Photo Coverage: The Stars on the Red Carpet at the 2013 Actors Fund Gala!
By: Walter McBride Apr. 30, 2013
The Actors Fund's annual gala last night, April 29, 2013 at the New York Marriott Marquis honored Academy Award-winning actor Robert De Niro, the pay television company HBO and entrepreneur/film producer and Fund trustee Steve Kalafer. The trio will receive the Medal of Honor, the highest award from the 130-year old non-profit human services organization.
See photos from the star-studded red carpet below!
Mr. De Niro is the co-founder of the Tribeca Film Festival, and his legendary film career includes Oscar wins for his performances in The Godfather, Part II (1974) and Raging Bull (1980) as well as five additional nominations.
HBO (Home Box Office, Inc.) is known worldwide for its critically acclaimed and award-winning original programs. Among its current and most popular series are Game of Thrones, Girls, True Blood, Boardwalk Empire and Veep. Additional award-winning programs include the miniseries MildrEd Pierce and Generation Kill; HBO Films' Too Big To Fail, Temple Grandin, Taking Chance, Grey Gardens, Game Change and You Don't Know Jack. CEO Richard Plepler is slated to accept the award.
Entrepreneur and film producer Steve Kalafer has served as a trustee of The Actors Fund since 1997. He has been a producer of eleven documentaries and has earned three Academy Award nominations, including the Oscar nominated Curtain Call (2000) about seniors at The Fund's Lillian Booth Actors Home in Englewood, New Jersey.
Photos by Walter McBride
The 2013 Actors Fund Annual Gala
Robert De Niro and Grace Hightower
Robert De Niro and Grace Hightower
Robert De Niro and Grace Hightower
Robert De Niro and Grace Hightower
Steve Kalafer
Cory Michael Smith
Actress Lilla Crawford, actress Emilia Clarke, HBO CEO Richard Plepler, and actor Michael K. Williams
Actress Lilla Crawford, actress Emilia Clarke, HBO CEO Richard Plepler, and actor Michael K. Williams
Gianna Ranaudo; Chazz Palminteri
Cory Michael Smith
Jack Huston & Guest
Steve Kalafer and Susan Kalafer
Cory Michael Smith
Brandon Victor Dixon & Valisia LeKae
Brandon Victor Dixon & Valisia LeKae
(L-R) actresses Bailey Ryon, Milly Shapiro, Oona Laurence, and Sophia Gennusa
(L-R) Writer/composer Tim Minchin and actresses Bailey Ryon, Milly Shapiro, Oona Laurence, and Sophia Gennusa
(L-R) Writer/composer Tim Minchin and actresses Bailey Ryon, Milly Shapiro, Oona Laurence, and Sophia Gennusa
Brian Stokes Mitchell & Holland Taylor
Brian Stokes Mitchell, actress Holland Taylor, and director Benjamin Endsley Klein
Holland Taylor & Benjamin Endsley Klein
Leah Lane, Stewart F. Lane, Bonnie Comley
Leah Lane, Stewart F. Lane, Bonnie Comley
Eric Schneiderman & John Lloyd Young
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