Sharon Stone Says She Lost “Half My Money to This Banking Thing,” Breaks Down in Tears During Speech - Hollywood Reporter

Sharon Stone prepared some remarks to offer in return for receiving the Courage Award on Thursday night during the Women’s Cancer Research Fund’s (WCRF) An Unforgettable Evening fundraiser.

“I brought a couple of notes tonight,” said Stone from the podium inside the Four Seasons’ Beverly Wilshire ballroom.

The line drew lots of laughter from a crowd that included Rebel Wilson, Nia Vardalos, Rachel Zoe, Lisa Rinna and Harry Hamlin, Julianne Hough, Chord Overstreet, Maria Bello and Dominique Crenn, Kathy and Rick Hilton, Lori Loughlin, Olivia Jade Giannulli, Paul Wesley and NJ Falk.

Gala chair Jamie Tisch presented Stone with the trophy by saying, “what makes you a shining star, to me, is not just your talent, your beauty and your grace but your resilience no matter what life throws your way.

The Oscar-nominated actress used her time on stage to pay respect to the night’s other honorees, Hero Award recipients Dr. Stacie J. Stephenson and Richard J Stephenson, encourage attendees to open their pocketbooks even more to benefit WCRF, and to shine a light on living examples of courage by asking breast cancer survivors to stand and be recognized.

From the stage, Stone also explained that her hairstylist arrived to do her hair for tonight’s event after receiving her first chemotherapy treatment for breast cancer.