Richie is "Happy" with Her...

Friday, November 4, 2011

It's on: Richie Sambora 'happy' with Denise Richards

By Peter Kramer, AP

Seems like this Hollywood couple is on-again.

"Things are good," Richie Sambora told USA TODAY when asked about Denise Richards on the red carpet of Alicia Keys' 8th Annual Keep a Child Alive Black Ball last night in New York City. "I'm happy."

And this is one rocker who doesn't get his feathers ruffled over all the interest in his love life.

"It's been happening to me since the late '80s when I was with Cher," said a cool-as-a-cucumber Sambora. "People have seen my baby pictures in the media, you know what I've mean? I've grown up in the press in a lot of different ways. And for the most part, knock on wood, they've been very nice to me."

With Thanksgiving just around the corner (when did that happen?), Sambora says he's excited for "all that turkey stuff." But, "I'm not very particular about it. I've spent a lot of Thanksgivings on the road with my band, so anytime that I can spend Thanksgiving with my family in a traditional aspect, eating sweet potatoes and cranberries and stuffing and all the trappings of Thanksgiving and then get on a treadmill the next day extra long, I'm happy."

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Richie Sambora @ Keep a Child Alive Annual Black Ball Event

Alicia Keys continues to raise money for Keep a Child Alive at 8th annual Black Ball event

NEW YORK — Alicia Keys performed hit songs, covers and collaborated with Usher and will.i.am at her charity’s annual event, but the singer also played the role of a charmer.

During an auction to raise money for Keep a Child Alive, Keys took off two 18-carat gold bracelets and put them up for bid. Once someone agreed to buy the items for $14,000, a light bulb seemed to switch in her brain.

“Wait a minute, I have an idea. I was just thinking, since I have two that we could sell one to you for $14,000, and one to you for $14,000,” she said, pointing at two different people. “Isn’t that a great idea?”
The crowd cheered her on.

“This is very special table by the way,” she said. “These are my friends. Friends love friends.”
Her charm and talent helped the singer raise $401,500 through auctions at her Black Ball event, which celebrates Keep a Child Alive, her 8-year-old organization aiding HIV/AIDS victims in Africa and India.
A dinner party with Edward Norton and Naomi Watts went for $25,000 and a trip to Paris Fashion Week to see shows by Givenchy sold for $15,000. The top bid was a lifetime membership to all Donald Trump golf properties, selling at $180,000.

Keys was joined onstage by Usher, Richie Sambora, Norah Jones, Gary Clark, Jr., and others at the event Thursday night at New York’s Hammerstein Ballroom. She closed the night with Black Eyed Peas’ leader will.i.am, singing Fergie’s verse on the hit “I Gotta Feeling,” which had Keys’ mom and younger brother dancing happily onstage.