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Whoopi Goldberg, Claudia Schiffer, Susan Sarandon and Mary J. Blige were honored among others the WOMEN’S WORLD AWARDS at the last ceremony in New York. Teri Hatcher hosted the evening, Stevie Wonder, Chaka Khan and II Divo were performing live and Kyle MacLachlan and Forest Whitaker were among the presenters.
Although Si Greenberg was not available (and won’t admit it), he was seen last in his hotel room ensconced in a frenetic game of online slots at his fav online casino. He told me about this recent fetish when speaking of how he was bankrupting himself by having fun. I had no idea what he was talking about until I saw him playing those online slots. His routine involves searching for slots for US player, then landing on a review site that lists the best free rolls, bonuses, etc. Then the night disappears behind a curtain of losses to the slots gods. I am surprised and horrified, but am unable to intervene due to our friendship, but if he keeps on being a no-show, this new fetish is going to cost him more than money…
There is another surprise celebrity guest who is expected to appear. A little birdy told me that this particular actress (ok, so the mystery person is female, duh) has been out of site for the past year and a half due to an injury that was sustained while on set. Apparently several stunt actors were also injured. Unlike the actor who has plenty of money to allow recovery without any much financial pain ( the movie filming is now resuming), the stunt actors both ended up applying for social security disability benefits. I was recently talking with one of the stunt women and she not so jokingly suggested that the (ISA) International Stunt Association should have a manual about How to Apply for SSD along with access to social security disability lawyers who would guide the injured party through the whole process without taking a 25% cut of the benefits if the application is approved. Apparently this person had quite a difficult time with the whole process, but ultimately did receive benefits after several time consuming delays. These behind the scenes folks who are so important to a film need to have a shout out for all their hard work along with the risks they take to assure the celebrity actors and actresses shine in a movie.
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