Woody Harrelson Wins Celebrity Poker Event
One of the highlight events at Cannes each year is the Charity Poker Game organized by the Partouche Group, owners of the Palm Beach Casino in Cannes, and this year was no disappointment, with top stars and big drama.
The lineup consisted of six American actors–Edward Norton, Adrien Brody, Tim Robbins, Woody Harrelson, Dennis Hopper, Goldie Hawn, a Mexican American - Salma Hayek, and French actress Alice Taglioni. Some of them prepared for the game with special coaches. Each was playing feverishly for the prize money - a $500,000 donation to the charity of their choice.
The actors were interviewed before the poker game about their various charities. Woody Harrelson spoke of *Oasis*, an environmental group, Adrien Brody about *For The Good* which benefits a particularly poor area of NY, and Tim Robbins showed his dedication to the *Actors’ Gang*, the theatre group that he founded years ago.
In the end, the prize was split between Woody Harrelson and Alice Taglioni, the French actress who is apparently quite the poker player and could probably take up the game professionally.
The event was a great smash and even the rain did not prevent crowds gathering outside the Palm Beach Casino where the tournament was broadcast live.
Harrelson gave his winnings to environmental group Oasis.
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