Celebs Will Toast Clinton at 'Family' Charity Gala
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Wednesday, March 14, 2001
Bill Clinton will get his first big post-presidential Hollywood embrace April 1 at ''A Family Celebration,'' led by David E. Kelley of TV series fame and wife Michelle Pfeiffer.
Whoopi Goldberg will toast the former prez, and the family charity, in its second year, will give Clinton its ''Highest Honor of Merit.'' Former president Gerald Ford and wife Betty also will receive an award. Other honorees at L.A.'s Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel include 'N Sync, the cast of Kelley's ''Ally McBeal,'' Sylvester Stallone and Bob Newhart .
MTV's Carson Daly will emcee, Britney Spears will be a presenter, and performing after a reception and auction will be the 'N Sync lads, Rod Stewart and Marc Anthony, with David Foster in charge of the music.
Producer Aaron Tonken also co-produced the Hollywood Gala Salute to Clinton last August on the eve of the Democratic convention. ''He's happy to do this for the benefit of the charities,'' which include children's, AIDS and wildlife groups, says Tonken. Clinton will speak, as will Ford. Hillary Rodham Clinton will be doing budget duty in Washington.
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