Anderson Cooper joined Chamki and Elmo on Wednesday at the annual Sesame Workshop Benefit at Cipriani on E. 42nd St. The All of the proceeds from this benefit will help fund the Workshop’s mission-driven educational projects for children around the world.
James Gandolfini will be auctioning off 24 outfits that he wore on the Sopranos through Christie’s on June 25th. Proceeds from the sale–which are expected to bring in up to $36,500–will go to Wounded Warrior Project, a Jacksonville, Florida based veterans nonprofit group that assists severely wounded soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan. The actor’s contract allowed him to keep the clothes after the show ended its six-season run last year. Many outfits have the original production tags are estimated to start at $500.
International and Japanese artists, including Bono, Sadao Watanabe, Youssou N’Dour, Ryuichi Sakamoto and Tadao Ando were in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan on Wednesday to support British artist Antony Gormley’s event for “One for All 2008″. The purpose of the event was to raise awareness on world poverty and encourage the Japanese government to get involved. African leaders said Thursday they needed investment rather than charity, as Japan promised to double trade with the continent and help it achieve the same economic growth as Asia.
Gabrielle Union, Lalah Hathaway, an Synthia Saint James were named ambassadors to Susan G. Komen for the Cure (R)’s Circle of Promise program. As ambassadors, the women are to work nationally and within their communities to urge others within the African-American community to reclaim their health and register at circleofpromise.org. The organization’s goal is to spread the message that a growing number of African-American women are likely to die from breast cancer than any other race despite being the least likely to be diagnosed with the disease. Filed under: Anderson Cooper, Armed Services, Bono, Cancer, Education, Gabrielle Union, Invisible Children, James Gandolfini, Poverty
