NCIS: LOS ANGELES star Barrett Foa at 2nd Annual Hollywood Rush Hosted by Lance Bass & George Kotsiopoulos
February 20, 2012 by Esteban Escobar
Filed under Celebrities, Charity, Community News, Entertainment News, Events, FEATURES
On Sunday, February 19, 2012 The 2nd Annual Hollywood Rush was held at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre located at 743 S. Lucerne Blvd. in Los Angeles, CA 90010 from 5:30pm to 9:00 pm.
40 celebrities (5 writers, 5 directors, 30 actors) came together to write, rehearse and ultimately perform in a series of 10-minute plays before a live audience, all within the same day!
The event featured a red carpet, live plays and an after-party. Hollywood Rush was sponsored in part by Toyota Financial Services, Wells Fargo Foundation, Marchez Vous, Avaya and the City of West Hollywood. The tickets for the event were $45.00.
Some of the celebrities that attended the event were Lance Bass, George Kotsiopoulos, Jenna Dewan-Tatum, Maria Menounos, Jamie-Lynn Sigler, Emmanuelle Chriqui, David Krumholtz, Madeline Zima, Jodie Sweetin, Michelle Borth, Marguerite Moreau, Aimee Garcia, Yeardley Smith, Barrett Foa, Edi Gathegi, Dileep Rao, Abe Benrubi, Jayson Blair, Chris Redman, Greg Rikaart, Jeremy Glazer, Michael Bunin, Jonathan Bennett, Zibby Allen, Peter Porte, Brian Gattas, Connor Barrett, Kate Payne, Gloria Calderon, Chad Hodge, Dave Holstein, Matthew Lillard, Peter Paige, Dan Harris, Paula Walker, and many more.
All this happened on a Sunday where all wanted to reach a goal of $15,635.00 and at the end of the day raised around $14,545.00. If you want to get hands on with causes like this, look for medical degrees at
Guide to Healthcare Schools. The purpose of the event was to raised funds to benefit the Baby Dragon Fund, which fuels the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center’s programs for youth, mental health, and crystal meth recovery and prevention.
About The Baby Dragon Fund:
The Baby Dragon Fund fuels an array of essential recovery programs developed for the youth of Los Angeles to live fully and courageously in the face of addiction, depression and issues of sexual identity. The Fund was established in the memory and name sake of Hunter Allen—whose nickname was ‘Baby Dragon’—a deeply loved young man who made the choice to end his life because he lost hope in his own recovery from crystal meth addiction. If love alone could have saved him, Hunter would be here today. But it takes more than love to survive the brutal grip of addiction and mental health issues… it takes cutting-edge programs that provide support, counseling and education. The money raised for The Baby Dragon Fund is earmarked specifically for Crystal Meth Recovery, Youth Services and Mental Health Services at the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center. For more information visit http://www.thebabydragonfund.org
About The L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center:
Since 1971 the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center has been building the health, advocating for the rights and enriching the lives of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people. Our wide array of services and programs includes: free HIV/AIDS care and medications for those most in need; housing, food, clothing and support for homeless LGBT youth; low-cost counseling and addiction-recovery services; essential services for LGBT-parented families and seniors; legal services; health education and HIV prevention programs; transgender services; cultural arts and much more. For more information visit www.lagaycenter.org.
Photos credit to: Carlos Zeron & Stella Gomez for Diversity News Magazine
Videos courtesy of Diversity News TV on Blip TV and You Tube.
Editor’s Note: Thank you for Brett Ruttenberg from BWR Public Relations for inviting us to cover the event.
About Esteban "Steven" Escobar
Executive Editor In Chief, Director of Public/Media Relations & Community Affairs, Sales, Reporter, Webmaster & Graphic Designer Specialist. About Esteban “Steven” Escobar: Esteban A. Escobar (born in El Salvador, Central America on September 6th) is an Award Winning American (Journalist, reporter, editor, columnist, writer, producer, director, publicist, radio personality, accounts receivable specialist, humanitarian and philanthropist). Esteban is known as Steven Escobar. He is the Executive Editor-In-Chief of Diversity News Magazine, an online & special print consumer news magazine that is visited by close to two million visitors a month while growing each day. Esteban “Steven” Escobar is also Producer, Director of Diversity News TV, the host of Diversity News Radio, on Air with Steven Escobar and the President of Diversity News Publications, a news/entertainment multimedia firm in Hollywood, CA. Steven Escobar owns E.E.Enterprises and an affiliate of The Diversity News Publications Family of Companies. Steven Escobar is also the official Hollywood and Los Angeles County Events Examiner for Examiner.com and contributor for Yahoo.com distributed via Yahoo Voices. Steven Escobar also gives back to the community by helping charities, and since 2003 to the present, he has been raising money and awareness for AIDS Walk LA benefiting AIDS Project Los Angeles. Also in 2011 Steven Escobar raised money and awareness for The Life Group LA and volunteered for Exotifit For Humanity and The Human Rights Campaign Los Angeles Steering Committee. Steven was nominated for The Shorty Awards 2011 and the People’s Choice Fan Award 2012. In 2012 Steven Escobar receives the Humanitarian Award at the 2012 International Noble Awards. Also on June 2, 2012 Steven Escobar Received the Community and Humanitarian Services Award at Kayamanan ng Bayan for all his contributions to the Filipino American community in Southern California. On 12-12-12 Steven Escobar received Award for Most Fascinating Person of the Year 2012. On 2-22-2013 Steven Escobar is nominated for a 2013 EOTM Award (Entrepreneurs on the Move) for Outstanding Journalist and on April 25, 2013 receives nomination for 2013 EOTM Award for Outstanding Internet Radio. On April 4, 2013 Steven Escobar receives award for Diversity News TV “Best B-Roll." Yahoo.com names Steven Escobar the Hot 500 contributors during the month of March 2012 of Yahoo! Contributor Network. Steven Escobar currently resides in Los Angeles County in the City of Hollywood, CA. For more information visithttp://www.stevenescobar.diversitynewspublications.com, http://www.stevenescobar.blogspot.com or his IMDB at http://www.imdb.com/name/nm4164655/
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