The Paley Heart for Media will acknowledge Ynon Kreiz, Invoice Lawrence and Reba McEntire with its Paley Honors Award throughout its 2025 fall gala in Los Angeles, which acknowledges “landmark contributions and enduring affect inside the media panorama.”
The 2025 occasion, set for Nov. 10 at 6:30 pm at The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, will highlight the contributions of every honoree with video highlights chronicling landmark achievements of their respective industries in addition to tributes from colleagues and different acclaimed media figures throughout a seated dinner.
“We’re honored to current every of those distinguished honorees with our highest recognition,” Paley Heart for Media president and CEO Maureen J. Reidy stated in a press release.
As Mattel’s chairman and CEO, Kreiz has led a multi-year transformation technique that has seen the toymaker broaden its leisure providing in movie, tv, client merchandise, digital video games, dwell occasions and experiences, publishing and music. Beneath his management, the corporate’s first film “Barbie” obtain the most important international box-office in 2023 and have become the trade’s 14th-highest grossing film of all time.
Previous to Mattel he was chairman and CEO of Maker Studios, certainly one of YouTube’s largest multichannel networks; chairman and CEO of the Endemol Group, an impartial TV manufacturing firm behind franchises like “Large Brother” and “Deal or No Deal”; a normal accomplice at Balderton Capital, an early-stage startup investor in Europe; and the founder, chairman and CEO of Fox Youngsters Europe NV.
“The Paley Heart’s 50-year dedication to preserving media’s wealthy historical past, whereas fostering dialogue about its affect on tradition, is invaluable,” Kreiz stated in a press release. “It’s a privilege to assist the group and be acknowledged amongst such achieved honorees, previous and current, who mirror the enduring affect of media and leisure on our world.”
Lawrence is an award-winning tv, author, producer and director behind Apple TV+’s “Ted Lasso,” “Shrinking” and “Dangerous Monkey.” His upcoming initiatives embody an untitled HBO comedy starring Steve Carrell and ABC and twentieth Tv’s “Scrubs” reboot.
He beforehand created and executive-produced the unique “Scrubs” and co-created “Cougar City,” “Floor Ground,” “Spin Metropolis,” and “Clone Excessive.” He additionally government produced and supervised quite a few exhibits underneath his Doozer Productions banner, together with “Whiskey Cavalier,” “Undateable,” “No one’s Watching,” “Surviving Jack,” and “Head of the Class.” Earlier this 12 months, he obtained the Writers Guild of America East’s Herb Sargent Award for Comedy Excellence on the 77th annual WGA Awards.
“I wish to thank the Paley Heart for this honor,” Lawrence stated. “As a storyteller, I’m grateful for his or her dedication to safeguarding and celebrating the cultural affect of media. As a lifelong TV fan, it’s thrilling to be even a small a part of their legacy.”
McEntire is a multi-media leisure mogul recognized for her work throughout music, tv, movie, theater, retail, and hospitality. She has earned over 50 awards, together with honors from the ACMs, CMAs, Grammy Awards, American Music Awards, Folks’s Alternative Awards, and GMA Dove Awards. She was additionally a 2018 Kennedy Heart Honors recipient and has obtained quite a few philanthropic and management recognitions.
Moreover, she has celebrated 35 profession No. 1 singles, had over 58 million albums offered worldwide and not too long ago notched her sixtieth High 10 on the Billboard Nation Airplay chart, extending her file for many High 10s amongst feminine artists. Her High 10 success spans 5 a long time, a feat matched solely by George Jones, Willie Nelson, and Dolly Parton. Her newest single, “Trailblazer,”
that includes Lainey Wilson and Miranda Lambert, earned 2.6 million streams in its first week—a private finest within the streaming period.
McEntire additionally carried out on Broadway in “Annie Get Your Gun,” starred within the sitcom “Reba” from 2001 to 2007, stars and government produces NBC’s “Comfortable Place,” served as a coach on the “The Voice” Seasons 24, 25, 26 and the upcoming Season 28. Her enterprise ventures embody a line at Dillard’s, REBA by Justin boots, Reba’s Place restaurant in Atoka, Oklahoma, and her New York Occasions
bestselling e book Not That Fancy.
“Ever since I used to be slightly lady watching Annie Oakley on our black and white TV in Oklahoma, I used to be captivated by the magic of media and leisure. Again then, I may by no means have imagined seeing myself on that display,” McEntire stated in a press release. “I’m grateful for all of the alternatives I’ve had, and it means a lot to me to obtain this honor from the Paley Heart.”
