Hosted by Roy
Wood, Jr. and Featuring a Live Musical Concert by
Diana Ross
The Event Will Take Place at the
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
on Saturday, April 29th
LOS
ANGELES, April 25, 2023 /PRNewswire/
-- Allen Media Group's African American-focused news,
sports, lifestyle, and entertainment multi-platform media
outlet, theGrio (www.thegrio.com), will
honor CBS News journalist Gayle King with theGrio's
"Journalist Icon Award" for her tremendous career accomplishments
and service to America during a star-studded event in Washington, DC. Scheduled to immediately
follow the annual dinner of the White House
Correspondents' Association (WHCA) on the evening
of Saturday April 29, 2023. The event--entitled BYRON
ALLEN PRESENTS THE WASHINGTON, DC
GALA--will take place at The Smithsonian National
Museum of African-American History & Culture in
Washington, DC. In addition, the
best moments of the gala will be captured and shared on a one-hour
television special entitled THE WASHINGTON, D.C. GALA, featuring interviews
with today's leading political icons, power players, and stars. The
special will air on theGrio Television Network and
other platforms on Monday, May 1,
2023.

Roy Wood, Jr. -- comedian,
Emmy-nominated producer, and correspondent for THE DAILY SHOW
on Comedy Central -- will host the event which will
feature a special musical concert by music legend Diana Ross, fresh off her electric performance
at Byron Allen's 5th Annual Oscar Gala last month in Beverly Hills, which raised money for
Children's Hospital Los Angeles. BYRON ALLEN
PRESENTS THE WASHINGTON, DC
GALA is an illustrious affair featuring A-list guests and
politicos, including stars from film, music, sports, and
television. The event is sponsored by: Allen Media
Group, Procter &
Gamble and My Black
is Beautiful.
The evening's honoree, CBS News' Gayle King, is
co-host of CBS MORNINGS, and she is also editor-at-large of
Oprah Daily and hosts a live,
weekly radio show titled "Gayle King
in the House" on SiriusXM. King has received numerous awards
for her extensive work as a journalist, including three Emmys. Most
recently, Gayle was honored with the 39th Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in
Journalism presented by Arizona State
University's Walter Cronkite
School of Journalism and Mass Communication. In 2018 she
was inducted into the Broadcasting & Cable Hall of Fame
and in 2019 she was selected for the TIME 100, Time
magazine's annual list of the hundred most influential people
in the world.
The legendary Diana Ross was
inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a
member of the Supremes, and is one of the rare performers to have
two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. She was the
recipient of a Special Tony Award in 1976,
the Kennedy Center Honor in 2007, and
the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2012 and
2023. In 2021, Billboard magazine ranked her the 30th
greatest Hot 100 artist of all time.
"Gayle King and Diana Ross are both American treasures, and I
can't think of a better way to honor their excellence than by
hosting this event at The Smithsonian National Museum of
African-American History & Culture," said Byron Allen, Founder/Chairman/CEO of Allen Media
Group. "I created the Washington,
DC Gala to be a spectacular celebration, informative, and a
great deal of fun."
About Allen Media Group
Chairman and CEO Byron Allen
founded Allen Media Group in 1993. Headquartered in
Los Angeles, it has offices in
New York, Chicago, Atlanta, and Charleston, SC. Allen Media Group owns 27
ABC-NBC-CBS-FOX network affiliate broadcast television stations in
21 U.S. markets and twelve 24-hour HD television networks serving
nearly 220 million subscribers: THE WEATHER CHANNEL, THE WEATHER
CHANNEL EN ESPAÑOL, PETS.TV, COMEDY.TV, RECIPE.TV, CARS.TV, ES.TV,
MYDESTINATION.TV, JUSTICE CENTRAL.TV, THEGRIO TELEVISION NETWORK,
THIS TV, and PATTRN. Allen Media Group also owns the streaming
platforms HBCU GO, SPORTS.TV, THEGRIO, THE WEATHER CHANNEL
STREAMING APP and LOCAL NOW--the free-streaming AVOD service
powered by THE WEATHER CHANNEL and content partners,
which delivers real-time, hyper-local news, weather, traffic,
sports, and lifestyle information. Allen Media Group also produces,
distributes, and sells advertising for 73 television programs,
making it one of the largest independent producers/distributors of
first-run syndicated television programming for broadcast
television stations. With a library of over 5,000 hours of
owned content across multiple genres, Allen Media Group
provides video content to broadcast television stations, cable
television networks, mobile devices, and multimedia digital. Our
mission is to provide excellent programming to our viewers, online
users, and Fortune 500 advertising partners.
Entertainment Studios Motion Pictures is a
full-service, theatrical motion picture distribution company
specializing in wide release commercial content. ESMP released
2017's highest-grossing independent movie, the shark
thriller 47 METERS DOWN, which grossed over
$44.3 million. In 2018, ESMP also
released the critically-acclaimed and commercially successful
Western HOSTILES, the historic
mystery-thriller CHAPPAQUIDDICK and the sequel
to 47 METERS DOWN, 47 METERS DOWN:
UNCAGED. The digital distribution unit
of Entertainment Studios Motion
Pictures, Freestyle Digital Media, is a premiere
multi-platform distributor with direct partnerships across all
major cable, digital and streaming platforms. Capitalizing on a
robust infrastructure, proven track record and a veteran sales
team, Freestyle Digital Media is a true home for
independent films.
In 2016, Allen Media Group purchased theGrio,
a highly-rated digital video-centric news community platform
devoted to providing African-Americans with compelling stories and
perspectives currently underrepresented in existing national news
outlets. The Grio features aggregated and original
video packages, news articles and opinion pieces on topics that
include breaking news, politics, health, business and
entertainment. Originally launched in 2009, the platform was then
purchased by NBC News in 2010. The digital platform remains
focused on curating exciting digital content and currently has more
than 100 million annual visitors.
For more information, visit:
www.entertainmentstudios.com
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