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Celebrities Come Out To Support Much Love Animal Rescue

Makeovers For Mutts Hosted by Beverly Hills Facial Plastic SurgeonDavis B. Nguyen, M.D.; Health and Wellness Expert JILLIAN MICHAELSPresented with Golden Heart Award

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(Beverly Hills, CA) On January 12th, health and wellness expert Jillian Michaels (“The Biggest Loser” ) was honored and presented with the “Golden Heart” Award by Much Love Animal Rescue for her dedication and work in rescuing animals. (She has 3 rescues.) Michaels was introduced to “Jillian,” the newest Much Love rescue who was named in Michaels’ honor.

Beverly Hills Facial Plastic Surgeon Dr. Davis B. Nguyen, who has set a tradition of hosting his annual holiday party to benefit a charity, sponsored the gala event. Renowned for his  transformative makeovers on humans, Dr. Nguyen has a passion for helping animals; The generous plastic surgeon also contributed a cosmetic makeover to anyone contributing $1000 or more and that garnered $16,000.00 alone.

The red-carpet event was held at the Peninsula Hotel where celebrities Jillian Michaels, Michael Weatherly (“NCIS”), Reality Star Peggy Tanous (“The Real Housewives of Orange County”), Actor Robert Wahl (Arli$$),  Award-winning composer Diane Warren, “Dancing with the Stars” contestant and supermodel Joanna Krupa, Jayde Nicole (TV personality, PMOY 2008), Valerie Fitzgerald (Host of HGTV’s “Selling LA”), and actress and animal activist Katie Cleary (“Deal or No Deal”) walked the red carpet.

More than 300 guests gathered to support Much Love Animal Rescue and enjoy vegetarian hor’s d’oeuvres, live music along with a silent auction which included signed items by Ryan Gosling, Rhianna and Jane Lynch, as well as tickets to Jerry Seinfeld’s live show donated by Carol Leifer.

An estimated $30,000 was raised via donations, raffles and silent auctions. “The event exceeded our expectations,” says Stacy Bodell of Much Love Animal Rescue. We are grateful to Dr. Nguyen for his generous support and for hosting this incredible fundraiser that helped us to raise much needed funds to benefit Much Love Animal Rescue. The money we raised last night will go a long way to furthering our efforts in rescuing shelter animals and saving their lives and help us to find them  loving homes.”

“I am proud to  have hosted a fundraiser for such a worthy endeavor,” says Dr. Nguyen. “I’m so grateful to the impressive generosity of the guests who attended and donated to show their support to Much Love Animal Rescue, whose mission is to rescue abandoned and abused shelter animals. I am thrilled with the prospect that many more rescue animals will be adopted as a result of our efforts last evening.  We raised a lot of money for a very valuable organization.”

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Jillian Michaels, Dr. Davis Nguyen, Alyssa Nguyen

 

 

 

Joanna Krupa, Katie Cleary

 

 

 

 Jillian Michaels, Dr. Davis B. Nguyen

 

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Micah Tanous, Peggy Tanous

Paul McCartney Discusses His “Ocean’s Kingdom” in New Interview (VIDEO) (Exclusive)

McCartney Announces Ocean’s Kingdom, his first orchestral score for dance released October 4 

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Marking his first foray into the world of dance, Paul McCartney has announced the general release of Ocean’s Kingdom, commissioned by the New York City Ballet. The recording will be released by Hear Music/Telarc and is conducted by John Wilson, produced by John Fraser and performed by The London Classical Orchestra.

Ocean’s Kingdom is the first time Paul has written an original orchestral score or any kind of music for dance and is the result of a collaboration between Paul and New York City Ballet’s Master in Chief Peter Martins, who have worked together to present the world premiere of a new ballet for the company’s 2011/2012 season this September.

Though the work is Paul’s first ballet, he approached the project in the same way he writes all other music, driven by his heart rather than his head and inspired by feeling rather than specific technical knowledge. While this may have been another new turn for his staggeringly varied career to take, Paul knew it had to be influenced by his own personal experience and that he needed to create a story the audience would find equally compelling and moving.

Paul’s first step was to visit the Royal Opera House to see Adolphe Adam’s Giselle, danced by the Royal Ballet. Afterwards, Paul met the dancers and discussed the work with them, realising as he did so that he was still without a central theme to his work. Keen to tell a story through his music, Paul decided to focus on the purity of the ocean and within just two months, the first draft had been completed. He then went through the music again thinking specifically of the ballet itself, thereby creating a world featuring distinctive characters and a vibrant underworld kingdom.  Finally Paul spent many more weeks working alongside Peter Martins to refine the work, before Peter created the choreography with the NYCB dancers.

An hour long score featuring four stunning movements – “Ocean’s Kingdom,” “Hall of Dance,” “Imprisonment” and “Moonrise” – the ballet tells of a love story within the story of an underwater world whose people are threatened by the humans of Earth. A potently expressive and richly varied work, the score is Paul’s most challenging and emotionally complex yet. As he explains: “What was interesting was writing music that meant something expressively rather than just writing a song.  Trying to write something that expressed an emotion – so you have fear, love, anger, sadness to play with and I found that exciting and challenging.”

The premiere of the ballet Ocean’s Kingdom will take place at NYCB’s Fall Gala on Thursday 22^nd September 2011 while the release of the orchestral score will follow on October 4^th, available digitally, on CD and on vinyl.  It was recorded in June in London.

The artwork that accompanies the release is equally striking and inventive. Though it seems to suggest a city skyline, it is actually a digital readout of the notes from the ballet score.

Although this is his first orchestral score for dance, Paul is already quite at home in the world of classical music.  His back catalogue already carries four classical albums, the most recent of which was the Classical BRIT Award winning ‘Ecce Cor Meum (Behold My Heart)’; a work for chorus and orchestra in four movements that was released in 2006.

TRACK LISTING

1. Movement 1 Ocean’s Kingdom (14:07)                       
2. Movement 2 Hall of Dance     (16:19)
3. Movement 3 Imprisonment     (13:36)
4. Movement 4 Moonrise            (12:29) 

And now, an EXCLUSIVE VIDEO INTERVIEW:

Sir Paul McCartney Discusses His New Music for Ballet, “Ocean’s Kingdom” (out October 4) - In this video, McCartney discusses his creative process, hangs out with the dancers, and watches his fashion icon daughter Stella McCartney work on the costume design. (This is a private YouTube video, not listed in Google search results, but shared with you, our very special Wire LA readers!) 

SUNDANCE 2010: ALIVE! Expo Green Pavilion / MixMedia Luxury Lounge Hosts Galaxy of Stars

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This year’s ALIVE! Expo Green Pavilion/MixMedia Luxury Lounge at Sundance kept guests warm and entertained with the hottest new green products, organic spa treatments and tasty eco treats. As the snow piled higher than usual this year it didn’t make a dent in the crowd that turned out to enjoy the Lounge.

Read the full story at The LA Report site: SUNDANCE 2010: ALIVE! Expo Green Pavilion / MixMedia Luxury Lounge Hosts Galaxy of Stars

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