Prostate Cancer Foundation (Pcf), a nonprofit organization founded by Michael Milken dedicated to identifying and funding groundbreaking cancer research programs, recently hosted the 2017 New York Dinner at Cipriani 42nd Street New York.
Whoopie Goldberg at the Prostate Cancer Foundation 2017 New York Dinner
Credit/Copyright: Patrick McMullan
Legendary actress, comedian, and television host Whoopi Goldberg served as guest host for the event. The evening concluded with a stunning performance by Grammy and Academy Award-winning singer Jennifer Hudson. Proceeds from the event, which raised $18 million, will support the partnership between Pcf and the Department of Veterans Affairs (Va) to provide precision oncology to all veterans by establishing eleven centers of excellence. By providing access to their more than 9 million patient records, Pcf researchers will be able to discover new and better treatments that will impact all prostate cancer patients. The evening was the organization’s second largest fundraising night.
Notable attendees included: Michael and Lori Milken,...
Whoopie Goldberg at the Prostate Cancer Foundation 2017 New York Dinner
Credit/Copyright: Patrick McMullan
Legendary actress, comedian, and television host Whoopi Goldberg served as guest host for the event. The evening concluded with a stunning performance by Grammy and Academy Award-winning singer Jennifer Hudson. Proceeds from the event, which raised $18 million, will support the partnership between Pcf and the Department of Veterans Affairs (Va) to provide precision oncology to all veterans by establishing eleven centers of excellence. By providing access to their more than 9 million patient records, Pcf researchers will be able to discover new and better treatments that will impact all prostate cancer patients. The evening was the organization’s second largest fundraising night.
Notable attendees included: Michael and Lori Milken,...
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- by Harriet Sokmensuer, @HGSokmensuer
- PEOPLE.com
Louie Psihoyos started out as a still photographer for National Geographic. He won an Oscar for his first feature length documentary: The Cove, which took an unflinching look at the slaughter of dolphins in Japan. He is now starting work on his next film, The Singing Planet, which will be shot underwater using extraordinary sound recording advances. He took a moment to talk with me about his films and his work as an enviromentalist.
Filmmaker: How did you get interested in still photography? How did you start working as a photographer?
Psihoyos: I loved making art when I was a kid. I think that’s what got me into still photography, that I could make instant art. When you are drawing or painting it can take days or weeks to make a piece of artwork, but with photography you could do it relatively instantly. I drew birds. I drew wildlife.
Filmmaker: How did you get interested in still photography? How did you start working as a photographer?
Psihoyos: I loved making art when I was a kid. I think that’s what got me into still photography, that I could make instant art. When you are drawing or painting it can take days or weeks to make a piece of artwork, but with photography you could do it relatively instantly. I drew birds. I drew wildlife.
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- by Alix Lambert
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