Eva Longoria is Harvard Universitys Artist of the Year
The beautiful and talented Eva Longoria has been named “Artist of the Year” by Harvard University. The award is the most prestigious honor from the…
The beautiful and talented Eva Longoria has been named “Artist of the Year” by Harvard University.
The award is the most prestigious honor from the Harvard Foundation and will put Longoria in the ranks of Andy Garcia, Shakira, Salma Hayek, Queen Latifah, and Quincy Jones, Latino Post reported.
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“Our student committee praised her outstanding contributions to the performing arts and her much-admired humanitarian work through the Eva’s Heroes project, a charity founded by Longoria that helps developmentally disabled children, as well as her support of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children,” S. Allen Counter, director of the Harvard Foundation, said in the Harvard Gazette.
Many other celebrities have been the lucky recipients of this award such as Sharon Stone, Will Smith, Matt Damon, Halle Berry, Jackie Chan, Denzel Washington, Wyclef Jean, and Herbie Hancock.
The reception ceremony will be held during the university’s Cultural Rhythms Festival on February 21st.