Hollywood comes out to fight AIDS: October 29, 1985. (From the Advocate Archives).While star-studded star-studded Adjective featuring many well-known performers: a star-studded premiere star-studded adj a star-studded cast → un elenco estelar Hollywood Hollywood. 1 Community within the city of Los Angeles, S Calif., on the slopes of the Santa Monica Mts.; inc. 1903, consolidated with Los Angeles 1910. benefits for AIDS are now common, in 1985 they were new. Describing AIDS Project Los Angeles's first Commitment to Life event, which grossed over $1.3 million, Advocate reporter Matthew Matthew one of the twelve disciples. [N.T.: Matthew] See : Evangelism Daniels wrote, "The stars paraded for AIDS. More to the point, the stars paraded for AIDS before the media." On September 19 approximately 400 media representatives from 27 countries covered the event, which featured 15 entertainers, led by Liz Taylor. More than 2,500 people heard Burt Lancaster read a letter from Rock Hudson, who broke the silence he had held since announcing his straggle strag·gle intr.v. strag·gled, strag·gling, strag·gles 1. To stray or fall behind. 2. To proceed or spread out in a scattered or irregular group. n. with AIDS. "I am not happy that I have AIDS, but if that is helping others, I can, at least, know that my own misfortune has had some positive worth," Hudson wrote. At one point Burt Reynolds Burt Reynolds (born February 11, 1936) is an Oscar-nominated Emmy Award-winning American actor. Some of his memorable roles include Lewis Medlock in Deliverance, Paul Crewe in the original version of The Longest Yard, Bo 'Bandit' Darville in was booed when he read a telegram of support from President Ronald Reagan. Daniels reported, "Burt Reynolds summed up the frustration of the lack of AIDS awareness when he angrily said, `If this were a benefit for cancer, reporters wouldn't be asking stupid questions like, Why are you here?'" |
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