Times Square Gossip

**** The New York Women’s Foundation® Hosts The 10th Annual Girls’ Leadership Day In Partnership With Girls Incorporated Of New York City **** Jacqueline M. Ebanks, Vice President Of Programs, NYWF Tiffany Dufu, President Of The White House Project The New York Women’s Foundation® hosted the 10th Annual Girls’ Leadership Day in partnership with Girls Incorporated of New York City last week at the Urban Assembly Institute in Brooklyn. Girls Lead the Way: Taking Personal and Community Action hosted keynote speaker Tiffany Dufu, president of The White House Project, and 196 girls aged 13-19 from 14 community-based organizations from the five boroughs and Long Island, as well as 40 parents and staff chaperones. The leadership filled day offered a morning group activity with all participants, then networking lunch sessions with topics such as construction, education, entrepreneurship, finance, government and public services, human resources, law, media and marketing, nonprofit, philanthropy...

**** LEADING ENTERTAINMENT AND PHILANTHROPY PERSONALITIES COME TOGETHER AT GABRIELLE’S ANGEL FOUNDATION’S 2011 ANGEL BALL **** LaLa Anthony With Kim Kardashian Denise Rich With Michelle Rella Gabrielle’s Angel Foundation hosted its annual Angel Ball, one of the top events in the New York charity circuit, at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City. The Foundation was established by Denise Rich in 1996 after losing her daughter, Gabrielle, to leukemia and is one of the largest non-governmental sources of support for blood cancer research. One of the evening’s honorees, model Naomi Campbell (who was joined by Russian businessman, Vladislav Doronin), was commended for her contributions to cancer research, as presented by soul singer Patti LaBelle. Also in attendance at the event were Kim Kardashian, singer Solange Knowles and mother Tina Knowles, television personality La La Anthony, rapper Eve, socialite Ivana Trump, British singer Estelle, musical legend Natalie Cole, Princess Madeleine...

**** TIMES SQUARE GOSSIP BOOKS **** Awakening Victory The latest news from The White House that all troops will be pulled out of Iraq by the end of December 2011 makes understanding the history of events occurring in Iraq that brought us to this point seem more relevant than ever. Awakening Victory: How Iraqi Tribes and American Troops Reclaimed al Anbar Province and Defeated al Qaeda in Iraq (Casemate Publishing) by Lt. Col. Michael E. Silverman (ret), provides exactly that. This book, that debuts next week, is a true account of how the partnership between Iraqi tribes and American troops reclaimed al Anbar and defeated al Qaeda in Iraq. Michael Silverman was Commander of the 3rd Battalion, 69th Armored Regiment and he was right in the middle of the fight. His battalion contributed a great deal to the war in Iraq and was the only one to participate in the campaign to reclaim al Anbar Province from start to finish. Silverman offers an expert perspective on the surge in Iraq and the rol...

Kris Humphries With Kim Kardashian Kim Kardashian’s marriage to Kris Humphries has officially joined the list of one of Hollywood’s shortest unions. But believe it or not, 72-days seems like an eternity compared to the actual shortest union – that was actually over in a matter of minutes! So how exactly does this manic marriage stack up against others throughout history? Guinness World Records puts things in perspective with records from this year’s Guinness World Records 2012 edition and beyond. Guinness World Records 2012 Shortest Hollywood Marriage The shortest Hollywood marriage on record was that between screen legend Rudolph Valentino and actress Jean Acker. Valentino and Acker married in 1919 but barely was the service over before the bride began to regret to have second thoughts and decided to lock her new husband out of their honeymoon suite. After knocking for 20 minutes Valentine simply went home. In divorce proceedings, Jean Acker claimed they never consummated their unio...

Morgan Freeman With Mia Bavido For 50 years, the entertainment industry has embraced the lifesaving mission of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital®. When Danny Thomas set out to build the hospital in 1962, some of the biggest stars of that era such as Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Elvis Presley, Sammy Davis Jr., Dinah Shore and Jack Benny donated their time and talents to help raise awareness and funds for St. Jude. Today, that tradition continues with celebrities from film, television, music and sports all donating their time, talents and support to the 2011 St. Jude Thanks and Giving® campaign. Starting this November, Jennifer Aniston, Robin Williams, Morgan Freeman, George Lopez, Shaun White, Dwyane Wade and singer Luis Fonsi will join Marlo Thomas in helping raise awareness and funds for St. Jude, one of the world’s premier centers for the research and treatment of pediatric cancer and other deadly childhood diseases. Heartwarming national television spots for the Thanks and Giving...