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Jon Bon Jovi was in a festive mood on the Friday before Christmas. The New Jersey rocker was on stage for the Hope Concert III at the Jersey Shore's Count Basie Theatre.
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In 2003, Jon Bon Jovi introduced the Arena Football League (AFL) to the city of Philadelphia. Jon is the Majority Owner, Co-Chairman of the Board (along with partner Craig A. Spencer) of the Philadelphia Soul. With his ownership of the Philadelphia Soul, Jon's goal was to introduce a new type of sports owner. The Soul organization - from the owners down to each team member - have proven to be a visible and active presence in the Philadelphia community. Each season, the team identifies local causes and organizations with whom they can partner.
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NEW YORK, Oct. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Kenneth Cole Fragrances announced today that Jon Bon Jovi will appear in the campaign to introduce their new fragrance, R.S.V.P. It will be available at Kenneth Cole New York retail stores and select Saks Fifth Avenue stores beginning November 2006, and other department stores January 2007. The fragrance will be part of an ongoing collaboration between Kenneth Cole and Jon Bon Jovi to raise awareness about homeless issues. R.S.V.P. is the latest offering from Kenneth Cole Fragrances, which includes the top-selling Kenneth Cole Black and Kenneth Cole Reaction.
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PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Jon Bon Jovi and Habitat for Humanity International formally announced their partnership today to build two duplexes (four homes) in a North Philadelphia neighborhood. The announcement was made at the build-site, which ... serves as the location for Bon Jovi's new music video for "Who Says You Can't Go Home" -- their second single from HAVE A NICE DAY (Island Records). Philadelphia Soul team members, local volunteers and families, along with corporate sponsors Comcast, SAP, Sprint, and The Strober Organization worked together to make the project possible.
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April 2, 2007 -- NEW Jersey native Jon Bon Jovi will lend his celebrity hand to the borough of Brooklyn tomorrow. The rocker will don his tool belt to help finish renovating an energy-efficient, three-story condo complex on Halsey Street in Bedford-Stuyvesant. Delta Airlines' new global initiative, "Force for Global Good," and Habitat for Humanity plan to host the ceremony, which will kick off final construction of the affordable housing units. The apartments eventually will be rented to low-income locals.
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Bon Jovi is a credited actor in the movies Moonlight and Valentino, The Leading Man, Destination Anywhere, Homegrown, Little City, No Looking Back, Row Your Boat, Vampires Los Muertos, U-571, Cry Wolf and National Lampoon's Pucked. He ... had a supporting role in the movie Pay It Forward, where he played Helen Hunt's abusive ex-husband. His TV series appearances include Sex and the City and an extended stint on Ally McBeal as a plumber who was Ally's boyfriend for a short period of time, as well as a guest appearance on The West Wing and Las Vegas. He was guest star on American Idol in May 2007, during the show's "Rock Week" in which the contestants all performed his or his band's songs. On October 13, 2007 Jon hosted the third episode of the 33rd season of Saturday Night Live sporting a shorter new haircut.
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