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Bruce Vilanch among "Evening of Hope" honorees

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Advocate columnist and Hollywood Squares writer-panelist Bruce Vilanch is among the honorees at the upcoming 2001 "Evening of Hope," a fund-raising event for Project Inform. Other honorees this year include manager-producer Barry Krost, volunteer and consultant Brenda Freiberg, and Macy's West (for its support of community organizations fighting HIV/AIDS). The "Evening of Hope" dinner will take place in Los Angeles on November 14 at the Beverly Hills Hotel; for more information, visit projinf.org.

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