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Toronto, ON – September 22, 2014

The Anthony Passero Salon is thrilled to announce the opening of its brand new salon located in the heart of Yorkville at 114 Cumberland Street on the second floor.

Faced with a devastating fire in early 2014, the salon’s new location has been built to embody the new direction of the Anthony Passero Salon. Much larger in space than the previous site, the salon is now able to accommodate twice the amount of guests. The modern design and concept of the space was visualized by Anthony Passero himself to offer both old and new clientele the ultimate beauty salon experience. The bright, open space allows clients to feel relaxed throughout their appointment and leave feeling confident and uplifted.

“Our stunning new space fits all of our ideas, it’s a great new location to work with,” says Anthony Passero. “We’re back on track, happier, and more motivated than ever. With diverse staff ranging in age and style to this beautiful atmospheric space with multiple offerings, this is only the beginning of Anthony Passero Salon.”

Offering shiatsu and scalp massages, refreshments, and a relaxed environment, the salon’s key focus is their clients’ experience. With clean finishes and minimal design distractions, including a welcoming guest check-in space, clients are made to feel comfortable and at home no matter the length of their appointment. Friendly, down to earth, and experienced the Anthony Passero Salon staff ensure clients receive a tailored salon experience based on individual hair care needs and desires.

The Anthony Passero Salon has teamed up with L’Oreal Professional and Kevin Murphy to help create the very best in hair design. Additionally, products are displayed on the salon’s art-like retail wall comprised of various picture frames, allowing clients to curiously browse without being overwhelmed.

With an early interest in hair and fashion, Anthony Passero knew he wanted to be a hairdresser at only six years old. By age 12, he began shaping, cutting, and styling hair, all from watching other stylists and learning on his own. Eventually, Anthony began working at Salon Eskada in St. Catherine’s, Ontario, where he was mentored by the salon owner and lead stylist. Anthony later moved to Toronto to pursue a Bachelor of Commerce from Ryerson University. Following graduation, he immediately enrolled in Marvel Beauty Schools where he gained more confidence and knowledge, and developed a love for the Yorkville neighbourhood.

In 2009, Anthony began working with veteran hairstylist Robin Barker. For five years, Anthony was mentored while refining his skills; eventually granted the chance to take over Robin’s empire, he made the most of this opportunity and opened Anthony Passero Salon.

From October 23 – November 2, 2014, Anthony Passero Salon is participating in the sixth annual Beautylicious. Showcasing 60 Bloor-Yorkville beauty, health, and wellness specialists, participants have the opportunity to indulge in an array of specially priced hair care, skin care, spa and wellness packages.

Acknowledging the importance of philanthropy, the Anthony Passero Salon also participates in the annual Cut-A-Thon for Parkinson’s. The event is the highlight of Parkinson’s Awareness Month, offering participants the opportunity to visit an elite salon and receive professional hair care products, while raising funds and awareness for Parkinson’s.

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Toronto, ON – September 22, 2014

Actor and filmmaker Mark O’Brien will direct Who Is Hannah, a dark comedy indie short film featuring select cast members of CBC’s Republic of Doyle.

Who is Hannah is the unlikely coming of age tale about a girl who thought she had already come of age. This quirky film is based on the true story of co-writer Claire Stollery’s experience of meeting her biological father for the first time.

Stollery plays herself and stars alongside fan favourite Lynda Boyd and Canadian screen veterans Rick Roberts and Rachel Wilson. The combination of this well-loved cast and Stollery and Hastings’ dark humour will leave audiences wondering if they want to laugh or cry.

In addition, Mark is guest starring in episode three of CTV’s Saving Hope. Going into its third season, Saving Hope is a supernatural medical drama that centres around the lives of the doctors and nurses of Hope Zion Hospital.

Upcoming, Mark O’Brien will reprise his fan favourite role as Des Courtney during the sixth and final season of Republic of Doyle. Audiences will once again get a taste of Mark’s directorial side as he directed the second episode of the new season. Season six of Republic of Doyle premieres Wednesday, October 15, 2014 at 9PM/9:30NT.

Debuting in 2010, Republic of Doyle is an award winning comedy-drama series set in St. John’s, Newfoundland. The show follows private investigator and former police officer Jake Doyle (Allan Hawco) and his father Malachy Doyle (Seán McGinley) whose cases find them involved in all sorts of dealings – not all of them on the right side of the law.

Mark’s character, Des Courtney, is a young Private Investigator, going from a delinquent to a valued member of Doyle & Doyle Investigations, specializing in the technological side of things.

Mark can be recognized for his roles on several hit series including NBC’s Hannibal, where he played a recurring role as Randall Tier, a psychotic serial killer. He has also been featured on episodes of CBC’s Murdoch Mysteries and Syfy’s Warehouse 13. In 2010, Mark starred in the Sundance Film Festival selection Grown Up Movie Star alongside Orphan Black’s, Tatiana Maslany.

Recently, Mark produced and starred in DENNIS, a short psychological thriller inspired by true events. Hitchhiking the Irish Loop of Newfoundland in the summer of 2010, director Nicole Dorsey learned of a series of unsolved kidnappings and murders that occurred through the 1980s. In this short she follows the story of Dennis, played by Mark, capturing his developing psychosis. DENNIS leaves viewers privy to an unsolved case and the possible reasoning for its occurrence.

Mark’s directorial credits can be seen in select episodes of Republic of Doyle, as well as nine short films including Better People, which showcased in 10 film festivals across Canada and the United States, and Sweetieface, seen in film festivals all across the country. Both films received critical acclaim, winning multiple awards including Best Short Film at the 2013 and 2014 WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival. Mark currently has the three features in post-production including The End of Days at Godfrey Global Inventory, Len & Company and The Dark Stranger.

When he’s not busy acting and filmmaking, Mark enjoys reading and playing hockey. He holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in English from Memorial University.

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Toronto, ON – September 18, 2014

Iconic Bollywood musical duo Salim-Sulaiman will embark on their first ever North American tour this November 2014 with stops in Vancouver, San Jose, Calgary, Toronto, Atlanta and Houston.

Accompanied by their band, Salim-Sulaiman will also welcome to tour singers Vipul Metha, winner of Indian Idol 6, and Shweta Pandit, who regularly performs with AR Rahman.

Salim-Sulaiman have been composing music for over a decade having scored for movies including Rab Ne Banadi Jodi, FASHION, Roadside Romeo, Iqbal, Dor, Heroine, Chak De India, and many more.

The versatile duo has scored for a string of Bollywood movies, composed for several Indi-pop sensations including Viva, Asmaan, Shweta Shetty, Jasmine and Style Bhai among others, composed and produced hundreds of TV commercials.

Recognized for their talents throughout the industry, Salim-Sulaiman have received numerous awards including the 2004 Screen Award for Best Background Music for Bahoot; the 2005 Screen Weekly Award for Best Background Music for Dhoom; the 2005 Technical Award for Best Background Score for Ab Tak Chhappan; the 2007 Zee Cine Technical Award for Best Background Score for Krrish; and the 2014 Mirchi Music Award for Best Indi-Pop Song of the Year.

Incorporating cinematic, folk, Electronica and Sufi influences to their music, Salim and Sulaiman Merchant are among India’s most respected composers. Recently they composed the musical Merchants of Bollywood, as well as their much awaited Hollywood film Sold which is rapidly gaining attention at numerous film festivals.

The duo has enthralled audiences across the world with their live concerts, particularly during their performance at the FIFA World Cup 2010 opening ceremony. In addition, Salim-Sulaiman have been part of numerous television shows including their role as celebrity judges on Indian Idol.

Tour Dates:
Vancouver, British Columbia – November 1, 2014
San Jose, California – November 7, 2014
Calgary, Alberta – November 8, 2014
Toronto, Ontario – November 9, 2014
Atlanta, Georgia – November 15, 2014
Houston, Texas – November 16, 2014

For more information visit:
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Salim Sulaiman
Vipul Metha
Shweta Pandit
Moe Jiwan, BM Productions

 

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Toronto, ON – September 17, 2014

TD presents Art With Heart, Casey House’s signature fundraising event. The annual contemporary art auction and reception on Tuesday, October 7, 2014 taking place at The Carlu (444 Yonge Street). The event will raise essential funds for compassionate HIV/AIDS health care. Tickets for the event are on sale now at: www.artwithheart.ca.

Now in its 21^st year, funds raised at this annual art auction that features some of the country’s most celebrated contemporary artists will benefit a number of Casey House’s initiatives including sending skilled teams of registered nurses and workers into clients’ homes, providing rehabilitative care and recreation therapy at Casey House, and bringing specialized HIV nursing care via partner clinics to marginalized people who lack access to treatment.

“Today, more people in Toronto are living with HIV than in 1988, when we first opened Casey House’s doors,” says Steven Endicott, Chief Development Officer, Casey House. “Not only do events like Art With Heart connect us with our community, but they allow us to raise the necessary funds to better assist people in Toronto living with this very challenging disease.”

Since the inception of Art With Heart, over $5.5 million has been raised with the generous bids and donations from Casey House supporters, donors and art lovers.

Art With Heart has consistently promoted excellence in Canadian contemporary art. A curatorial committee of prominent artists, curators, collectors, art enthusiasts and gallery owners select works by emerging and established Canadian artists. From oil on canvas to digital photography, supporters and art collectors alike will be drawn to this incredible collection from some of Canada’s most celebrated artists, this year including Douglas Coupland, Kim Dorland, Erik Olson, and many more.

Art With Heart 2014 will feature limited edition work by the collaborative duo Nicholas Pye and Sheila Pye. Their photograph series Unspoiled is a body of work that evolved out of a desire to ‘perform’ Nicholas and Sheila’s shared personal bond using nature and landscape as territory. A limited edition of fifteen of each of the four photographs in the work are available on auction night or in advance by visiting www.artwithheart.ca.

In addition to showcasing the works of established Canadian artists, Art With Heart also supports emerging artists who continue to push boundaries and influence change.

Art With Heart is offering a free public preview of the full 2014 collection during October 2-5, 2014 from 12PM – 5 PM daily at Waddington’s (275 King Street East).

About Casey House
Founded in 1988, Casey House (9 Huntley Street, Toronto) was the first freestanding HIV/AIDS facility in Canada, creating a specialty HIV/AIDS hospice with community programs including home nursing care and outreach. Free of stigma and fear, Casey House is committed to providing compassionate health care for people living with and affected by HIV/AIDS, in collaboration with its communities.

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CAD $30 Million Pledged by Canadian Health Charities, Government-Funded Organizations, Corporations and the Public

Inaugural SU2C Canada Dream Teams to Begin Research in Summer 2015

Stand Up To Cancer Telecast is Available Online at https://ca.celebrity.yahoo.com/video/stand-cancer-170000054.html

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2014 (TORONTO, ON) — More than CAD $119 million has been pledged so far in connection with the star-studded September 5 Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C) “roadblock” fundraising telecast in Canada and the U.S., it was announced today. The CAD $30 million pledged in Canada will be used by Stand Up To Cancer Canada (SU2C Canada) and in some cases by collaborating organizations to support joint research efforts utilizing the SU2C model and scientific oversight. Funds pledged by the Canadian public during the telecast will stay in Canada to support the creation of collaborative research teams, as well as education and awareness programs conducted in Canada.

“We are enormously grateful to all of our donors and collaborators — from the individual television viewer to large organizations, both in Canada and the U.S. — whose contributions made the telecast a huge success,” said Lisa Paulsen, EIF Canada Board Member and President & CEO of The Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF), the 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that is a co-creator of the U.S.-based SU2C initiative. “All this support, as well as the entertainment community’s — both the stars who volunteered their talents and broadcast and cable networks donating air time — means so much to cancer patients who can benefit from the SU2C approach to research.”

For the first time, there was a Canada-inclusive co-broadcast of the telecast, which aired simultaneously on all four major English-language Canadian networks: CBC, City, CTV and Global, along with Canadian services AMI, CHCH, CHEK, Fight Network, Gusto TV, Hollywood Suite and TLN. The telecast also streamed live and remains available on Yahoo in Canada.

The 2014 SU2C telecast was the first of its kind for Canada. EIF Canada, a Canadian registered charity, utilizes the entertainment industry’s resources via SU2C Canada to engage the Canadian public, health charities, government-funded agencies and corporations in these efforts. EIF Canada’s charitable registration number is 80550 6730 RR0001.

“Canadians have a generous spirit and we are a generous nation,” said Rona Ambrose, Canada’s Minister of Health. “I congratulate the SU2C initiative on their truly innovative approach to supporting cancer research. I am pleased to stand with them and all Canadians who have contributed to this collective effort to tackle this disease.”

In the U.S. ABC, CBS, FOX and NBC, along with ABC Family, American Forces Network, AXS TV, Bravo, Cooking Channel, DIRECTV, Discovery Fit & Health, E!, Encore, Encore Español, EPIX, ESPNEWS, FOX Sports 2, FXM, HBO, HBO Latino, ION Television, LMN, Logo TV, MLB Network, National Geographic Channel, Oxygen, Palladia, Pivot, SHOWTIME, Smithsonian Channel, Starz, TNT and VH1 donated one hour of simultaneous commercial-free primetime for the nationally televised fundraising special on Friday, September 5, broadcast live from the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. The show also streamed live on both Hulu and Yahoo, and is still available on each.

As in 2012, the broadcast was executive produced by Gwyneth Paltrow and Joel Gallen of Tenth Planet Productions in collaboration with SU2C’s production team.

In addition to Paltrow, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Camila Alves, Jennifer Aniston, Kevin Bacon, Justin Bartha, Halle Berry, Jordana Brewster, Pierce Brosnan, Steve Carell, Dane Cook, Bradley Cooper, Katie Couric, Brittany Daniel, Amanda de Cadenet, Giada De Laurentiis, Zooey Deschanel, Robert Downey, Jr., Ben Falcone, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Will Ferrell, Josh Gad, Tony Goldwyn, Topher Grace, Dave Grohl, Kathryn Hahn, Tony Hale, Jon Hamm, Angie Harmon, Mark Harmon, Neil Patrick Harris, Marg Helgenberger, Anna Kendrick, Rob Lowe, Joe Manganiello, Danny McBride, Melissa McCarthy, Matthew McConaughey, Maria Menounos, Mike Myers, Olivia Munn, Matt Passmore, Italia Ricci, Rob Riggle, Mira Sorvino, Hailee Steinfeld, Ben Stiller, Emma Stone, Eric Stonestreet, Alison Sweeney, Justin Theroux, Bree Turner, Sofia Vergara, Charlie Wilson, Reese Witherspoon, and Ethan Zohn participated in the telecast, as did MLB players Jose Bautista, Miguel Cabrera, Paul Goldschmidt, Derek Jeter, Adam Jones, Jon Lester, Giancarlo Stanton and Mike Trout. The Who; the Dave Matthews Band; Ariana Grande; and Lupe Fiasco with Jennifer Hudson and Common delivered one-of-a-kind musical performances.

Yahoo News Global Anchor Katie Couric, who is a co-founder of the U.S.-based SU2C initiative, hosted an On-Stage Digital Lounge, where participating actors and personalities stood the notion of the traditional ‘phone bank’ on its head via “We’re Calling You,” reaching out to supporters via social media and by making phone calls.

“We were thrilled with the way our celebrity ambassadors were able to connect with supporters through the on-stage digital lounge and We’re Calling You campaign,” said Pam Williams, and one of the producers of the telecast, “and it continues to keep people engaged. In just a 24-hour period, the fun thank you video Katie Couric and Rob Riggle sent to a supporter via the facebook Mentions Cube during the show was viewed more than 130,000 times!”

Both #SU2C and #StandUpToCancer trended on Twitter throughout the U.S. and Canada during the broadcast.

The show helps fund SU2C’s groundbreaking approach to translational research, accelerating the delivery of new therapies to patients by getting them from the “bench to the bedside” as quickly as possible. SU2C Canada brings together scientists from different disciplines across various institutions to work collaboratively, rather than competitively. All funds received from the Canadian general public during the broadcast will be directed towards the creation of collaborative research teams, as well as education and awareness programs conducted in Canada.

Organizations collaborating with the SU2C Canada initiative include the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation, with support from The Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC); the Canadian Cancer Society; the Cancer Stem Cell Consortium, with funding from Genome Canada and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research; the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research; and The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids). MasterCard and AstraZeneca Canada are the first Canadian corporate supporters of SU2C Canada.

Executive Producer Gwyneth Paltrow, who lost her father Bruce to cancer 12 years ago, said, “The fight against this insidious disease is very personal for me, as it is for so many of us. One in two men and one in three women will be diagnosed with cancer in their lifetimes, but when we all stand together, we can change the odds. When we all stand together, cancer doesn’t stand a chance. That sense of community is what the telecast is all about.”

“It’s a privilege to work with so many great names from the entertainment community to rally the public around this cause,” said Gallen, who, in addition to serving as executive producer, also directed the show. “But our goal was to remind everyone who the real stars of this movement are the brilliant scientists finding new ways to combat this disease, and the brave patients contending with it every day.”

The broadcast included inspiring stories of people living with cancer who have directly benefited from the type of groundbreaking, translational research that is encouraged and supported by SU2C.

Don Konantz of Vancouver, British Columbia, has been living with prostate cancer since 2013. Don climbed the noted and grueling Grouse Grind every morning before daily radiation treatments over an eight week period. His optimism about the rapid development of new treatment options for his disease motivated him to enter triathlon events, including an upcoming ‘Ironman’ triathlon. Despite feeling he “had no business” taking on such grueling physical challenges, “I started,” he said. “And it felt great.”

Two out of five Canadians are expected to develop cancer in their lifetimes. Every hour of every day, an estimated 22 Canadians will be diagnosed with some type of cancer, and nine people will die from the disease — the leading cause of death in Canada. The SU2C research model was founded on the belief that we are at a pivotal juncture with the potential for transformative progress in cancer research because of two trends: breakthroughs made in our understanding of the basic science of cancer, and technological advances that enable us to translate them into new treatments. Today’s cancer researchers need additional funding to fulfill the promise of life-saving discoveries, and SU2C Canada engages the public to support their work.

It is expected that SU2C Canada, with input from the SU2C Canada collaborators on the focus for inaugural dream team research, will issue a Call for Ideas in Fall 2014 and the first Dream Teams will be announced and begin their work in Summer 2015.

Research proposals will be reviewed by the SU2C Canada Scientific Advisory Committee (CSAC), which will be composed of leading researchers and co-chaired by Alan Bernstein, O.C., Ph.D., FRSC, President and CEO of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR), and Nobel Laureate Phillip A. Sharp, Ph.D., Institute Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and David H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at MIT.

About EIF Canada / Stand Up To Cancer Canada

EIF Canada, a Canadian registered charity (Reg. # 80550 6730 RR0001), founded by the U.S.-based Entertainment Industry Foundation, was established to conduct charitable programs in Canada addressing health and other issues. Stand Up To Cancer Canada (SU2C Canada) is a program of EIF Canada that raises funds to support collaborative research teams, as well as education and awareness programs conducted in Canada.

About the U.S.-Based Stand Up To Cancer Initiative

Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C) raises funds to accelerate the pace of research to get new therapies to patients quickly and save lives now. The U.S.-based SU2C program, part of the Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF), a 501(c)(3) charitable organization, was established in 2008 by film and media leaders who utilize the industry’s resources to engage the public in supporting a new, collaborative model of cancer research, and to increase awareness about progress being made in the fight against the disease.

About the Entertainment Industry Foundation

Stand Up To Cancer is a program of the Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF), the 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization that serves as the collective philanthropy for the television and film businesses. EIF has distributed hundreds of millions of dollars to support programs addressing critical health, education and social issues. For more information, visit www.eifoundation.org.

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Toronto, ON – September 8, 2014

Canadian Screen Award nominated actor Tommie-Amber Pirie is set to join the cast of Syfy and Space‘s most-watched original drama series BITTEN as Paige Winterbourne, an outspoken witch with a spitfire attitude.

BITTEN is a werewolf driven tale revolving around Elena Michaels (Smallville’s Laura Vandervoort), the only female werewolf in history. Learning to cope with problems facing the pack and their supernatural world, this emotionally charged thriller examines the age-old battle between man and beast, with Elena at the centre. Season two of BITTEN will introduce a coven of witches with Tommie-Amber as the fiery daughter of the coven’s leader.

Tommie-Amber can be recognized for her Canadian Screen Award nominated role as Claire Webb on CBC’s Michael: Tuesdays and Thursdays. She can also be seen in hit television series including CTV’s The Listener, Showcase’s Lost Girl, Syfy’s Warehouse 13, and Global’s Rookie Blue.

Recently, Tommie-Amber Pirie took on the role of Gretchen in the romantic comedy feature film The F Word (What If) alongside Daniel Radcliffe and Zoe Kazan. She can also be seen in the films Pretend We’re Kissing, Don’t Get Killed in Alaska, The Birder, and The Trotsky.

Coming up, lookout for Tommie-Amber as Polly in the 2016 Canadian feature film How to Plan an Orgy in a Small Town.

Born and raised in Ottawa, Ontario, Tommie-Amber is a dedicated animal lover and former figure skater with a passion for the arts including fashion, food, and interior design.

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Toronto, ON – August 27, 2014

Award-winning actress Alisen Down stars in FOX and Global’s highly anticipated mystery series Gracepoint, set to premiere on Thursday, October 2, 2014 at 9 PM ET/PT.

Gracepoint is the story of a major police investigation in a small California seaside town after a young boy is found dead on an idyllic beach. Soon deemed a homicide, the case sparks a media frenzy, which throws the boy’s family into further turmoil and upends the lives of all of the town’s residents.

Playing the role of Kathy Eaton, Alisen’s character is the editor of the local newspaper and in many ways is the voice of the town. Trained in the big city, Kathy believes in journalistic integrity, but also seeking and reporting the truth. Her intelligence, intuitiveness and savvy, as well as her compassion and kindness make her an emblem for what Gracepoint represents in today’s world.

Noted for her talent throughout the television industry, Alisen has received numerous awards and nominations; this includes a Leo and Gemini award for her performance in Cold Squad, and a Gemini nomination for her role in the television movie The Life. Alisen also received a Leo nomination for her role as Miranda on Mysteries Ways, and two Leo nominations for her role as Sault Ste. Marie on Robson Arms.

Alisen Down can be recognized from her role as Jean Barolay on the renowned television series Battlestar Galactica. In addition, she has appeared in TV shows including DaVinci’s Inquest, Stephen King’s Dead Zone, Stargate SG-1, Smallville, Flashpoint, Shattered, The L Word, The Killing, CBC’s Murdoch Mysteries and Cracked, R.L. Steins The Haunting Hour, Lost Girl, Supernatural, Transporter: The Series, Haven and more.

Born and raised in British Columbia, Alisen attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in Los Angeles, California and from there went to England to study with the British American Academy in Oxford.

She currently lives in Toronto with her husband, award-winning actor David Richmond-Peck, their son and “family” of animals.

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Toronto, ON – August 27, 2014

Toronto-based musician and poet Sarah Teitel is releasing her first studio album Who Are You Holding, featuring seven original songs and an interpretation of a traditional Welsh folksong. The album is now available for purchase on iTunes (http://bit.ly/1BexD3C) and from Indie Pool (http://bit.ly/1tpKM4l). Who Are You Holding will be officially launched on Friday, September 26, 2014 at 7:00 PM at Project Gallery (1109 Queen Street East) with an exclusive performance by Sarah and showcase of the paintings and drawings she created for the album. The artwork will be on display in Project Gallery from September 26^th until October 1^st.

Sonically, Who Are You Holding is a blend of contemporary and traditional influences with incorporated elements of indie-folk, country, classical, Celtic, and African music.

“Through music and poetry, Who Are You Holding explores the complex nature of the self. How is it that we can be both generous and treacherous towards ourselves and towards others? In what ways are we are own worst enemies? Where in ourselves can we turn to find comfort? What is self-acceptance? Is it possible to achieve?” Asks Sarah.

Sarah produced Who Are You Holding along with Raffi Altounian, a classical guitarist and instructor at the Royal Conservatory of Music whose work was recently featured in the film Robocop. Altounian also arranged the album which was recorded at the Canterbury Music Company in Toronto, and Jeremy Darby engineered (Sara Bareilles, Serena Ryder).

Sarah has been creating in various mediums for the past decade. An accomplished visual artist, her artwork has been showcased in various exhibitions including Brain Paintings, a solo exhibition at the Hang Man Gallery in 2012. Previously, Sarah has performed all over North America including appearances in Toronto, New York City and Texas. She is thrilled to be able to share Who Are You Holding as it is a work that she feels is reflective of human multiplicity, and her own multiplicity as an artist.

For more information visit:
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Niagara Falls, Rockefeller Center®, The Peace Bridge, CN Tower, Willis Tower, Wrigley Building, The Capital Wheel, Houston City Hall, LAX Pylons, One Liberty Place, Pacific Wheel, Toronto City Hall and Leonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill Memorial Bridge, Among Other Locations, To Light Up in Stand Up To Cancer Colors

Live, One-Hour Fundraising Event To Air Friday, September 5, Simultaneously on ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC and 27 Broadcast and Cable Networks, with Canadian Co-Broadcast on CBC, City, CTV, Global and other Canadian services, at 8PM ET & PT / 7PM CT

www.standup2cancer.org | facebook.com/su2c | Instagram: @SU2C | Twitter: @SU2C
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August 27, 2014 (Los Angeles/New York) – Our most iconic structures represent not only the heart of a city, but the soul of its people. More than a dozen buildings and landmarks across the United States and Canada will be illuminated in a united show of support for the upcoming biennial Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C) “roadblock” telecast airing in both the United States and Canada. Participating buildings and landmarks include Niagara Falls and The Peace Bridge (US and Canadian falls), Rockefeller Center® (New York), CN Tower (Toronto), Willis Tower and The Wrigley Building (Chicago), The Capital Wheel (Washington D.C.), Houston City Hall, LAX Gateway (Los Angeles), One Liberty Place and The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (Philadelphia), Pacific Wheel Ferris wheel at Pacific Park on the Santa Monica Pier, Toronto City Hall, the Leonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill Memorial Bridge (Boston), The Parthenon (Nashville), Terminal Tower (Cleveland), Big Dam Bridge and Two Rivers Park Bridge (Little Rock) and The Mitchell Park Horticultural Conservatory (Milwaukee). All will be lit in a combination of SU2C’s signature colors: red, orange, yellow or white. The live, one-hour fundraising telecast, through which the entertainment community engages the public in supporting cancer research that gets new therapies to patients quickly, will air commercial-free simultaneously Friday, Sept. 5, at 8pm/7pm Central.

The telecast will be executive produced by Emmy®-winning producer Joel Gallen, president of Tenth Planet Productions, and Oscar®-winning actress Gwyneth Paltrow. ABC, CBS, FOX, and NBC, along with ABC Family, American Forces Network, Bravo, Cooking Channel, Discovery Fit & Health, E!, Encore, Encore Espanol, EPIX, ESPNews, FOX Sports 2, FXM, HBO, HBO Latino, ION Television, Lifetime Movie Network, Logo TV, MLB Network, National Geographic Channel, Oxygen, Palladia, Pivot, SHOWTIME, Smithsonian Channel, Starz, TNT and VH1 are donating one hour of simultaneous commercial-free primetime for the nationally televised fundraising special on Friday, September 5, to be broadcast live from the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. The show will stream live on Hulu and Yahoo in the U.S.

For the first time, there will be a Canadian-inclusive co-broadcast of the Stand Up To Cancer special this September, which will air simultaneously on all four major English-language Canadian networks: CBC, City, CTV and Global, along with Canadian services AMI, CHCH, CHEK, Fight Network, Hollywood Suite and TLN. All funds received from the Canadian general public during the broadcast will stay in Canada to support the creation of collaborative research teams, as well as education and awareness programs.

Buildings and landmarks to be lit in support of Stand Up To Cancer bring the initiative into communities spanning the continent from east to west:

• The Leonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill Memorial Bridge in Boston will be lit red, orange and yellow from August 28 through August 31. The bridge is one of the widest cable-stayed bridges in the world. The Bridge is named after civil rights activist Lenny Zakim and the American colonists who fought the British in the Battle of Bunker Hill.

• Rockefeller Center® will be lit in a red and orange combination on August 28 from dusk until midnight. The world-famous real estate, shopping and dining complex in midtown Manhattan is also home to the historic Top of the Rock® Observation Deck and the world’s most famous Christmas tree.
• One Liberty Place in Center City Philadelphia will be lit red from August 28 through September 2. One Liberty Place is the 61-story iconic Trophy Tower that redefined the skyline of Philadelphia.
• The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia will be lit red and yellow from August 28 through August 31. Since its start in 1855 as the nation’s first hospital devoted exclusively to caring for children, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia has been the birthplace for many dramatic firsts in pediatric medicine. The Hospital has fostered medical discoveries and innovations that have improved pediatric healthcare and saved countless children’s lives. The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia also has one of the largest pediatric cancer programs in the United States, which has been top ranked by U.S. News & World Report and Parents Magazine.
• The Capital Wheel, National Harbor’s newest world-class attraction, will be lit white, red, orange and yellow on August 28. The Capital Wheel is one of an elite group of observation wheels around the globe. The new attraction soars 180-feet above the Potomac River in Prince George’s County, Maryland.
• The Peace Bridge will be lit orange, red and yellow on August 28. The international bridge spans 5,800 feet and connects the city of Buffalo, New York, to the Town of Fort Erie, Ontario. It is consistently the busiest border crossing for automobiles between Canada and the United States.
• The Niagara Falls Illumination Board will illuminate Niagara Falls in the SU2C colors of orange, red and amber on September 5 at 10:30 p.m. to help raise awareness and support for the Stand Up To Cancer initiative. Niagara Falls is the collective name for the three waterfalls (American, Bridal and Canadian Horseshoe Falls) and two communities that straddle the international border connecting Canada and the United States.
• The CN Tower in Toronto will be lit orange, red and white on August 28. Defining the Toronto skyline, at a height of 553.33m (1,815 ft., 5 inches), the CN Tower is Canada’s National Tower, an engineering Wonder and Toronto’s must see attraction visited by over 1.5 million people each year. 416-868-6937. www.cntower.ca
• Toronto City Hall will be lit red, orange and yellow from August 28 through September 5. The Toronto City Hall is the home of the municipal government of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and one of the city’s most distinctive landmarks.
• Terminal Tower in Cleveland will be lit orange, red and yellow on August 28. The centerpiece of Tower City Center, the striking profile of the Terminal Tower dominates the Cleveland skyline and is visible from virtually all areas of the city.
• The Parthenon in Nashville will be lit red on August 28. Originally built for Tennessee’s 1897 Centennial Exposition, this full-scale replica of the original Parthenon in Athens serves as a monument to what is considered the pinnacle of classical architecture and stands as the centerpiece of Centennial Park, Nashville’s premier urban park.
• Willis Tower will be lit red and orange from August 28 through August 31. Standing tall above every other skyscraper in Chicago, Willis Tower is a 110-story building in the heart of downtown.
• The Wrigley Building in Chicago will be lit red, orange and yellow from August 28 through August 31. The iconic building is part of Chicago’s celebrated Magnificent Mile.
• The Mitchell Park Horticultural Conservatory in Milwaukee will be lit red from August 29 through August 31. Also known as the Mitchell Park Domes, they are the world’s only conoidal glass houses. The three Domes, each almost half a football field wide, by seven stories tall, are home to flowers and plants from tropical and arid locations around the world.
• Big Dam Bridge and Two Rivers Park Bridge in Little Rock will be lit orange, red and yellow on August 28. The Big Dam Bridge spans the Arkansas River and Murray Lock and Dam between Little Rock and North Little Rock and is the longest pedestrian/bicycle bridge in North America that has never been used by trains or motor vehicles. Two Rivers Bridge is a pedestrian bridge that marks the western part of the Arkansas River Trail loop and connects to Two Rivers Park.
• Houston City Hall will be lit orange, red and yellow August 28 through September 1. Located in downtown Houston, TX, the building is the headquarters of the city of Houston’s government. The simply designed structure features many construction details that have helped to make this building an architectural classic.
• The LAX Gateway pylons will be lit orange, red and yellow on August 28, August 30 and August 31. The 1.5-mile lineup of tempered glass columns of increasing height, from 25 to 60 feet along Century Boulevard, culminates with a ring of 15 100-foot-tall columns at the intersection of Century and Sepulveda boulevards. Together, with 32-foot-high letters spelling out “L-A-X,” the pylons have become a landmark and the symbolic gateway of Los Angeles International Airport.
• The Pacific Wheel Ferris wheel at Pacific Park on the Santa Monica Pier will be lit white, red and yellow from August 28 through September 1. The Pacific Wheel is the world’s only solar-powered Ferris wheel featuring 160,000 energy-efficient LED lights that present dynamic, custom, computer-generated lighting entertainment each evening. The nine-story tall Ferris wheel stands 130 feet above the Pacific Ocean and provides guests with spectacular views of the Southern California coastline, Catalina Island, and Santa Monica Bay.

This year’s Stand Up To Cancer roadblock telecast — the fourth since SU2C, the US-based initiative, was founded in 2008 — will feature performances from top recording artists, along with celebrities from film and television, and powerful stories of remarkable progress being made through SU2C-funded research.

This star-studded appeal will continue to build public support to accelerate the pace of groundbreaking translational research that can get new therapies to patients quickly, saving lives and helping more cancer patients become long-term cancer survivors. SU2C brings together scientists from different disciplines across institutions and international boundaries to work collaboratively on promising new treatments that will impact a wide range of cancer types.

The first three SU2C telecasts took place on September 5, 2008, September 10, 2010 and September 7, 2012, and were made available to more than 190 countries. To date, more than $261 million has been pledged to support SU2C’s innovative cancer research programs. Since 2008, the US-based SU2C initiative has funded 12 “Dream Teams” of researchers and two translational research teams, as well as 26 young innovative scientists whose high-risk, potentially high-reward projects are aimed at ending cancer’s reign as a leading cause of death worldwide.

About Stand Up To Cancer

Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C) raises funds to accelerate the pace of research to get new therapies to patients quickly and save lives now. SU2C, a program of the Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF), a 501(c)(3) charitable organization, was established in 2008 by film and media leaders who utilize the industry’s resources to engage the public in supporting a new, collaborative model of cancer research, and to increase awareness about cancer prevention as well as progress being made in the fight against the disease. As SU2C’s scientific partner, the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) and a Scientific Advisory Committee led by Nobel Laureate Phillip A. Sharp, Ph.D., conduct rigorous, competitive review processes to identify the best research proposals to recommend for funding, oversee grants administration, and provide expert review of research progress.

Current members of the SU2C Council of Founders and Advisors (CFA) include Katie Couric, Sherry Lansing, Kathleen Lobb, Lisa Paulsen, Rusty Robertson, Sue Schwartz, Pamela Oas Williams, and Ellen Ziffren. All current members of the CFA were co-producers of the 2012 televised special. The late co-founder Laura Ziskin executive produced both the Sept. 5, 2008, and Sept. 10, 2010, broadcasts. SU2C was formally launched on May 27, 2008. Sung Poblete, Ph.D., R.N., has served as SU2C’s president and CEO since 2011.

In addition to “Visionary” donors Major League Baseball, Cancer Treatment Centers of America, MasterCard, and The Sidney Kimmel Foundation for Cancer Research, other major donors and collaborators that are currently engaged with SU2C include Genentech, Prostate Cancer Foundation, American Cancer Society, The Safeway Foundation, Bristol-Myers Squibb, KWF (The Dutch Cancer Society), St. Baldrick’s Foundation, Lustgarten Foundation, Cancer Research UK, Sean Parker Foundation, Fox Family Cancer Research Funding Trust, Fifth Third Bank, Melanoma Research Alliance, Cancer Research Institute, Room Key, Ovarian Cancer Research Fund, Ovarian Cancer National Alliance, National Ovarian Cancer Coalition, Laura Ziskin Family Trust, Farrah Fawcett Foundation, and Siemens. For more information on Stand Up To Cancer, visit www.standup2cancer.org.

About EIF Canada / Stand Up To Cancer Canada

EIF Canada, a Canadian registered charity (Reg. # 80550 6730 RR0001), founded by the U.S.-based Entertainment Industry Foundation, was established to conduct charitable programs in Canada addressing health and other issues. Stand Up To Cancer Canada (SU2C Canada) is a program of EIF Canada that raises funds to support collaborative research teams, as well as education and awareness programs conducted in Canada.

Organizations collaborating with the SU2C Canada initiative include the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation, with support from CIBC; the Canadian Cancer Society; the Cancer Stem Cell Consortium, with funding from Genome Canada and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research; the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, and The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids). MasterCard and AstraZeneca are the first Canadian corporate supporters of SU2C Canada.

For more information, please visit www.standup2cancer.ca.

About the Entertainment Industry Foundation

Stand Up To Cancer is a program of the Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF), the 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization that serves as the collective philanthropy for the television and film businesses. EIF has distributed hundreds of millions of dollars to support programs addressing critical health, education and social issues. For more information, visit www.eifoundation.org.

About the American Association for Cancer Research

Founded in 1907, the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) is the world’s oldest and largest professional organization dedicated to advancing cancer research and its mission to prevent and cure cancer. AACR membership includes more than 34,000 laboratory, translational, and clinical researchers; population scientists; other health care professionals; and cancer advocates in more than 90 countries. The AACR convenes more than 20 conferences and educational workshops every year, the largest of which is the AACR Annual Meeting with more than 18,000 attendees. The AACR publishes eight peer-reviewed scientific journals and a magazine for cancer survivors, patients, and their caregivers and funds meritorious research directly as well as in cooperation with numerous cancer organizations. As the Scientific Partner of SU2C, the AACR provides expert peer review, grants administration, and scientific oversight of team science and individual grants. For more information about the AACR, visit www.AACR.org.

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Gwyneth Paltrow, Reese Witherspoon, Pierce Brosnan, Jennifer Aniston, Halle Berry, Jon Hamm, Kiefer Sutherland, Ben Stiller, Will Ferrell, Mark Harmon, Rob Lowe, Eric Stonestreet, Danny McBride,
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and More Among Stars To Be Featured in One-Hour Broadcast, with Special Performances by
The Who, Jennifer Hudson, Lupe Fiasco & Common, Ariana Grande, and Dave Matthews

Stars Will Reach Out to Supporters from On-Stage Digital Lounge Hosted by Katie Couric —
“We’re Calling You”; Facebook is SU2C’s Primary Social Media Partner

Event Airing Simultaneously on CBC, City, CTV, Global and Other Canadian Services
8:00 PM ET AND PT / 7:00 PM CT

http://www.standup2cancer.ca | http://facebook.com/su2c.ca | Instagram: @SU2C_CA | Twitter: @SU2C_CA

TORONTO — August 20, 2014 –The Hollywood community is uniting to support Stand Up To Cancer Canada (SU2C Canada), a program of EIF Canada, a Canadian registered charity, by volunteering to participate in the Stand Up To Cancer “roadblock” fundraising telecast Friday, September 5 (8:00 – 9:00 PM ET/PT). Gwyneth Paltrow, Reese Witherspoon, Pierce Brosnan, Jennifer Aniston, Halle Berry, Jon Hamm, Kiefer Sutherland, Ben Stiller, Will Ferrell, Mark Harmon, Rob Lowe, Danny McBride, Eric Stonestreet, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Tony Hale, Marg Helgenberger, Dane Cook, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Matt Passmore, Rob Riggle, Italia Ricci and Bree Turner will appear in the broadcast, with special performances by The Who, Jennifer Hudson, Common & Lupe Fiasco, Ariana Grande, and Dave Matthews. Additional stars and performers will be announced in the coming weeks.

Paltrow and Joel Gallen of Tenth Planet Productions will executive produce the September 5 broadcast, live from the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. For the first time, there will be a Canada-inclusive co-broadcast of the Stand Up To Cancer special, which will air simultaneously on all four major English-language Canadian networks: CBC, City, CTV and Global, along with Canadian services AMI, CHCH, CHEK, Fight Network, and Hollywood Suite.

Instead of the traditional phone bank staffed by celebrities, the September 5 telecast will feature a “digital lounge” on the set, hosted by Yahoo News Global Anchor Katie Couric. Stars in the digital lounge will reach out to viewers via phone, Facebook, Instagram and other social media platforms through an exciting new campaign called “We’re Calling You” that SU2C’s supporters can sign up for, as of today, at werecallingyou.org*.

“Since we started Stand Up To Cancer in 2008, social media has exploded, creating a whole new way to connect,” said Couric, a Co-Founder of the U.S-based Stand Up To Cancer initiative. “So in an unprecedented way, we’ll have plenty of stars reaching out to donors via social media, thanking them through Facebook messages, digital shout outs, Instagrams and tweets. In other words, this year, we are so 2014!”

There have been three previous Stand Up To Cancer roadblock fundraising specials, which aired on dozens of U.S. broadcast and cable networks. Facebook has collaborated with the U.S.-based Stand Up To Cancer program since the first telecast in 2008 and is now SU2C’s primary social media partner. With the “We’re Calling You” activation, Facebook and Instagram will enable supporters and fans in Canada as well as the U.S. to engage directly with their favorite stars. See more at werecallingyou.org.

In the on-stage digital lounge, Katie Couric will tap into the Facebook Mentions Box, which allows supporters to share their connection to cancer and receive real-time responses from celebrities. Other celebrities in the digital lounge will participate in Facebook Q&As, using their own pages to respond live to fan questions. Facebook and Instagram will also have a presence on the star-studded red carpet on Sept. 5 with a photo experience that will capture the stars as they make their way into the Dolby Theatre, sharing those images and videos with fans. All of this, and much more, can be followed on Stand Up To Cancer Canada’s social media feeds (Facebook: Stand Up To Cancer Canada | Instagram: @SU2C_CA | Twitter: @SU2C_CA).

In addition to Facebook, an array of digital and social media platforms and influencers — ranging from reddit, Nerdist, Tumblr, Yahoo, AOL, and Huffington Post are supporting the SU2C telecast this year.

“Cancer affects us all,” said Paltrow, who lost her father, Bruce Paltrow, to oral cancer in 2002, “and each and every person can help the scientists who are working 24/7 to save more lives. We want to get that message out in as many ways as possible, so we’re excited to use social media to reach supporters from all over who are helping to grow the Stand Up To Cancer movement, and hopefully, get even more people to stand up with us.”

This star-studded appeal will help build public support for SU2C Canada, which will bring together scientists from different disciplines and across institutions to collaborate on finding new treatments for a wide range of cancer types. All funds received from the Canadian general public during the broadcast will be directed towards the creation of collaborative research teams, as well as education and awareness programs conducted in Canada.

“It is such an honor to be part of this extraordinary event and movement. Everyone is joining together: the artists are volunteering their talents, the broadcast and cable networks are giving us the time, and the great online community is helping us reach millions of people. It is a powerful and hopeful moment to see so many stand united to turn every cancer patient into a survivor,” said Gallen.

Organizations collaborating with the SU2C Canada initiative include the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation, with funding from CIBC; the Canadian Cancer Society; the Cancer Stem Cell Consortium, with funding from Genome Canada and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research; the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, and The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids). MasterCard and AstraZeneca are the first Canadian corporate supporters of SU2C Canada.

The first three SU2C telecasts took place in 2008, 2010 and 2012 under the aegis of the U.S.-based SU2C program, part of the Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF), a U.S. 501(c)(3) charitable organization, which utilizes the industry’s resources to engage the public in supporting a new, collaborative model of cancer research, and to increase awareness about progress being made in the fight against the disease. To date, more than $260 million has been pledged to the U.S.-based SU2C program.

In the U.S., ABC, CBS, FOX, and NBC, along with ABC Family, American Forces Network, Bravo, Cooking Channel, Discovery Fit & Health, E!, Encore, Encore Espanol, EPIX, ESPNEWS, FOX Sports 2, FXM, HBO, HBO Latino, ION Television, LMN, Logo TV, MLB Network, National Geographic Channel, Oxygen, Palladia, Pivot, SHOWTIME, Smithsonian Channel, Starz, TNT and VH1 are donating one hour of simultaneous commercial-free primetime for the nationally televised fundraising special on Friday, September 5.

About EIF Canada / Stand Up To Cancer Canada

EIF Canada, a Canadian registered charity (Reg. # 80550 6730 RR0001), founded by the U.S.-based Entertainment Industry Foundation, was established to conduct charitable programs in Canada addressing health and other issues. Stand Up To Cancer Canada (SU2C Canada) is a program of EIF Canada that raises funds to support collaborative research teams, as well as education and awareness programs conducted in Canada.

About the U.S.-Based Stand Up To Cancer Initiative

Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C) raises funds to accelerate the pace of research to get new therapies to patients quickly and save lives now. The U.S.-based SU2C program, part of the Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF), a 501(c)(3) charitable organization, was established in 2008 by film and media leaders who utilize the industry’s resources to engage the public in supporting a new, collaborative model of cancer research, and to increase awareness about progress being made in the fight against the disease.

About the Entertainment Industry Foundation

Stand Up To Cancer is a program of the Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF), the 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization that serves as the collective philanthropy for the television and film businesses. EIF has distributed hundreds of millions of dollars to support programs addressing critical health, education and social issues. For more information, visit www.eifoundation.org.

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