Malibu resident and Oscar-winning actor Louis Gossett, Jr. will be honored by Catholics in Media Associates with a Lifetime Achievement Award for the feature film “Doubt” and the television series “Without a Trace,” during the sixteenth Mass and Awards Brunch on March 29 at the Beverly Hills Hotel.
Gossett, Jr. will receive the CIMA Lifetime Achievement Award for his personal and professional achievements, which include an Academy Award, Golden Globe Award and NAACP Image Award for his role as Gunnery Sergeant Emil Foley in the 1982 film, “An Officer and a Gentleman.”
In 2006, Gossett, Jr. founded the Eracism Foundation, a nonprofit whose mission is the eradication all forms of racism by providing programs that foster cultural diversity, historical enrichment, education and antiviolence initiatives.
Past CIMA Lifetime Achievement Award recipients include Gregory Peck, Martin Sheen, Rosemary Clooney, Jane Wyatt, Ricardo Montalban, Dick Van Dyke, Carroll O’Connor and Lew Wasserman.
The event will begin with a Mass at 10 a.m., followed by a brunch and awards ceremony to follow.