(This article originally appeared in the August 8th, 2011 edition of the Century City News)
The Somaly Mann Foundation launched “Project Future” at the SLS Hotel in Beverly Hills. Ms. Mann, Cambodian child slavery survivor and creator of the Foundation, presented a new platform to engage volunteers, activists and young professionals to join the fight against modern day child sex slavery.
Somaly has rescued over 7,000 young women and children, and was named CNN Hero and is one of Time Magazines 100 Most Influential People.
Among her supporters attending the event were actors Ron Livingston, Rosemarie DeWitt, Anna Lynne McCord (90210) and Ashley Rickards (One Tree Hill & Fly Away).
By utilizing their talents these volunteers create campaigns and events to raise awareness and needed funds toward the fight against the ever-growing global crisis of child sex slavery.
We were thrilled to spend some time with the Queen of Mystery Writers, Mary Higgins Clark, who is the author of over 40 best selling books, at a Literary Soiree at the home of Producer Bruce Cohn Curtis. Bruce, who is a scion of the legendary Cohn Dynasty (his great uncle was Harry Cohn) has produced numerous films based on Mary’s novels, including The Cradle Will Fall, Try to Remember & A Crime of Passion.
Bruce hosted a Birthday Bash and invited a slew of famed authors, including Rochelle Majeer Krich, who wrote 14 mystery books, including Where’s Mommy Now, which he turned into a movie (Perfect Alibi) starring Hector Elizando and Teri Gar.
Carol Higgins Clark, Mary’s beautiful daughter, is also a best selling author. Her 10thmystery novel – Mobbed – has just been released to rave reviews.
Other celebs in attendance included feisty actress Estelle Getty (series regular on Seinfeld) andFrance Nuyen (South Pacific).
One of Bruce’s most intriguing films, Dreamscape, with Denis Quaid is currently in negotiations for a sequel. Quaid and Kate Capshaw (Steven Spielberg’s mate) would return if they like the concept. With the great success of Inception, dreams are back in vogue. Best of luck to our producer pal, Bruce!
Michael Douglas Carlin is the director of the movies Luvicide and American Federale. Recently he completed a ten-year stint as the Publisher and Editor of the Century City News. Here his articles turned into three books: Rise a Knight, A Prescription for Peace, and Peaceful Protests.
