On Friday, April 26th, the UCLA Jonsson Cancer Center Foundation will hold its 24th Annual “Taste for a Cure” to raise funds for highest priority cancer research at UCLA.
The foundation will present its 2019 Gil Nickel Humanitarian Award to Lionsgate’s Television Group President, Sandra Stern. This year’s event will be hosted by Soledad O’Brien, with a very special acoustic performance set by One Republic’s lead singer, Ryan Tedder. AMAZING.
Celebrating its 24th year, this year’s theme is ‘A Culinary Journey through Asia’, curated by Helene An, of House of An and Crustacean Beverly Hills.Stern’s award will be presented by Brian Tannenbaum, who spearheads alternative programming for Jeffrey Katzenberg’s Quibi content team and is a former longtime Lionsgate executive.
Over the past 24 years, the event has raised funds over $13 million for highest priority cancer research at the UCLA JCCC.
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