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ROCKS AGAINST CANCER VIDEO

tanya — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 12:39:03 +0000

ROCKS AGAINST CANCER from Grace Huang on Vimeo.

Because everybody knows someone, the Rocks Against Cancer video is here. My dear friend Grace Huang put together an amazing crew that donated their time and resources to this project. Their goal like ours is to raise as much money as possible for EIF’s cancer programs.

I want to give a special thanks to our talent: Josh Brown, Toni Belafonte, Alyssa McGarry, Joe Stevens, Maria Diaz, Lisa Wagner, Hank Chen, Herman Mc Dowell, Samantha Stanley, Maye Musk, Allen Enlow, Dipti Mehta, and Lindsey Simcik. These are all real people touched by cancer who, volunteered their time for this video.

Thank you again to the crew: Director and editor Grace Huang, Creative Director Marilyn Kam, Producer Jessica Haselkorn, Producer Katy Fuoco, 1st Photo Assistant Everett Meisner, 2nd photo assistant Luke Barber-Smith, Donna Grossman Casting, Canoe Studios, Industrial Color, Stylist Karin Bereson + No.6 Store, Stylist Sylvia Grieser, Makeup Sam Coffey and Cynthia Sobek, Hair Decyke Heidorn and Rheanne White, without whom this would not be possible.

I hope you enjoy the video. please take the time to click on the share button below and spread the word..

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John Lithgow will chair Rocks Against Cancer!

tanya — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 00:38:58 +0000

Lithgow is a native New Yorker born October 19, 1945 in Rochester NY. He is a distinguished actor of stage, television, and movies who is at home playing everything from menacing villains, big-hearted transsexuals, and loopy aliens. John Lithgow is also a composer and performer of children’s songs, a Harvard graduate, a talented painter, and a devoted husband and father.

He attended Harvard University, where he graduated magna cum laude in 1967. He lived in Dunster House as an undergraduate, across the hall from roommates former Vice President Al Gore and actor Tommy Lee Jones. Lithgow later served on its Board of Overseers. Lithgow credits a performance at Harvard of Gilbert and Sullivan’s Utopia Limited with helping him decide to become an actor. After graduation, Lithgow won a Fulbright Scholarship to study at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.

Lithgow is known for his roles as the Reverend Shaw Moore in Footloose, Dick Solomon on the NBC sitcom 3rd Rock from the Sun, the voice of Lord Farquaad in Shrek, and Arthur Mitchell on Showtime’s Dexter for which he just won an Emmy for best Actor in a drama and a Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television. He appeared in the films The World According to Garp (1982) and Terms of Endearment (1983), receiving the Academy Award nomination for best actor in a supporting role for each.

On the stage, he appeared in the musical adaptation of Sweet Smell of Success, winning the Tony Award for Best Leading Actor in a Musical. He again appeared in a musical, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, receiving the Tony nomination for Best Leading Actor in a Musical.
He has also recorded music, such as the 1999 album of children’s music, Singin’ in the Bathtub, and has written poetry and short stories for children, such as Marsupial Sue.

Mr. Lithgow is a true Renaissance man. We are honored to have him as our chair for Rocks Against Cancer.

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Eclectic Method at Rocks Against Cancer

tanya — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 14:52:23 +0000

Performing at Rocks Against Cancer a fundraiser for EIF’s cancer programs will be Eclectic Method featuring London natives Jonny Wilson, Ian Edgar and Geoff Gamlen – who helped pioneer the emerging art of audio-visual mixing since first cutting U2’s Mysterious Ways music video with the Beastie Boys’ back in 2002.

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The trio’s audio-visual mash-ups feature television, film, music and video game footage sliced and diced into blistering, post-modern dance floor events. It’s a cyclone of music and images mashed together in a world where Kill Bill fight scenes and Dave Chappelle’s Rick James rants are ingeniously cut and looped over bootleg samples, DVD scratches and pumped-up dance anthems. It’s a real-time subversion of technology and media performed live on video turntables for what LA Weekly called a “mesmerizing” sensory overload.

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ROCKS AGAINST CANCER VIDEO SHOOT

tanya — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 18:51:54 +0000

Above are some stills from our Rocks Against Cancer Video shoot that will be airing in two weeks to promote the event and thank our sponsors. My dear friend Grace Huang put together an amazing crew of volunteers. I was really touched to see so many people donate their time and resources to this project, with the goal to raise as much money as possible for EIF’s cancer programs. They knew that if we had to pay for one thing that meant less money went to research.

I want to give a special thanks to our talent: Josh Brown, Toni Belafonte, Alyssa McGarry, Joe Stevens, Maria Diaz, Lisa Wagner, Hank Chen, Herman Mc Dowell, Samantha Stanley, Maye Musk, Allen Enlow, Dipti Mehta, and Lindsey Simcik. Only some are pictured above, but you will see them all in the video. These are all real people touched by cancer who, volunteered their time for this video. You will be able to read their stories when the video is released.

Thank you again to the crew: Director Grace Huang, Creative Director Marilyn Kam, Producer Jessica Haselkorn, Producer Katy Fuoco, 1st Photo Assistant Everett Meisner, 2nd photo assistant Luke Barber-Smith, Editor Brett Fisher, Donna Grossman Casting, Canoe Studios, Industrial Color, Stylist Karin Bereson + No.6 Store, Stylist Sylvia Grieser, Makeup Sam Coffey and Cynthia Sobek, Hair Decyke Heidorn and Rheanne White without whom this would not be possible.

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Who is Stephen Webster

tanya — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 15:03:51 +0000

Not only is Stephen an amazing jeweler he is also a dear friend. While on vacation together last year, we discussed the idea of putting together a fundraising event for cancer research that would be unlike most cancer fundraisers. We wanted this event to rock. Then, Stephen as a jeweler who has created pieces for other benefits, asked if we would like him to create a piece for ours. In great discussion the idea of a new kind of cancer bracelet came to mind. We have loved Stephen’s pieces for years and thought why have just one piece of jewelry, why not auction off 250 pieces for cancer research. So with the combination of jewelery (rocks) and rock and roll the Rocks against Cancer name was born. I won’t tell you what the bracelets look like.. you will have to stay tuned to get a peak at them as we get closer to the event.
For those of you who don’t know Stephen: Stephen Webster is one of the leading British figures in the fine jewellery and silver design industries. Webster’s keen eye for detail, expert craftsmanship and glam-rock attitude has given way to dramatic creations with an eternally chic aesthetic. He designed Madonna’s wedding rings, and other clients include Johnny Depp, Sharon Stone, Axl Rose, Carl Barat and Ozzy Osbourne. The unmistakable amalgamation of precious and semiprecious gemstones set in specially treated metals has led Stephen Webster to a three-time win of the “British Luxury Jeweller of the Year” award and winner of “UK Jewellery Brand of the Year” in 2008. Originating from a modest background, Stephen Webster has evolved into a powerful global luxury jewellery brand with over 120 points of sale worldwide in the United States, United Kingdom, Russia, Dubai, Japan, Ukraine, Europe and Hong Kong and over 20 Stephen Webster boutiques internationally. Webster also continues to build his high-profile celebrity following culminating in an alliance with musical artist Christina Aguilera who appears in the brand’s new advertising campaign for Stephen Webster. The Stephen Webster brand offers the consumer a true lifestyle experience — one which has been credited with unprecedented demand. Stephen is now the creative director for Garrads, the oldest jewelry company in the world, founded in 1735, and the supplier of jewels to generations of royals.
Here is a sampling of Stephens’ work..to see more go here: stephenwebster.com

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The Venue for Rocks Against Cancer

tanya — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 23:45:30 +0000

The venue that we chose for our Rocks Against Cancer fundraising event Benefitting EIF cancer programs is the the Angel Orensanz Foundation for the Arts, situated on Norfolk Street and in the former Ansche Chesed Synagogue. The building is notable for being one of the few synagogues ever built in Gothic revival style, the oldest surviving synagogue building in New York, and the fourth oldest surviving synagogue building in the United States.

Ansche Chesed was built by a congregation of German Jews. The synagogue was designed by architect Alexander Saeltzer. When it opened in 1849, it was the largest synagogue in the United States and could hold up to 1,500 worshippers. From 1886 until 1921, the synagogue was home to Congregation Ohab Zedek. A Polish congregation, Anshe Slonim, worshiped there from 1921 until 1974. By 1974 the Slonim community had dispersed and the synagogue was abandoned and was being vandalized. Spanish sculptor Angel Orensanz purchased the property in 1986 for $500,000 and converted it into an art gallery and performance space. The “Shul of New York” holds its weekly services in the synagogue. The building was designated an historic landmark by the City in 1987. Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick were married here.

The Angel Orensanz Foundation, Inc. was established in 1992 by a group of artists and scholars, inspired by the work of this Spanish/American artist (1942) and the unique architecture of his space in Lower Manhattan. In a short period of time it has affirmed itself as a strong anchor of the visual arts and performing arts and artists in New York. Laurie Anderson, Philip Glass, Bang on a Can, The Institute for the Humanities at NY, The Goethe Institute, The Italian Institute, the British Council, PS1 and various departments of NYU, Columbia University, Princeton University, as well as The State Russian Museum (St. Petersburg), Mass Moca, The Whitney Museum, The Royal Shakespeare Company, Il Ministero per I Beni Culturali of Italy and many other institutions develop there shows and presentations.

The Foundation has just opened an international department and workshop for digital arts: graphic design, web development and video editing as well as exhibition systems and presentation. It produces the quarterly arts magazine Artscape through its subsidiary Artscape Publishers; a weekly TV program (MNN) Arts from the Orensanz airs weekly through MNN, and a series of classical recordings “Live from the Orensanz”, as well as an international exhibitions programs of the work of Angel Orensanz.

To learn more about the foundation please go to www.orensanz.org.

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Rocks Against Cancer benefitting EIF

tanya — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 13:03:35 +0000

We thought you might want to know why we chose EIF for our Rocks Against Cancer benefit. The Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF), as a leading charitable organization of the entertainment industry, harnesses the collective power of the entire industry to raise awareness and funds for critical health, educational and social issues in order to make a positive impact in our community and throughout the nation.

Thanks to the commitment of an extraordinary number of people and companies, EIF is able to champion a wide variety of worthy causes. EIF’s national initiatives raise awareness and crucial funds to address leading health and social issues to include:

EIF’s National Colorectal Cancer Research Alliance (NCCRA ) which is dedicated to the eradication of colorectal cancer by promoting the importance of early medical screening and funding research to develop better tests, treatments, and ultimately a cure. The initiative was co-founded in March of 2000 by Katie Couric, Lilly Tartikoff, and EIF.

Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C) founded by EIF on the belief that there is now sufficient knowledge of the basic science of cancer and that technologies are available to allow the focused practical application and proximal translation of even more basic science knowledge to patients with cancer. Furthermore, the successful application of this knowledge will result in more rapid advances in the treatment of patients and the prevention of cancer in those individuals who are at risk. The purpose of SU2C is to establish and support a focused and intense effort to effect these advances as rapidly as possible. SU2C believes that it can benefit the most patients by accelerating the course of cancer research through raising philanthropic dollars and developing unique mechanisms to utilize these funds. SU2C will utilize mechanisms to foster collaboration of the most talented and promising researchers across institutions; a team-oriented approach that promotes the sharing of information; and a goal-oriented focus on key problems in cancer designed with measurable milestones of progress.

Through its Women’s Cancer Programs, the Entertainment Industry Foundation created and funds two distinct, cutting-edge research projects: one to develop an early detection blood test for breast cancer; and the other to fast-track more effective, less toxic treatments for breast cancer. Annually, EIF runs two of the largest single-day women’s cancer fundraisers in the country — EIF Revlon Run/Walk for Women and Lee National Denim Day.

EIF is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization based in Los Angeles and meets all 20 rigorous Better Business Bureau charity standards. To learn more about EIF cancer programs please visit the Entertainment Industry web site.

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Cancer Fundraiser

tanya — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 04:00:04 +0000

The Farber Center for Radiation Oncology

Presents

ROCKS AGAINST CANCER

A Fundraising Event for Entertainment Industry Foundation
benefiting EIF Cancer Programs.

Thursday, Sept 16th 7pm to 11pm

BLACK TIE ROCK & ROLL STYLE!

To purchase tickets or donate click here: Rocks Against Cancer Tickets

The event will take place at the Angel Orensanz Foundation for the Arts, situated on 172 Norfolk Street in the former Ansche Chesed Synagogue, the venue boasts superbly maintained mid-19th century architecture.

The lounge-style space will feature cocktails and food as well as performances by The Rotten Hill Gang, a six-piece band from London fronted by Mick Jones of The Clash. Eclectic Method featuring London natives Jonny Wilson, Ian Edgar and Geoff Gamlen – who helped pioneer the emerging art of audio-visual mixing since first cutting U2’s Mysterious Ways music video with the Beastie Boys’ Intergalactic as an experiment back in 2002 will close out the night.

The event also includes a silent auction of jewelry by Stephen Webster—three-time winner of the “British Luxury Jeweller of the Year” award and 2008 winner of “UK Jewellery Brand of the Year”—including specially designed bracelets supporting the fight against cancer with net proceeds benefiting EIF’s Cancer programs. Webster is widely known as the jeweler to the stars; his celebrity client list includes Madonna, Elizabeth Taylor, Jennifer Lopez, Kim Cattrall, and Christina Aguilera among others.

Some of EIF’s cancer programs include: Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C), Woman’s Cancer Research Fund, Brains on Bikes, Right Action for Woman, and the National Colorectal Research Alliance

If you are arriving from out of town please contact the Smyth – part of the Thompson Hotels at 85 West Broadway phone: 212.587.7000. We have reserved rooms at a special rate under the group name Rocks Against Cancer.

A special thanks to our current sponsors at the time this blog went out: Stephen Webster, Matthew Robbins Desings, Svendka, Warren Tricomi, and Elekta Inc.

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Veronica Brett’s SEXY Post-Mastectomy Swimwear

tanya — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 20:18:36 +0000

Breast Cancer Survivor Stefanie Larue modeling the 2010 collection

This time of year, swimsuit shopping is hard enough for most women, but for breast cancer survivors it can be brutal.

Patricia Brett, founder and designer of the Veronica Brett swimwear collection for breast cancer survivors and pre-vivors (woman who have had risk-reducing surgeries), is trying to make the experience a little easier.

After testing positive for the BRCA1 gene, Brett had a prophylactic bilateral mastectomy at age 39. Her sister Regina, diagnosed at age 41, is a 12-year survivor, and Regina’s daughter Gabe, who also carries the BRCA1 gene, opted for risk-reducing surgery at age 29. All three were frustrated by matronly selections that currently existed.

This is not a medical apparel, it is swimwear made of exquisite Italian fabrics with buttery soft linings. Every detail of the suits has been carefully considered, down to the little loops on our lace-front halter.
The suits have been strategically designed to cover surgical scars while still giving a semblance of cleavage. The intricate interior construction of pockets can conceal a prosthetic breast as well as properly fit a reconstructed breast. The collection features three one-piece silhouettes, retailing for $198: bandeau (sizes 2 to 14), front-lacing halter (sizes 2 to 16), and a classic wrap (sizes 4 to 16), available in red or black.
Veronica Brett is the only post-mastectomy swimwear collection available in sizes starting at 2.

To learn more about the founder Patricia Brett and read her story go here

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Skin cancer prevention

tanya — Wed, 19 May 2010 16:47:43 +0000

March 4, 2008 by Admiral Baconsquatch

Although the sun has not been shining lately in NYC, it is skin cancer prevention and detection month. Skin cancer is the most common of all cancer types. More than 1 million skin cancers are diagnosed each year in the United States. That’s more than cancers of the prostate, breast, lung, colon, uterus, ovaries, and pancreas combined.

The good news is that you can do a lot to protect yourself and your family from skin cancer. Most skin cancers are caused by too much exposure to ultraviolet (UV) rays. There are two types of rays to be concerned with, UVB and UVA. UVB rays cause a much greater risk of skin cancer than UVA. However, UVA rays cause aging, wrinkling, and loss of elasticity. UVA also increases the damaging effects of UVB, including skin cancer and cataracts. Much of this exposure comes from the sun, but some may come from man-made sources, such as indoor tanning lamps.

What’s important is understanding how to pick the right sunscreen. SPF is the universal measurement of UVB protection. SPF (sun protection factor): measures the length of time a product protects against skin reddening from UVB, compared to how long the skin takes to redden without protection. If it takes 20 minutes without protection to begin reddening, using an SPF 15 sunscreen theoretically prevents reddening 15 times longer — about 5 hours. (Actually, it may take up to 24 hours after sun exposure for redness to become visible.) To maintain the SPF, reapply sunscreen every two hours and right after swimming.

The Skin Cancer Foundation recommends SPF’s of at least 15, which block 93 percent of UVB. While SPF’s higher than 30 block only 4 percent more UVB, they may be advisable for sun-sensitive individuals, skin cancer patients, and people at high risk of developing skin cancer. They also allow some margin for error if too little sunscreen is applied.

Our suntan lotions are good at screening out the sun’s UVB rays — the ones that cause sunburn and skin cancers — but most people don’t realize their sunscreens don’t offer much protection against UVA rays.

One product in particular that has both UVB and UVA protection is La Roche-Posay Anthelios XL Lait SPF. The reason is that is contains Mexoryl. Mexoryl MEXORYL™ SX is the most effective FDA-approved organic filter designed to protect against short UVA rays (maximum absorption at 344nm) with high photostability, a key factor in sunscreen protection efficacy. This high photostability means the sunscreen will maintain a higher UVA protective ability longer and not degrade as quickly as other FDA approved UVA filters when exposed to the sun. People are happily protecting themselves with Mexoryl on the beaches of Rio de Janeiro, the streets of Paris, in Canada, Mexico and Australia. It has just recently been approved by the FDA for use in the US.

The safety and efficacy data for Anthelios SX included information from 28 studies in over 2500 patients, ranging in age from 6 months to over 65 years old. In addition, the contribution of each of the active ingredients to sun protection was studied. Side effects reported during clinical studies were infrequent and non-serious. The most common side effects in patients were acne, dermatitis, dry skin, eczema, abnormal redness, itching, skin discomfort and sunburn.

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