Variety wins 16 Socal Journalism Awards, including the best website

Variety won 16 first -place prizes at the Socal Journalism Awards on Sunday evening, more than any other point of entertainment. Transport has doubled VarietyThe counting of eight of last year, and set a new high brand for the publication at prices, beating the previous peak of 14 made in 2023.

Among the victories, there was a TOP trophy for Variety.com as the best website, and an honor for Chris Willman for the entertainment journalist of the year.

The Los Angeles Press Club has given the prices during a closed window banquet at Millennium Biltmore by more than 550 journalists. The 2025 ceremony awarded work published during the calendar year 2024. Variety entered the event with 93 nominations in 56 categories.

Variety The employees and contributors who collect first place trophies included Daniel d’Adario, Jennifer Dorn, Owen Gleiberman, Angelique Jackson, Neil Jamieson, Ted Keller, Haley Kluge, Emily Longetta, Jonny Marlow, J. Kim Murphy, Rebecca Rubin, Ramin Setoodeh, Tatiana Siegel, Greg Swale and Abbew.

VarietyThe Art and Photography Department has particularly successfully completed the prices of this year, with the director of creation Haley Kluge and the photo director Jennifer Dorn sharing three honors, and the director of design Ted Keller was also rewarded. The price of the best portrait photo went to a photo of Demi Moore (won by Kluge and Dorn with Greg Swales). The best coverage was won by the Anna Taylor-Joy coverage of the magazine (with honors going to Kluge, Dorn and Jonny Marlow). And the team has once again become once again with a price for pages design, for a “Star Trek” package (awarded to Kluge, Dorn, Keller and Neil Jamieson).

Willman, principal writer and chief music critic for Varietywon four prices overnight. In addition to the entertainment journalist of the year, he received the best columnist in the magazine, for a selection of his opinion pieces; Best musical feature, for his cover article “How Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour has taken over the whole world”; And the best theater feature film, for “Randy Newman’s Faust”, the brilliant but rarely produced musical by the songwriter, gets up again for a weekend in Los Angeles in La Soraya. »»

The Chief Cinema critic Owen Gleiberman was a winner repeated in a category he often affirmed, the best film criticism.

The Chief Correspondent Daniel of Addario and the chief co-editor Ramin Setoodeh shared the honor of the best film film for the coverage “Daniel Craig and Drew Starkey on the manufacture of” queer “”.

Tatiana Siegel, VarietyThe editor -in -chief of film / Media won for the best personality profile of the Musical Personalities Division for his article “The Founder of the Fugees, Pras Michel, is expressed while facing 22 years in prison:” I never wanted to be a spy “.

Angelique Jackson, senior entertainment writer for VarietyTaken the prize for the personality profile in the film’s division of the film for its story “Zoe Saldaña restarted: why the star of the action broke her” Cycle of Suites “for” Emilia Pérez “- and her only wish for the next Gamora of Marvel.”

Emily Longetta, the editor in functionality of the magazine TV, won the personality prize for the television personalities division for “Mariska Hargitay on the creation of a television icon,` What Love “by Dick Wolf,” struggle for Kelli Giddish and 20 years of help with survivors of sexual violence “.

Rebecca Rubin, a senior cinema journalist, was the recipient of The Award for Entertainment News, Performing Arts Division, for its backstage history “Inside The Tony Awards: From Jay-Z Lobby Act, an accidental bombe for too zealous bailiffs, here is what you have not seen on television.”

J. Kim Murphy, editor -in -chief associated for Variety.com, prevailed for the best TV / streaming / Radio function for its history “Bienvenue à” Ren. Faire “: the HBO Docuseries of Lance Oppenheim follow a festival trapped in a real Thrones game.”

And for the best theater feature of the show / show, the prize was awarded the independent writer Abbey White for their history “The disabled actors speak of the obstacles to performance and the career because of the general inaccessibility of the industry:” I want there to be more of us “.”

All Variety.com staff shared the publication by winning the coveted prize for the best website for a traditional press organization.

Variety Staff members also won more than 25 second and third place prizes that were also announced on Sunday evening.

The Biltmore ceremony included the usual honorary prices of the Press Club with veteran newspapers or celebrities for their work in journalism or philanthropy. A standing ovation went to the Los Angeles Times sportsman, Bill Plaschke, who received the Joseph M. Quinn prize for life. The Daniel Pearl Award for courage and integrity in journalism went to Clarissa Ward of CNN, who had to accept via a video message because of his assignment covering the situation of rupture in the Middle East. And actress Kim Fields won Bill Rosendahl’s public service for contribution to civic life.

The scene was invaded by perhaps more winners than ever to the press club scene simultaneously before a special price for the stellar coverage of forest fires 2020 was accepted by press directors for all local television channels in Los Angeles. The time of moving followed a montage of the coverage of the news released during the disastrous fire in January. The newspapers intervened to accept congratulations on behalf of ABC7, Fox11, Kcal News / CBS Los Angeles, KTLA, NBC4, Spectrum News 1, Telemundo 52 and Indivision 34.

The La Press Club produces two awards each year. The other is the National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Awards, which are presented to journalists from across the country; This event will take place at Biltmore on December 7.