Stanley Tucci And Alec Baldwin To Attend US Open Opening Night Gala
epa01111737 US actor Alec Baldwin sits in the stands before the start of the Carlos Moya of Spain versus Novak Djokovic of Serbia quarterfinals round match on the eleventh day of the 2007 US Open tennis tournament in Flushing Meadows, New York, USA, 06 September 2007. EPA/ANDREW GOMBERT |
USTA Serves, the National Charitable Foundation of the United States Tennis Association, announced that Emmy-award winning actor and star of the recent hit film “The Hunger Games” Stanley Tucci and Emmy-award winning actor and star of NBC’s “30 Rock” Alec Baldwin will headline the 12th annual Opening Night Gala on August 27 at this year’s US Open. Renowned sports journalist and USTA Serves President Mary Carillo will serve as host for the event.
The Opening Night Gala is the major fundraiser for USTA Serves and contributes more than $400,000 to help fund college scholarships and program grants to community-based tennis and education programs throughout the country. Guests will enjoy a reception, dinner, live and silent auctions, celebratory toast by Moët & Chandon, first-round tennis matches and the US Open opening-night ceremony.
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