THE ARTISTRY AWARD HONORING
the
L word creator
and executive producer
ILENE CHAIKEN
READ
ILENE'S SPEACH
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HONORING 10 AMAZING GAY
WOMEN IN SHOWBIZ
JAMIE BABBIT – Director. BUT I’M A CHEERLEADER,
NIP/TUCK, THE BERNIE MAC SHOW, MALCOLM IN THE MIDDLE,
and POPULAR.
LAUREN LLOYD – Manager/Producer.
CELLULAR, MERMAIDS, DROP ZONE, THE BUTCHER'S WIFE, DREAM
LOVER, THE FIRES WITHIN and FREDDIE GOT FINGERED.
JANE LYNCH – Actor/comedian. MIGHTY WIND, BEST IN
SHOW, TWO AND HALF MEN, THE L WORD, CELESTE and BAM BAM
by Margaret Cho, THE 40 YEAR OLD VIRGIN, FIFTY PILLS.
GWEN MARCUS – Executive Vice
President, Showtime Network, Inc. Gwen is the company’s
chief legal officer in charge of the Network’s Human
Resources and Administration department.
ROBERTA MARIE MUNROE – Writer/Filmmaker/Programmer.
Roberta is one of three Short Film Programmers at the
Sundance Film Festival.
EILEEN OPATUT – Senior Vice
President of Original Programming, LOGO TV. Eileen began
at Nickelodeon then she moved to the BBC and then to the
Food Network.
ANGELA
ROBINSON – Writer/Director/Editor. POWER UP’s
multi award winning short D.E.B.S. to Screen Gems feature
D.E.B.S. to Disney’s HERBIE: FULLY LOADED.
JENNY STEWART – Entertainment Editor. Jenny is the
industry insider for the Entertainment channel on PlanetOut
and Gay.com.
DANNIELLE THOMAS – Manager/Producer. In the spring
of 2006, Dannielle will produce the DUSTY SPRINGFIELD
project with Universal Pictures, Marc Platt and Kristin
Chenoweth.
JENNY
WALL – Entrepreneur/Marketer. Jenny marketed HBO’s
ANGEL’S IN AMERICA, Sundance Channel’s OUTLOUD
and Paramount Picture’s MEAN GIRLS.
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Chad
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  The
Event Co-chairs Jeannine Lewis, Jim Dobson
and Trish Doolan
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7 of the 10 Amazing Gay Women in Showbiz - Jenny Wall, Jenny
Stewart, Jane Lynch,
Eileen Opatut, Roberta Munroe, Gwen Marcus, and Jamie Babbit
photo by Linda Kish
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