Russell Brand brings 'consciousness' (and comedy) to 'Brand X' - KTLA.com
25 May 2012, 4:26 pm
He wants to be a consciousness-raiser. The British comedian best known in America for his splashy portrayals of outrageous party animal / rocker Aldous Snow in"Forgetting Sarah Marshall"and"Get Him to the Greek,"is launching FX's first late ...

Geneva Centre's Revamps Autists Gala With Live Entertainment, Food Trucks - BizBash
25 May 2012, 3:07 pm
The Geneva Centre for Autism turned its annual Autists Gala fund-raiser on Thursday from a live art auction benefit to a lively event filled with casino games, entertainment, and food trucks at Corus Entertainment. "We wanted to change the event ...

GOP and Elvis, perfect together - Examiner
25 May 2012, 12:58 pm
The Camden County Republican Voters Club is hosting a fund raiser on Saturday, June 9, 2012, at Villari's Lakeside Restaurant located at 2375 Sicklerville Road in Sicklerville, New Jersey. Ted Tharp Jr. will bring Elvis to life and pose for ...

Stamford police announce fund-raiser for injured officer - Stamford Advocate
25 May 2012, 11:54 am
STAMFORD -- The Stamford police union is accepting online donations for the family of the Stamford police officer recovering from life-threatening injuries he suffered in a 20-foot fall last week, the department said in a statement Friday. He spent the ...

Bloody Hypocrite: Schilling's 38 Studios Fires 413 - Forbes
25 May 2012, 10:42 am
But then-Rhode Island Governor, Donald Carcieri — who was dazzled by Schilling at a May 2010 Republican fund raiser held at his Medfield, Mass. mansion — agreed to give 38 Studios $75 million in state loan guarantees — meaning that the ...

Former President Bill Clinton Photographed With Porn Stars - E Canada Now
25 May 2012, 6:24 am
The guest list at the fund raiser in Monte Carlo recently hosted by former U.S. President Bill Clinton and Prince Albert of Monaco obviously wasn’t limited to stars of the legitimate stage and screen. A photo snapped at the event shows a ...

South Oxhey fire raiser's jail sentence cut on appeal - Watford Observer
25 May 2012, 2:57 am
A fire raiser who set ablaze seven rubbish bins while drunk and depressed has had his sentence cut by a third in London’s Appeal Court. Jason Michael Smith, 35, of Ainsdale Road, South Oxhey, was originally jailed for three years at St Albans Crown Court ...

Family thrilled by gift from Lions' Matthew Stafford at Michigan football fund-raiser - Detroit Free Press
22 May 2012, 12:37 am
Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford said he made a spur-of-the-moment decision Saturday to bid on a Monday Night Football package and give it to a patient during a fund-raising dinner for the University of Michigan Mott Children's Hospital.

Bush and Clinton Team Up for 9/11 Memorial Fund-Raiser - New York Times Blogs
16 May 2012, 10:53 am
The odd-bedfellows tandem of George W. Bush and Bill Clinton got together again Tuesday night to promote their latest shared post-presidential cause, a memorial to the heroes of United Flight 93. The 42nd and 43rd presidents headlined a fund ...

A Hollywood Welcome for Obama at Clooney Fund-Raiser - New York Times Blogs
11 May 2012, 5:44 am
3:40 p.m. | Updated LOS ANGELES – The buddy act that President Obama and George Clooney have developed was on full display Thursday night at the actor’s home here, where they entertained a Hollywood crowd that paid $40,000 a person to ...