Have you seen Danny Trejo’s powerful video for Cri-Help, a nonprofit addiction rehab in Los Angeles? The powerful vid has been released ahead of Cri-Help’s 50th anniversary in May and is airing through December for Spectrum subscribers in Los Angeles County on ESPN, CNN, TBS, TNT and ID.
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Kevin Bacon is keeping very busy of late, filming Showtime’s “City on the Hill” in the New York area. He’s also executive producing “Play On: Celebrating the Power of Music to Make Change,” CBS’ Dec. 15 concert special raising money for the NAACP and WhyHunger. He co-hosts with Eve. He’s also a fan of “The Great British Baking Show.” “It’s when I’m in the headspace where I really just want to check out,” he tells me. “But I can’t bake. I’m terrible.”
The CBS special will feature performances by Jon Bon Jovi, Jon Batiste, Machine Gun Kelly, Snoop Dogg, Maren Morris and Sheryl Crow from iconic live venues, including the Troubadour in Los Angeles, the Apollo Theater in New York and the Bluebird Café in Nashville. “Music has been really important to me in my life,” Bacon says. “There are big changes that could happen and there are other changes. You could change your mood. It can change your perspective on how you see something. You can learn a point of view of someone that’s different than you through their songs and through their music.”
He adds, “I’m really proud of the show. I think the choice of the venues is great. The combinations of artists who we’re working with is fantastic and the music is amazing.”
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Hollywood has turned its attention to fundraising efforts for the Jan. 5 Georgia Senate election runoffs between GOP incumbent David Perdue and Democratic candidate Jon Ossoff and Republican incumbent Kelly Loeffler and Democratic challenger Raphael Warnock. “It’s about getting out the vote,” Democratic political consultant John Gile tells Variety. “If we get out the vote, we will win.”
Two upcoming benefits:
Lin-Manuel Miranda and Pearl Jam will have a conversation about artistic inspirations and using their voices for change on Dec. 12. Proceeds benefit the Latino Victory Project, Latino Community Fund Georgia and Hispanic Federation in their efforts to engage the Georgia Latino community. Livestreams on loopedlive.com.
Sarah Silverman, Patton Oswalt, Sarah Cooper and Dulcé Sloan will appear on Dec. 18 on “Riffing for the Georgia Runoffs,” a livestreamed stand-up special produced by The Comedy Resistance, with funds going to voter registration and activation initiatives. Livestreams on RushTix.com.
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