Posted: 03.12.07 12:17. Post subject: AmfAR

Cinema Against AIDS DUBAI 2007
Monday, December 10, 2007
Dubai, United Arab Emirates

TICKETS/TABLES
$100,000 Grand Patron table for 10
$35,000 Grand Benefactor table for 10
$20,000 Benefactor table for 10
$15,000 Benefactor pair for 2
$3,500 Patron ticket
$2,000 Supporter Ticket

 Posted: 22.04.11 13:36. Post subject: Janet Jackson et Sha..

Janet Jackson et Sharon Stone au gala de l'amfAR à Cannes

Janet Jackson, Brooke Shields, Sharon Stone, Gwen Stefani, Michelle Yeoh, Milla Jovovich et Patrick Dempsey ont confirmé leur participation au gala de l'amfAR, la fondation contre le sida créée par Liz Taylor, organisé pendant le Festival de Cannes, a annoncé la fondation.
Destinée à récolter des fonds pour la recherche contre le sida, cette soirée, prévue le 19 mai au Cap d'Antibes (Alpes-Maritimes), compte parmi les grands événements mondains européens et réunit chaque année de très nombreuses célébrités internationales. L'an dernier, la soirée avait permis de recueillir 5,36 millions d'euros.

Pour assister à ce gala qui aura lieu dans les jardins de l'Eden Roc, l'un des plus prestigieux palaces de la Côte d'Azur, les 800 convives devront débourser de 42.000 à 84.000 euros la table de 12 couverts. Le rond de serviette individuel a été fixé de 4.200 euros.

 Posted: 03.12.07 19:30. Post subject: amfAR New York Gala ..

amfAR New York Gala
Thursday, January 31, 2008
New York, NY
LOCATION
Cipriani 42nd Street
New York City
TIME
6:30 p.m. Cocktails
7:30 p.m. Dinner and program
HONOREES
Carine Roitfeld
Editor-in-Chief, French Vogue

DETAILS
On January 31, 2008, amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research, will be presenting a gala benefit at Cipriani 42nd Street honoring the work of Carine Roitfeld, Julian Schnabel, and Bobby Shriver. The black-tie gala will begin with cocktails at 6:30 p.m., followed by dinner and the program. The evening will benefit amfAR.
TICKETS/TABLES
$100,000 Co-Sponsor seating for 10
$50,000 Grand Benefactor seating for 10
$25,000 Benefactor seating for 10
$15,000 Host seating for 10
$5,000 Patron Ticket
$2,500 Friend Ticket
$1,250 Individual Ticket
$3,000 Supporter Package for 2

 Posted: 21.02.08 17:30. Post subject: Cinema Against AIDS ..

Cinema Against AIDS

Thursday, May 22, 2008
Cannes, France

The fifteenth annual Cinema Against AIDS in Cannes is a black-tie event featuring a cocktail reception, dinner, and a live auction.


BACKGROUND

Over the years, Cinema Against AIDS has become the most eagerly anticipated and best-publicized party held during the Cannes Film Festival and has raised more than $29 million for lifesaving AIDS research. From Sharon Stone dancing to an impromptu performance by Sir Elton John and Ringo Starr, from 25 of the world’s top models strutting down the runway to Paul Sorvino serenading Sean Penn and Johnny Depp with an Italian aria, Cinema Against AIDS is always unforgettable. This spectacular event consistently has the most exciting and diverse guest list of any party held during the Festival. It includes many of the celebrities and personalities associated with the Festival, while also attracting famous names from the worlds of fashion, music, business, and
international society.

 Posted: 07.04.08 17:37. Post subject: Tue 1-Apr-2008 Medi..

Tue 1-Apr-2008
Media Contact: Bennah Serfaty, Senior Dir. Communications (212) 806-1607. Please send credential requests to Sarah Feeley, Coordinator, Media Relations at sarah.feeley@amfar.org or by fax to (212) 806-1620.

Madonna to Join Sharon Stone and Harvey Weinstein at Annual amfAR Fundraising Gala in Cannes

Special performance by Seal. Event to be presented by Bold Films, Chopard, and the Weinstein Company. Audi, Hewlett-Packard Company, Moлt Hennessy to co-sponsor event.

New York, NY, April 1, 2008--Madonna, Sharon Stone, Harvey Weinstein, Michelle Yeoh, Michel Litvak, Carine Roitfeld, Caroline Gruosi-Scheufele, and amfAR Chairman of the Board Kenneth Cole will serve as chairs of amfAR’s Cinema Against AIDS, to be held on May 22 during the 61st annual Cannes International Film Festival. The evening will be presented by Bold Films, Chopard, and the Weinstein Company.
The annual star-studded event, which will benefit amfAR, will take place at Le Moulin de Mougins and will include a formal dinner, along with amfAR’s world-renowned live auction. This year, three-time Grammy-winning artist Seal will travel to Cannes on behalf of amfAR to give a special performance. In addition, this year’s event will feature a short clip of I Am Because We Are , the Madonna-produced and -narrated documentary about children orphaned by AIDS in Malawi.

The full screening of I Am Because We Are is scheduled to take place the evening before, May 21, in Cannes and will be associated with amfAR’s Cinema Against AIDS event. Madonna's long history with amfAR began in 1992 when she received the Foundation’s Award of Courage.

Harvey Weinstein and Sharon Stone, tireless advocates for AIDS research and amfAR, will conduct the highly anticipated live auction with the assistance of several of the event chairs and other celebrities who will be present. In past years, the auction has seen legendary impromptu performances by Sir Elton John, Robin Williams, Natalie Cole, Liza Minnelli, Sheryl Crow, Ringo Starr, Macy Gray, Milla Jovovich, and Lionel Ritchie. Last year’s live auction raised $4 million, bringing the evening’s fundraising total to $7 million.

amfAR's annual Cinema Against AIDS galas have been important and successful fund-raising events for the Foundation since 1993, generating more than $33 million for essential AIDS research. Past events have been hosted by Dame Elizabeth Taylor, Sharon Stone, Demi Moore, and Sir Elton John.

Like the epidemic itself, AIDS research knows no borders. amfAR’s programs have had a global reach since 1986, when the Foundation began awarding international grants. Today, amfAR continues to fund HIV/AIDS researchers worldwide and works to translate that research into effective treatment, prevention, and education programs around the globe.

Tables for this year’s Cinema Against AIDS will range in price from $40,000 to $150,000. For event reservations and details, please call (212) 219-0297 or visit www.amfar.org.

amfAR recognizes American Airlines for its commitment to the fight against AIDS and its generous support of amfAR’s mission.

http://www.amfar.org/cgi-bin/iowa/news/press.html?record=193

 Posted: 09.04.08 13:08. Post subject: The fifteenth annual..

The fifteenth annual Cinema Against AIDS in Cannes is a black-tie event featuring a cocktail reception, dinner, and a live auction.
BACKGROUND
Over the years, Cinema Against AIDS has become the most eagerly anticipated and best-publicized party held during the Cannes Film Festival and has raised more than $29 million for lifesaving AIDS research. From Sharon Stone dancing to an impromptu performance by Sir Elton John and Ringo Starr, from 25 of the world’s top models strutting down the runway to Paul Sorvino serenading Sean Penn and Johnny Depp with an Italian aria, Cinema Against AIDS is always unforgettable. This spectacular event consistently has the most exciting and diverse guest list of any party held during the Festival. It includes many of the celebrities and personalities associated with the Festival, while also attracting famous names from the worlds of fashion, music, business, and
international society.
LEADERSHIP
Event Chairs
Kenneth Cole, Caroline Gruosi-Scheufele, Michel Litvak, Madonna, Carine Roitfeld, Sharon Stone, Harvey Weinstein, Michelle Yeoh

Event Co-Chairs
Satjiv S.Chahil, Dennis Davidson, Alain Llorca,
Christophe Navarre, Vincent A. Roberti
SPONSORSHIP
Presenting Sponsors
Bold Films
Chopard
The Weinstein Company

Co-Sponsors
Audi
Hewlett-Packard Company
CONTACT FOR TICKET INQUIRIES
Kate Fitzsimons at (212) 806-1612 or
kate.fitzsimons@amfar.org
CONTACT FOR SPONSORSHIP AND LEADERSHIP INQUIRIES
Andrew Boose at (212) 219-0297 or
aboose@aabproductions.com
CONTACT FOR PRESS INQUIRIES
Bennah Serfaty at (212) 806-1607 or
bennah.serfaty@amfar.org

 Posted: 27.05.08 13:22. Post subject: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEAS..

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Fri 23-May-2008
Bennah Serfaty, Senior Dir. Communications (212) 806-1607; Sarah Feeley, Coordinator (212) 806-1694, e-mail: sarah.feeley@amfar.org

Madonna, Sharon Stone, Natalie Portman, Mary J. Blige, Milla Jovovich, Harvey Weinstein, Kenneth Cole, and Others Gather in Cannes to Help Raise More Than $10 Million in Support of amfAR's HIV/AIDS Research and Prevention Programs

Most Successful Event in amfAR History. Event Presented by Bold Films, Chopard, and The Weinstein Company. Audi, Canal +, Hewlett-Packard Company, and Luxury Limited Edition Co-Sponsored Event

Cannes, France, May 23, 2008—Madonna, Sharon Stone, Harvey Weinstein, Natalie Portman, Michelle Yeoh, Mary J. Blige, Victoria and Dennis Hopper, Milla Jovovich, Samantha Morton, Sean "P. Diddy" Combs, Christian Slater, Dita Von Teese, Bold Films’ Michel Litvak, Palisades Pictures’ Vincent Roberti, French Vogue’s Carine Roitfeld, and amfAR’s Chairman Kenneth Cole were among those who came out to support the fight against AIDS last night at amfAR's Cinema Against AIDS gala in Cannes. The star-studded event, which was sponsored by Bold Films, Chopard, and The Weinstein Company, raised more than $10 million for amfAR's life-saving AIDS research programs. Audi, Canal +, Hewlett-Packard Company, and Luxury Limited Edition co-sponsored the event.
Other guests who attended the gala at the Moulin de Mougins in support of amfAR included: Roberta Armani, Amira Casar, Zoe Cassavetes, Dean and Dan Caten, Roberto and Eva Cavalli, Georgina Chapman, Jeisa Chiminazzo, Maria Cuomo Cole, Emily Cole, Alan Cumming, Lily Donaldson, Laurence Ferrari, David Furnish, Eva Herzigova, Marina Hinds, Tommy Hilfiger, Joshua Jackson, Star Jones, Diane Kruger, Juliette Lewis, Danny Masterson, Rose McGowan, Tamara Mellon, Svetlana Metkina, Margherita Missoni, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Petra Nemcova, Elsa Pataki, Natasha Poly, Julia Restoin-Roitfeld, Sir Cliff Richard, Joely Richardson, Guy Ritchie, Renzo Rosso, Rodrigo Santora, Valentino, Silvia Venturini Fendi, Ziyi Zhang, and Donatella Versace, who conceived of and realized the evening’s dйcor.

The evening opened as amfAR’s CEO Kevin Robert Frost welcomed guests to the fifteenth annual Cinema Against AIDS Cannes event. Harvey Weinstein followed to kick off the evening and discussed his long and passionate commitment to this event. He then introduced Kenneth Cole, amfAR's chairman of the board, who took to the stage next and reminded everyone about the critical nature of pursuing sound research in the face of the AIDS epidemic.

The legendary live auction, conducted by Sharon Stone, amfAR's global fundraising chairman, and Harvey Weinstein, kicked off with Ms. Stone's request for special support in honor of her fiftieth birthday. She began with her own pledge of $100,000 and in a moving speech she urged others in the room to meet her pledge; this joint effort raised $2 million in 10 minutes. Bidders included Christophe Navarre of Moлt-Hennessy, Milla Jovovich, Michelle Yeoh, Renzo Rosso, Roberto Cavalli, Ryan Kavanaugh, Tommy Hilfiger, and Valentino.

Following this unprecedented gesture, Ms. Stone presented a lot including a Louis Vuitton vanity case she designed herself and a one-of-a-kind print of Keith Richards signed by the photographer Annie Leibovitz, which sold for $129,000. Later on, she auctioned off her own vintage Porsche 911 Targa, a meticulously restored automobile, which sold for $810,000.

Longtime amfAR supporter Madonna spoke movingly about her experiences losing loved ones to HIV/AIDS as a young performer in New York City in the 1980s. Madonna thanked amfAR for the work it has done over the years, and emphasized that a cure for AIDS must be found. She also introduced a clip of her documentary I Am Because We Are, a film she narrated and produced, which was screened at the Cannes Film Festival in conjunction with amfAR’s Cinema Against AIDS. In the spirit of generosity, Madonna donated a private performance of two songs, won by an ecstatic bidder for $560,000.

A special performance by Grammy Award-winning artist Mary J. Blige was a highlight of the event. Ms. Blige brought the crowd of more than 700 guests to their feet when she sang her rendition of "One" by U2, and her hit single "Family Affair." Later in the evening, guests were treated to an unexpected surprise as amfAR Ambassador Milla Jovovich serenaded the crowd along with Ms. Stone while Dita Von Teese performed a tantalizing preview of her signature burlesque moves.

As a sharp reminder of devastating events in other parts of the world, amfAR Ambassador Michelle Yeoh asked for a moment of silence in honor of those affected by the earthquake in China.

amfAR supporter Natalie Portman also contributed to the live auction as she and Paulo Coelho danced onstage while auctioning off a package dedicated to the upcoming Weinstein film release Nine. The package included lunch on-set with a cast that includes Academy Award-winners Daniel Day-Lewis and Marion Cottilard, screening tickets, and an original manuscript of Mr. Coelho’s new novel about the Cannes Film Festival. The package sold for $243,000. A last minute addition to the program was made by Sean "P. Diddy" Combs, who offered "24 Hours with Diddy," to the highest bidder. This lot raised $324,000 for amfAR.

Other highlights of the auction included:

Christian Slater and Petra Nemcova auctioned off an HP Film Festival and Tech Package for $35,000.

Rose McGowan and Svetlana Metkina auctioned off a Christian Dior Parfums package, including a personalized scent, for $40,500.

Rodrigo Santoro and Jeisa Chiminazzo auctioned off a Victoria’s Secret Package, including invitations for six people to the Victoria’s Secret Pre-Show Party, six VIP seats to the Victoria’s Secret Fashion show, and access to an exclusive Victoria’s Secret After-Party for $178,000.

A Christian Dior Couture red sapphire crystal-encrusted mobile phone with 640 diamonds was sold by Ms. Stone for $195,000.

David Furnish and Dennis Hopper auctioned off a private sitting with renowned artist and filmmaker Julian Schnabel for $486,000.

Madonna added her special touch to a diamond-encrusted alligator skin Chanel purse designed by Karl Lagerfeld by including her personal lip gloss, compact mirror, and blotting papers for $486,000.

A portrait sitting with world-renowned photographer Patrick Demarchelier, as well as a print of his "Elephant, New York, 1991," was sold by Michelle Yeoh for $324,000.

A custom-tailored Chopard by Alberta Ferretti dress, adorned with 2.904 carats of Chopard precious stones on lilac silk chiffon was sold for $486,000.

Sean "P. Diddy" Combs and Donatella Versace auctioned off Madonna’s personalized, custom-made white Gibson acoustic guitar created especially for her "Confessions" tour for $486,000.

Alan Cumming and Dita Von Teese auctioned off a luxury Dubai International Film Festival Vacation, including four VIP tickets to Cinema Against AIDS Dubai, for $170,000.

Sharon Stone closed the auction by auctioning off a collection of one-of-a-kind Fendi baguettes designed by notable contemporary artists, including Tom Sachs, Nicola Guerraz, and Clara Halter for $162,000.

In addition, Hollywood Reporter and Screen International offered amfAR six months of free advertising.

amfAR's annual Cinema Against AIDS galas have been important and successful fund-raising events for the Foundation since 1993, generating more than $43 million for essential AIDS research. Past events have been hosted by Dame Elizabeth Taylor, Sharon Stone, Demi Moore, and Sir Elton John.

Like the epidemic itself, AIDS research knows no borders. amfAR’s programs have had a global reach since 1986, when the Foundation began awarding international grants. Today, amfAR continues to fund HIV/AIDS researchers worldwide and works to translate that research into effective treatment, prevention, and education programs around the globe.

amfAR recognizes American Airlines for its commitment to the fight against AIDS and its generous support of amfAR’s mission.

NOTES TO EDITORS:

Bold Films
Los Angeles-based Bold Films was established by European industrialist Michel Litvak in 2004 as an independent film finance and production company. Bold is dedicated to finding original voices, creating an artistic haven for filmmakers and producing innovative, provocative and meaningful feature films. Bold has completed four films to date, including Slingshot, Mini's First Time, and Come Early Morning. Bold's most recent film, Bobby, written and directed by Emilio Estevez, featured a star-studded cast including Anthony Hopkins, Lindsay Lohan, William H. Macy, Demi Moore, Sharon Stone, Elijah Wood, and many others. Bobby was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Picture and a SAG Award for Best Ensemble Cast.

CHOPARD
There are few jewelers in the world whose designs are immediately recognizable. At the forefront of that list is Chopard.

Creativity, exclusivity, and excellent quality are the hallmarks of this internationally embraced luxury watch and jewelry house, founded by Louis-Ulysse Chopard in 1860. The award-winning Chopard collection can be found adorning celebrities, and the company is known for hosting many luxury and charitable events worldwide. Chopard is the world's last independent and family-owned watch and jewelry company, and takes great pride in creating high-precision timepieces and luxurious jewels that combine imaginative design, sophistication of beauty, and tradition.

The Weinstein Company
The Weinstein Company (TWC) was created by Bob and Harvey Weinstein, the brothers who founded Miramax Films Corporation in 1979. TWC is a multi-media company that officially launched on October 1, 2005. Dimension Films, the genre label that was founded in 1993 by Bob Weinstein, is also included under the TWC banner. Since their launch, The Weinstein Company and Dimension Films have released many films, some of which include Derailed, Transamerica, Hoodwinked, Scary Movie 4, and Shut Up & Sing. Bobby, Clerks II, Factory Girl, and The Nanny Diaries are TWC presentations that have been theatrically released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios (MGM). Upcoming TWC films to be domestically distributed in theaters by MGM include Rob Zombie's reinvention of Halloween and 1408. Other upcoming films to be released by TWC and Dimension Films include: Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez's Grindhouse, Dedication, Grace Is Gone, My Blueberry Nights, and Death Defying Acts. During the Weinsteins' tenure at Miramax Films, the company released some of the most critically acclaimed and commercially successful independent feature films, including fifteen Best Picture nominations and three Best Pictures of the Year for The English Patient, Shakespeare In Love, and Chicago. The films, which received 249 Academy Award® nominations and won 60 Oscars®, have generated billions of dollars in worldwide box office receipts and billions more in home video sales. In its history, Dimension Films has released some of the most successful franchises including Scream, Spy Kids and Scary Movie.

AUDI AG
Audi is a global company, rich in tradition and active in more than 100 markets worldwide. It produces its cars not only in Germany but also in Hungary, China and Belgium. The brand with the four rings invests more than Ђ2 billion each year in order to sustain the company’s technological lead embodied in its "Vorsprung durch Technik" slogan. Stefan Sielaff, head of design at AUDI AG, focuses on an interaction between tradition, innovation and engineering: "It is our philosophy to create a simple and perfect design—based on our values, to break new ground and create expressive characters, perfect in detail."

Canal +
Canal+ Group is France’s leading pay-TV operator and a major player in the programming and production of premium and special-interest channels, the broadcasting of pay-TV services, and a pioneer in the development of new television services. At year-end 2007, Canal+ Group had over 10.5 million subscriptions to its different product offerings. Canal+ Group runs pay-TV operations in Poland and in French-speaking countries around the world via Canal Overseas.

Canal+ Group is also a European leader in the financing, acquisition, and distribution of feature films through its affiliate StudioCanal.

Canal+ Group employs 4000 people with a 2007 turnover of Ђ4.365bn.

Hewlett Packard Company
HP is redefining the digital entertainment experience with innovative products and unique services that change the way consumers connect, acces,s and enjoy today's digital lifestyle. As the only company with the digital heritage and global reach to deliver the products, content, unique services, and industry partnerships, HP can help consumers connect at every stage of the digital value chain.

Luxury Limited Edition
New on the Web: the first super-luxury site exclusively for the ultrarich and the very happy few! "Luxury Limited Edition" is the first site created to fulfill the desires of the biggest international fortunes and the world's most demanding clients. It offers, via the Internet, a wide-ranging collection of the world's most beautiful, rarest, and most expensive items in limited editions and even as exclusive offerings. Linking directly into the realms of fashion, luxury jewelry, art galleries and design, haute cuisine, the best in cars, homes, and more, this very first virtual showroom was created as a confidential space for those who can appreciate and afford the most beautiful objects on the planet. www.luxurylimitededition.com

 Posted: 22.12.08 15:21. Post subject: Dubai amfAR bash rai..

Dubai amfAR bash raises $1.8 mil
Salma Hayek, Danny Glover among attendees
By Liza Foreman

Dec 13, 2008, 04:47 PM ET

Director Deepa Mehta, left and actress Preity Zinta at the amfAR benefit (Getty Images photo)

Complete Dubai fest coverage

DUBAI -- A smattering of Hollywood stars made their way out to Dubai's latest attraction, the Atlantis hotel, for the second annual Cinema Against AIDS gala in Dubai, which raised $1.8 million Friday night.

"I just love duty free," said event co-chair Goldie Hawn, who went into an entertaining spiel about getting lost in Dubai years ago in search of duty-free goods.

Fellow co-chairs Salma Hayek and Laura Linney attended alongside Jeffrey Wright, Danny Glover, Harry and Pamela Belafonte, Oliver Stone, Terry Gilliam and Anna Ferzetti. The Hollywood glitterati mingled with local movers and shakers, many of whom came decked out in national dress.

At $140,000, the highest-selling item of the night was the "Terminator Salvation" premiere package, which included the "Mototerminator" motorcycle from the film and tickets to the premiere.

"We are so pleased that the bike managed to bring in so much money," said Victor Kubicek of the Halcyon Co., which produced the film. "But you would have to be a stunt-man to drive it."

A portrait of Marilyn Monroe from photographer Bert Stern was auctioned off by Hawn for $40,000 while a luxury tour of Asia sold for $35,000. Hayek sold a one-of-a-kind Cartier LOVE Handcuff engraved with her autograph for $80,000, and a walk-on role on the television show "Ugly Betty" that sold for $35,000.

AmfAR global fundraising chairman Sharon Stone was not on hand to drive up prices at the auction, but she did donate two portraits which sold for $8,000 -- $1,000 less than the closing price for a hand-painted Balenciaga dress, which took two months to make.

Sponsor Dubai Pearl's 100-person team made a $500,000 donation during the auction.

AmfAR's annual Cinema Against AIDS galas have generated nearly $44 million since 1993 for AIDS research. Thirty three million people live with AIDS worldwide.

 Posted: 01.01.09 15:36. Post subject: Oльга,если есть фото..

Oльга,если есть фото и видео для Дубай -2008-то пожалуйстя-сдавайте-будеть интересно!!!!

 Posted: 01.01.09 15:23. Post subject: Exciting News from amfAR as We Prepare for 2009!

Give the Gift of Science

Cutting-edge research remains our main source of hope for bringing an end to the global AIDS epidemic. This holiday season, you can give hope to 33 million men, women, and children worldwide who are living with HIV/AIDS and the millions more who are at risk of infection. Please make a tax-deductible donation to support amfAR’s lifesaving research programs today.
Click here to donate now: http://www.amfar.org/donate

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Can a Pill a Day Prevent HIV?

Could a daily dose of antiretroviral medication prevent HIV? On December 4, speakers at an amfAR-sponsored Congressional briefing in Washington, D.C., discussed the policy implications of using pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to prevent HIV among high-risk populations.
Read more: http://www.amfar.org/hill/article.aspx?id=5344

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Imagine There's No HIV

A pair of recent amfAR think tanks brought top scientists together to find ways of improving the effectiveness of existing anti-HIV drugs and to discuss what it will take to develop a practical cure.
Read more: http://www.amfar.org/lab/article.aspx?id=5338

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What Will Obama Do About AIDS?

When President-Elect Barack Obama takes office next month, some observers are predicting significant shifts in domestic and global AIDS policy. On December 9, amfAR's Public Policy office conened a panel of HIV/AIDS policy experts for a Congressional briefing to discuss what we might expect under the new administration and what challenges it will face.
Read more: http://www.amfar.org/hill/article.aspx?id=5350

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MSM Initiative Opens New Frontier in Eastern Europe/Central Asia

Funding applications are now being accepted for organizations addressing HIV among men who have sex with men (MSM) in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, where HIV infection is on the rise. The deadline is January 25, 2009.
Read more: http://www.amfar.org/world/article.aspx?id=5220

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In the Life Spotlights amfAR Founding Chairman

In honor of World AIDS Day on December 1, the public television program In the Life aired a lively conversation between amfAR Founding Chairman Mathilde Krim, Ph.D., and Phill Wilson, founder and CEO of the Black AIDS Institute.
Click here to view a webcast of the program: http://www.inthelifetv.org/html/episodes/68.html

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amfAR Sizzles on December 17 Episode of Top Chef

amfAR Board Member Natasha Richardson serves as a judge when Top Chef contestants serve up the 12 days of Christmas to benefit amfAR’s research initiatives. Catch this episode's debut tonight at 10 p.m. on Bravo.
Read more: http://www.bravotv.com/Top_Chef/season/5/index.php

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Stars Light Up the Desert at Cinema Against AIDS Dubai

Salma Hayek, Goldie Hawn, Laura Linney, and amfAR board member Harry Belafonte were among the celebrities who came out to raise HIV awareness and urgently needed funds for amfAR at the second Cinema Against AIDS Dubai on December 12.
Read more: http://www.amfar.org/spotlight/article.aspx?id=5140

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Many Thanks to Our Combined Federal Campaign Donors!

With the 2008 pledge season for the Combined Federal Campaign drawing to a close, amfAR extends thanks to the thousands of federal employees and military personnel who generously chose to support our work through direct payroll deduction.
Find out more about supporting amfAR through your workplace here: http://www.amfar.org/donate/article.aspx?id=5096

 Posted: 01.01.09 16:56. Post subject: Liubo А вроде Шэрон ..

Liubo А вроде Шэрон в 2008 году в Дубаи не ездила?

http://www.dubaifilmfest.com/en/media-center/press-room/amfar-reveals-glamourous-objets-de28099art-for-second-annual-cinema-against-aids-dubai.html