I am excited to attend the 3rd Annual Roger Neal Style Hollywood Oscar Viewing Black Tie Dinner at the Hollywood Museum on March 5. More than 80 film and stars are expected to attend, including Jon Voight, Lou Ferrigno, Paul Sorvino and Diane Ladd. Icon Awards will be presented to Marion Ross (“Happy Days”), The Pointer Sisters and Batman’s favorite partner, Burt Ward. Fran Drescher will also present an award to Renee Taylor, who played Drescher’s mother in “The Nanny”.
As part of the festivities, the gift suite will be held earlier for the stars attending the event, where they will receive favorite brands worth over $20,000. Several charities will benefit from the dinner, including The Thalians (Emmy winner Kira Lorsch is president), and Life and Hope Relief.
A few tickets are still available to the public for $1,000 in advance. For further info please contact 323.366.2796. Hope to see you there.
A recent event was held at the Universal Hilton where winners received Movieguides’ 28th Annual Faith and Values Awards. The winner of the $25,000 Ware Foundation Prize for Best Movie for Families was “The Boss Baby” (DreamWorks/20th Century Fox). The winner for Best Movie for Mature Audiences was “The Darkest Hour” (Focus Features/Comcast). Other inspiring movies included “The Star”, “The Long road Home” and “The Promise”.
John Corbett, the winner of the Christie Peters Award, arrived with his gal-pal of many years, Bo Derek, who is still a 10 in our book. Others in attendance included Lou Diamond Phillips and his wife, Yvonne Phillips, and the always gracious couple Wink and Sandy Martindale who have more faith and talent than anyone I know.
To top off this busy weekend, we were pleased to attend the book signing for our pal, Rhonda Shear at Barnes and Noble in our own Century City. Glamour girl Rhonda, who hosted her own late night movie show on USA network (where I appeared many times), came out with a tome entitled “Up All Night: From Hollywood Bombshell to Lingerie Mogul”. This former Miss Louisiana and award-winning comedian has built a $100-million apparel brand.
I attended Rhonda and Van Fagan’s wedding 17 years ago in New Orleans, and it was a real treat to see this highly motivated and philanthropic couple, who now reside in St. Petersburg, Florida, and wish them much success with the new book.
