Bill and Friends
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Bill and Friends ⋆
Explore Bill’s connections from around the world and through the years.
Pharrell Williams and Bill backstage at the 2004 MTV European Music Awards
Beyonce and Bill backstage at the 2003 MTV Europe Music Awards
Bill with long time friend Bono on the red carpet at 2008 Australian Music Awards.
With Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres in his Jerusalem office.
Bill with Bono and Jim Kerr in Dublin in the early 1990s.
With Pink at the EMA's in Edinburgh in 2003.
In Beirut in 1991 with Lebanese Prime Minister Rafic Hariri (who would later be assassinated) and VJ Rebecca De Ruvo, to launch MTV in Lebanon.
With Claude Nobs (l) and Jerry Levin during the Mountreaux Jazz Festival.
My meeting with President Landbergis of Lithuania behind the Soviet Union barricades, where I presented him with a piece of the Berlin Wall inscribed with "Breaking down Barriers"
With my wife - Alex, children - Noa, Liam, Rocky and Tiger and friend, Wyclef jean.
With Lenin impersonator (c) and Bill Flanagan in front of Lenin's Tomb in Moscow's Red Square.
With the Korean pop sensation "The Wonder Girls" in Shanghai for the MTV Style Awards in 2009
Bill with The Wonder Girls on stage
From left MTV Executives Bill Flanagan and Tom Freston, with Sascha Baron Cohen flanked on the right by Bill and Judy McGrath backstage at the EMAs.
With Bono and Judy McGrath walking across the Pariser Platz to the Brandenburg Gate during the 2009 EMA's in Berlin.
With Bill Flanagan and U2 manager Paul McGuinness in Berlin as the band rehearses in the background.
With Kelly Rowland at the Staying Alive press conference in Liverpool in 2008.
Bill & Dalai Lama
On the red carpet with the Sugarbabes at the 2006 EMA's in Copenhagen.
With UNAIDS' Dr. Peter Piot at an International Aids conference.
Bill with friend BS Ong, the well-respected Singaporean entrepreneur, at the Temples of Bagan in Burma.
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[Then] British Prime Minister, Tony Blair, fielding difficult questions from a worldwide MTV audience and Sir Bob Geldof, 2005
In Copenhagen congratulating Rhianna in 2006.
Rapper Bill at an MTV Europe Christmas Party with Ray Cokes circa 1992.
Backstage with (from left) Bono and Bob Geldof at the Japan Music Awards in 2008
With Sumner Redstone at a New York dinner in the late 1990s.
Holding hands with R.E.M.'s Michael Stipe in Edinburgh.
With the band Lordi, which won the Eurovision Song Contest, on the red carpet at the EMA's in Copenhagen.
With the Black Eyed Peas and South African singer Lebo Mathosa (who later tragically died in an auto accident), at the EMAs in Lisbon in 2005.
With Jeff Bewkes (c) and John Billock, with whom I had worked many years early at HBO, at the premiere of HBO's Band of Brothers in Normandy.
Bill giving his "Battle Speech" at the launch of the local version of MTV Russia in Moscow with our partner Boris Zosimov.
The legendary Xavier Roy, who was in charge of Midem for two decades.
Meeting with Queen Elizabeth in London and explaining to her what MTV is.
After receiving the Global Leadership Award in 2002 on my left are Richard Holbrook and Udi Miron, with Bill Clinton and my wife Alex on my right.
Shaking hands with the Minister of SAFRT, which oversees Chinese media, at the official signing ceremony in Beijing that made MTV the first western media company to have a 24-hour channel that country.
With Kylie Minogue on the red carpet in Copenhagen in 2003.
With Lenny Kravitz after Bill received the International Emmy's Founders Award in 2004.
At the EMA's with Justin Timberlake, 2006. Photo credit: MJ Kim
With Angelina Jolie in 2007 at the premier of A Mighty Heart in New York, the story of journalist Daniel Pearl.
With Annie Lenox at Montreaux Festival in 1992.
Backstage with Snoop at the 2007 EMA's in Munich.
With P Diddy at the EMA's in Copenhagen.
With MTV's Dave Sibley and 50 Cent at the 2008 Australian Music Awards in Sydney.
Bill with good friend Wyclef Jean, host of the 2008 Australian Music Awards in Sydney.
With Katy Perry at the 2008 EMA's in Liverpool, the first time she hosted.
With Nelson Mandela.
With Daniel Craig, EMA Awards, Copenhagen 2006.
With actress/rocker Juliette Lewis on the red carpet at the MTV Australia Awards in 2008.
At the World Cup Finals in Jo'berg in 2010. I'm with Coca Cola Executives Joe Tripodi (r) and Scott McCune (l) their wiv es and the rapper K'naan, who wrote 'Waving Flag,' for the event waving the flag.
The new group, Bill Roedy and the Foo Fighters -- featuring Dave Grohl (in black).
With Mikhail Gorbachev at Cinema for Peace Foundation, 2009
Presenting the Icon Award to Jackie Chan at the 2009 Mandarin Music Honors.
Receiving the 2009 United Nations Correspondents Association Global Citizen of the Year from Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
With President Bill Clinton at the biannual AIDs Conference in Vienna in 2010.
Bill with Tom Cruise
Bill with Senator John McCain
Talking with Bishop Desmond Tutu on Robbin Island
With Mr MTV Condom (far right) on a boat in Robbin Island
Taking poker tips from Warren Buffett in Vegas
On the Trio at Carnaval in Salvador, 2014, with Claudia Leitte. From left singer Jay Perry, in the back Fabio (Claudia's manager), Bill, Claudia Leitte, Alberto
Bill Roedy and Alex Roedy with President Bill Clinton
Alex Roedy, Desmond Tutu, Goldie Hawn, and Bill Roedy
Bill, Goldie Hawn, and Dean Kamen
Bill, Mark Dybul and Billy Zane at Lifeball 2014
Bill Roedy, Cuba Gooding Jr and Heidi Klum attend the amfAR New York gala to kick off fall 2013 fashion week
Goldie Hawn, Will-i-am and Bill
UN week, Sept 2013 - Michel Sidibe, Naomi Watts, Bill, and Sidibe's Deputy CEO from Mexico, Luiz Loures
Jim Clancy, CNN International anchor and Bill Roedy at the Cinema for Peace Gala in Berlin for the 25th Anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, November 9th 2014
Bill and Gery Keszler at Lifeball 2014
UN Week in NYC with President of Rwanda, Paul Kagame & Amir Dossal, September 2014
Alex Roedy, Mikhail Gorbachev & Bill Roedy, Berlin, November 2014
Dr. Barney Forsythe, President of Westminster College, Westpoint Classmate. University in Fulton, Missouri/USA where Winston Churchill held the 'Iron Curtain' speech on March 5th, 1946
Bob Geldof with Barney and Bill in front of the Churchill Museum in Fullerton, Missouri, September 2014
Mikhail Gorbachev and Bill Roedy celebrating the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall in Berlin, November 2014
Goldie Hawn, AmFAR Gala, Cannes, May 2013
NEW YORK, NY - FEBRUARY 11: (L-R) Kevin Robert Frost, Bill Roedy, Alexandra Roedy and Kenneth Cole attend the 2015 amfAR New York Gala at Cipriani Wall Street on February 11, 2015 in New York City. (Photo by Kevin Tachman/Getty Images)
Bill & Maria Cuomo, amfAR, New York, 2015
Bill with Senator George Mitchell
With Israeli model Bar Rafeli at the 2009 EMA's in Berlin.
Walking Bono to the red carpet, Tokyo
Lupita Nyong´o und Preisträger William H RoedyCINEMA FOR PEACE Gala 2011 in Berlin am 14.02.2011Foto: BrauerPhotos (c) H.Fuhr
With R. Crosby Kemper III, far right, looking on, new Churchill Fellows were inducted Saturday, April 1, 2017. Pictured with Senior Churchill Fellow Edwina Sandys (a granddaughter of Winston Churchill) are, front row from left, Duncan Sandys, Ret. Gen. David Petraeus, William "Bill" Roedy, Richard C. Marsh, Lee Pollock and Harold Oakley. In the second row, from left, are Jon Meacham and Westminster President Benjamin Ola. Akande. Photo by Jenny Gray /Fulton Sun.
With Li'l Kim at the 2009 EMA's in Berlin.
The amfAR Gala, New York 2017, traditionally serves as the unofficial kick-off to New York Fashion Week and honors individuals who have made outstanding contributions to raise awareness about the HIV/AIDS epidemic. One of New York City’s most successful and high-profile AIDS benefit events. The Gala consistently attracts—and salutes—some of the biggest names in entertainment, fashion, art, and AIDS advocacy. To date the amfAR New York Gala has raised more than $17 million.
Bill & David Petraeus - Director of the Central Intelligence Agency from September 6, 2011 - November 9, 2012.
On the left is Mark Dybul, an American diplomat, physician and medical researcher. He has served as the executive director of The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria since 2012. On the right is Peter Piot, microbiologist known for his research into Ebola and AIDS. After helping discover the Ebola virus in 1976 and leading efforts to contain the first-ever recorded Ebola epidemic that same year, Piot became a pioneering researcher into AIDS. He has held key positions in the United Nations and World Health Organization involving AIDS research and management. He has also served as a professor at several universities worldwide.
David Petraeus and Bill Roedy receiving Churchill fellowship. Fulton, Missouri – April 1st, 2017.
Dean Reuben Brigety II, of Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University with Bill & Alex Roedy.
Bill Roedy, Mayor of London Sadiq Khan, Chair of USMEP Thomas Pickering at our board meeting 25 October 2016.
Bill Roedy and David Giampaolo with David Howell Petraeus - Retired American military officer and public official, he served as Director of the Central Intelligence Agency from September 6, 2011, until his resignation on November 9, 2012.
Bill Roedy, a guest, Lady Victoria Hervey and Alex Roedy attend the AIDS Solidarity Gala 2014 at Hofburg Vienna on May 31, 2014 in Vienna, Austria.
Philippe Dauman, Beyonce, me and Debbie Dauman at 2009 EMA's in Berlin.
(From left) John Sykes, Gerald Butler, Bill & Jon Bon Jovi, U2 Concert, New Jersey
(From Left) Hans-Deitrich Bensther, Bob Geldof, Mikhail Gorbachev, Bill, Jaka Bizilij in 2009, Cinema for Peace Gala
Paulina Rubio with Bill's book, What Makes Business Rock - Zumba convention August 2012 Orlando
Dybul, Bill, Sidibe, Piot
At the 2009 Mandarin Music Honors being interviewed by MTV VJ's.
Meeting President Carter with my wife Alex, 2016
Bill and Heidi Klum at the amfAR New York gala to kick off fall 2013 fashion week
Bill and Naomi Campbell
Bill with singer Anastacia
Bill with David Bowie and company
Bill with Elton John
JLo and Bill
Bill with Mariah Carey
Bill with Moby
Bill with Snoop
Bill with Tracy Chapman
Bill and Will Smith
Bill and his good friend Wyclef Jean
Bill and Will with their children
Bill with Gerard Butler and Bon Jovi at a U2 concert in 2009
The MTV Execs pose with rapper Xzibit
Fergie and Bill
Bill and the Foo Fighters
Tom Freston, Will Smith, Alex Okosi, and Bill
Bill with Jamie Foxx
Judy McGrath, Jamie Foxx, and Bill
Judt MsGrath, Kid Rock, and Bill
Bill with Katy Perry
Bill with Kelis
Bill and Kelly Brook
Bill and Kelly Brook
Bill and Kelly Rowland
Bill and Kelly Rowland
Bill with late South African singer, Lebo Mathosa
Mika and Bill
MTV's "The Body Shop" HIV/AIDS Fundraiser
Paris Hilton and Bill
Perez Hilton, Bill, and Phillippe Dauman
Bill with Rihanna
Bill with Rihanna
Bill with Richard Gere
Bill with Ricky Martin
Bill with Tokio Hotel
Judy McGrath, Madonna, and Bill
Bill, Phillippe Dauman, Bill's wife Alex, and Kenneth Cole
Bill with Destiny's Child
Bill on stage with Pamela Andersen at the 2007 MTV Russia Film Awards
Naomi Campbell and Bill
Bill with Bono and world renown researcher Sir Peter Piot
Bill with Lionel Richie