The event "Cinema Against AIDS 2011", which this year celebrates its 18th edition, will be held May 19 at the Hotel Cap-Eden-Roc on the outskirts of Cannes and will feature a dinner and auction.
Among the attendees are also confirmed Patrick Dempsey ("Grey's Anatomy"), Milla Jovovich, Karl Lagerfeld, Brooke Shields, Gwen Stefani and Donatella Versace.
AmfAR's appointment has become over the years into one of the biggest parties for celebrities that take place under the famous French film shows, and she came to see Sharon Stone dancing with Elton John and Ringo Starr, and George Clooney offered a kiss to the highest bidder.
In addition to the celebration in Cannes, "Cinema Against AIDS" is celebrated in other parts of the world every year and since 1993 has managed to raise almost $ 60 million for the fight against AIDS. Entries to take part in the show range from 6,000 to 100,000 dollars.
Elizabeth Taylor was a standard in Hollywood in raising awareness on HIV and participated in the creation of amfAR.
She died after suffering heart failure last March 23 in Los Angeles at age 79.
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