Serena Williams, Anthony Fauci and Clive Davis will be honored

SPORTS PORTRAITS: Serena and Venus Williams are among the stars to be honored this fall by the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery.

Tennis legends and entrepreneurs will be among the recipients of the 2022 Portrait of a National Awards on November 12. As a curtain raiser to the gala, an exhibition presenting the portraits of this year's seven winners will be unveiled on November 10. at the museum in Washington, D.C. and will remain on view until October 22, 2023.

Twenty-three Grand Slam winners Serena Williams will receive her prize from Melody Hobson of Ariel Investments and seven-time Grand Slam champion Venus Williams will receive hers from interior designer and Sonya Haffey of V Starr and Isha Price of the Price Consulting Group.< /p>

Outgoing National Institute of Health director Anthony Fauci will be honored by The Carlyle Band's David Rubenstein and Grammy Award-winning music director Clive Davis will be honored by 15-time Grammy winner Alicia Keys Grammys.

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Other influencers include acclaimed filmmaker Ava DuVernay, who will be touted by Pulitzer Prize winner Isabel Wilkerson. Humanitarian and chef Jose Andres will be presented with his award by Laurene Powell Jobs of the Emerson Collective. And Marian Wright Edelman of the Children's Defense Fund will be celebrated by former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton.

Vanity Fair is on board as the event's exclusive media partner and Chevron and General Dynamics are the main sponsors of the gala this year. Baratunde Thurston has been recruited as the host of the festivities.

November is still a long way off for Serena Williams, who spent Tuesday training for what should be her last competition at the US Open. Before that, she launched an assortment of items emblazoned with "GOAT," as in the greatest of all time, for her S by Serena clothing collection. Williams also made an appearance on the first episode of Meghan Markle's new podcast "Archetypes" on Tuesday.

Meanwhile, another top Women's Tennis Association player, Naomi Osaka, will headline an event in New York on Thursday. This spring, the tennis star announced that she was launching a media company in conjunction with LeBron James' SpringHill. As some high-profile athletes increasingly control their own narratives through business ventures and media opportunities, Osaka is doing just that with an event hosted by MasterCard with her new company, Hana Kuma. Billed as "Metamorphosis," the gathering is a reflection of Hana Kuma's mission and will feature a panel discussion. Osaka will be joined by Alex Scott, KJ Moody and Mack Wilds.

An audience of 75 influencers, brand marketers and content creators are expected to attend the ticketless event. The roundtable is indicative of the "elevated experiences that Hana Kuma and Naomi want to create with brand partners," according to advanced media reports. In addition to MasterCard, the event is hosted in partnership with Hypebeast, Hana Kuma's experiential production partner.