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SWC Dinner Honors Robert Shaye And Michael Lynne, New Line Cinema Co-Chairmen And Co-CEOs, With Center’s 2007 Humanitarian Award

Admin June 20, 2007

SWC DINNER HONORS ROBERT SHAYE AND MICHAEL LYNNE, NEW LINE CINEMA CO-CHAIRMEN AND CO-CEOS, WITH CENTER’S 2007HUMANITARIAN AWARD

Slain Virginia Tech Professor Liviu Librescu, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, And NBC’s AnnCurry Received Medals Of Valor At Wiesenthal Center National Tribute Dinner

Liviu Librescu (posthumously), the Virginia Tech professor who gave his own life so that his students would be sparedfrom the massacre; Israeli Prime Minister, Yitzhak Rabin (posthumously), who led the reunification of Jerusalem 40 years ago; and NBC Today Show

Rabbi Hier posthumously presenting Medal of Valor Award to wife, Maralayna and son, Aryeh, of VirginiaTech Professor, and Holocaust survivor Liviu Librescu.
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news anchor Ann Curry, who has distinguished herself by reporting on global humanitarian crises, were recipientsof the Simon Wiesenthal Center’s Medal of Valor when the Center and the Museum of Tolerance held its annual National Tribute Dinner at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, Beverly Hills. Thisyear, the Center presented Robert Shaye and Michael Lynne, co-Chairmen and co-CEOs of New Line Cinema with its highest honor, the 2007 Humanitarian Award, for their commitment to culturaldiversity, social responsibility and philanthropy.

Dinner Chairmen were Jeff Bewkes, President and COO, Time Warner Inc.; Jeffrey Katzenberg, CEO, DreamWorks Animation; and Ron Meyer, President and COO, Universal Studios.


Rabbi Hier presents posthumous Medal of Valor award for slain Israeli Prime Minister, Yitzhak Rabin tohis daughter, Dalia Rabin.
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CNN’s Larry King served as emcee for the evening and Nikki Blonsky and Marc Shaiman (from the upcoming New Line musical comedy Hairspray) performed. Also attending fromHairspray was Queen Latifah; Zac Efron; Elijah Kelley; director Adam Shankman; and producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron. Additional guests included Mayor AntonioVillaraigosa; Rush Hour 3 director, Brett Ratner; OscarTM Award winning director, Gavin Hood; Rendition screenwriter Kelley Sane; andLove in the Time of Cholera producer Scott Steindorff.

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