Thursday, March 28, 2024

Sharon Stone Lured Back to Host Cannes amFAR Dinner After Group’s Finances Went into Decline

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Sharon Stone is doing a solid for amFAR this Friday. She’s returning to host their downsized Cannes dinner on Friday despite being treated like dirt by them for years.

The reason amFAR desperately needs her back: their finances are in decline. As I told you last week, amFAR salaries and expenses are up, but income is down.

This year, amFAR’s other problem is that their venue was changed from the glamorous Hotel du Cap Eden Roc to a local estate operated by the city of Antibes. They had to rent the location, which was only available on the undesirable date of this Friday. By then all the big stars who’ve been on the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival will have left the area.

So amFAR is flying in — at a great expense– a bunch of celebs including Alicia Keys for entertainment. And Sharon. And “Mrs. Maisel” star Rachel Brosnahan.

Sharon will host the night, but the guest list is limited to just 400 people because of French restrictions for COVID. She’s being damned nice to do it considering how badly amFAR has treated her after years of Stone raising millions and millions for them.

Roger Friedman
Roger Friedmanhttps://www.showbiz411.com
Roger Friedman began his Showbiz411 column in April 2009 after 10 years with Fox News, where he created the Fox411 column. His movie reviews are carried by Rotten Tomatoes, and he is a member of both the movie and TV branches of the Critics Choice Awards. His articles have appeared in dozens of publications over the years including New York Magazine, where he wrote the Intelligencer column in the mid 90s and covered the OJ Simpson trial, and Fox News (when it wasn't so crazy) where he covered Michael Jackson. He is also the writer and co-producer of "Only the Strong Survive," a selection of the Cannes, Sundance, and Telluride Film festivals, directed by DA Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus.
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