***MEDIA ADVISORY – UPDATED 10/19/2007***
Jeffrey Katzenberg to Address AIDS Walk Crowd
Old and New Hollywood Meet!
32,000 Walkers and Volunteers Registered! WHAT: 23rd Annual AIDS Walk Los Angeles (AWLA)
WHEN: Sunday, October 21, 2007
8:30 a.m.: Media Check-In Open (Backstage left)
Walker Registration Open
9:00 a.m.: Aerobic Warm-Up on Main Stage on San Vicente
9:15 a.m.: Opening Ceremony on Main Stage on San Vicente
9:55 a.m.: Photo/Interview Opportunities with Celebrities & Elected Officials
(Media pen will be backstage left)
10:00 a.m.: Walk Begins |
 |
STARS: Celebrity Hosts include: Michelle Bonilla (ER), Andrea Bowen (Desperate Housewives), Kelly Carlson (Nip/Tuck), Michelle Clunie (Queer as Folk, Dante’s Cove), Wilson Cruz (Noah’s Arc), Faith Ford (Carpoolers), Thea Gill (Queer as Folk, Dante’s Cove), Scott Grimes (ER), Deirdre Hall (Day of Our Lives), TR Knight (Grey’s Anatomy), Holly Madison (Girls Next Door), Kimberly McCullough (General Hospital), Ana Ortiz (Ugly Betty), Sara Ramirez (Grey’s Anatomy), Jai Rodriguez (Queer Eye), Darryl Stephens (Noah’s Arc), Jason Thompson (General Hospital).
MUSIC Jenifer Lewis (Sister Act, Who’s Your Caddy?) will kick-off the Opening Ceremony with a spirited performance of “I Know Where I’ve Been” from the movie musical “Hairspray.” Old and New Hollywood will meet when Oscar® winner Shirley Jones introduces Tony® winner and “Dreamgirls” co-star Anika Noni Rose who will close the ceremony with her performance of “You’ll Never Walk Alone,” the AIDS Walk anthem. Jones sang the song in the 1956 movie version of the musical “Carousel.”
KEYNOTE: Jeffrey Katzenberg, DreamWorks co-founder, APLA board member and AWLA
sponsor, will speak on behalf of APLA and its critical work.
WHERE: West Hollywood Park: San Vicente between Santa Monica & Melrose
Venue map: http://www.aidswalk.net/losangeles/event/maps.html
General Media Parking: Cedars-Sinai Medical Towers, 3rd Street & Sherbourne. Travel westbound on 3rd and turn right on Sherbourne. Shuttle Service to the venue provided.
Broadcast Crew Parking: Koontz Hardware, 8914 Santa Monica Blvd. Travel northbound on Robertson and enter at Robertson and Melrose Avenue. Take the last right before Santa Monica Blvd (unmarked alley) to parking lot.
Note: This lot is covered.
WHY: Today in Los Angeles County, there are an estimated 60,000 people living with HIV/AIDS, and new infections are occurring at alarming rates. As many as one-quarter of those infected do not know they carry the virus. Since its inception in 1985, AWLA has raised over $55 million for prevention, care and advocacy.
WHO: AIDS Project Los Angeles (APLA), one of the largest non-profit AIDS service organizations in the United States, provides bilingual direct services, prevention education and leadership on HIV/AIDS-related policy and legislation. Founded by four friends in 1982, APLA is a community-based, volunteer-supported organization with local, national and global reach. For more information, visit www.apla.org. In addition to APLA, the AIDS Walk benefits other Los Angeles area AIDS service organizations through the Community Coalition Initiative (CCI).
CONTACT: Justin Burke, jburke@apla.org, (o) 213-201-1525, (c) 323-333-0669
Colin Weil, colinw@aidswalk.net (o) 213-201-WALK, (c) 917-887-7487