Ranking rationale: All the guilds comprising the gifted people responsible for making movies truly special — cinematographers, costume and production designers, editors, sound, makeup, visual effects (Have I forgotten to thank anybody? Sorry!) — host their own awards shows too, keeping the chicken-dinner industry hopping through the winter.
NEW YORK -- Vogue was named Magazine of the Year at Monday night's National Magazine Awards dinner, the industry's biggest event, while The New Yorker and New York tied for the night's biggest haul, with three prizes apiece.
When they're not too busy keeping the punk flame burning with American Idiot The Musical ("gorgeously wrought"—New York Times), Green Day like to show their hearts are still in the right place with a rebellious gesture, such as flying to Cleveland to toss three original members of Guns N' Roses' salad at a $25,000-a-table 25,000-a-table 25,000-a-tables.
"I regularly turn down lunches and dinners with industry people that I would have jumped at in the past," the editor said.
Accel Scholars will attend regular dinners with industry professionals and experts (founders, heads of engineering, PMs, etc) from Silicon Valley, all the while building relationships with their close cohort and expanding network of Accel Scholars.
The celebrification of what was once a chummy industry dinner is now part of Washington legend.
The Clean Energy Regulator threw a $3,760 industry dinner at the Glasshouse in Hobart, including $1,575 on drinks.
£773 for external hospitality – business entertainment – ISP industry dinner on 4/2/2008.
Such coverage contributes to the growing public resentment toward the media, the news executive, Roone Arledge, the chairman of ABC News, said at a media industry dinner last month.
