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Posted on May 25, 2010 @ 11:30AM - 6 comments
In an interview with Matt Lauer Tuesday morning on The Today Show, Roger Neal, the publicist for Brittany Murphy’s late husband, Simon Monjack, expressed his shock at the sudden death of the 40-year-old.
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EXCLUSIVE: Brittany Murphy Friend Says Foundation Will Be Back
Posted on Feb 15, 2010 @ 02:27PM - 1 comment
The Brittany Murphy Foundation may have been ground to a halt this week over some technicalities, but her longtime friend Hayley Taylor tells RadarOnline.com that it will be back.
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Murphy's husband Simon Monjack and her mother Sharon announced that the were going to return donations already received since the foundation was listed as private. The charity's website no longer accepts donations at this time.
“We always had plans to make it nonprofit, it just takes time," Taylor, who also works for the Brittany Murphy Foundation, said. "We're still working on it."
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As for the abruptly cancelled February 4 fundraising event, Taylor says it will be rescheduled along with the foundation's launch.
“We’re rescheduling the memorial," she confirmed. "And we’re going to reschedule the launch of the foundation after that and as soon as it goes non profit.”
Donations To Brittany Murphy Foundation Are Returned
Posted on Feb 15, 2010 @ 06:35AM - 1 comment
Brittany Murphy's husband Simon Monjack and mother Sharon are returning any donations made to the Brittany Murphy Foundation since it was not actually registered as a nonprofit charity.
EXCLUSIVE: Brittany Murphy's Husband Cancels Event "For Medical Reasons"
The foundation is no longer accepting donations and is calling itself a "private foundation."
EXCLUSIVE: Brittany Murphy's Husband Cancels Event "For Medical Reasons"
Posted on Feb 03, 2010 @ 02:09PM - 8 comments
On Tuesday, Simon Monjack abruptly cancelled the launch party for the Brittany Murphy Foundation hours after news of the memorial event hit the press. RadarOnline.com has exclusively learned why Monjack pulled the plug.
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"He told us he was canceling for medical reasons," an official at the Saban Theatre in Beverly Hills, where they event was scheduled to occur on February 4, told RadarOnline.com.
RadarOnline.com investigated the matter further and learned the event was hardly even planned though a formal invite was sent out on behalf of Murphy's mother Sharon and Monjack.
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The official, who wished to remain anonymous, told RadarOnline.com that Monjack approached them early last week to hold the venue. However, he did not offer any other details beyond that.
"He didn't tell us anything," the official said. "We had no idea that he was charging people $1,000 to go. We thought it was just going to be a memorial."
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The event, which mandated guests arrive in cocktail attire, had a suggested donation of $1,000 per individual and $10,000 per corporation to attend. When asked how many people had bought tickets, the official said "it never even got that far."
The venue is upset at being thrust into the media despite their limited involvement and knowledge of the event.
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"We're p---ed because we don't want our venue to look bad. I don't know Simon and I don't think I want to know him. He seems like a pretty shady guy." A rep for Monjack had no comment.
