HUNGER GAMES' Josh Hutcherson to Host 2013 Celebrity Charity Basketball Game at L.A. Live, with NBA's Jason Collins and More, 8/9

Kicking off the 5th Annual Nike Basketball 3ON3 Tournament Presented by NBC4 at L.A. LIVE, Josh Hutcherson, star of The Hunger Games and Catching Fire, will host the 2nd Annual Josh Hutcherson Celebrity Basketball Game Benefiting Straight But Not Narrow (SBNN), an ally organization that prepares and trains young adults on how to become allies of their LGBTQ peers.

Hutcherson, on behalf of SBNN will participate in a special halftime ceremony to honor the NBA's Jason Collins (a graduate of L.A.'s Harvard Westlake High School) for all that he has done to further the fight for equality, giving hope to those both on and off the court. Hutcherson will present Collins with the inaugural Straight But Not Narrow Advocate of the Year Award for his courage to further the fight for equality.

Celebrity participants scheduled to appear include: James Lafferty (One Tree Hill), Terrell Owens (Former NFL Star), Columbus Short (Scandal), Josh Henderson (Desperate Housewives, Dallas), Cisco Adler (Whitestarr), Joel David Moore (Dodgeball, Avatar, Bones),Aldis Hodge (TNT's Leverage, A Good Day to Die Hard), Omar Benson Miller (8 Mile, CSI Miami), Patrick Schwartznegger (Grown Ups 2), Romeo Miller (Madea's Witness Protection, Nickelodeon's Romeo!), Arshad Aslam(MTV's Zach Stone is Gonna Be Famous), Ben Lyons (Entertainment Reporter), Bracin Skywalker (Top Track & Field Athletes in the Nation), Brett Davern (MTV's Awkward), Cory Hardrict (Battle LA, Warm Bodies), DJ Eman (Power 106), Drew Scott (HGTV's Property Brothers), Edwin Hodge (The Purge), Jay Harrington (Better Off Ted), Manny Streetz (KIIS-FM), Nick Swardson (Grown Ups 2, Hell & Back) and SINQUA WALLS (Teen Wolf, Shark Night) and others.

All of this will take place at Nokia Plaza L.A. LIVE, 777 Chick Hearn Ct., Los Angeles, Calif. on Friday, August 9, 2013, at 7 PM.

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