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Rosie O’Donnell is auctioning off one of her paintings to raise money for the Desmoid Tumor Foundation. As we know, last spring Rosie and her then fiancee Michelle Rounds got the scare of their lives when Michelle was diagnosed with this disease. Since then Rosie has been on a rampage to raise money for research. This painting is on auction on ebay, and you can read more at www.rosie.com. Also, Rosie’s got her annual gala for her Broadway kids and the Maravel Center here in New York on October 15th. No one is more charitable than Rosie, and that Maravel center is a marvel! http://www.ebay.com/itm/261098284324

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Roger Friedman began his Showbiz411 column in April 2009 after 10 years with Fox News. Friedman previously wrote the Intelligencer column at New York Magazine, He writes for Parade magazine and has written for Details, Vogue, the New York Times, Post, and Daily News and many other publications. He is the writer and co-producer of a film about R&B Music called “Only the Strong Survive,” which was released by Miramax in 2003 and was a selection of the Cannes, Sundance, and Telluride Film festivals.