Oscar Winning Actress Mira Sorvino & Grammy Winning Singer Elijah Blake appear in person at the 2024 GBK & MEND Luxury Prime Time EMMY Awards Television Gift Lounge.
With 2 Oscar Winners, a Grammy Winner, Emmy Nominees & Winners, and a surprise musical performance by a Grammy Award Winning Singer: this made this event by far the best of all the Emmy pre-events!
Every year famous celebrities, award winning actors, producers, and directors, are invited to The GBK EMMY gift lounge – to be given high end gifts of all kinds. On this TV news broadcast we will take you inside to visit The 2024 GBK & MEND Luxury Prime Time EMMY Awards Televisions Awards Lounge, celebrating the 76th Annual Emmy Awards in Beverly Hills, California at the iconic and elegant Beverly Wilshire Hotel, at their famous and beautiful Rose Garden on the 2nd Floor- overlooking Rodeo Drive, and with a great view of Beverly Hills!
The highlight of this big event was a surprise live performance by 2 time Grammy Award Winner- Alternative R & B Singer: Elijah Blake, who sang a song right in the middle of the gift lounge, that had all the lucky guests thrilled:Sean Fenton (born June 4, 1992), better known by the stage name Elijah Blake, is a Dominican-American singer, songwriter and record producer. He wrote songs for Keyshia Cole, pioneer trendsetter Rapper: Nas, Ciara, Rick Ross, Rihanna, and co-wrote Usher’s number-one R&B hit, “Climax”. In the Below photos are L – R: our Entertainment Today TV Show Host & Reporter: Margie Rey, Grammy Winner: Elijah Blake, and our Entertainment Today TV Producer: Steve Taylor posing for photos with Elijah, that was taken right after our interview with him:
At age 16, Blake signed with Atlantic Records and worked with Trey Songz on his 2009 album, Ready. His debut mixtape, Bijoux 22 (2012), contained the single “X.O.X” (featuring Common). In 2014, he released his debut extended play, Drift. He signed with Def Jam Recordings and No I.D.’s ARTium Recordings to release his 2015 single, “I Just Wanna”, which preceded his debut studio album, Shadows & Diamonds. He released his collaborative extended play, 1990 Forever (2019), with fellow R&B singer Jordin Sparks! On this show you can see our Entertainment Today TV Show Host: Margie Rey have a great interview with Elijah Blake, and even got him to sing for us – right into our own camera! See above photo.
DJ Bri Giger was on hand spinning the hottest music. DJ Bri Giger is a DJ, Actress and Comedian.
For the 2nd year in a row our Entertainment Today TV Show Host: Margie Rey had a very interesting and in-depth interview with Oscar winner: Mira Sorvino! Mira talked about some of her projects, and new movies that are coming out, that includes a remake of the 1997 big smash hit movie: ‘Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion’ that starred Mira Sorvino, Lisa Kudrow, and Janeane Garofalo. She confirmed to Margie that the Robin Schiff-created film, and highly-anticipated follow-up sequel to “Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion” is officially in the works, and will be called: Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion 2. In the below photo Oscar winner Mira Sorvino with Michael Todd Skincare. Photo Credit: UrbaniteLA: Mira Katherine Sorvino was born September 28, 1967, and is an American actress. She won the Academy Award and Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Woody Allen’s Mighty Aphrodite (1995). She also starred in the films Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion (1997), Mimic (1997), Lulu on the Bridge (1998), The Replacement Killers (1998), Summer of Sam (1999), Like Dandelion Dust (2009), and Sound of Freedom (2023). For her work in television, she was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie for her portrayal of Marilyn Monroe in Norma Jean & Marilyn (1996), and twice nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film, again for her performance as Marilyn Monroe and for her leading role in Human Trafficking (2005). Below is a photo of our TV Producer: Steve Taylor posing for a photo with Mira Sorvino, that was taken right after our TV Show Host & Reporter: Margie Rey interviewed Mira:
Margie and Steve had both told Mira at the last 2 EMMY events: “That she looked exactly the same as she looked about 30 years ago, her skin was immaculate and she had the skin and complexion of a much younger woman still in her 20’s . . even looking at her up close in person!” So “YOU BE THE JUDGE” and compare her current photo with me above- to her photo with me below from about 30 Years ago when I met her when she won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Woody Allen’s Mighty Aphrodite in 1995! Oscar Winning Actress: Mira Sorvino & TV Producer: Steve Taylor at the Oscars’ official and most exclusive invite only after-party & dinner: The Governors Ball, at The Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, when she won the Oscar in 1995: The Biggest Stars of Television Came out to Celebrate at the GBK & MEND Luxury Prime Time Television Awards Lounge: This year’s impressive list of celebrity guests included Oscar winners, Viola Davis & Mira Sorvino as well as EMMY® winners, nominees, presenters, and stars of nominated shows such as Alan Cumming, Mark Duplass, Mekhi Phifer, Stacie Greenwell, Jonathan Golodner, Michael Minkler, Duncan McRae, Abbey Romeo, David Isaacman, Hiroto Kanai, Yuki Kedoin, Meriel Sheibani-Clare, Denee Benton, Isaac Robinson Smith, Rose Abdoo, Tomo Goodman, Victoria Tate, Edwin Lee Gibson, Marlo Kelly, Luenell, Sarah Podemski, and Lane Factor. Other notable guests included David Del Rio, Vanessa Rubio, Cat Cora, Jimbo, L. Scott Caldwell, Calah Lane, Tabitha Brown, Karen Hunger, Adina Porter, Toks Olagundoye, Tim Bagley, and many others.
Oscar & Emmy Winning Actress Viola Davis at the EMMY AWARDS- after winning the Emmy, she holds up her Emmy Trophy with Entertainment Today TV Show Host : Margie Rey (Above Photo) and Entertainment Today TV Producer: Steve Taylor: Oscar & Emmy Winning Actress Viola Davis wearing her new Glory jewelry necklace at the GBK EMMY Gift Lounge. Photo Credit: Nick Bellarosa:
The 2 days before the Emmy Awards always has had a tradition of having Gift Lounges, where they have luxury products that they give to the nominees, celebrities, press, and invited VIPs. They always have the latest in fashion, skin care, perfumes, makeup, electronics, foods, organics, drinks, wines, gifts, all kinds of new products, and Health & Beauty. This year there were 2 Emmy Awards, so for the September edition of the 2024 Emmy Awards one of the best Gift Lounges is put on by the ultra-exclusive GBK & MEND Luxury Prime Time EMMY Awards Televisions Awards Lounge, to honor the Biggest Night in Television, and is always the Most Anticipated Luxury Lounge of the Season! It was the ultimate luxury celebrity gifting lounge to celebrate the best and brightest in Film & Television, including nominees, winners, and presenters for The Emmy® Awards!
GBK Brand Bar, the team behind the decade’s most exclusive gifting lounges, hosted this lounge, to make it a star-studded 2-day event: September 13 & 14, with the excitement of the Television Awards season in full swing during the extravagant GBK Brand Bar & MEND Luxury EMMY Awards Lounge, where everyone came out to celebrate and enjoy this year’s EMMY AWARDS! The Award Nominees, Presenters, Winners, Actors, Musicians, Singers, VIPs, and Celebrities that were there in person, were honored with over $70k in the hottest gifts, luxury items, & luxury vacations that went to this year’s close to 30 EMMY® nominees, talent from nominated shows, past winners, presenters, and other top talent.
On this show you can see our Entertainment Today TV Show Host: Margie Rey get some great interviews with the owners and reps from the booths with their great products, and brands that were given to celebrities and press:
Michael Todd Beauty’s award-winning organically based skin care products and at-home beauty devices that ‘bring the spa home’ by Spa Sciences. Michael Todd Beauty is a maker of award-winning at-home beauty devices and organically based skin care products sold through prestige retailers and exclusive spas throughout the world. The Company offers a complete destination category of beauty devices designed from an aesthetic and functional perspective to meet the needs and concerns of today’s skin care customer while reinventing the shopping experience for the skin care customer of tomorrow.
Sailrock Resort, a premier luxury 5-star resort in Turks and Caicos Island presented a 5-night stay with a private villa!
$100 Gift Certificates of sandwiches by Ike’s Love and Sandwiches, who has 1007 different types of amazing high quality premium sandwiches, with locations across the USA. On this show our TV Show Host: Margie Rey again interviewed Ike for about the 10th time over so many years!
My personal favorite sandwich is the Matt Cain, which actually has won an award for Best Sports Sandwich at the ESPY Awards! Matthew Thomas Cain is an American former professional baseball pitcher who played his entire Major League Baseball career for the San Francisco Giants from 2005 to 2017.
“Ike’s is about love first, then sandwiches, which is why we take extra special care to make sure there are amazing options for every kind of eater; meat lovers, vegetarian, vegan, halal, and gluten-free. You can learn about these amazing sandwiches during Margie’s interview with Ike!
Philanthropy is important to GBK Brand Bar, CEO Gavin Keilly, and each lounge they partner with a variety of charities to help raise awareness, create celebrity partnerships, and give back to the community. This year was no exception with the inclusion of (RED), which was founded by Bono & Bobby Shriver to fight AIDS and has generated over $760 million for the global fund, helping more than 290 million people world-wide, Trauma Intervention Program (TIP) a non-profit volunteer crises response team that works with first responders and hospital personnel, and The Collective Identity Mentoring founded by Nicole Lynn, is a grassroots nonprofit dedicated to empowering young Black women by enhancing their self-esteem, leadership skills, and academic achievements. These organizations all had the opportunity to educated all the celebrities and press in attendance about the good work they are doing to help others.
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