1 week Ago By Eileen Reslen
Liev Schreiber’s Wednesday night went awry when his phone went missing while at a swanky event. The movie star, 57, revealed while onstage at the American Friends of Magen David Adom Miami gala that evening that he misplaced his cell while schmoozing with fans and fellow attendees. “So, there were a lot of pictures up front, and I put my phone down on a table and it’s gone,” Schreiber said in an exclusive video taken by Page Six.
“So if anybody sees an iPhone,” he said before joking, “It’s probably the only iPhone in this place.” Coincidentally, another speaker had left his license onstage prior to Schreiber stepping up there. “I have your license,” the “Ray Donovan” alum said as the audience laughed, “.
.. find me later.
” Schreiber was at the gala to honor two members of Israel’s emergency services, Magen David Adom, who had suffered losses due to the Israel-Hamas conflict overseas. Minutes into his speech, the “Scream” star was interrupted by an individual who gave him his phone. “I feel much more confident now,” he said while slipping the item back in his pocket, resulting in laughs.
However, the night took a much more serious turn when Schreiber read a letter written by one of the men he was honoring, whose 11-year-old little girl had died. The “Manchurian Candidate” actor became overcome with emotion, as he read to the crowd the man’s words: “I knew immediately that she was gone — that there was nothing that I could do.” “I tried to look away but I couldn’t.
The muscles in my neck wouldn’t move. I begged a stranger to cover my daughter’s face,” he added, as he held back tears and began to choke up. Several people in the room were moved to tears, and Schreiber, who is of Jewish descent on his mother’s side, admitted that after the Oct.
7 attacks , he found himself in a “pretty dark place.” However, the father of three said what helped him get through the pain was a quote from a friend that said, “There is nothing so whole as a broken heart.” In addition to Schreiber, TV star Patricia Heaton also lent her support for the cause.
The “Everybody Loves Raymond” alum — who is a devout Catholic — told Page Six exclusively Wednesday why she felt “called” to help “defend Jewish people.” “We’re fighting for the freedom to practice your faith without fear,” she told us. “These are basic rights that we all enjoy in the United States and people enjoy in Israel, and we want to defend that.
” Heaton, 66, also criticized Hollywood’s overall response to the Oct. 7 attacks, saying, “It’s not been enough and some of it has been really negative. “Actors tend to think with their heart and not so much with their head — because that’s what we’re trained to do, that’s where our gifts are — but in situations like this, you really need to know the facts.
” We’re told the AFMDA gala raised a total of $4 million Wednesday evening, including an impressive $1.76 million from auctions and a million dollar match from a generous anonymous donor..
