The Denver Press Club’s annual Gridiron Dinner yuks it up Friday night at the L2 Art and Culture Center at 1477 Columbine St. Tix are $20 at .
Press Club president Bruce Goldberg says they switched from the hotel/dinner format to a 90-minute show in a theater. It’s cheaper — and I bet more fun.
The show will feature a fake newscast (anchored by Mike Landess and Cynthia Hessin). Fred Brown recites his clever haikus. And you’ll hear plenty of parody songs, think of out-of-control spending to the tune of “Anything Goes.” Easy targets are Rep. Anthony Weiner, medical marijuana and, of course, Tom Martino, who probably won’t be there.
Gov. John Hickenlooper has put a band together and will put some new lyrics to “Stand By Me.”
“We’re in an era right now where people need laughs more than ever,” says Goldberg. “And I think we got them.”
Foxx in town.
Oscar-winning actor Jamie Foxx was in town Saturday for his sister — to honor her, love her and sing to her.
His sis, the angelic DeOndra Dixon, was the 2011 Ambassador at Saturday night’s Be Beautiful Be Yourself Jet Set Fashion Show benefiting the Global Down Syndrome Foundation. He surprised her with a serenade.
The gala was expecting 1,1000 people and hoped to raise more than $1 million, dedicated to improving the lives of people with Down syndrome.
Skedded for the red carpet: Foxx, music man Quincy Jones, actor John C. McGinley, supermodel Beverly Johnson and Peggy Tanous of the “Real Housewives of Orange County.”
City spirit.
Lionel Bienvenu and Lisa Hidalgo from Channel 7 will be contestants on “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire,” airing at the end of November. If they win, the dollars go to Big Brothers Big Sisters of Colorado. . . . Don’t miss Monday night’s Plates for the Peak, Vesta Dipping Grill’s funder for Urban Peak. Great cause, great food, $75 tix at . . . . Sez who: “Why not have something positive and stamp it with blackness?” — Jamie Foxx
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