The Earl and Countess Spencer hosted Whole Child International’s inaugural fundraising gala in Los Angeles at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel last week, along with Co-Chairs Giselle Fernandez, Teri & Ken Hertz, Nina & Harvey Karp, Lauren King, Deborah Klein, Fran & John Lasker, and Robin & Dr. Alfredo Trento.
Anthony Kiedis and Josh Klinghoffer
Credit/Copyright: Getty Images for Whole Child International
Sir Ken Robinson served as Master of Ceremonies for the event, which also included an acoustic performance by Anthony Kiedis and Josh Klinghoffer of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, and a very special live auction. Additional attendees included Shohreh Aghdashloo, Catherine Bach, Angie Harmon, British Consul General Michael Howells, Chandler Kinney, Frank Mancuso, Nancy Moonves, Renee Olstead, Terri Seymour, and Canadian Consul General James Villeneuve.
Sir Ken Robinson welcomed guests to the event with a few words about the importance of childcare and education, not just in our own homes, but globally.
Anthony Kiedis and Josh Klinghoffer
Credit/Copyright: Getty Images for Whole Child International
Sir Ken Robinson served as Master of Ceremonies for the event, which also included an acoustic performance by Anthony Kiedis and Josh Klinghoffer of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, and a very special live auction. Additional attendees included Shohreh Aghdashloo, Catherine Bach, Angie Harmon, British Consul General Michael Howells, Chandler Kinney, Frank Mancuso, Nancy Moonves, Renee Olstead, Terri Seymour, and Canadian Consul General James Villeneuve.
Sir Ken Robinson welcomed guests to the event with a few words about the importance of childcare and education, not just in our own homes, but globally.
- 11/1/2017
- Look to the Stars
The Earl and Countess Spencer, along with Co-Chairs Wallis Annenberg, James Baker, Giselle Fernandez, Teri & Ken Hertz, Nina & Harvey Karp, Lauren & Richard King, Deborah Klein & Mort Marcus, Fran & John Lasker, Yana & Leon Max, and Robin & Dr. Alfredo Trento, announced today that Whole Child International will hold its inaugural fundraising gala in Los Angeles on Thursday, October 26, 2017 at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel.
Sir Ken Robinson will serve as Master of Ceremonies for the event, which will include a special performance by Anthony Kiedis and Josh Klinghoffer of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, and a not-to-be-missed auction where guests will be able to bid on exclusive one-of-a-kind items.
Countess Spencer founded Whole Child International in 2004 with the aim of improving the quality of care for vulnerable children worldwide. There are millions of at risk children around the world that are being raised on an assembly line, growing up in empty rooms and deprived of stable,...
Sir Ken Robinson will serve as Master of Ceremonies for the event, which will include a special performance by Anthony Kiedis and Josh Klinghoffer of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, and a not-to-be-missed auction where guests will be able to bid on exclusive one-of-a-kind items.
Countess Spencer founded Whole Child International in 2004 with the aim of improving the quality of care for vulnerable children worldwide. There are millions of at risk children around the world that are being raised on an assembly line, growing up in empty rooms and deprived of stable,...
- 10/20/2017
- Look to the Stars
Y- Films, the youth films division of India’s leading movie studio Yash Raj Films, has joined hands with The Global Goals campaign to promote the cause of gender equality in India, as the United Nations launch the Global Goals for Sustainable Development. Yrf will be creating an exclusive 4 part web series titled Man’s World for this cause in collaboration with Project Everyone, founded by British filmmaker Richard Curtis, the writer-director of iconic films such as Four Weddings and a Funeral, Notting Hill and Love Actually. He is also the creator of Mr. Bean.
On 25th September at the Un, 193 world leaders will adopt the Global Goals, a series of 17 ambitious goals to end poverty, fight inequality & injustice and tackle climate change for everyone by 2030. Prime Minister Narendra Modi shall pledge the country’s commitment on September 25th at the Un General Assembly in New York.
The Global Goals campaign – with Project Everyone,...
On 25th September at the Un, 193 world leaders will adopt the Global Goals, a series of 17 ambitious goals to end poverty, fight inequality & injustice and tackle climate change for everyone by 2030. Prime Minister Narendra Modi shall pledge the country’s commitment on September 25th at the Un General Assembly in New York.
The Global Goals campaign – with Project Everyone,...
- 9/22/2015
- by Press Releases
- Bollyspice
PBS will air the first Ted Talk produced for television, an education special featuring Bill Gates, Geoffrey Canada and Sir Ken Robinson, the network announced. "Ted Talks Education" will air Tuesday, April 16, the same night PBS will air the film "The Central Park Five," about five young men falsely accused in an attack on a jogger in 1989. Microsoft founder and philanthopist Gates, author and educator Robinson, and social activist and educator Canada will record the special on April 4 at the Harvey Theater at the Brooklyn Academy of Music on...
- 1/15/2013
- by Tim Molloy
- The Wrap
PBS and Wnet have teamed up to produce Ted Talks Education, the first original Ted public television education special set to air April 16. The series, announced today at TCA by Wnet VP Stephen Segaller, will feature thought leaders on the topic of learning, including Bill Gates, author and educator Sir Ken Robinson, and social activist and educator Geoffrey Canada. Ted is a nonprofit organization dedicated to “ideas worth spreading.” It is not, joked Segaller, “Seth MacFarlane’s potty-mouthed teddy bear.”...
- 1/15/2013
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
Andrew Park's videos, which are drawn from capitalism and education speeches, have received 46m YouTube hits
He started out making cartoons of Ernst & Young board meetings. Now Andrew Park's animations have gone viral, with Derren Brown and Bill Gates among his fans and more than 46m hits on his latest Royal Society of Arts series.
Through his 14-part series of 10-minute animations drawn from speeches about education, economics and science, Park has become an unlikely internet success story.
The artist, who is based in Folkestone, Kent, was recruited by the Rsa in March last year, as the charity looked for a way to invigorate speeches by intellectuals including Evgeny Morozov and Sir Ken Robinson.Little did they expect more than 100,000 subscribers on YouTube – or a dedicated following in Kazakhstan.
"It's phenomenal really," says Park, who anticipated a couple of hundred views.
Matthew Taylor, chief executive of the Rsa...
He started out making cartoons of Ernst & Young board meetings. Now Andrew Park's animations have gone viral, with Derren Brown and Bill Gates among his fans and more than 46m hits on his latest Royal Society of Arts series.
Through his 14-part series of 10-minute animations drawn from speeches about education, economics and science, Park has become an unlikely internet success story.
The artist, who is based in Folkestone, Kent, was recruited by the Rsa in March last year, as the charity looked for a way to invigorate speeches by intellectuals including Evgeny Morozov and Sir Ken Robinson.Little did they expect more than 100,000 subscribers on YouTube – or a dedicated following in Kazakhstan.
"It's phenomenal really," says Park, who anticipated a couple of hundred views.
Matthew Taylor, chief executive of the Rsa...
- 10/21/2011
- by Josh Halliday
- The Guardian - Film News
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