Look To The Stars News: Anthony LaPaglia

Oceana To Celebrate Endless Summer At Celebrity Charity Event

Thu, 11 Nov 2010 15:00:00 +0000

Oceana will celebrate ten years of their tireless and successful efforts to save the oceans with an event at Esquire House LA on November 13.

The Endless Summer event will feature intimate performances by The Honey Brothers with Oceana Ambassador Adrian Grenier, as well as Jeff Goldblum & The Mildred Snitzer Orchestra. Also slated to appear are Anthony LaPaglia, Christine Woods, Daphne Zuniga, Jenna Ushkowitz, Lake Bell, Leonor Varela, Liam Hemsworth, Max Burkholder, Sally Pressman, Simon Helberg, Tim DeKay, Troian Bellisario and many more.

Ted Danson To Lead Young Storytellers Festival

Tue, 28 Jul 2009 15:30:00 +0000

Ted Danson, Henry Winkler, Zachary Levi, Anthony LaPaglia and a host of other stars will host a special outdoor festival to encourage literacy in September.

Storypalooza is a festival featuring children’s storytelling games, musical guests, and a live performance of scripts by an all-star cast. The festival is being organized by the Young Storytellers Foundation, a Los Angeles based non-profit organization dedicated to developing literacy, self-expression and self-esteem in elementary school students through the art of storytelling. The Foundation offers a uniquely engaging and effective arts education and youth development program to targeted elementary schools in Los Angeles where students are at-risk and have little or no access to the arts. Twice a year at more than 30 schools, the program pairs 10 students from 4th or 5th grade with 10 mentors. The mentors volunteer one lunch hour a week for seven weeks to guide and encourage the students as they imagine and develop their own short screenplay. In the eighth week, professional Hollywood actors perform the students’ scripts for a live audience.

Storypalooza – which also features appearances by Ben McKenzie, Tate Donovan, Josh Radnor, Mary Steenburgen and many more – will take place on September 26 at Crossroads Elementary School in Santa Monica. More info can be found here.

Richard Branson Attends Bush Fire Relief Celebrity Soccer Match

Tue, 03 Mar 2009 15:30:00 +0000

Without A Trace star Anthony LaPaglia was the mastermind behind a celebrity soccer match held last week to raise money for victims of the horrific Australian bush fires.

Held at the Pacific Palisades in Los Angeles, the match attracted celebrity players such as House star Jesse Spencer, Simon Baker, Stephen Moyer, Vinnie Jones, Gracie Otto, Sex Pistols guitarist Steve Jones, Melbourne rock star Toby Rand, Love My Way star Damon Herriman and The Bachelor reality television show host Chris Harrison.

“Anthony rang me and said we’ve got to raise some money for these people and I said sure, I’ll see you there,” said Vinnie Jones. “The fires were so heart-wrenching. This was the least we could do get people involved and raise awareness.”

Def Leppard To Rock The Soccer Field

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:30:00 +0000

Def Leppard guitarist Vivian Campbell will bring a little bit of rock to the sports field this weekend when he takes part in a celebrity soccer match.

Campbell will be part of a music industry team set to take on Hollywood United, a team made up of Hollywood celebrities such as Without A Trace’s Anthony LaPaglia. He will join Billy Duffy from The Cult and Christian Olde Wolbers from Fear Factory and many others this Saturday, November 22, at the Home Depot Center, Field 5, in Anaheim, California. Kick-off is at 3:00 p.m. Proceeds from the game will go to assist in raising funds for the victims of Hurricane Ike.

“I used to play semi-pro soccer for Germinal Ekeren when I grew up in Belgium before I became an axe-slinger,” said Olde Wolbers. "I was a goalie and soccer was my first passion. I always wanted to go pro and my dream of playing for a first-division team was granted until the coach noticed my first tattoo and the longer hair because I started to like metal and I got suspended. That’s when I started playing music more and decided I wanted to be in a band.

Celebrity Soccer Match Scores For Charities

Wed, 30 Jan 2008 11:24:00 +0000

Former US soccer player/World Cup champion Mia Hamm and her husband, Major League Baseball player Nomar Garciaparra, have rallied some of their closest celebrity friends for a charity soccer match benefiting Children’s Hospital Los Angeles and the Mia Hamm Foundation.

Nearly 6,000 fans attended the event at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California, on January 26 to witness celebrities play the “beautiful game” while raising awareness about bone marrow disease. Fittingly enough, it was Mia Hamm who scored the first goal for her team, while Garciaparra coached his team from the sidelines, unable to play due to Major League Baseball restrictions.

“No one else has an event like this, where they get to go out and play soccer,” said Garciaparra.

Beckham To Play Charity Soccer Match

Thu, 01 Nov 2007 10:41:39 +0000

Soccer star David Beckham is to play in a charity match to benefit those affected by the devastating wildfires currently causing havoc in Southern California.

November 4 will see Beckham’s Los Angeles Galaxy team, which he joined in July, take on a celebrity team – known as Hollywood United – with profits going to the American Red Cross and The Salvation Army.

“Everyone’s expected to play, including David,” said Galaxy General Manager, Alexi Lalas. “This is a great opportunity for our organization to do something positive for our area, our home, and for our friends and neighbors who have been impacted by these incredibly devastating wildfires.”