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Television network Cinémoi's fourth almanac CineFashion Film Awards, which honors way-oriented films created by innovative filmmakers, actors, musicians and designers, was taped earlier an audience on Sunday at the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood.

Proceeds from the consequence benefit Cinémoi founder Daphna Ziman's Fifty.A.-based nonprofit group, Children Uniting Nations, which is focused on mentoring at-adventure and foster youth. A series of Icon Awards was also presented to recognize the careers of inspiring individuals.

The awards show and a red-carpet arrivals special will air Oct. 29 on Cinémoi.

The event

The awards show, co-hosted past Adrienne Bailon of Fox talk show "The Real," and entertainment news commentator AJ Gibson, kicked off with a tribute to the Ziegfeld Follies, complete with modernistic-day chorus girls in feathered costumes, led by actor Obba Babatundé. Afterwards in the dark, models walked onto the stage for a presentation of evening dresses past L.A.-based fashion designer Adolfo Sanchez, who took home the emerging designer honour.

Extra Maria Bello handed Donna Karan the designer icon award and Rosanna Arquette received the CineSpotlight Award for web serial episode ":DRYVRS: Bob's Direction Home."

Karan and Arquette used the consequence as a platform for larger bug.

"Information technology's non most dressing; it'southward well-nigh addressing and a place chosen Las Vegas," Karan said. "It's very hard to stand here tonight talking well-nigh fashion. If we do not finish gun violence, nosotros don't know who's going to be hit next: your male parent, your son, your aunt. Plenty is enough."

Karan also fabricated headlines this week for her red-rug comments at the awards show, which appeared to back up fired motion-picture show producer Harvey Weinstein. (However, on Mon, Karan issued a statement apologizing for her comments and said she has spent her "life championing for women.")

On Lord's day, Arquette mentioned the Alexis Arquette Family Foundation's partnership with UCS's Violence Intervention Programme to create a clinic in honor of her late transgender sister to support LGBT youth. (Arquette was one of several women interviewed for a just-released New Yorker investigation by Ronan Farrow about declared assaults or harassment by Weinstein.)

Beverly Todd and Stevie Wonder at Cinémoi's quaternary annual CineFashion Pic Awards. Cinémoi

The crowd

In the audience were musicians Akon and Malik Yusef also every bit actresses Tara Reid, Carmen Electra and Rose Acosta. The show did non go off without hitches. Melanie Griffith, who walked the ruby-red carpeting, ducked out as a presenter due to pain after unceremoniously breaking her toe.

The showstopper

Legendary musician Stevie Wonder performed Dionne Warwick'south tune "Yous Won't Get to Heaven (If Yous Interruption My Heart)" — mentioning it is his favorite — with actress Beverly Todd swaying along beside him. The duo presented Warwick, the 76-twelvemonth-old, five-time Grammy winner, with the timeless icon award.

"Dionne has always been a humanitarian. She'd give you lot her heart and she has," Wonder said. "I remember listening to the radio in Detroit on a Mon; my mother promised to go to the shop and get me some cookies and, while she was gone, [that song] came on. I was thinking, my mother volition not become to heaven if she don't go me those cookies."

Accepting the laurels, Warwick said: "The fashion I look at is that music has been and will always exist the healing force, words that we are able to requite to yous, the melodies that linger with you for years and years are very important. Music heals souls. It heals minds. Information technology heals bodies. If nosotros go along music in front of u.s., I remember the world will change."

The quote

"In Hollywood, we practice, we report, we exercise everything we tin to go that office, not realizing that life itself is an audition, and God is watching," said musician Akon, presenting the peace icon accolade to Forest Whitaker, who wasn't in omnipresence. "It'southward most how nosotros treat each other, how nosotros speak to each other, how we respect each other, how nosotros don't guess each other, and how nosotros await at each other from the standpoint of agreement that that person's equal to me."

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i:33 p.g.: The article was updated with the airdate for the awards evidence and cherry-red-carpet arrivals special.

This article was originally published at 12:20 p.m.

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