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Celebrating America’s Heroes and The Wounded
Warrior Project
Emmy-Award winning TV and Radio host Rita
Cosby celebrates her 50th
50 + Celebrities and VIPs from Military, Law
Enforcement and Entertainment
Salute the Warriors
New York, NY – On Monday, November 17th,
FOX News’ Geraldo Rivera emceed a spectacular
star-studded evening that supported the Wounded Warrior
Project at The Edison Ballroom with about one thousand
attendees. Occurring just after Veteran’s Day, the evening
included an impressive program that opened with an exciting
performance by the Navy Color Guard and NYC Shield
Pipe Band. The legendary songstress Dionne Warwick
and her granddaughter, Cheyenne Elliott, debuted
their latest duet, entitled, “Let There Be Love,” along with
performances by acclaimed actor Robert Davi, who
galvanized the crowd with classic Frank Sinatra tunes, and
The Voice’s Blessing Offor. Next up,
Award-winning singer Tomaczek Bednarek performed and
captivated the crowd to chant “USA, USA, USA!” There was
also a sneak peek at the highly anticipated, soon-to-be
released WWII film, “Little Boy,” (Open Road Films).
The program culminated in a special 50th
birthday celebration for Emmy-Winning TV and Radio Host
Rita Cosby. Geraldo Rivera and John and Margo
Catsimatidis sang Happy Birthday to Rita while
presenting her with a beautiful cake. The crowd
danced the night away to music by DJ Jimmy and the Billy and
The Showmen band.
Attendees included the stars from “Little
Boy”, including David Henrie and Eduardo
Verastegui, as well as philanthropists, John and
Margo Catsimatidis and Jean Shafiroff, former
NYPD Commissioners, Ray Kelly, Howard Safir and Bernie
Kerik, actors Danny Aiello, Paul Sorvino,
Stephen Baldwin, Dominic Chianese, Julianne
Michelle, Tina Louise, Stacey Dash,
Audrey Landers, Michelle DeShon, Stephanie
Szostakc, Courtney Hope, Brian Armstrong,
Andrew McLaren, FOX News’ Gretchen Carlson,
Kimberly Guilfoyle, Bill Hemmer, Ainsley Earhardt, Andrea
Tantaros, Lis Wiehl, Cheryl Casone, Heather Childers, Laura
Ingle, Gerri Willis and Dee Dee Benkie, Fox 5
NY’s Ernie Anastos and Greg Kelly, Weather
gals Janice Dean, Amy Freeze and Janice Huff,
TV and radio host, Lynne White, CNN Media host,
Brian Stelter, WABC radio hosts Pat Kiernan (NY1
anchor), Curtis Sliwa and Noam Laden, WCBS-TV
anchor, Kristine Johnson, NY1 Traffic Reporter,
Jamie Stelter and anchor Roma Torre, WPLJ radio
host, Ralphie Aversa, celebrity blogger and TV
personality, Perez Hilton, top models Cindy Guyer
and Jordan Tesfay, Miss New York, Jillian Tapper,
former Miss America Kirsten Haglund, recording
artist, Stefani Vara, reality television stars
Rino and Teresa Aprea and Nicole Napolitano of
The Real Housewives of New Jersey, famous mentalist, The
Amazing Kreskin, author and noted physician, Ben
Carson and Sharon Bush.
In addition, 50 leaders of the other largest
veterans groups in the US, a hundred Wounded Warriors and
their families, as well as many other notable guests and
supporters of the Wounded Warrior Project, which is
celebrating its 10th anniversary of helping our most
severely wounded troops. More than a hundred members of the
media, including many prominent TV news celebrities from all
the major networks, were also in attendance for this
extraordinary and very high profile evening.
One very special guest that was in attendance
is Anna Sharpe. Rita Cosby's and Anna’s respective fathers
met in a POW camp in Germany during WWII and became best
friends.
They were both rescued by US troops. While
writing her bestselling book “Quiet Hero,” Rita reached out
to Anna to reunite her father with his long-lost friend. By
uncovering their fathers’ past, a friendship between Rita
and Anna bloomed. Now Anna is making a special trip to
celebrate her dear friend's birthday, as well as celebrate
those in service.
The event committee included: Donald Trump,
Mark Burnett, Roma Downey, Dennis Miller, Michael Bolton,
Karolina Kurkova, Peter Fonda, Julianne Michelle, Vince
McMahon, Susan Sarandon, Gary Sinise, Joe Mantegna, Tony
Orlando and Joe Theismann.
About Wounded Warrior Project
Wounded Warrior Project is recognizing its
10-year anniversary, reflecting on a decade of service and
reaffirming its lifetime commitment to serving wounded
veterans. The mission of Wounded Warrior Project is to honor
and empower Wounded Warriors -- by raising awareness and
enlisting the public’s aid for the needs of injured service
members, by helping injured servicemen and women aid and
assist each other, and by providing unique, direct programs
and services to meet their needs. WWP is a national,
nonpartisan organization headquartered in Jacksonville,
Florida. To get involved and learn more, visit
www.woundedwarriorproject.org You may also visit
www.p10.org
for more information on the 10-year
anniversary. |