Didi Benami, celebs come out for “Play for the Pups” Angels in Fur charity event (Photos/Video)

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by DBF

Basketball, music and celebrities go together? You betcha!

Stars came out to support Angels in fur dog rescue’s first annual fundraiser last Saturday, April 30th at Burroughs High School in Burbank, CA. Dubbed as “Play for the pups” celebrity basketball fundraiser, the event attracted TV, music and movie personalities coming together for a good cause.

Didi Benami was there cheering on not only for the celeb players but for the canine beauties she met! “Supporting and Lovin on all the cute pups!! ” –she tweeted fans with a photo of “Fido.”

Half-time at the game, she tweeted: “Just embarrassed @TimUrbanMusic music by singing happy birthday to him ! Ha!” (Tim’s birthday is May 1st.) Tim Urban responded with a photo of a delicious looking cupcake : “@Didibenami gave me this for my birthday!”

Didi also posted a photo of her and James Denton tweeting a fun tidbit that they went to the same college (Belmont University) in Tennessee.

Later on she gave a shout out to the organization: “Thank you again AIF Dog Rescue. So happy to support. Deeply moved by this incredible cause. I hope more people become aware of what you do!”

Hosted by comedienne Debra Wilson, the activity included a red carpet, musical performances, VIP meet and greet, and yes, the actual ball game.

Huge Thank you’s…
Event post here: DogTipper.com

Photos from: Adorably Sweet Cakes Pop | Alexirob on Flickr

Angels in Fur Dog Rescue:

www.aifdogrescue.com

Roster of celebrities who played:
Tim urban – American Idol Season 9 represent!
James Denton- “Desperate Housewives” as Mike Delfino. “Face/Off,” “Primary Colors,” “The West Wing”
Scott Grimes – “ER,” “Robin Hood” starring Russell Crowe
Robert “Bob” Guiney – “Bachelorette,” “Band from TV”
Dave Shelton – award winning writer, cartoonist and voice actor, “Everybody Loves Raymond,” “Tweety & Sylvester”
Jesse Spencer – “House” as Dr. Robert Chase
Kel Mitchell – “Keenan & Kel,” “Mystery Men,” voice of “Ant” on new “Pink Panther & Pals
Marc McClure – “Superman” with Christopher Reeve, “Back to the Future”
Cody Linley – “Hannah Montana’s” boyfriend Jake Ryan in the hit Disney show.
Kiko Ellsworth – “General Hospital,” “Heroes.” He can next be seen in the ABC Family Show “Nine Lives” airing this summer.
Orlando Brown – “That’s So Raven” starring as Eddie Thomas on the hit Disney show
Carolyn Moos is a former FIBA/WNBA star and USA Basketball Gold Medal Junior Member and Stanford stand out
Arjay Smith – Starred on Nickelodeon’s “The Journey of Allen Strange” playing an alien stowaway who got stranded on Earth
Tony Farmer – is a 7 yr veteran of the NBA having played with “Los Angeles Lakers” and “Golden State Warriors”
Neil Brown Jr. – is an American actor whose credits include the Frank Darabont horror series “The Walking Dead” and the feature films “Fast & Furious” and “Battle: Los Angeles”
Colin Owens – is an American actor best known in the movie “Valentine’s Day.” His current project is the horror film “The Sacred” starring horror legend Sid Haig
Byron Cherry – is an actor best known as Coy Duke on the “The Dukes of Hazzard”

Special Celebrity Guests
Didi Benami
Mindy Sterling – “Austin Powers” and voice of “Ms. Endive” in the animated series “Chowder”
Saige Ryan Campbell – An American actress who played Mark Wahlberg’s daughter in “I Heart Huckabees.” Saige is also a member of the recording group “Pink E Swear”
Kevin Dobson – Played Patrick MacKenzie on the long running show “Knots Landing”
Rodney Allen Rippy – Former child star who became a commercial icon in the 1970′s “Jack in the Box” commercials
Preston Bailey – Currently playing Cody Bennett on “Dexter” and recently opposite Hugh Laurie on “House”
Brennan Bailey – is a teen actor and brother of Preston. His credits include “My Sister’s Keeper” with Cameron Diaz
Barbara Niven – is a seasoned actress immediately recognizable from “The Bold and The Beautiful,” “Pacific Palisades”
Irwin Keyes – One of the most recognizable horror icons, George Clooney/Coen Brothers “Intolerable Cruelty,” “House of 1000 Corpses”
Ken Jenkins – Dr. Kelso on long running show “Scrubs,” films including, “The Abyss,” “Last Man Standing” with Bruce Willis
Jennifer Elise Cox – best known as Jan Brady in the two hit films, “The Brady Bunch Movies”
Patricia De Leon- currently starting in series, “Men of A Certain Age” starring Ray Romano
Romi Dames – best known as Traci Van Horn on Disney’s “Hannah Montana”
Brett Stimely – is an American actor best known for his role of “John F. Kennedy” in the hit film “Watchmen”
Marilyn Ghigliotti – actress best known as Veronica in the hit indie “Clerks” written and directed by Kevin Smith
Edie McClurg – is an American character actress and voice star with a long and honored career. Her memorable credits include her turn as Grace, the school secretary in “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off,” “Back to School” and “Elvira, Mistress of the Dark.” Among her many television credits include “Valerie’s Family” and “7th Heaven”
Laci Kay – is a teen actress best known for “Tim and Eric Awesome Show”
Brooke Scher – is a 19 year old singer, dancer and actress who was also Junior Miss Fitness, Miss Fitness California.
Elsie Fisher- is a child actor and voice star who is best known as the voice of Agnes on the hit Universal Studios movie, “Despicable Me”
Emily Grace Reaves – is a child actor best know for her role as Cindy Lou in Disney’s film “Hannah Montana: The Movie”
Josie Loren – is an actress currently starring in the ABC Family Series “Make It or Break It.” She also co-starred in the film “17 Again” with Zac Efron
David S. Lee – is an actor originally from South Africa whose credits include “Get Smart” with Steve Carrrell, “Blood Diamond” with Leonardo DeCaprio and the Oscar nominated film “Paljas”
Kenton Duty – is an American teen star currently starring on the Disney show “Shake it Up” His film credits “Forget Me Not,” co-starring Saige Ryan Campbell
Tia Texada – is a film and television actress whose credits include starring roles in the series “Third Watch” and “Huge” and in feature films including “Nurse Betty” and “Phone Booth.” She will next be seen in the upcoming Columbia Pictures feature “The Amazing Spider- Man (Spider Man 4)”
Jacqueline Mackenzie – is a 12 year old actress/singer/songwriter and black belt in Tae Kwan do. She is the daughter of actress Liane Curtis (Sixteen Candles). Her acting includes a recent appearance on “House” and she’s just completed the role of David Arquette’s daughter in the upcoming feature “The Land of the Astronauts”
Teja Bain is a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine who is currently working on a project aimed at pet lovers. A passionate animal lover, Dr. Bain has inspired many children to become veterinarians
Wendy Starland – was named VH1′s “Best Emerging Artist” and was also honored by The Songwriter’s Hall of Fame for her top 10 hit song, “Dancing With The Sea.” Starland was soley responsible for discovering multi-Grammy winner, Lady GaGa
Josh Sussman – is an actor best known for his co-starring role of Jacob Ben Israel on the Fox show “Glee” as well as recurring as Hugh Normous on Disney’s “Wizards of Waverly Place”
Kent & Vyxsin – contestants from the Emmy winning show “The Amazing Race”
Ernest Thomas – is an American actor best know as Roger in the iconic TV show, “What’s Happening” and as Mr. Omar on “Everybody Hates Chris”
Liane Curtis – is an actress best known for her co-starring role in “Sixteen Candles,” “Benny and Joon,” and “Critters 2″
Sydney Skipper – is a child actress who is slated to star as the title character in “Born Gifted, The Teresa Granger Story”
Stacy Tolken – is a voice over actress best known as the voice of Sally Brown on the “Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show”
Brad Kesten – is an actor and voice over actor best known as the voice of Charlie Brown on the “Charlie Brown and Snoopy Snow”

Musical Performances by:
Bailey Harrisberger – Working with award winning music producer Joe DiBlasi
Chelsea Tavares – Singer & Actress “Unfabulous” on Nickelodeon
Andrew Garcia – “American Idol” 2010 top 9 finalist
Jeffery Dollison – is a former Harlem Globetrotter and has appeared as an actor in “White Men Can’t Jump”
Gina La Piana – is a talented actress, singer and composer whose credits include composer for “Ramona and Beezus,” and has guest starred in, “The Mentalist,” “Bones,” and “Criminal Minds”
Frankie Zulferino – is a singer/dancer who has opened for Justin Beiber and Selena Gomez. He recently performed at Chicago’s B96 Summer Bash concert that featured Ludacris

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