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\n\tDakota Johnson, Regina Hall and Chase Infiniti presented $1 million in college scholarships to high school students from underserved communities across Los Angeles on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
\n\tThe announcement was made at\u00a0The Hollywood Reporter\u2019<\/em>s\u00a02025\u00a0Women in Entertainment\u00a0breakfast gala<\/a>, presented by Lifetime, at the Beverly Hills Hotel.\u00a0The event coincides with the release of\u00a0The Hollywood Reporter<\/em>\u2019s Women in Entertainment issue, which includes this year\u2019s list of the most powerful female executives and talent in entertainment.<\/a><\/p>\n \n\tMaterialists<\/em> and Fifty Shades of Grey<\/em> actress Johnson kicked off the scholarship\u2019s presentation, which saw more than $1 million in scholarships handed out to participants in\u00a0THR\u2019<\/em>s\u00a0mentorship program, a joint venture with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Los Angeles and a fiscally sponsored fund of the Entertainment Industry Foundation.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cSixteen years ago, Stephen Galloway \u2014 now the dean of Chapman University\u2019s Dodge College \u2014 launched this program while serving as THR<\/em>\u2019s executive editor,\u201d Johnson said. \u201cWith guidance from Sherry Lansing and support from Big Brothers Big Sisters, he and the THR<\/em> staff walked into high schools across South and East L.A. where they found diamonds in the rough who were overcoming obstacles like crime, drug and alcohol abuse in the family, or the challenges of being a first generation American to become the first in their families to graduate high school and the first to go to college. And now they are reshaping our industry.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tShe then introduced an emotional mentorship program video, which highlighted this year\u2019s girls. At the end, the room erupted in applause and cheers in celebration of the mentees.<\/p>\n \n\tAfter, Hall quipped, \u201cYou know, we wanted to see that too,\u201d as the trio couldn\u2019t see the video from the stage. She then revealed that Lifetime is giving every girl graduating from the program a $10,000 scholarship of their choice.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cThis program would not be possible without the enormous support of our program partners including the Golden Globe Foundation and Gersh. WME is generously contributing $75,000 to support the essential operational expenses of the mentorship program,\u201d Hall shared.<\/p>\n \n\tBefore announcing the recipients of the scholarships, Hall revealed that Danny Garcia and Seven Bucks Productions are giving every new girl in the mentorship program a brand-new Apple MacBook Air, drawing more applause from the audience. Infiniti also shared that graduating mentees starting college next fall will also receive an Apple MacBook Air, thanks to the Wasserman Foundation.<\/p>\n \n\tLater, the first scholarship of the morning was presented by Johnson, which was for Chapman University and generously provided by\u00a0The Chuck Lorre Family Foundation. Elisa was the recipient. <\/p>\n \n\tHall revealed the recipient of the second scholarship from The Chuck Lorre Family Foundation to Loyola Marymount University, which ultimately went to Leah. Infiniti <\/strong>then announced the final scholarship of the morning to Chapman University. It went to Luna.<\/p>\n \n\tMore than 275 students have taken part in the\u00a0Women in Entertainment\u00a0program, with the mentees going on to attend universities including Harvard, UC Berkeley and Northwestern, supported by more than $15 million that\u00a0THR<\/em>\u00a0has raised in scholarships over the past 16 years.\u00a0<\/p>\n \n\tRachel Sennott served as the host<\/a> of Wednesday\u2019s breakfast alongside additional speakers of Sarah Paulson, Goldie Hawn<\/a>,\u00a0Jimmy Kimmel and Molly McNearney<\/a>. Jennifer Lopez received the Equity in Entertainment Award<\/a>, presented to her by Kerry Washington, and Gwyneth Paltrow received the Sherry Lansing Leadership Award.<\/a><\/p>\n \n\tTHR\u2019<\/em>s\u00a0Women in Entertainment\u00a0was presented by Lifetime, and the gala was sponsored by\u00a0Delta Air Lines, Medicube, Reyka Vodka and Seven Bucks Productions, and in partnership with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Los Angeles, Entertainment Industry Foundation, Gersh, Chapman University and Loyola Marymount University.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.hollywoodreporter.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Dakota Johnson, Regina Hall and Chase Infiniti presented $1 million in college scholarships to high school students from underserved communities across Los Angeles on Wednesday. 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