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Posted on: Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Arts groups awarded $1.2M in grants


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At the annual Golden Globe Awards, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association gives away gold-and-marble statuettes.

At its annual summer luncheon yesterday, the group gave away $1.2 million in grants to arts organizations nationwide.

Warren Beatty, Rose McGowan, Eva Longoria Parker and Dylan McDermott were among the stars who joined association President Philip Berk at the Beverly Hills Hotel to present grants to 29 film schools and nonprofit groups.

The private, untelevised luncheon drew scads of celebrities and industry execs, who shmoozed over champagne and fine food.

CHARITY HONORS ROCKER AS PERSON OF YEAR

Neil Young has been named the 2010 MusiCares person of the year.

Neil Portnow, president of the MusiCares Foundation and The Recording Academy, named the 63-year-old Young yesterday as the honoree for his "standard of artistic integrity and iconoclastic creativity for more than four decades."

Young will be saluted at a dinner and concert in Los Angeles on Jan. 29, two days before the 52nd annual Grammys. The event marks the music industry charity's 20th person of the year tribute.

HUDSON WELCOMES HER FIRST CHILD

Jennifer Hudson has a new role — that of a proud mother.

The 27-year-old Oscar winner gave birth to her first child, David Daniel Otunga Jr., on Monday, according to her publicist, Lisa Kasteler of WKT Public Relations. He is named after her fiance, David Otunga. The baby weighed 7 pounds, 14 ounces.

JACKSON PROBE TARGETS VEGAS PHARMACY

The potent anesthetic that Michael Jackson's doctor gave him as a sleep aid came from a Las Vegas pharmacy, which was searched yesterday by federal drug agents and police, a law enforcement official said.

Authorities are investigating Jackson's June 25 death as a manslaughter and believe the anesthetic propofol he was given was a major factor.

Jackson's physician, Dr. Conrad Murray, is the focus of the investigation. He has told investigators he administered propofol and multiple sedatives to Jackson in the hours before he died, said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the investigation is ongoing.