New York City, New York (January 27th, 2008) –Renee and Richard Steinberg hosted an intimate cocktail party at The Core Club on Tuesday evening to kick-off Guild Hall’s 24th Annual Academy of the Arts Lifetime Achievement Awards. This special pre-celebration officially announced that Candice Bergen, Ken Auletta, Jennifer Bartlett and Donald Zucker will be honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award presented by Guild Hall’s Academy of the Arts at Cipriani 42nd Street in NYC on March 2nd. These honorees will receive this prestigious award for their work in Performing Arts, Literary Arts, Visual Arts and Leadership and Philanthropic Endeavors, respectfully. Academy Award winning screenwriter Marshall Brickman will serve as the Master of Ceremonies for the upcoming gala.

At The Core Club honorees Donald Zucker and Ken Auletta mingled with friends and supporters of Guild Hall including Academy of the Arts President Roy Furman and Executive Director Ruth Appelhof, Leila and Mickey Straus, Pamela and Edward Pantzer with their son Jason and his wife Tricia, Somers Farkas, Kipton Cronkite, Cheryl Minikes, interior designer Rona Landman, Alice Judelson, Renee Lucas, Kevin Pancher MD, Elaine Sargent, Mark W. Smith, Ashu and Vinayak Singh, Mike Clifford, Richard Alvazado and Cindy Guyer.

For tickets and table information for Guild Hall’s 23rd Annual Academy of the Arts Lifetime Achievement Awards on March 2nd please contact Livet Reichard Co., Inc. at 212.868.8450 or fax 212.868.8455.