LA magazine and Concern Foundation present 48th Annual Block Party Fundraiser “Land Before Time – The Extinction of Cancer”

 (WestHollywoodToday.blogspot.com CA June 18 2023 By Karen Ostlund)

Los Angeles magazine and Concern Foundation present 48th Annual Block Party Fundraiser “Land Before Time – The Extinction of Cancer”, July 8 at Paramount Studios in Hollywood, CA. The evening will honor The Kallick Family with the Lifetime of Giving Award and a special salute to Cedars Sinai Cancer.                                            

Cancer is still the enemy and the challenges of continuing to raise funds to support cancer research are more pressing than ever.

Concern Foundation for Cancer Research is currently supporting over 35 cancer researchers who are investigating new approaches in all types of cancer.  This independent volunteer driven non-profit organization has raised and granted over $72 million to cancer research projects across our community, country and worldwide since inception in 1968.  
                                                                                

Restaurants featured, Concern Foundation Block Party July 8

The July 8th event will feature 70 of LA city’s best restaurants and caterers, great live entertainment, interactive activities, and a silent and live auction. Last year's event attracted close to 4,000 guests.  

As a result of ticket sales, sponsorships, general donations, and in-kind donations from national and local businesses, last year's able to raise over $2 million to support cancer research scientists around the world.

Concern continues to  give almost $.95 of every dollar raised directly to cancer researchers around the world. 2023 media partner for the event will be Los Angeles Magazine.
                                                                             

Tom Nolan Band at Concern Foundation's block party.

Activities:
The Best of LA® 2023 on Los Angeles magazine’s street will feature food & wine tastings, creative cocktails, luxury lounges and unique experiences.
Musical entertainment by the Tom Nolan Band on the Main Stage, D’ City Sound & Events on the Yabba Dabba DJ Stage presented by the Hirsch Family Foundation, and the Vibrato ‘Grotto’ Grill Jazz Stage featuring Leah Zeger and friends.

Digital photo studios, lounges, casino style gaming, prehistoric artifacts from the Natural History Museum and a Beauty Bus spa.

An auction is sponsored by ZACUTO GROUP with one-of-a-kind opportunities, restaurants, staycations, golf packages, event tickets, and more. Tickets and more information: concernfoundation.org

The Hollywood Museum Celebrated "National Pet Day" with photo-exhibit and booksigning.

 

(WestHollywoodToday blogspot, CA April 11 2023) Photos by Karen Ostlund

                                                                              

Cats, dogs, birds, and even tigers and all our furry friends are celebrating National Pet Day today on April 11 2023.
The Hollywood Museum hosted National Pet Day by hosting a tribute exhibit to Acting Animals. 

Many of these favorites animals are known by one name, including Lassie, Flipper, Cheeta, Trigger, Bengie, Pyewacket, Tramp, Rin Tin Tin, Spuds MacKenzie, Morris the cat and Gentle Ben.
The exhibit also features personalities and their personal pets in the book, “In Good Company” (Briton Publishers) by author/photographer, Johanna Siegman, who said "Each person provides me with personal details of their relationship with their pet in order for me to envision a concept, particular to them”.
The "In Good Company" coffee table book of fine art portraits, features notable people from a wide range of fields (arts, science, literature, performance, music), with their pets.
A portion of profits will go to support Apex Protection Project, a Los Angeles-based 501(c)3 non-profit organization, created to save the wolf species through education, rescue and advocacy. Unlike traditional pet portraits, these unique images depict the relationship between people and their beloved pets.                                                                             

                                                                                     

(right) Connor Dean.

Among attending were: Donelle Dadigan (Founder/President the Hollywood Museum), Ed Begley Jr. (Young Sheldon/St Elsewhere), Vernon Wells(Road Warrior/Commando), Stanley Livingston (My Three Sons/Dont Eat The Daisies), Barry Livingston (My Three Sons/Notorious Nick) and Johanna Siegmann (Photographer/Author of “In Good Company), Kathy Garver (Family Affair), Erin Murphy (Bewitched), Alison Arngrim (Little House on the Prairie), Kate Linder (Y&R), Darcy Donovan (Modern Family), Elaine Ballace (The Rich and the Ruthless), Tyrone DuBose (Unsung), Geoffrey Mark (Best Selling author), Diana Lansleen (Y&R / Days of Our Lives), Jax Malcolm (Crazy Ex-Girlfriend), Meredith Thomas (Keeping Up With the Joneses),Darby Hinton (Daniel Boone) Natasha Blasick (Paul T.  Goldman), Mandy Fason ( Love Simon), Kathy Kolla ( Plastic Dreams), Lauren Samuels( West End Star, Brit in LA) and Vanessa Angel (Super Genius Babies).

                                                                                      www.TheHollywoodMuseum.com

RESTORE Worldwide Celebrated 15 years of Free Reconstructive Surgeries at The Beverly Hilton.

RESTORE Worldwide Inc. Celebrated 15 years of Free Reconstructive Surgeries at The Beverly Hilton, March 25, 2023. RESTORE stands for "Restoring Emotional Stability Through Outstanding Reconstructive Efforts" that provides free reconstructive surgeries to children and adults with disfiguring deformities from birth.

The event was telecast and live-stream by KNEKT TV and can be viewed at
https://knekt.tv/knekttv/series/knekttvarchive/73538-restore-worldwide-awards-

(WestHollywoodToday.blogspot, Beverly Hills, CA, April 1 2023)
By Karen Ostlund                                                   
                                                                               

Dr. Michael K. Obeng greeting guests on the red carpet.

Hollywood elite and dignitaries from around the world came out to celebrate a good cause; the 15th Anniversary of  RESTORE Fundraiser Gala, March 25th at The Beverly Hilton hotel in Beverly Hills.

The event was presented by Avi Sivan Abraham Foundation (ASAF), a philanthropic organization based in Cameroon, and hosted by award-winning Beverly Hills Plastic Surgeon and Humanitarian Dr. Michael K. Obeng. ASAF is the charity and social-work organization based in Cameroon, that specializes in supporting children with special needs and orphanages. Funds raised at the gala will help the RESTORE foundation to continue its great works by providing free reconstructive surgery locally and around the world.
                                                                                 

This year’s presenter was comedian, actor, and director, Chris Spencer and actress, supermodel, and entrepreneur, Eva Marcille. RESTORE volunteers and patrons who made a significant contribution over the years, were also honored. 

The musical performances included Grammy-nominated singer and songwriter, Meaku, Ukrainian native opera singer, Valerie Levinsky, Ghanaian Award-winning Highlife Artist, Bisa Kdei and Trace Austin.
                                                                                   

ACCA Art Gallery Directors.

ACCA Art Gallery from Beverly Hills partnered with RESTORE to auction off art pieces from; Billy Morrison, Trew Love, Gil Tepper, Chris Brown, and Brayden Bugazzi tand memorabilia from the late Kobe Bryant and Muhammed Ali, LeBron James, Adele, and Willie Gault.

ACCA has also published a special edition of, The Journal, to showcase RESTORE’s journey over the last 15 years. included in this link, https://indd.adobe.com/view/89d830bd-7b0e-4132-afbf-64f3ae5ad48a

                                                                             

Chairman Meng Ngy Khov and Dr. Michael K. Obeng.

About RESTORE Worldwide, Inc.:
RESTORE is an acronym that stands for Restoring Emotional Stability Through Outstanding
Reconstructive Efforts. It is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit medical service organization in the USA that provides free reconstructive surgeries and related medical services to children and adults with disfiguring deformities from birth, accidents, and diseases involving not only the head and neck region, but also the trunk, breasts, extremities and genitalia.
 It was founded in 2008 by Ghanaian American Harvard-trained plastic surgeon, humanitarian, and global health strategist, Dr. Michael K. Obeng. He is the Director of MiKO Plastic Surgery and MiKO Surgery Center in Beverly Hills, California.
As part of its mission, RESTORE also educates and trains local medical professionals on the
latest techniques and safety measures in plastic and reconstructive surgery, effecting change
long after the RESTORE team leaves these communities.
 In October 2022, the team performed an unprecedented 173 operations (surgeries) at the Ho Teaching Hospital in Ghana in five working days.  
 The last 15 years RESTORE has been to over 9 different countries on 3 continents and has performed over 1,600 FREE reconstructive surgeries. A monetary value in excess of 80 million USD.
In 2023 RESTORE will travel to visit Cameroon in May, Gabon in June, Ghana in October, and Senegal in December and plans to perform over 400 surgeries.   www.RESTOREWorldwide.org
                                                #RESTOREWORLDWIDE

THE LAUNCH OF STARDAWGS NFT LINE AT THE HOLLYWOOD MUSEUM.

ACTRESS, CRYPTO QUEEN, NFT & WEB3 EXPERT DARCY DONAVAN HOSTED THE LAUNCH OF HER STARDAWGS NFT LINE, MARCH 23, 2023, AT THE HOLLYWOOD MUSEUM.
 
Story and photos by Karen Ostlund

                                                                             

 (WestHollywoodToday.blogspot), CA- TV Actress, Crypto Queen,  NFT & WEB3 Expert, Darcy Donavan, founder of STARDAWGS hosted her first STARDAWGS launch party at The Hollywood Museum, March 23 2023.

Stars from television, film and music as well as Crypto, NFT, and WEB3’s biggest names and players attended the debut event to celebrate the launch of Donavan’s STARDAWGS NFT Line,  that is tied to Merlin Crypto and Unstoppable Domains.
                                                                               

STARDAWGS NFT Line Community on the dance floor.

The event talked about the benefits in Web3, once you buy a Web3 domain, it’s yours forever, no renewal fees.Web3 is seen as the future of the internet. The vision for this new, block-chain-based web includes cryptocurrencies, NFTs, DAOs and decentralized finance.
It offers a read/write/own version of the web, in which users have more control over the web communities they belong to. 

 An NFT is a digital asset that represents real-world objects like art, music, in-game items and videos which are bought and sold online, with cryptocurrency.They are generally encoded with the same underlying software as many cryptos.

Cryptocurrency is the digital, encrypted, type of exchange. Unlike the U.S. Dollar there is no central authority that manages and maintains the value of a cryptocurrency. Instead, these tasks are broadly distributed among the cryptocurrency’s users via the internet.
                          

The Mission of StarDawgs is to create a new method of film production, where the community takes center stage to support the films and talents and receive benefits of the projects they create together.
DarcyDonavan.com Stardawgs.com
MerlinCrypto.com UnstoppableDomains.com
TheHollywoodMuseum.com

Luxury Experience & Co partnered with Indie Entertainment Media for Oscar Celebrity Gifting Lounge at Valerie BH.

Luxury Experience & Co and Indie Entertainment Media hosted their Oscar Celebrity Gifting Lounge at Valerie Beverly Hills, March 11 2023.
Photos by Karen Ostlund

                                                                               

Valerie Beverly Hills, March 11 2023.

                                                                              
(WestHollywoodToday.blogspot,  March 14 2023)
 Luxury Experience & Co and Indie Entertainment Media presented a luxury gifting lounge, March 11th, one day before Oscars 2023. The Lounge was honoring nominees and presenters during Oscars Weekend at the Valerie Beverly Hills located in the “Golden Triangle” in the heart of Beverly Hills.                                                

Luxury Experience & Co focused on gifts based on style and sophistication in beauty, health, home, travel and wellness.

                                                                                   

(Left) Jason Ziatkus and Greg Tally

                                                                                   

(Left) Medi Em at EstateX.

                                                                                 

Kathryn Hollis Peters at Cut Above Gin.

The sponsors featured gifts from EstateX.eu, DaxHaircare.com, GetMadeMan.com, DrinkCutAbove.com (Gin) , AminaBaoBab.com (Organic Super-fruit Powder), DrinkAmina.com (Super-fruit Lemonade) NuEstesticsSpa.com (EMsculpt treatment), Pallini.us (Limoncello), PartidaTequila.com, Biomerica.com (Breast Self Exam and Colon Disease test), StyleSameyha.com (Pakistani Haute Couture Clothing) BeYouBeauty.com (Feminine Soap-Bar), ValerieBeverlyHills.com, CLEcosmetics.com (serum), CinemaSecrets.com (Make-up brush cleaner), HIGHBeauty.com (Eye-gel), EOProducts.com (Organic hand-sanitizer and hand-cream), Passion Roses, SingleTreeLane.com (WHIMZY TEES), SusieCakes.com, BOLS.com (BOLS Cocktail Tubes) and Jottshots.com (Gel-shots).                                                                    

Misha Crosby at Susie Cakes.

 
Attendees included Tony Vinciquerra (CEO & Chairman of Sony Pictures Entertainment), Cindy Cowan (Oscar & Emmy Award Winning  Producer), Cas Anvar (Actor, "The Expanse"), Larry Namer (Founder, E! Network), Rich Ting (Actor, Netflix "Warrior"), Emelia Hartford (Actor, "Upon Walking), Amber Friendly (Actor, Apple TV’s “The Morning Show”), Alyssa de Boisblanc (Actor, ABC's Modern Family), Jermelle Simon ( Actor, "The Upshaws"), Adam Croasdell ( Actor, "Monarch"), Misa D'Angelo (Actor, Netflix "Hache”).
                                                                                  

Pakistani Haute Couture,  Style Sameyha.

Luxury Experience & Co Founder, Melissa McAvoy toasted the success with a celebration for the amazing past year in entertainment. "We couldn't have asked for a better media partner to host such a successful event with," McAvoy said of Indie Entertainment Media. Follow @luxuryexperiencecollc on social media.  Luxuryexperienceco.com
                                                                                      

Getmademan.com men's skincare.

Recap of WOW Creations Media Lifestyle Suite to Celebrate Oscars 2023.

 WOW Creations Lifestyle Suite to Celebrate Oscars 2023 at Mr. C Hotel in Beverly Hills.
 
 Photos by Karen Ostlund      #WowCreationsmedia #WowCreations #Oscars2023

(WestHollywoodToday.blogspot, CA March 9 2023)

This year’s WOW Creations Annual Oscars Awards Gifting Suite took place, March 6th at the beautiful Mr.C Hotel in Beverly Hills with a beautiful view overlooking the city. Attendees included, Hollywood media, screen-legends, sports-stars and reality-stars.

WOW Creations is produced by twin brothers Mark and Matthew Harris who also host their weekly radio show called “The Taste-Makers’ and have appeared on two seasons of “Storage Wars” on A&E Network, and also run their highly successful boutique publicity agency “WOW Publicity”.  

                                                                               

                                   Violinist Ben Hoyt performed for guests as an opening act.
                                                                                  

GetChoWines.com from Oregon with Patrika Darbo.

 

 

                                                                                   

(Center) Julissa de la Cerda launched her PoochleLuxe.com recipe book for dogs and dog-food seasoning with oregano, thyme, sage and dill.(Left) Carolyn Hennessy.

                                                                                     

JustFoodForDogs.com latest products.

                                                                                   

WrappedClothing.com - Scarf with sleeves in sweater-knit fabrics for chilly nights.

                                                                                   

Pancake Art performances by GetCakedLA.com to present and taste organic pancake mix EatHappyGrub.com

                                                                                    

Kimberly Meredith signed her book "Awakening to the Fifth Dimension" TheHealingTrilogy.com

                                                                                  

Potency710.com CBD Skincare.

                                                                                     

SkinSutra.com skincare.

                                                                               

DAMAtequila.com DrinkParch.com Agave cocktails. DrinkPathWater.com

                                                                                  

India's vegan vodka https://smokelabofficial.com/en/

                                                                                     

DulceVidaSpirits.com organic tequila.

                                                                                  

Absinthe.com The vintage Swiss recipe made with organic botanical and neutral grape spirits.

                                                                                      

BeaNatural2.com, Thepurestrip.com, Bluelene.com, FilterLESSera.com Colorstreet.com

                                                                                        

Oscar Winner Daniel Roher for Documentary Feature Film " Navalny” with brother Harris on the patio of Mr.C.Hotel.

Vegan & Organic Launches Spring 2023.

 Vegan and Organic Launches for Spring 2023, to celebrate award-season in LA.

(WestHollywoodToday.blogspot.com, February 25, 2023)          

By Karen Ostlund

Spring is approaching and many vegan and organic brands are launching their latest products, presented during award-season in Los Angeles.
10 popular brands include:
                                                                             

Green Cola, a new sparkling soda brand that combines the great taste of cola without any sugar, calories, artificial sweeteners or preservatives, that made its debut at the Natural Products Expo East trade show. Green Cola is naturally sweetened with stevia and naturally caffeinated with green coffee beans, that are a natural caffeine source filled with antioxidants. The green fruit flavors in Green Cola contain 10 percent real fruit juice. https://us.greencola.com/

                                                                              

MOOLESS is an animal-free whey protein powder by Natreve.com a wellness brand, which was the first to use Perfect Day’s Whey Protein in a new protein powder called Mooless, It contains 20 grams of protein and a digestive enzyme in each serving. Natreve already offers a plant-based protein powder and one made from 100% grass-fed cow milk, but their new option is Whey Protein.

      
                                                                                   

Nurangecoffee.com is presenting the future of coffee and milk! One glass bottle of NuRange Coffee Concentrate contains 32 servings of organic, single-origin, arabica, barista-quality coffee. Simply pour, stir, and enjoy espresso, hot/cold coffee with latte, or make an espresso martini. In addition, a self-heating latte bottle as a self-heating machine, is presented by NuRange: Twist, wait 5 minutes, to enjoy a 135°F latte anytime, anywhere. 

                                                                                

SUNBOY presents a new category of better-for-you beverages as the world's first ready-to-drink spiked coconut water. It is made with coconut water and real tropical juices, in Passion Fruit, Pineapple, Tangerine, and new flavor Mango at 5% ABV.  drinksunboy.com

                                                                                 

Volaybrands.com is a premium caffeinated sparkling water, with just three simple ingredients: Sparkling water, Natural flavors, and Organic caffeine from green coffee beans. New flavors are Watermelon Mint, Grapefruit, and Tropical Lime.

                                                                                

OnceAgainNutButter.com are taking their "nut and seed butters", to make them super snack-able with its introduction of small-batch, handcrafted graham cracker sandwiches. Available in peanut butter and sunflower seed butter flavors, on-the-go, single-serve snacks that are certified both organic and gluten-free, plus vegan.

                                                                                 

VenusWafers.com have unveiled its newest brand, "South Shores Puff Snacks", as a healthier alternative to chips, which offer a protein-packed puff that’s crunchy, flavorful, in vegan-cheddar, barbecue, and chili-lime flavors.

                                                                                

Plant-based food company ZENB.com, is bringing a yellow pea revolution with the non-wheat pasta using only one ingredient – whole yellow peas, a small  legume and budding superfood. ZENB is presenting their gluten-free, yellow pea spaghetti with roasted tomato sauce along with award-winning chef, Chef Rocco DiSpirito.

                                                                                

"Qualia Skin Vitamins for better skin" with Biotin and Astaxanthin contains 21 different ingredients, taken a once-a-day. Every ingredient in the formula is backed with scientific research, including  Red Orange Complex® (Citrus sinensis Fruit Extract) and HydroPeach™ Ceramides (Peach Fruit Extract). https://neurohacker.com

                                                                                   

VegOutOrganics.com is the new vegan, toxin-free, cruelty-free, natural skincare line with certified organic hemp extracts and other botanicals grown on the organic farm in Virginia Beach.Waterless Aloe Vera is their basic ingredient in cleansers, moisturizers, serums, scrubs and masks. The products have not been tested on animals.