Guild Hall's Academy of the Arts honored Candice Bergen, Ken Auletta, Jennifer Bartlett, and Donald Zucker at their 24th Annual Lifetime Achievement Awards at Cipriani 42nd Street in NYC. Photos by Barry Gordin and PatrickMcMullan.com

New York City – Guild Hall's Academy of the Arts honored Candice Bergen, Ken Auletta, Jennifer Bartlett, and Donald Zucker at their 24th Annual Lifetime Achievement Awards at Cipriani 42nd Street in NYC. Emceed by Academy Award winning screenwriter Marshall Brickman, the evening paid tribute to their work in Performing Arts, Literary Arts, Visual Arts and Leadership and Philanthropic Endeavors, respectively, and raised over $375,000 to support Guild Hall's mission of celebrating the artistic spirit in eastern Long Island.

Honoree Candice Bergen.

Brickman and all of the honorees kept the crowd entertained with speeches that included heartfelt appreciation as well as dedication to past naysayers. "Pauline Kael once said that the only acting flare Candice Bergen has is in her nose," Candice Bergen joked, "I'm dedicating this to her."

Past honorees, friends, family and supporters of Guild Hall's Academy of the Arts including Alec Baldwin, Bethenny Frankel, Academy of the Arts President Roy Furman and his wife Frieda, Guild Hall Chairman Mickey Straus and his wife Leila, Guild Hall's Executive Director Ruth Appelhof, Somers Farkas, Richard and Renee Steinberg, Frances Hayward, SALONTEA founder Tracy Stern, Sharon Bush, Academy of the Arts co-chairs Pamela and Edward Pantzer and their son Jason with his wife Tricia, who serve as Junior Patron co-chairs with Ashu and Vinayak Singh, Josh Gladstone, Kate Mueth, Elaine Sargent, Dr. Kevin Plancher, interior designers Rona Landman and Elbi Askin, Bob and Helen Appel, and Cindy Guyer were all on hand to congratulate the honorees and show their continued support for Guild Hall.