New Year's Eve Gala Nets $2 Million
for Los Angeles Public Library
“Made in Hollywood,” a millennium benefit held on New Year’s Eve at Paramount Studios in Hollywood, raised over $2 million for the Library Foundation of Los Angeles’ 20th Century Fund for Children and Reading.
After telling the gathering that the event had generated more than $1 million, Los Angeles Mayor Richard Riordan made a surprise announcement that Universal Studios Chairman Emeritus Lew Wasserman (honored that evening as “Man of the Century”) had contributed an additional million to the library fund.
The gala featured a millennium feast created by chef Wolfgang Puck and Spago catering, and the music of the Frank Sinatra Orchestra led by Frank Sinatra Jr. California Governor Gray Davis and First Lady Sharon Davis led the more than 600 guests in a countdown to midnight, and the event culminated with Mayor Riordan, his wife, and Tonight Show host Jay Leno lighting the Hollywood sign.
Posted January 10, 2000.
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