FRANCE: PREPARATIONS FOR THE 6TH CANNES CINEMA AGAINST AIDS DINNER TO BE ATTENDED BY ELIZABETH TAYLOR

Record ID: 388465

  • Title: FRANCE: PREPARATIONS FOR THE 6TH CANNES CINEMA AGAINST AIDS DINNER TO BE ATTENDED BY ELIZABETH TAYLOR
  • Date: 29th May 1999
  • Summary: MOUGINS, FRANCE (MAY 20, 1999) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) WAITER WALKING DOWN PATH WITH TRAY ON HIS SHOULDER, ENTERS MOULIN DE MOUGINS RESTAURANT CLOSE UP OF SIGN SAYING MOULIN DE MOUGINS VARIOUS OF TABLES BEING LAYED BY STAFF IN RESTAURANT CHEF AND OWNER MR ROGER VERGE WALKING THROUGH RESTAURANT (SOUNDBITE) (English) VERGE SAYING: "We have to choose a special menu so it
  • Embargoed: 13th June 1999 13:00
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  • Location: MOUGINS, FRANCE
  • Country: France
  • Reuters ID: LVADORDM9G0XPLU0820DZ6UDLK5V
  • Story Text: Preparations are underway at the legendary French 16th century Mill restaurant, Le Moulin de Mougins, near Cannes, for the sixth annual Cinema Against AIDS benefit event to be held on Thursday night (May 20).The American Foundation for AIDS Research (amfAR) party is to be attended by the charity's founding Chairman, Elizabeth Taylor who will host the star-studded event.
    Sponsored this year by Geneva jewellers Chopard and Miramax Fims, the evening will commence with a private screening of the new film "My Life So Far" produced by David Puttnam and Steve Norris and directed by Hugh Hudson.The film stars British actor Colin Firth and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio along with Ben Affleck, Minnie Driver, Linda Fiorentino and Salma Hayek, all of whom are expected to attend the charity event.
    Afterwards guests will arrive at Le Moulin de Mougins in the hills above Cannes for a gala dinner, the menu for which has been created by one of France's best known chef's Roger Verge, owner of Le Moulin de Mougins and is set to include asparagus,monkfish and veal.Silent and live auctions for the event are to be overseen by the auctioneers, Christie's.
    Items selected for the live auction include: a Princess Diana dress designed by Catherine Walker which was worn on a 1992 Royal trip to Korea with Prince Charles; a 1952 Mercedes-Benz 220A Cabriolet roadster called "Flamingo" taken from Hiro Yamagata's "Earthly Paradise" contemporary art collection; a Chopard necklace: numerous private tennis lessons with top seed players Pete Sampras, Monica Seles and Steffi Graff as well as a half-hour lesson with the legendary Chris Evert.
    Organisers of the event hope to raise at least half a million dollars U.S.from the auction to go to amfAR.Last year, the charity event raised over 1.2 dollars U.S..
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