GIVING CAN GET YOU INTO `STAR WARS' MAY 16.Byline: Reed Johnson Reed Cameron Johnson (born December 8, 1976 in Riverside, California) is an outfielder for the Toronto Blue Jays of the American League East division of Major League Baseball. He weighs 180 lb (82 kg) and is 5'10" tall. Daily News Staff Writer The Force will be with a Los Angeles-area AIDS foundation that's been chosen to host one of the first screenings anywhere of George Lucas' new ``Star Wars'' installment. The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation was founded in 1988 by Elizabeth Glaser, Susan DeLaurentis, and Susie Zeegen. Glaser and her husband, actor Paul Michael Glaser, learned that Mrs. Glaser had been infected with HIV through a blood transfusion. is one of 11 national charities benefiting children that will premiere ``Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace'' at 11 May 16 fund-raisers in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and Canada. The movie's official opening is May 19. Spokeswoman Cheryl Cook said Tuesday that the nonprofit, Santa Monica-based foundation hopes the invitation-only event will raise $700,000 for its research activities aimed at AIDS/HIV prevention and treatment. The much-anticipated space saga will screen at 1 p.m. on three screens at the 1,400-seat GCC GCC: see Gulf Cooperation Council. (compiler, programming) GCC - The GNU Compiler Collection, which currently contains front ends for C, C++, Objective-C, Fortran, Java, and Ada, as well as libraries for these languages (libstdc++, libgcj, etc). Avco Cinema Westwood on Wilshire Boulevard Wilshire Boulevard is one of the principal east-west arterial roads in Los Angeles, California, United States. It was named for H. Gaylord Wilshire (1861-1927), an Ohio native who made and lost fortunes in real estate, farming, and gold mining. . The foundation, named for the late wife of actor Paul Michael Glaser Paul Michael Glaser (born March 25, 1943) is an American actor and director. Biography Originally Paul Manfred Glaser, he was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the youngest of three children. His parents were Dorothy and Samuel Glaser. , will begin mailing invitations next week soliciting potential buyers for three different ticket packages. The most expensive, ``The Jedi Knight Package,'' costs $25,000 and includes 10 seats to the movie screening, 10 tickets to a post-premiere party being produced by Along Came Mary, and 10 additional movie and party tickets for 10 HIV-positive children to attend. The ``Skywalker Package,'' at $10,000, buys eight seats and eight party tickets and sponsors eight HIV-positive children; and the ``Obi-Wan'' package ($5,000) buys four reserved seats and four party passes and sponsors four children. An undisclosed number of additional tickets are being sold for $500 apiece on a first-come, first-served basis through Levy, Pazanti and Associates at (310) 201-5033. Cook said that Lucasfilm has specified that all tickets to the fund-raiser must be sold. No complimentary passes will be available, even to 20th Century Fox, the film's distributor. The L.A. fund-raiser is being underwritten by Flexjet, a company that arranges part ownership of corporate and business jets. The company also will be donating $500 a ticket for 150 HIV-infected children and their families to attend. The other charities are in Chicago, Boston, Dallas, Denver, New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. , Philadelphia, San Francisco, Seattle, Toronto and Washington, D.C. |
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