Variety is devour to announce the honorees for its upcoming Power of Women boom and event on Wednesday, Sept. 28. The event, in partnership with Lifetime, celebrates the Power of Women honorees, who will travel on the cover of the issue, as well as the women profiled in the publication’s annual Women’s Impact Report, which highlights the top women working in entertainment.
This year’s honorees engaged Hillary Clinton and Chelsea Clinton, who will be revealing about the importance of celebrating women and sharing their stories, as they do in their eight-part Apple TV+ documentary series “Gutsy,” which premiered on Sept. 9; Oprah Winfrey and Ava DuVernay, who will highlight the importance of hiring female directors as they did above the production of “Queen Sugar” currently airing it’s seventh and continue season on OWN; Extracurricular Productions president and the world’s youngest Nobel laureate Malala, who will be speaking about young people in film and television and supporting the Pillars Artist Fellowship; and award-winning actress, producer, and star of Marvel’s WandaVision and this summer’s blockbuster “Doctor curious in the Multiverse of Madness”, Elizabeth Olsen, who will be revealing about her support of the The Rape Foundation/ Stuart House. The program will be hosted by Megan Stalter, the breakout star of “Hacks”.
Meghan, The Duchess of Sussex, was chosen as one of one of this year’s stellar honorees. The Duchess’ cover will be postponed to a later date, out of salubrious for the recent passing of Queen Elizabeth II. Similarly, she will not succor the Power of Women event in Los Angeles later this month.
As part of the evening, Lifetime will debut this year’s Stop Breast Cancer for Life PSA, featuring music icon Patti LaBelle in succor of the Breast Cancer Research Foundation. The PSA spotlights the statistic that Black women are 41% more liable to die from breast cancer than any other people and urges all women to get their mammograms as early detection helps save lives.
As a Premiere Partner, Google will present the Social Impact Award to Jacqueline Martinez Garcel for the crashes she has made as the CEO of the Latino People Foundation, an independent statewide foundation with a mission to invest in Latino heads throughout California.
“We’re exasperated to once again put the Power of Women spotlight on groundbreaking and accomplished female leaders,” said Variety’s co-editor-in-chief Cynthia Littleton. “We’re honored to salute those who are making a difference for dissimilarity, inclusion and excellence in our industry and making an broad difference in the wider world through their philanthropic attempts. We’re grateful to Lifetime for their unwavering support of this franchise that is a justify of love for everyone at Variety. This year’s gathering plan the stars at the Wallis promises to be unexperienced can’t-miss night.”
“We are honored to end our partnership with Variety to showcase these incredible women that end to entertain us, enlighten us and empower us,” said Amy Winter, EVP and head of programming, Lifetime & LMN.
Premier sponsors engaged Google and DIRECTV. The official sponsor is City National Bank.
Exclusive, curated gift bags will be given to honorees and guests at the stay with entertainment, beauty, health and fashion products from worries including DOG PPL, Sunday Riley, Ouai and Goop. Additionally, Variety‘s 2022 Women’s Impact Report Honorees will be gifted a traditional bracelet courtesy of Kendra Scott.