
The Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation (ETAF) will host its The
Elizabeth Taylor Ball to End AIDS: VIRTUAL broadcast on World AIDS Day, December 1, 2020. The
elegant evening event will be generously supported by Presenting Sponsor Gilead
Sciences Inc., and Diamond Sponsor BVLGARI.
The one-hour broadcast event will be filled with friends of
Elizabeth Taylor and her namesake foundation with messages to remember her
courage, and to celebrate the accomplishments in the care for people living
with or at risk for HIV. The entire evening will reflect Elizabeth Taylor’s
vision of an AIDS-free world, with moving messages about the nearly 40-year
fight against AIDS, a performance by music icon Vanessa Williams, and an
auction in partnership with Christie’s.
Supermodel turned super mogul Kathy Ireland,
ETAF Ambassador and one of Elizabeth’s dearest friends, will serve as host for
the broadcast.
Earvin “Magic” and Cookie Johnson will be presenting the
inaugural Elizabeth Taylor Commitment to End AIDS Award to Gilead Sciences,
Inc. for their global leadership in HIV treatment and prevention. Through their
innovation and medical advances, countless lives are being saved, and many more
people have avoided contracting HIV.
With an optional VIP Pre-Show event hosted by
esteemed fashion designer and cookbook author, Zac Posen, this one-hour event
will provide a time for us to reflect on our achievements, but more
importantly, the work yet to be done.
The Host
Committee includes President Bill Clinton, Dr. Gabriel Chiu and Christine Chiu,
Colin Farrell, Aileen Getty, Whoopi Goldberg, Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson, Kathy
Ireland, Sir Elton John and David Furnish, Earvin “Magic” and Cookie Johnson,
Elizabeth Segerstrom, and Barbra Streisand.
Additionally,
the Benefit Committee includes Angela Bassett, Dame Joan Collins, Alexandra
Daddario, Zac Posen, and Vanessa Williams among others.
To purchase tickets: ETAF.org/ETBallVirtual
“Give. Remember always to give. That is the thing that will make you grow.”
- Elizabeth Taylor
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