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Harry, Carrie and Garp online for 2 days only

edited August 2006 in General news
NEW YORK, Aug. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- For those book lovers and fans world-wide who could not attend the star-studded literary event at Radio City Music Hall last week, "AN EVENING WITH HARRY, CARRIE & GARP" will now be available to watch free of charge in its entirety for two days only. On Thursday, August 10 and Friday, August 11 MSN will stream the event at http://video.msn.com/ , and beginning on Saturday, August 12 until the end of the month, highlights will be available on demand. MSN will enable viewers to make contributions to The Haven Foundation and Doctors Without Borders.



"AN EVENING WITH HARRY, CARRIE & GARP" was presented last week and brought together bestselling authors J.K. Rowling, Stephen King and John Irving and a star-studded line-up of presenters including Kathy Bates, Whoopi Goldberg, Tim Robbins and Stanley Tucci. The authors each read selections from their own works and answered questions from the audience with CNN anchor Soledad O'Brien moderating.



Proceeds from the readings benefit two non-profit organizations: The Haven Foundation, which helps freelance performing artists and writers whose accidents or illnesses have left them unable to work http://www.thehavenfdn.org/ , and Doctors Without Borders/Medecins San Frontieres (MSF), the international independent medical humanitarian organization http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/ .



Presenting sponsors Scholastic and Simon & Schuster/CBS Corporation were joined by media sponsor MSN and co-sponsors SONY, TNT and Warner Bros. as well as Creative Artists Agency and Disney-ABC Television Group.


Comments

  • I watched this last night. It was very entertaining indeed.



    I must say, I thought John Irving's reading was hilarious. He was able to put so much expression into Owen's falsetto voice.



    HBJ
  • I agree. It was a gamble--using the falsetto could have been lame and grating, but it wasn't at all. It was hilarious.
  • The event, which sold out the 6,000 seats at Radio City both nights, raised $250,000 for each of the charities, which were chosen by King and Rowling.
  • Wow that is impressive. I quite enjoyed the video, too bad there is no DVD being made available.
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