JUNE 2012_Beverly Hills Times Mag. 6/25/12 1:08 PM Page 8
American Idol Live! Partners with The Heart Foundation
David Foster presents The Steven S. Cohen Humanitarian Award to Dr. P.K. & Kimberly Shah, with Heart Foundation Chairman Mark Litman
Karen & Larry Platt, Chairman, Board of Directors, CedarsSinai Medical Center
Dana Carvey with Paul Anka
Gala Chairs Burt Sugarman and Mary Hart
Michael Bublé with honoree Dr. P.K. Shah
Previous Award honorees Anne and Kirk Douglas
Heart Foundation Chairman Mark Litman (right) with his sons Riley, Jordan and wife Tamara Litman. 8 // bhtmag.com //
Previous honoree Berry Gordy with his wife Eskedar Gordy
Paul Stanley (KISS) and his wife Erin Sutton
Tommy Thayer (KISS) & his wife Amber Thayer
Heart Foundation Chairman Mark Littman and Michael Bublé Benefitting The Heart Campaign, emcee Ryan Seacrest announced American Idol Live! Tour 2012 to donate one dollar from each ticket sold to support heart disease research. The night of musical entertainment by Grammy award-winning singer/actor Michael Bublé at The Hollywood Palladium honored The Steven S. Cohen Humanitarian Award to Kimberly & P.K. Shah, MD, Director of Cardiology and Oppenheimer Atherosclerosis Research Center at Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute. A brilliant performance by comedian Dana Carvey kept all in a celebratory mood. Multi-award winning composer, singer, songwriter and record producer David Foster presented the award to the Shahs. Shelli and Irving Azoff, Mary Hart, Burt Sugarman, Inge and Franky Widjaja co-chaired. Tickets for the AMERICAN IDOL LIVE! TOUR can be purchased: www.AmericanIdol.com, www.aeglive.com or www.ticketmaster.com); the tour kicks off July 6, in Detroit. “We are thrilled to partner with American Idol Live! on The Heart Foundation!s One Event Encee For The Heart campaign to fight heart disease; the #1 Ryan Seacrest cause of death for men and women in the U.S.," said Mark Litman, Chairman of The Heart Foundation and close friend of the late Steven Cohen, in whose memory the organization was founded. “This partnership will help raise awareness of heart disease and fund the incredible life-saving research being done by P.K. Shah and his extraordinary team of doctors." Guests received a Sony Reader Wi-Fi, the world!s lightest 6” eReader; the first to offer wireless public library downloads from the device. www.TheHeartFoundation.org
Michael Bublé & Paul Anka on stage performing “My Way”
Chelsea Handler
Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale Photos: Vince Bucci