Madonna News

Mar 07

Madonna in Amfar's Photoshoot

from Liz Smith's column (published in NY Post) : Kenneth Cole, the handsome, smart new chairman of the board of AmFAR, was out in Hollywood last Oscar weekend. We ran into him at Elton John's jammed-to-the-rafters fete. But Kenneth, accompanied by his terrific wife, Maria Cuomo, wasn't there simply to party. He was networking and corralling stars for his big idea - a photograph, which will be published in December on World AIDS Day, of all the prominent scientists and activists who have given time, money, heart and soul to the cause. Mark Seliger is taking the pictures.
So far Kenneth - who is putting his own money into this effort - has snared Greg Louganis, Tom Hanks, Rosie O'Donnell, Elton John and David Furnish, Desmond Tutu, Dr. David Ho, Dr. Suniti Solomon, Harry Belfonte, Sharon Stone and, but of course, Miss Elizabeth Taylor, the woman who started it all back in 1985 when she co-founded AmFAR with Dr. Mathilde Krim. Madonna is in Cole's sight-line, among others. (Stars who can't get together at the same time will later be digitally joined in the massive picture.)
Kenneth Cole is working to attract a young, hot star to AmFAR's cause. AIDS infection rates have risen alarmingly among young people who don't remember the bad old days, and think, absurdly, even if they are infected, drugs can 'cure' them.

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