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By:
Brooke Morgan
Westlake-Kelley,
MS. Nevada,
2015 Woman of
Achievement
Saturday October 17th My husband and I attended the annual variety comedy show Hilarity for Charity, held at the Hollywood Palladium. If you’re not familiar with this wonderful fundraiser/event, I’m happy to share with you the who, what, when, where and why I support this event.
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| This Beauty Queen Drinks WINE & I like it Red :) Copyright:BMW Photography |
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| Happy Bar Mitzvah-Franco! Copyright: BMW Photography |
This year’s 4th annual variety
show Hilarity for Charity featured James Franco’s Bar Mitzvah, presented by
Funny or Die and go90. Comedians who entertained the packed Palladium
included Bill Hader, Kyle Kinane, Al Madrigal, Ron Funches, Justin Willman,
host Seth Rogen, and James Franco, and musicians HAIM and Miley Cyrus also
performed a four-song set.
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| Hollywood Palladium Hilarity for Charity-2015 Copyright:BMW Photography |
The Start: This year’s Hilarity for
Charity event was well organized and flowed nicely from start to finish. Cocktails,
food trucks, red carpet, and a beautiful BMW, were part of the pre-party that
took place outside the Hollywood Palladium before the show started. My
husband Scott and I walked the red carpet for some photos. We posed in
front of a large poster of James’ Franco’s face, and we got to sign a bigger
face of Franco’s inside the Palladium wishing him a happy Bar
Mitzvah.
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| Posing in front of the awesome 2016 BMW, & Taking Official Pageant Photos with guests Copyright:BMW Photography |
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| (God Bless This HFC Volunteer) (He is a primary caretaker for his Grandma)
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Once the sunset and the red carpet photos of the
stars were snapped and interviews were given, we were all gathered up to go
inside and take our seats. A lovely dinner table awaited for us. Scott and
I got our seats and were treated to a very different variety comedy show (After
all this is not the kind of show you cover your ears for). We had five other
ladies that joined our table. To my left, I made a new friend from Canada named
Deanna who had flown in for the show and to get a few days of vacation in
Southern California. To my husband’s right, two lovely ladies from Minnesota
had also flown in for the show. Across from us were two other lovely ladies,
but we did not get a chance to speak with them.
After the grand entrance by Seth, we received critical doses of comedy from Bill Hader, Kyle Kinane, Al Madrigal, and Ron Funches. I love comedy, and so for me this I actually consider medical critical does for me; however something that set this show apart this year was the magic from Justin Willman.
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| (Sign the Franco FACE. Thanks Hilarity for Charity! James's NOSE is hot when printed bigger!) Copyright:BMW Photography |
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| Hollywood Palladium-Hilarity for Charity 2015 Copyright: BMW Photography |
Justin Willman’s was one of my favorite acts of the night. He drew random people from the crowd and asked them to think of numbers, while another volunteer on stage up the numbers on a iphone calculator until they read 10,172,015,840., This whole time, another volunteer from the audience was sitting on an envelope that Justin had given at the beginning of his act. I felt like he was MacGyver of the magic industry. The envelope had quote inside. So we were all perplexed to where this trick was heading when all the sudden he used the quote and went over to the dry erase board. It turns out the number represented the date: October 17, 2015, and when Justin asked everyone to look at their iPhones, the time was exactly 8:40 p.m. The delivery and execution of his magic was impactful with the quote. It brought me to my toes to clap, and gave me chills when the end trick was revealed. On a side note, he met his wife 4 years ago at the first Hilarity for Charity. How cute is that?
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| James Getting Clipped! Hollywood Palladium Copyright:BMW Photography |
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| Bill-Thank you for taking a photo of me while you were dancing on stage. Tag me! Copyright:BMW Photography |
The auction was very entertaining as the Auctioneer and movie star Bill Hadler were very funny at raising money for the cause. Bill was truly on point with comments to people who auctioned for items. And this is critical because people bid hundreds of thousands of dollars on the various packages, and this funding will go toward combating Alzheimer’s and raising awareness.
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| Ken & Nikki Dodson. HUGS & Prayers to you both! Copyright:BMW Photography |
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| Miley Cyrus Performs for Hilarity for Charity Hollywood Palladium Copyright:BMW Photography |
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| (James- Don't worry. I think this was a fake "Circumcision") Copyright:BMW Photography |
Favorite Moment:
Moving
into the music jams for the night, we were then greeted with ear filling music
performances by HAIM and then a surprise performance by Miley Cyrus in a blue
thong swimsuit wearing the Star of David. I looked over and said to my husband
“Wow, I was not prepared for this part.” People got up from tables and were
moving to the music, so I decided to go to the front of the stage. Now would
Miley have been my first person as a pick to listen to? No, but let me tell
you, her vocals were amazing. I believe she sounds better in person
then on the radio as you are able to hear her fully range of vocals. That lady
can sing and it was beautiful to hear. Towards the end of Miley’s performance,
people were let on stage.; I thought “Hum should I go for it?” and then I
thought “Na, I am enjoying the moment being right front and center.” Plus I am
pretty sure it would not have looked good with me trying to hop up on stage in
an evening gown, tiara, and sash on.
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| (Miley- I actually wanted to rescue you after I took this photo. You look scared of these fans In a good way :) Copyright:BMW Photography |
I snapped many photos with
my new iPhone and got some pretty comical shots. Jame’s Franco fixin the
zipper, Miley looking terrified with some of the fans getting extra close to
her to take selfies, Bill Hadler busting a move with Miley’s final song, and
then the darling couple of the night – Seth and Lauren Miller- Rogen thanking everyone
for coming to the show.
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| Lauren Miller-Rogen & Seth Rogen Copyright: BMW Photography |
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| Lauren Miller-Rogen, Seth Rogen & James Franco Copyright: BMW Photography |
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| Loved finding this photo on Twitter... Copyright: Hilarity for Charity |
Final numbers: Total raised $2.5 MILLION!
END NOTE: WHY DO I SUPPORT
ALZHEIMER’S FUNDRAISERS AND CAUSES.
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| (Shout out to our new friend, Deanna) Copyright:BMW Photography |
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| (look to the left.. cracking up! I made it in the picture). Group Pic: Hilary for Charity-2015 |
My personal story related to this
disease:
My Alzheimer’s journey started in
2002 when my grandma was diagnosed and a portion of that journey ended on
February 24, 2012 at 4:25pm while I was holding my grandma as she took her last
breathe. (ugh now I am getting all teary eyed). Here is my story:
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