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Nobody would accuse Rick Garson of thinking small. The Las Vegas-based music producer is planning a benefit concert in Beijing on April 17 that will rival - and possibly exceed - such celebrity-spangled extravaganzas as Live Aid and Live 8. The ebullient Garson is well aware that China has what might politely be described as a mixed record when it comes to public performances by foreign artists; 2009 alone featured a trail of government last-minute cancellations. Notable among them was the nixing of Oasis concerts in Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong, reportedly because of one band member's attendance...
...Garson says this event, dubbed Show of Peace, will be different. "It won't be a problem," he says. "We're doing it to raise global awareness of what good is coming out of China. [The government is] looking at this as the branding of the new China: red China going green." Participating bands will be donating their time, and half of all money raised will be funneled into global projects dedicated to promoting peace and protecting the environment. The slogan on the concert's website encapsulates Garson's oft-repeated objectives: Peace = Green + No War + Water + Food + Health + Education...
...remain fuzzy, with only legendary former Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page 100% confirmed. The list of invitees constitutes a roll call of the industry's biggest names: Beyoncé, Coldplay, Green Day, Kanye West, Lady Gaga and a host of lesser-known performers from Africa, Asia and the Americas. Garson is well-known in the industry - among other things, he has been executive producer of the Billboard Music Awards and the World Music Awards - and he appears confident the big names will show up. The all-day event is scheduled to be held in front of the iconic Bird...
...winning an Oscar nomination for each of her first three films; in New Haven, Connecticut. After debuting as Bette Davis' daughter in 1941's The Little Foxes, she played Lou Gehrig's wife in The Pride of the Yankees and won an Oscar for her role as Greer Garson's daughter-in-law in Mrs. Miniver. Her wholesome but refined screen presence graced some of the '40s best movies, including Alfred Hitchcock's Shadow of a Doubt and William Wyler's The Best Years of Our Lives. Still, she was fired by her benefactor Samuel Goldwyn for refusing...
...Oscar nomination for each of her first three films; in New Haven, Conn. After making her screen debut as Bette Davis' daughter in 1941's The Little Foxes, she played Lou Gehrig's wife in The Pride of the Yankees and won an Oscar for her role as Greer Garson's daughter-in-law in Mrs. Miniver. Her wholesome but refined screen presence graced some of the best films of the '40s, including Alfred Hitchcock's Shadow of a Doubt and William Wyler's The Best Years of Our Lives. Still, she was fired by her benefactor, Samuel Goldwyn...