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variety.comMarc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle Editor Seth Rogen and Lauren Miller Rogen were in Washington, D.C., earlier this month to meet with politicians to talk about their nonprofit Hilarity for Charity, and the need for more funding for brain research and home-based care. “We just want to really make sure that moving forward, there is some sort of plan to address the great need that this country has in terms of care,” Miller Rogen says.
Rogen adds, “Washington is in a strange place right now, but it’s always encouraging to see that there are people working in the government that actually have this as a priority.
As many as there aren’t, there are many who are so it’s somewhat encouraging.” I caught up with the couple ahead of the 10th anniversary of Hilarity for Charity, the event and organization of the same name that were inspired by Miller Rogen’s late mother’s battle with Alzheimer’s.
The two will host a night of comedy and performances — John Mayer and Nicole Byers are on the bill — on Oct. 1 at Rolling Greens in downtown Los Angeles. When you’re in Washington, do you feel like you’re being heard?Miller Rogen: I think that we were lucky that we met with people who didn’t need convincing that it’s an important issue.
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