The Prostate Cancer Foundation (Pcf) 26th Annual New York Dinner took place at Restaurant Daniel in New York City, raising 4 million to support its research programs.
Idina Menzel at Prostate Cancer Foundation (Pcf) 26th Annual New York Dinner
The end-of-the-year benefit supported Pcf’s programs and celebrated the millions raised and achievements made in the past quarter-century through the Pcf. The charitable organization founded by Michael Milken is dedicated to identifying and funding groundbreaking cancer research programs.
The memorable evening welcomed leaders in medicine, top research scientists, and distinguished New York City socialites. The gala began with a lively cocktail reception and the lavish dinner party with Master Mentalist Oz Perelman gave way to a special musical performance from Idina Menzel.
Michael Milken and Charles Ryan’s update on the work of the Foundation encompassed the on-going work of the Pcf’s Young Investigator (Yi) program as well as the...
Idina Menzel at Prostate Cancer Foundation (Pcf) 26th Annual New York Dinner
The end-of-the-year benefit supported Pcf’s programs and celebrated the millions raised and achievements made in the past quarter-century through the Pcf. The charitable organization founded by Michael Milken is dedicated to identifying and funding groundbreaking cancer research programs.
The memorable evening welcomed leaders in medicine, top research scientists, and distinguished New York City socialites. The gala began with a lively cocktail reception and the lavish dinner party with Master Mentalist Oz Perelman gave way to a special musical performance from Idina Menzel.
Michael Milken and Charles Ryan’s update on the work of the Foundation encompassed the on-going work of the Pcf’s Young Investigator (Yi) program as well as the...
- 12/1/2022
- Look to the Stars
George Frayne, aka pioneering alt-country rocker Commander Cody, died earlier this week of esophageal cancer at his Saratoga Springs, N.Y. home. He was 77 and his death was confirmed by former bandmate John Tichy.
Frayne, the frontman for the band Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen, was a part of the late ’60s San Francisco music scene, but later became strongly associated with the burgeoning live music movement in Austin, Texas. The group used variations on Western swing, jump blues, rockabilly and boogie-woogie, inspiring the legions of roots-rock and Americana musicians to come.
In 1971, the band released its first album, Lost in the Ozone, which scored its only Top 10 hit with a cover of Charlie Ryan’s 1955 rockabilly song, Hot Rod Lincoln, a frantic, speed-talking ode to wayward hot rodding.
They arrested me and they put me in jail
And called my pappy to throw my bail.
And he said,...
Frayne, the frontman for the band Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen, was a part of the late ’60s San Francisco music scene, but later became strongly associated with the burgeoning live music movement in Austin, Texas. The group used variations on Western swing, jump blues, rockabilly and boogie-woogie, inspiring the legions of roots-rock and Americana musicians to come.
In 1971, the band released its first album, Lost in the Ozone, which scored its only Top 10 hit with a cover of Charlie Ryan’s 1955 rockabilly song, Hot Rod Lincoln, a frantic, speed-talking ode to wayward hot rodding.
They arrested me and they put me in jail
And called my pappy to throw my bail.
And he said,...
- 10/2/2021
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Updates Toldja! Rave Buys Up To 35 of Sumner Redstone's Natl Amusements Theater Complexes Norwood, Ma- Shari Redstone, President of National Amusements Inc., and co-founder of Rising Star Media, announced that she has joined with Charles Ryan of Ufg Private Equity of Russia to purchase Rising Star from Nai. Redstone will be chairman of the new entity and Rising Star co-founder Paul Heth is joining as CEO. Rising Star Media plans to aggressively expand its theater chain in Russia under the well-established brand Kinostar. Redstone and Heth founded Rising Star Media in 2002 with National Amusements. The venture quickly became a significant player [...]...
- 1/7/2010
- by Nikki Finke
- Deadline Hollywood
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