Eva LongoriaParker
(Padres Contra El Cancer) is among Celebs who will receive awards on
behalf of the charities being honored include Laila Ali (Women’s Sports
Foundation), Bush (Lollipop Theater Network), Kenny Edmonds (Stand Up
to Cancer),Teri Hatcher(Childrens Hospital Los Angeles), Norman Lear (Playing for Change), Joel Madden (The Art of Elysium),Annalynne McCord(The Blind Project),Access Hollywood’s Nancy O’Dell(Best Buddies) and Brett Ratner (DoSomething.org).
The five new award honorees released today for the inaugural Noble Awards this Sunday (10-18-09), at the Beverly Hilton Hotel include: The Blind Project, The Lollipop Theater Network, Padres Contra El Cancer and Playing for Change. They'll be honored along with six other charities announced earlier. Additionally, Academy Award-winning Actor, Morgan Freeman will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award for his involvement in more than dozen charities.
The two-hour event, hosted by Access Hollywood’s very own Billy Bush,
will honor up to a dozen charities and celebrities who actively support
them annually, boosting awareness of these organizations and the work
they do.During
the ceremony, each will be presented with an award sculpture, designed
by Antonio Banderas, with personal touches added by children who
participated in The Art of Elysium workshop at the Shriner’s Hospital
for Children. Brian McKnight and Julio Iglesias, Jr., along with Emily
Bear and Timothy Mitchum will provide live musical performances
throughout the evening.“We
are delighted to present these eleven distinguished charities and their
celebrity supporters with the inaugural Noble Award,” said TV Celebrity Anchor Janeen Mansour, creator and executive producer of the Noble Awards.“With
the presentation of the Noble Awards, our goal is to turn the spotlight
back onto these celebrities and charities to provide recognition, to
educate, to inspire, and to encourage even more support from the Hollywood community and the public at large,” explained Mansour.Morgan Freeman will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award for his tireless work and dedication to over a dozen non-profits. SPONSORS:Official partners for the 2009 Noble Awards
include 7-Eleven which will launch their Cup with a Cause program at
the event featuring celebrity designed coffee cups at 7-Eleven retail
locations nationwide. Rumblefish Jewelry will design a jewelry line
based on The Noble Awards and Be a Noble, where a percentage of sales
will be donated to Noble charities. Look to the Stars which will work year round with the Noble Awards to promote philanthropy in Hollywood. Additional partners include:
EIF/iParticipate, The Hollywood Reporter, Audi, Participant Media and
Takepart.com, One Hope Wine, The Beverly Hilton, Mobile Cause,
Rosenthal and GoodSearch.The film industry has the Oscars, television has the Emmys and the music industry has the Grammy Awards. Now, the charity community and its most dedicated Hollywood supporters have The Noble Awards. More information is at www.thenobleawards.org.
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