The Patrick Brandt “Live Life Give Love” Celebration Benefit will take place August 21st at the Myth Nightclub in Maplewood. The event is hosted by NHL hockey player Bret Hedican and His wife, Olympic Gold Medalist and 2008 Dancing with the Stars Champion Kristi Yamaguchi. Kristi Yamaguchi and her Dancing With The Stars Dance Partner, Mark Ballas will perform for the first time since winning the show in May. They will be performing to the live singing of Franc D’Ambrosio, Phantom of The Opera. Franc is best known as the longest running phantom, having performed over 3000 times. He also played Anthony Corleone in the Godfather III. Almost Amy, an up and coming Los Angeles band featuring Mark Ballas and fellow Dancing With The Stars performer Derek Hough will be performing live after the dancing. Their music is a unique combination of blues, rock and pop with funky base lines, very melodic and great vocals. The headliner for the evening is Rob Thomas, as the driving force of matchbox twenty, Rob Thomas is widely acknowledged as one of the most distinctive vocalists and gifted songwriters in contemporary music. Since making their debut in 1996, matchbox has evolved into one of the most admired and consistently successful rock bands in recent history, with over 25 million albums sold worldwide.

You can get tickets thru Ticketmaster & the Myth box office.

Your best chance of catching a glimpse of movie celeb Kevin Costner when he was in the Twin Cities on Monday was if you're an employee of Minneapolis' Grand Hotel. Costner mostly saw the inside of the hotel when he was here to promote his August comedy, "Swing Vote," but he liked what he saw.

Costner said this is a place he "could see growing up in. It's beautiful."

Costner, who was particularly taken by the view of the skyline on the way to Minneapolis from the airport, financed the $20 million "Swing Vote" from his own bank account, which is why he's taking a personal approach to promoting it.