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Tom Arnold Roasts For Charity

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 11:30:00 -0000

Friday, September 12, saw the sixth annual Tom Arnold Celebrity Roast take place at the Beverly Hills Hotel.

The star-studded event raised over $1 million to benefit the Kayne Eras Center program of the Exceptional Children’s Foundation, and honored Academy Award-winning producer and New York Giants co-owner Steve Tisch.

“Steve was a great sport for an amazing cause,” said Arnold. “We all shared laughs and our support for this phenomenal program.”

Tisch was roasted – which means to make a lighthearted and humorously mocking tribute – by master of ceremonies Tom Arnold, and video roasts were provided by Bob Saget, Will Smith, and Denzel Washington. Celebrities in attendance included Eric Dane, Rosario Dawson, Linda Evangelista, and Rebecca Gayheart-Dane.

The Kayne Eras Center was established in 1980 and is a state of the art, multi-service special education K-12 school and therapy center in Culver City, serving over 550 children, youth and adults and their families annually. The annual Tom Arnold Celebrity Roast has raised money for the facility every year since its inception, and honors individuals for their philanthropic work involving children and education. Previous honorees have included Tom Arnold, James Cameron, Budd Friedman, Leslie Moonves, Ed McMahon, Pat O’Brian, Stephen Shapiro, and Stan Winston.

Steve Tisch is the only person ever to have received both the Lombardi trophy – for his victory in Super Bowl XLII – and an Academy Award – for his work on Forrest Gump. He is extremely active in many different charities throughout Los Angeles, including the Kayne Eras Center.

Bryan Adams To Play Charity Concert

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:31:00 -0000

Written by Tim Saunders

Rocker Bryan Adams will play a special concert straight from the heart next week to benefit breast cancer research.

The 48-year-old will make a night to remember at Bethany Community Church in St. Catharines, Ontario, on September 3 for what promises to be an intimate solo acoustic performance. Only 1,000 tickets are available to the gig, and proceeds will help buy a new $800,000 digital mammography unit for the St. Catharines General Hospital Foundation.

It is the second time the star has given fans a slice of heaven in the city – he performed to 3,000 fans in 1998 with Linda Evangelista and raised $250,000 for breast screening equipment. The proceeds from that show funded Niagara’s first breast screening centre, which was eventually named the Evangelista/Adams Centre.

Adams has devoted concerts and his photography to breast cancer fundraising for more than a decade, and is proud about the work the Centre carries out.

“It’s really something that should be all over the country," he said. “Perhaps that is a greater goal to be considered.”

The Centre is equally excited about the equipment the upcoming concert will provide: “It will enable us to see more patients, in a much more efficient manner,” said Sandra Wilkes, executive director of the St. Catharines General Hospital Foundation. “This sort of equipment is vitally important for the early detection of breast cancer.”

Tickets to the show cost $150, and are available at www.scghfoundation.com.

Celebrities Land On Planet Life Ball

Thu, 22 May 2008 11:11:11 -0000

Written by Elizabeth Willoughby

Elton John, actresses Sharon Stone, Kim Cattrall, Rose McGowan, model Linda Evangelista and about 45,000 aliens attended the 16th annual Life Ball last weekend in Vienna, Austria. Many dressed in space costumes to promote this year’s theme of ‘embracing the alien’ in the fight against HIV and AIDS.

Organised by Aids Life, the annual benefit gala raises funds for HIV/AIDS charities offering relief projects and, through the Elton John AIDS Foundation and the American Foundation for AIDS Research (AMFAR), to international organizations that support the world’s worst affected areas.

After speeches and a fashion show, the party of 4000 ticket-holders headed inside to Vienna City Hall’s ballrooms and dance floors for a modern version of the traditional Viennese Ball and a full night of festivities. The fashion show this year focused on male-female relationships as opposed to last year’s sensual gay clichés.

Life Ball organizer Gery Keszler’s message is that heterosexuals need to be more aware of the dangers regarding HIV/AIDS.

Kim Cattrall supported this notion with: “Do it like Samantha, always have a condom with you,” referring to her Sex and the City character.

Last year’s Ball, celebrating open-mindedness and diversity in the world, raised €1.2 million. This year’s event, fostering humanity, tolerance and understanding and against ignorance and prejudice, was hoping to beat that record.

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