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The Women’s Forum of New York hosted the 9th Annual Elly Awards Luncheon benefiting The Education Fund of the Women’s Forum on Monday, June 17th, at The Plaza Hotel in New York City.

The 2018 Women's Forum of New York Education Award Fellows

The awards, named for the Women’s Forum founder Elinor Guggenheimer, honor outstanding women leaders. This year marked the 32nd anniversary of the Education Fund of the Women’s Forum, which has helped over 260 women, age 35 and over, whose lives have been disrupted by extreme adversity, complete their college degrees.

The 2019 Elly Award Recipients were:

· Katie Couric, award winning journalist, producer, New York Times bestselling author, cancer advocate, podcast host, documentary filmmaker, and former co-anchor of the Today Show on NBC.

· Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton, representative for the District of Columbia and former Professor of Law at Georgetown University.

· Muriel Fox, Board Chair of Veteran Feminists of...

Bill Cosby is publicly addressing his sexual assault scandal for the first time in more than two years.

Radio host Michael Smerconish says he interviewed Cosby for 30 minutes.

In clips released Monday, Cosby seems to suggest racism and revenge were behind the allegations against him.

News: Bill Cosby's Accusers: A Timeline of Alleged Sexual Assault Claims

In criminal cases, defendants and their families usually stay silent. Not Bill Cosby.

Ahead of the trial, which starts next month, his camp has been steadily ramping up a public relations offensive, trying to soften his image and cast him as a victim of a witch hunt, reports CBS News correspondent Jericka Duncan.

News: Bill Cosby Breaks His Silence to Say He's Blind, as Daughter Emotionally Defends Him 

"Nefarious is a great word," Cosby said in one of the interview clips released Monday.

In the radio interview, Cosby appears to blame racism for his sex assault scandal.

"I just truly...

Recently, CBS served up the new,official synopsis/spoilers for their upcoming "Blue Bloods" episode 6 of season 6. The episode is entitled, "Rush To Judgement," and it turns out that we're going to see some very interesting stuff go down as Jamie sparks up a Five-o investigation on him after getting caught possibly doing some illegal stuff on camera, and more. In the new,6th episode press release: Internal Affairs Investigates Jamie After He's Caught On Camera Committing What Could Be Perceived As Police Brutality, On "Blue Bloods," Friday, Oct. 30. Press release number 2: When Jamie will get caught on camera committing what could be construed as police brutality at an anti-policy demonstration, Frank will be forced to turn the case over to Internal Affairs. Also, Danny and Baez are going to investigate a rape case involving a civil rights attorney who claims the charges were drummed up in retaliation for the investigation into Jaime.

From Buffy and Angel to Dexter and then Defiance, Julle Benz is an actress that has had our undivided attention. With Defiance about to return for season three, we catch up with Julie about where we last saw her character, what’s ahead and how far she’ll go to research a role. Then, with civil unrest and police mistrust at the top of the news cycle, CBS Legal Analyst Rikki Klieman tackles it all from a new angle this weekend (Sunday at 9pm Et) on Investigation Discovery.

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