America: A Tribute to Heroes

Starring: Halle Berry, Keith Richards Director: Beth McCarthyMiller, Joel Gallen Original UK Premiere: 2001 Dvd Release: 11th February, 2002 Number Of Discs: 1 Format: Colour, PAL, Region 2 Encoding

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America: A Tribute to Heroes was a benefit concert organized in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center & The Pentagon by the four major United States television networks. It featured a number of national & international entertainers performing to raise money for the victims & their families, particularly but not limited to the New York City firefighters. It aired September 21, 2001, uninterrupted & commercial-free. On a dark stage illuminated by hundreds of candles, twenty-one artists performed songs of mourning & hope, while various actors & other celebrities delivered short spoken messages. Some of the musicians including Neil Young & Eddie Vedder were heard working the phone banks taking pledges. The money raised amounted to about $30 million & was given to the United Way s September 11 Telethon Fund. Bruce Springsteen. My City of Ruins  , a song he had performed at only a few New Jersey shows.

Tribute albums & concerts come & go, but America: A Tribute to Heroes may well stand the test of time. Recorded just 10 days after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, this two-hour US TV telethon has an appropriately sombre tone; its also refreshingly unpretentious & ego-free, with no audience & no onscreen identification, of the musical artists or the actors & others who speak between songs. There are some passionate & moving performances by Bruce Springsteen, Stevie Wonder, Limp Bizkit & friends, Neil Young & several more, easily eclipsing the couple of outright turkeys . To watch the programme after the horror may have started to fade is to be reminded of the extraordinary emotions the tragic events aroused; & while pop music may be superfluous in the big picture, its power to inspire & perhaps even heal is something to behold.,

Halle Maria Berry is an American actress. Berry was born in Cleveland, Ohio. She was named after Halles Department Store, a local landmark. Although she is generally considered African American, she is biracial, with a white English -born mother, Judith Ann Hawkins & a black American father, Jerome Berry. Berrys parents divorced when she was four years old & she was subsequently raised by her mother, a psychiatric-ward nurse. She has an older sister, Heidi. Berry was a popular student at her high school & was a cheerleader, honor society member, editor of the school newspaper, class president & prom queen. She subsequently attended Cuyahoga Community College. Before becoming an actress, she entered several beauty contests including Miss Ohio USA, Miss Teen All American, Miss USA & Miss World. Her talents as an actress have often been overshadowed by her physical beauty. In the late 1980s, she went to Chicago to pursue a modeling career as well as acting. One of her first acting projects was a television series for local cable by Gordon Lake Productions called Chicago Force. Posters Of Halle Berry

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Keith Richards, is a British guitarist & songwriter, best known for his work with the The Rolling Stones, the band he founded with vocalist Mick Jagger & Brian Jones in 1962. His nicknames include Keef Riffhard  . In addition to his work with The Stones, Richards also has worked as a session guitarist with artists as varied as Gram Parsons, Tom Waits, Bono & The Edge of U2, Nona Hendryx, John Phillips & Aretha Franklin. Keith Richards was a war baby born in the crossfire hurricane of German bombings in the Battle of Britain. He was an only child, reportedly conceived as a way to get his mother Doris Richards off the War time factory production line. Richards father Bert was a disabled War veteran & working class factory labourer. Despite the familys modest station, Richards paternal grandparents were socialists & civic leaders. His maternal grandfather was a one time jazz / big band musician, that had toured Britain. In interviews, Richards often cites his mothers father as a leading influence in his young life. He also admired the singing American Western film star Roy Rogers. Posters Of Keith Richards

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