Sharon Stone
hopes to raise more than $1 million for AIDS research at an
auction at the Dubai International Film Festival on behalf
of Cinema Against AIDS and AmfAR.
"We're happy as
artists to know that we're coming together in the
movie community to work in AIDS awareness," Stone told
Reuters on Monday night. "We've been very happy to
have been for many years at the Cannes film festival
and the Rome festival, and now we're happy to be
here."
Michelle Yeoh,
star of Memoirs of a Geisha, and singer Gloria
Estefan were also on hand to support the fund-raiser.
According to
Reuters, Cinema Against AIDS events have generated more than
$30 million for AIDS research since 1993. In more than two
decades, AmfAR -- the American Foundation for AIDS
Research -- has invested $260 million, helping to fund
more 2,000 international research teams. (The
Advocate)
