Today is the 14th anniversary of the September 11th attacks on New York, Pennsylvania and the Pentagon. Of the 2,977 people that died on that day in 2001, 67 were from the UK and commonwealth nations, most of them employed with BGC and Cantor Fitzegerald, 61 of them Eurobrokers. For years now, in London, BGC organizes a huge fundraising drive on the 9/11 anniversary. Prince Harry, Prince William and various British celebrities have joined in on the phone telemarketing/fundraising in past years. In the past, the money raised goes towards the Cantor Fitzgerald Relief Fund, although I think this year’s fundraiser benefits several charities.

This year, TOM HARDY came out for the BGC Annual Global Charity Day. He brought his pregnant wife Charlotte Riley. There were other celebrities too, like Piers Morgan, Jimmy Carr, Mollie King, Jodie Kidd, David Gandy, Samuel L. Jackson and Sir Ben Kingsley. You can see some Facebook photos of the event here. This post is just for The Bloke, because I needed some Bloke photos today.

Tom will also appear on a pre-taped episode of Alan Carr’s Chatty Man tonight in the UK. Carr asked him about Oscar buzz for Legend, with Tom saying, “Nah that always pops up doesn’t it, but I don’t think so.” Humble Bloke. He was also asked about James Bond, and he said: “Whenever I’ve seen actors talk about, or being zeroed in in any shape of form about being James Bond, their chances of being James Bond are reduced significantly about 3 million percent. So that’s it isn’t it? I will never play James.” So there you go. You know, Tom worked with Idris Elba. I want to believe those two are bloke-y friends.

Photos courtesy of Daniel Deme/WENN.com.