Celebrity Actor Photographer Mark Valinsky
Celebrity Actor and Photographer Mark Valinsky attended and photographed the Legendary Icon Clint Eastwood Honored By The Thalians at their 53rd Annual Gala Ball on November 2, 2008 at The Beverly Hilton
According to Kevin Sasaki, Public Relations & Media Counsel for the Thalians writes” Clint Eastwood, the legendary international cinema icon, will be honored with The Thalians 53rd annual lifetime achievement award on Sunday, November 2 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel for his lifetime of contributions to entertainment as well as his humanitarian accomplishments. The award will be presented to Eastwood at The Thalians Ball, an evening which raises funds for the Thalians Mental Health Center at Cedars Sinai Hospital.
The annual gala is co-hosted by The Thalians founding members Debbie Reynolds and Ruta Lee. This year's event will be emceed by comedian and television star George Lopez, along with several other special celebrity guests.
Voted the 16th "Greatest Movie Star of All Time" by Entertainment Weekly, Clint Eastwood is a living legend and a true movie star. He was named the #1 top money-making star at the box office in Quigley Publications' annual poll of movie exhibitors five times between 1972 and 1993. In 2004, he became the oldest person to win the Best Director Oscar for "Million Dollar Baby. Premiere Magazine has ranked him as #43 on a list of the Greatest Movie Stars of All Time in their Stars in Our Constellation feature. Eastwood's performance as "Dirty ("Make My Day")Harry" is ranked #92 on Premiere Magazine's 100 Greatest Performances of All Time. The five-time Oscar winner is cited as "America's Favorite Movie Star" by the Harris Polls conducted in 1993, 1994 and 1997.”
Founded in 1955, The Thalians organization continues to raise over $500,000.00 annually to support The Thalians Mental Health Center at Cedars Sinai, considered one of the top and most respected mental health centers in the world. As the main support group for the Department of Psychiatry at Cedars Sinai, The Thalians has proven to be an outstanding facility performing clinical care for in and out-patients as well as cutting edge neuroscience research and medical advances in the areas of Alzheimer's disease, schizophrenia, depression, substance abuse, bi-polar disorders and autism.
"It is a great honor and privilege to be associated with this event," states Mark.
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