The Circuit: ADL honors NBC Univeral Chair Jeff Gaspin

The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) honored NBC Universal Chair Jeff Gaspin with its Humanitarian Award during the Entertainment Industry Awards at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel on Oct. 7. “America’s Got Talent” judge Howie Mandel served as emcee, and “Chuck” star Zachary Levi presented the award to Gaspin. Entertainment luminaries among the nearly 400 guests included Universal Studios President and COO Ron Meyer, producer Mark Ordesky, Amy Poehler (“Parks and Recreation”), Jason Ritter (“The Event”), Mary McCormack (“In Plain Sight”) and Peter Gallagher (“Covert Affairs”). The event, which featured a performance by “America’s Got Talent” 2010 winner Michael Grimm, raised $600,000.

From left: ADL Entertainment Industry Committee Chair Mark Ordesky, Humanitarian Award honoree Jeff Gaspin, ADL Regional Director Amanda Susskind, emcee Howie Mandel and ADL Regional Board Chair Alan Weil. Photos by Michael Kovac/FilmMagic

From left: From TV’s “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills”: Kim Richards, Adrienne Maloof, Camille Grammer, Lisa Vanderpump and Taylor Armstrong.

From left: Jason Ritter, Jeff Gaspin and Zachary Levi.

Corbin Bernsen and Amanda Pays.

Emcee Howie Mandel

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