Julia Roberts Stands Up for a Cure & Dave Matthews
Kevin Mazur / Getty Images
A pretty woman kicked off a night of beautiful music on behalf of lung cancer research.
Julia Roberts made a rare public appearance Wednesday at the Stand Up for a Cure concert at Madison Square Garden to get the sold-out crowd pumped up for the evening's main event, the Dave Matthews Band.
"Hello New York City!" the Oscar winner exclaimed. "I cannot tell you how excited I am to be in the greatest city in the world to introduce one of the greatest bands of the world."
Roberts also took the opportunity to thank all those who made the event possible, saying, "We should all feel good about participating. I'm thrilled to be able to say that on Sept. 10 that we are welcoming some of the heroes and first responders from Sept. 11. As New Yorkers, we are beholden to all of them."
Upon hitting the stage, the band's namesake, whose father passed away from lung cancer, told the audience, "One day, we hopefully won't need to have events like this."
Among the famous folks in the audience were Mary-Kate Olsen and Gossip guy Chace Crawford.
Prior to the big show, a pre-party was held at the Garden, with celebrity spinner Samantha Ronson working the turntables as—surprise, surprise—BFF Lindsay Lohan watched on.
The Big Picture
Glassy Lassie Flashing some casual cool, Jessica Simpson shows off her big...sunglasses in WeHo
More PhotosMost Commented
- Twilight Rewind: Hot Dish From the Cast Last Year! (798)
- Costars and Suits Give Robsten Their Blessings! (648)
- Bitch-Back! Breaking News—Johnny's a Hottie (583)
- Blab Blab Blab: Is Twilight Sexist? (552)
- Truth, Lies & Ted: Twilight Special (478)
- Is New Moon Even Good? (439)
- Why Won't Sarah Palin Go Away? (437)
- Bitch-Back! What's Brad Got to Do With It? (425)
- Is Ugly Betty Ending? And Who Gets the Girl? (393)
- Ridiculous Twilight Hookups in an "All Taken" Cast (348)
Top 10 Stories
- Jon (Plus Flowers) & Kate Reunite to Put Finishing Touches on Divorce
- New Moon Eclipses Dark Knight!
- Dr. Phil, Rachael Ray & More Continue Singing Oprah's Praises
- Michael Jackson's Doc Shipped Propofol From Vegas to L.A., Records Show
- Unleashed Fangirls Derail Justin Bieber Appearance
- Miley Cyrus' Tour Bus in Deadly Crash
- Good News for Miley: She's Officially Not a Racist
- New Moon's "Absolutely Freakish" Debut
- Snipes Appeals Overly Taxing Prison Sentence
- Carrie Prejean's Biblical Boobs Are A-OK!
Fashion Police
Green With Envy?Not quite, but we do give Kristen props for this shot of color during her New Moon press tour
More Photos
Latest Movie Reviews
Get Your E! News Now
24 Comments
-
Show the next 1 - 0 of 24 comments
Now loading...