Hollywood Comes Together for First Annual 'Noche de Ninos'

Hollywood Comes Together for First Annual 'Noche de Ninos'
Banderas, Saban, and Yemenidjian Set to Chair Star-Studded Benefit for
Childrens Hospital Los Angeles 


LOS ANGELES, Aug. 9  /PRNewswire/ -- Some of the biggest names in Hollywood are
gearing up to host one of the most important nights this fall: film star
Antonio Banderas, child advocate Cheryl Saban, and MGM Chairman and CEO Alex
Yemenidjian have joined forces to chair the first annual "Noche de Ninos"
("Children's Night"), a star-studded benefit for Childrens Hospital Los
Angeles.  Giselle Fernandez-Farrand is executive producing the event, with
David Foster and Humberto Gatica as entertainment producers.

Set for October 2nd at 6:00 p.m. at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, "Noche de Ninos"
will feature entertainment from the evening's emcee, TV star and comedian
George Lopez, as well as Latin music superstars Marc Anthony, Alejandro Sanz,
and Carlos Baute, dancer Joaquin Cortez, and singer/actress Renee Olstead.  In
keeping with the evening's Latin theme, the menu is being overseen by
celebrated chef Julian Serrano from Picasso at Las Vegas's Bellagio Hotel;
Serrano will prepare his signature paella.  With many of Hollywood's elite
already slated to attend, the festivities will celebrate and benefit the
Campaign for Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, an effort to raise $500 million
for new facilities as well as for endowment, program, and annual support.

"With the help of the community, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles has been
providing state of the art health care for children for over 100 years," says
Saban, a member of the Childrens Hospital Los Angeles Board of Trustees.  "I'm
honored to be a part of this institution's ongoing search for cures, and to
support the compassionate, family-centered care the dedicated medical
professionals at CHLA provide for their young patients."

"The work done by Childrens Hospital Los Angeles is humbling," says
Yemenidjian.  "It would be difficult to find a cause more worthy of support.
The work done by the doctors, nurses, and other caregivers at this
extraordinary place is not only of the highest quality, but it is done without
regard to a patient's ability to pay."

For more information on Childrens Hospital Los Angeles or for sponsorship or
volunteer opportunities, please contact Susan Harlow at 323-671-1748 or visit
http://www.childrenshospitalla.org/.  For press inquiries and information
regarding the "Noche de Ninos" fundraising celebration, please contact Tatiana
Berman at 310-385-4439.

Founded in 1901, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles has been treating the most
seriously ill and injured children in Los Angeles for more than a century, and
it is acknowledged throughout the United States and around the world for its
leadership in pediatric and adolescent health.  Childrens Hospital is one of
America's premier teaching hospitals, training more young pediatricians than
any other health care facility in California through its association with the
Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California since 1932. It
is a national leader in pediatric research.

Today, physician-scientists at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles address the most
vexing pediatric medical problems and discover important new therapies for
children everywhere, including advances in cancer care, gene transfer, stem
cell and organ transplantation and diabetes.  The Saban Research Institute is
among the largest and most productive pediatric research facilities in the
United States, with 91 investigators at work on 234 laboratory studies,
clinical trials and community-based research and health services.  It is one of
the few free-standing research centers in the nation to combine scientific
laboratory inquiry with patient clinical care -- dedicated exclusively to
children -- and its base of knowledge is widely considered to be among the best
in pediatric medicine.

Since 1990, U.S. News & World Report and its panel of board-certified
pediatricians have named Childrens Hospital Los Angeles one of the top
pediatric facilities in the nation.

Visit Childrens Hospital Los Angeles at http://www.childrenshospitalla.org/.

For further information please contact Tatiana Berman of Arenas Entertainment,
[phone], or Steve Rutledge of Childrens Hospital Los Angeles,
[phone]. 

DATASOURCE: Noche de Ninos



CONTACT:  Tatiana Berman of Arenas Entertainment, [phone], or

Steve Rutledge of Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, [phone]



Web site:  http://www.childrenshospitalla.org/ 

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