On Friday, the Pritzker Prize issued their much-anticipated response to a petition to reconsider a decision many consider a sexist oversight: awarding their 1991 lifetime achievement award to architect Robert Venturi but not his wife and equally deserving partner Denise Scott Brown. Show More Summary
(Steven Hayward) Now I know what you’re thinking: doesn’t California Governor Jerry Brown deserve a coveted Power Line Green Weenie lifetime achievement award for some of the things he did 35 years ago, when he was governor first time...Show More Summary
For Chuck Pagano, leading the Colts from a 2-14 disaster to the playoffs in a year would have been the achievement of a lifetime. But the fact he set the stage for that climb while fighting for his life made it more memorable. The Pro Football Writers of America announced that Pagano has been selected…
Roger Ailes
Let's all give Fox News President Roger Ailes a big round of applause, because he just won the 2013 Bradley Prize, which is basically a lifetime achievement award in wingnuttery. And in his acceptance speech, he demonstrated...Show More Summary
It is wonderfully fitting that two days after San Francisco tenants won a hard fought, 8-3 legislative victory on condo conversions, Christine Minnehan will receive a lifetime achievement award from Tenants Together at its Fifth Anniversary event on June 13. Show More Summary
Central Garden & Pet's Heim Receives Pet Industry Lifetime Achievement Award WALNUT CREEK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Central Garden & Pet Company ( NAS: CENT ) ( NAS: CENTA ), a leading innovator, marketer and producer of quality branded...Show More Summary
Mel Brooks was honored Thursday night with the American Film Institute lifetime achievement award in Los Angeles.
Amy Poehler and new boyfriend Nick Kroll made their first public debut when they attended AFI's Lifetime Achievement Award tribute to Mel Brooks in Hollywood yesterday. The two stars have reportedly been dating since April, but they have been friends for years before they got romantic. Show More Summary
Director Mel Brooks, who gave the comedy world so much more than just History of the World Part 1 and Spaceballs in the '80s, on Thursday was honored with a lifetime achievement award from the American Film …
Mel Brooks was honored last night with the AFI Lifetime Achievement Award. Hollywood stars Robert De Niro, Billy Crystal and Morgan Freeman showed up to toast the comedy legend for his amazing body of work. Brooks has created classic movies and Broadway hits like The Producers, Young Frankenstein, Blazing Saddles and History Of The World [...]Show More Summary
The American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine has presented its highest honor, the Knudsen Lifetime Achievement in Occupational and Environmental Medicine Award, to Tee L. Guidotti, MD. Dr. Guidotti is a Consultant, Occupational/Environmental Health and Medicine, Washington, DC.
Denny's Congratulates James Wines on Receiving the National Design Award for Lifetime Achievement
SPARTANBURG, S.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Denny's, Inc. ( NAS: DENN ), one of America's largest full-service restaurant chains, is pleased to congratulate James Wines for receiving the National Design Award for Lifetime Achievement. Show More Summary
The stars were out at the 2013 CFDA Awards, from Ralph Lauren awarding Vera Wang the Geoffrey Beene Lifetime Achievement to Oscar de la Renta...
Vera Wang during a recent conversation with Fern Mallis at New York’s 92nd Street Y.
“It was like being in designer heaven.” That’s how Vera Wang describes her stint at Ralph Lauren. “We had everything, anything we needed as designers, particularly as a design director, as a team. Show More Summary
Vera Wang will be honored with the Geoffrey Beene Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2013 CFDA Awards on June 3. This shouldn't come as a surprise, considering the designer's name is synonymous with "dream wedding dress." Plus, this isn't even her first time receiving a CFDA Award. Show More Summary
The American Association of Independent Music (A2IM) has awarded its second annual Libera Awards Lifetime Achievement Award to Tom Silverman. The industry veteran is the Founder and CEO of Tommy Boy Records and co-founder of he New Music Seminar. Show More Summary
Tim Smucker of the J.M. Smucker Co. and Danny Wegman of Wegmans Food Markets are winners of the GS1 Lifetime Achievement Award, given at the GS1 General Assembly and Global Leadership Summit May 20-23 in Los Angeles.
GIF creator Steve Wilhite answered the enduring question of the age Tuesday night when he accepted his lifetime achievement award at the Webby Awards for his role in creating the Graphics Interchange Format. Since the format was invented in 1987, it’s been around for awhile, but finally Wilhite felt moved to weigh in on the [...]Show More Summary
Steve Wilhite was honored at last night’s 17th Annual Webby Awards with a Lifetime Achievement Award for his creation, the GIF. Preceding the show, he spoke with the New York Times tech blog, Bits, about his comments-section beloved invention. You can read all of it here but let’s jump in right about hereish: In the [...]
Before accepting a lifetime achievement award at the Webby Awards last night, Steve Wilhite, the man who invented the GIF back in 1987, ruined everybody's day by reintroducing the great pronunciation debate of our time: How do you pronounce...Show More Summary