif. (© Kevin Parry for Paley Center for Media)
With this year’s Discovery Communications Say Yes to the Prom participants (front, l. to r.): Leroy Evans, principal, Magruder High School in Montgomery County, Md.; Adria Alpert-Romm, chief HR and global diversity officer, Discovery Communications; and Monte Durham, host, TLC's Say Yes to the Dress: Atlanta.
Laura Molen, EVP, lifestyle advertising sales group, NBCUniversal; Jeff Olde, EVP, programming & development, E!; Bonnie Hammer, chairman, NBCUniversal Entertainment Group; and Suzanne Kolb, president, E!, at the network’s upfront press cocktail event at New York’s Dream Hotel.
Bruce Levinson (l.), The Blaze; Adam Maul, AMC Networks; Todd Baxter and Scott Meador, Time Warner Cable; and Barry Donaldson, HSN, at TEXCam 2014 in Austin, Texas.
At the tip-off luncheon for the NCAA Men’s Basketball Eastern Regional finals at Madison Square Garden in New York (l. to r.): Al Trautwig, MSG Network; Joel Fisher, EVP, MSG Sports; Jim Calhoun, former University of Connecticut coach; Oscar Robertson, hall of fame basketball player; and Dave Howard, president, MSG Sports.
Scott Aukerman (l.) of Comedy Bang! Bang!; Fred Armisen of Portlandia; Jennifer Caserta, president, IFC; and Marc Maron of Maron on the red carpet before IFC’s “Up! Up! Upfront” at New York’s Roseland Ballroom. (Scott Aukerman (l.) of Comedy Bang! Bang!; Fred Armisen of Portlandia; Jennifer Caserta, president, IFC; and Marc Maron of Maron on the red carpet before IFC’s “Up! Up! Upfront” at New York’s Roseland Ballroom. (Dianne Bondareff/Invision for IFC/AP Images)
Wrapping up the fourth season of ABC Family’s Pretty Little Liars with a live table read/social-media event at New York’s Ziegfeld Theater (l. to r.): cast members Lucy Hale, Sasha Pieterse and Ashley Benson; Tom Ascheim, president, ABC Family; and cast members Shay Mitchell and Troian Bellisario.
Launching VH1’s This Is HOT 97 at New York’s Gotham Comedy Club (l. to r.): Mona Scott-Young, Monami Entertainment; Miss Info, Angie Martinez, Funkmaster Flex, Cipha Sounds, Ebro Darden and Laura Stylez, HOT 97; Ian Gelfand, Eastern TV; and Brad Abramson, Vivian Gomez and Stephen Mintz, VH1.
At the Pac-12 men’s basketball tournament (l. to r.): “Puddles;” Jessica Mikolwcic, New York Life; Sarah Bunner, The Marketing Arm/AT&T; Lydia Murphy-Stephans, president, Pac-12 Networks; “Joe Bruin;” Denise Ebright, AT&T Sponsorships; Helena Ghez and Bryan Peck, esurance; Jane West, Cox Southwest; and Bob Keyser and Ernie Kent, Pac-12 Networks. (Todd Lussier)
Tony Hale (l.) and Julia Louis-Dreyfus take part in a Paleyfest panel on HBO’s Veep at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles, Calif. (© Kevin Parry for Paley Center for Media)
With this year’s Discovery Communications Say Yes to the Prom participants (front, l. to r.): Leroy Evans, principal, Magruder High School in Montgomery County, Md.; Adria Alpert-Romm, chief HR and global diversity officer, Discovery Communications; and Monte Durham, host, TLC's Say Yes to the Dress: Atlanta.
Laura Molen, EVP, lifestyle advertising sales group, NBCUniversal; Jeff Olde, EVP, programming & development, E!; Bonnie Hammer, chairman, NBCUniversal Entertainment Group; and Suzanne Kolb, president, E!, at the network’s upfront press cocktail event at New York’s Dream Hotel.
Bruce Levinson (l.), The Blaze; Adam Maul, AMC Networks; Todd Baxter and Scott Meador, Time Warner Cable; and Barry Donaldson, HSN, at TEXCam 2014 in Austin, Texas.
At the tip-off luncheon for the NCAA Men’s Basketball Eastern Regional finals at Madison Square Garden in New York (l. to r.): Al Trautwig, MSG Network; Joel Fisher, EVP, MSG Sports; Jim Calhoun, former University of Connecticut coach; Oscar Robertson, hall of fame basketball player; and Dave Howard, president, MSG Sports.
Scott Aukerman (l.) of Comedy Bang! Bang!; Fred Armisen of Portlandia; Jennifer Caserta, president, IFC; and Marc Maron of Maron on the red carpet before IFC’s “Up! Up! Upfront” at New York’s Roseland Ballroom. (Scott Aukerman (l.) of Comedy Bang! Bang!; Fred Armisen of Portlandia; Jennifer Caserta, president, IFC; and Marc Maron of Maron on the red carpet before IFC’s “Up! Up! Upfront” at New York’s Roseland Ballroom. (Dianne Bondareff/Invision for IFC/AP Images)
Wrapping up the fourth season of ABC Family’s Pretty Little Liars with a live table read/social-media event at New York’s Ziegfeld Theater (l. to r.): cast members Lucy Hale, Sasha Pieterse and Ashley Benson; Tom Ascheim, president, ABC Family; and cast members Shay Mitchell and Troian Bellisario.
Launching VH1’s This Is HOT 97 at New York’s Gotham Comedy Club (l. to r.): Mona Scott-Young, Monami Entertainment; Miss Info, Angie Martinez, Funkmaster Flex, Cipha Sounds, Ebro Darden and Laura Stylez, HOT 97; Ian Gelfand, Eastern TV; and Brad Abramson, Vivian Gomez and Stephen Mintz, VH1.
At the Pac-12 men’s basketball tournament (l. to r.): “Puddles;” Jessica Mikolwcic, New York Life; Sarah Bunner, The Marketing Arm/AT&T; Lydia Murphy-Stephans, president, Pac-12 Networks; “Joe Bruin;” Denise Ebright, AT&T Sponsorships; Helena Ghez and Bryan Peck, esurance; Jane West, Cox Southwest; and Bob Keyser and Ernie Kent, Pac-12 Networks. (Todd Lussier)
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