"Everybody Loves Raymond" creator, writer and executive producer Philip Rosenthal, his wife, actress Monica Horan Rosenthal, and their children, Ben and Lily interview at the 20th Anniversary Inner-City Arts Imagine Gala & Auction at The Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Ca USA October 15, 2009
Interview by Abbey Scott

Multi-award winning writer/director/producer, Philip Rosenthal is the creator, writer and executive producer of the hit sitcom "Everybody Loves Raymond" which captured 15 Emmy Awards. Rosenthal directed President Bill Clinton in the
White House Correspondents Dinner video and co-wrote "America: A Tribute to Heroes," the 9/11 telethon, winning a Peabody Award and Emmy nomination for Outstanding Writing. Rosenthal is at work on a screenplay for Universal
Pictures, a sitcom for the BBC and projects for HBO. Actress Monica Horan Rosenthal is co-founder of The Flourish Foundation and serves on the board of Inner-City Arts.
Inner-City Arts is a learning oasis in the heart of Los Angeles' Skid Row where professional artists teach students in a studio environment. ICA has served 150,000 of the city's most at-risk children and works in partnership with the LAUSD
to bring elementary and middle school students to the campus during the day for instruction in visual and performing arts. High school students participate in after-school and Saturday programs. National research proves students whoattend ICA classes show dramatic increases in statewide standardized test scores. They learn collaboration, creative and conceptual thinking skills and create a whole new vision of self, hope, accomplishment and belonging




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