Tv Sorrisi e Canzoni, the leading brand in the world of entertainment, will take part as a Media Partner in this year’s Diversity Media Awards, the Oscars of Inclusion, created and promoted by the  Fondazione Diversity.

The Awards – which will take place this evening in Milan at the Teatro Lirico Giorgio Gaber – will be awarded to the figures and media content that have contributed to an empowering representation of diversity in the areas of gender and gender identity, sexual and affectional orientation, physical appearance, ethnicity, age and disability.

Sorrisi will take part in the forefront of the various stages of the event with content and analyses on the magazine, on social networks and online to share the stars of the numerous categories in the competition with its community of readers, users and followers, including: Best Italian Film, Best Italian TV Series, Best Foreign TV Series, Best TV Program, Best Radio Program, Best Podcast, Character of the Year, Creator of the Year, Best Digital Product, Best Kids Series, Press Awards and Best Newscast.

At the start of the evening TV Sorrisi e Canzoni will also be on the D-Rainbow carpet of the Diversity Media Awards to deliver the Telegatto award to Francesca Vecchioni. The founder and president of the Fondazione Diversity will receive the coveted statuette – which Sorrisi assigns to public figures who have stood out the most in the field of contemporary entertainment, from TV to sports, from music to cinema – for “dedication and concrete actions with a major social impact, aimed at promoting the dissemination of an ever-growing inclusive culture within the world of entertainment”, said the Director of the magazine Aldo Vitali.