The Party Report: Season of Giving Kicks Off With Starry Galas and the Return of TheGrill
thewrap.com2022 Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Gala Barker Hangar, Santa MonicaJustin Timberlake and Jessica Biel (clad in a feathery Giambattista Valli Haute Couture gown) led the charge at the 2022 Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Gala, helping to raise a record-breaking $5.5 million for that medical center dedicated to healing children.
Timberlake put on a show that had the whole place up and dancing, as Chris and Robert Pine served as hosts of the party held at the Barker Hangar, which is a perfectly mutable space with plenty of parking, making it a favorite of the charity gala crowd.
The cause is very close to Biel’s heart, as her niece had successful heart surgery at CHLA; Jimmy Kimmel joined the festivities, too, for his baby boy also had life-saving surgery at the hospital (he is now 5 years old).
Christopher Nolan and Emma Thomas made the scene, as did Chuck Lorre, Matt LeBlanc and Nikki DeLoach. Timberlake performed for about 40 minutes and gave a heartfelt tribute to the medical staff at the hospital from the stage. “My kids have not had the need to be at CHLA,” he said. “I think about all the lives that all of you have saved and I just want you to know that y’all are not unnoticed, especially to a father like me with a 7-year-old and a 2-year-old.”Barbara Berlanti Heroes Gala Benefiting F*ck Cancer Barker Hangar, Santa MonicaAnother important fund raising gala happened at the Barker Hangar on a different night, as the Barbara Berlanti Heroes Gala Benefiting F*ck Cancer brought together honorees Rachel Zoe, Jennifer Salke and Julie Plec and a host of famous faces ready and willing to lend their support to the cause of eradicating cancer.
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