Richard Branson & Rock the Kasbah

Richard Branson & Rock the Kasbah
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Richard and Eve Branson hold a charity event in Hollywood called "Rock the Kasbah" which drew celebrities like Jewel, John Amaechi, and Mariel Hemingway.
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Welcome to Younghollywood. com.
Hey, Young Hollywood, I'm Jill Wilderman.
We're here at Sir Richard Branson's Rock the Kasbah charity event where we're going to catch up with Sir Richard and Jewel, who's performing tonight.
It's safe, you pick the right color for tonight.
Yes.
Yeah.
We're the same color.
Why did you feel it was important to be a part of the event tonight?
I actually got to meet Richard about 6 months ago.
They asked me to be ambassador for Virgin Unite.
I just said youth homelessness in DC, and they want to give back to every community they do business in.
They have a hotel in Morocco, and they're trying to make them economically independent in the villages there.
And you're performing tonight. What can we expect to hear?
Uh, I am singing.
I haven't really thought about what I'll do yet, but I'll figure it out when I get up there.
Why is tonight's event so important?
Tonight's important because my mother spent her life doing good works, and she loves Morocco.
So she does a lot of work up in the Atlas Mountains.
The wonderful race of people called the Berbers.
They need education, they need to be taught how to get sustainable work and so on.
So people who love my mother are honoring her to raise money for the Berbers.
What were you like as a child?
Were you adventurous?
I never got a chance to ask my mom that.
I'm not the right person to ask.
There was a famous time when I was going to my grandmother's house, and 3 miles before I got there, she pushed me out and said, "You find your own way there."
And I was only 6 years old.
I got lost.
Today she would have got arrested, but she very much tried to get us to stand on our own 2 feet.
We're here with John Amaechi.
Tell us about the themes tonight.
Moroccan theme, yes.
I I only wish that I could have come in Moroccan dress.
It would be a lot cooler.
Can you belly dance by any chance?
Uh, you know, given enough gin, I I maybe I could give that a go.
What do you think if you could predict what Richard Branson's next venture would be?
This is going to be a tough one for him.
I mean, we've already seen the venture to go to space.
That seems all very set.
So, where do you go after space?
I time travel?
I'm Jill and you're watching Young Hollywood.
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PEOPLE MENTIONED
- Richard Branson
Host of the charity event
- Eve Branson
Richard's mother and inspiration for the charity
- Jewel
Performing artist and ambassador for Virgin Unite
- John Amaechi
Attendee discussing the event's themes
- Mariel Hemingway
Celebrity attendee at the event
- Jill Wilderman
Young Hollywood host
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