Hollywood Comes Together For First Annual ‘Noche de Ninos’.

Some of the biggest names in Hollywood are gearing up to host one of the most important nights this fall: film star Antonio Banderas, child advocate Cheryl Saban, and MGM Chairman and CEO Alex Yemenidjian have joined forces to chair the first annual “Noche de Ninos” (“Children’s Night”), a star-studded benefit for Childrens Hospital Los Angeles. Giselle Fernandez-Farrand is executive producing the event, with David Foster and Humberto Gatica as entertainment producers.

Set for October 2nd at 6:00 p.m. at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, “Noche de Ninos” will feature entertainment from the evening’s emcee, TV star and comedian George Lopez, as well as Latin music superstars Marc Anthony, Alejandro Sanz, and Carlos Baute, dancer Joaquin Cortez, and singer/actress Renee Olstead. In keeping with the evening’s Latin theme, the menu is being overseen by celebrated chef Julian Serrano from Picasso at Las Vegas’s Bellagio Hotel; Serrano will prepare his signature paella. With many of Hollywood’s elite already slated to attend, the festivities will celebrate and benefit the Campaign for Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, an effort to raise $500 million for new facilities as well as for endowment, program, and annual support.

“With the help of the community, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles has been providing state of the art health care for children for over 100 years,” says Saban, a member of the Childrens Hospital Los Angeles Board of Trustees. “I’m honored to be a part of this institution’s ongoing search for cures, and to support the compassionate, family-centered care the dedicated medical professionals at CHLA provide for their young patients.”

“The work done by Childrens Hospital Los Angeles is humbling,” says Yemenidjian. “It would be difficult to find a cause more worthy of support. The work done by the doctors, nurses, and other caregivers at this extraordinary place is not only of the highest quality, but it is done without regard to a patient’s ability to pay.”

For more information at http://www.ChildrensHospitalLA.org