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State Representative Connie Johnson and an awkward State Senator Harry Kennedy joined celebrity doctor Ian Smith, comedian J. Anthony Brown, old school hip-hoppers Biz Markie and Slick Rick, St. Louis Ram legend Marshall Faulk, and other celebrities at the 50 Million Pound Challenge event at Union Station this weekend.
The Challenge is a party with a purpose, promoting physical fitness and health among African Americans while bringing some great (and free, thanks to State Farm) music performances to cities all across America.
Organizers called the St. Louis event a huge success, with thousands of people showing up and tens of thousands of pounds pledged to be lost.
WARNING: This video contains language which some may find objectionable.
The following video is making its way around the Web. It is basically a compilation of prank calls to various C-SPAN call-in shows -- many of them from fans of shock jock Howard Stern.
In one segment, St. Louis activist and former Congressional candidate Eric Vickers gets a call from a woman in Baltimore who just couldn't contain her physical attraction to him. Pretty funny stuff.
St. Louis natives and Hollywood players Cedric the Entertainer and Eric Rhone will be speaking tonight at the Webster University School of Business and Technology. As part of the University's "Success to Significance" speaker series, Cedric and Rhone will discuss the business of the entertainment industry.
Cedric is one of the most successful comedians/actors ever to come out of St. Louis. He has starred in numerous films and even performed before the President at the annual White House Correspondents Dinner.
Rhone is the "man behind the man," serving as Cedric’s manager, producer and business partner. He is also a board member of the St. Louis RCGA. The duo have worked together on movie and TV projects including: "The Original Kings of Comedy", "Barbershop", "Intolerable Cruelty", animated features like "Madagascar" and "Ice Age", and a series of Bud Light commercials.
The event starts at 7:00 p.m. and is free, but reservations are requested. Click here to RSVP or view future speakers.
Comedian and radio talk-show host Al Franken will be doing a live broadcast of his Air America radio show from the campus of Washington University next week.
Franken, an outspoken liberal and a favorite target of conservative pundits, will be broadcasting from Graham Chapel (just north of the Mallinckrodt Student Center, 6445 Forsyth Blvd) on Tuesday, April 25, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
