Nicolas Cage to attend Ovidiu Rom's Halloween Ball this year

US actor Nicolas Cage, who will shoot a movie in Romania later on this month, will attend Ovidiu Rom's Halloween charity ball on October 30, having been invited by actor Ethan Hawke, who attended last year's gala. Cage will film in Romania parts of his future movie, Ghost Rider – Spirit of Vengeance. Ovidiu Rom will organize the sixth edition of the Halloween Ball on October 30, to raise money to send poor Romanian kids to school. This year's ball will recreate a Prom night from the 50s in the People’s Palace location. The ball has used a different theme for each edition.The charity was started by Leslie Hawke and by Maria Gheorghiu in 2001. The two founders started with several programs in Bacau to help families in extreme poverty become better equipped to support themselves. They established Asociatia Ovidiu Rom in 2004 and expanded the programs to Bucharest. In 2006, Ovidiu Rom embarked on a national initiative, Fiecare Copil in Scoala, to get every child in Romania in school at an early age and on the path toward high school graduation. editor@romania-insider.com