UNDER THE PATRONAGE of Princess Haya Al Hussein, Matt Dillon, Christina Ricci, and Mandy Moore will appear at the third annual Cinema Against AIDS Dubai benefit on behalf of amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research on December 10, 2009.

As chairs of the event, along with Special Chair Queen Noor of Jordan, and fellow Event Chairs Abdul Majid Al Fahim, Louis Ferla, Milutin Gatsby, and Dubai International Film Festival Chairman Abdulhamid M. Juma, Dillon and Ricci will help raise funds for amfAR’s HIV/AIDS programmes and heighten awareness of the AIDS epidemic in the Gulf region. Cinema Against AIDS Dubai will be presented by the Dubai International Film Festival and sponsored by Dubai Pearl.

The black-tie gala will take place at The Gate at the Dubai International Financial Centre. Following the successful format of amfAR’s other Cinema Against AIDS events, including the long-running Cinema Against AIDS Cannes, the evening will feature a dinner, entertainment, and a celebrity-filled live auction, with all proceeds going directly to amfAR’s life-saving HIV/AIDS programmes. Actress and acclaimed singer Mandy Moore will deliver a special performance.

AmfAR’s first Cinema Against AIDS benefit was held in Cannes during the 1993 International Film Festival and hosted by Dame Elizabeth Taylor, amfAR’s founding international chairman. Taylor was one of the first in Hollywood who spoke out about HIV/AIDS in the early 1980s. Since then, amfAR has had a long tradition of increasing awareness and raising funds for this cause all over the world. Sharon Stone, amfAR’s global fundraising chair, now carries on what Elizabeth Taylor began by traveling internationally for the Foundation and tirelessly working to raise HIV/AIDS awareness and support for AIDS research.

The film and entertainment communities have been committed and generous supporters of amfAR and the fight against AIDS since the start of the epidemic, and the Cinema Against AIDS galas have proven to be among the most high profile and consistently successful events worldwide. Cinema Against AIDS has also been held on various occasions during the Rome, Venice, Sundance, and Toronto film festivals.

Since 1993, these signature amfAR benefits have played a pivotal role in focusing attention on the continued fight against AIDS and have generated more than $48 million in support for the Foundation’s AIDS research programmes.

From the Khaleej Times

Christina was in Miami last night at the premiere celebration of the new Audi A8. I have just added 35 photos of Christina at the event! You can see the photos by clicking on the thumbnails below…

I have just added 33 HQ photos of Christina from the National Arts Club’s Medal Of Honor For Film Presentation that honored “The Ice Storm” director Ang Lee. I will be adding more photos from this event soon!

For now, you can see the photos that were added by clicking on the thumbnails below.

I have just added 36 HQ and MQ photos of Christina out and about in Los Angeles this week. She was snapped on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday… You can see the new pictures by clicking on the thumbnails below!

Welcome to the brand new version of Confessions of Christina Ricci! I have spent the past two days behind the scenes working on coding this layout and making sure that it looked good in Firefox, Safari and Internet Explorer… If you encounter any errors with anything, please let me know and I will work to fix it!

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Yesterday Donna Karan New York’s PR girl was tweeting it up about a film that was being shot for DK with Christina Ricci. The director of this project is none other than the son of Sting, Jake Sumner, and the producer is People’s Revolution owner, Kelly Cutrone. This all makes for a pretty interesting bunch! I asked DKNY’s PR girl via Twitter if she could give me more info and she said that she could not tell much, just that CR was the star and that Jake is directing and K Cutrone is producing. Sounds like something that could be pretty cool! I also asked DKNY’s PR girl via Twitter how Christina was in person and she replied, “She is a total sweetheart. Truly a doll.” That is good to know! I really love it when celebrities are nice! BTW, this is another reason why I love Twitter. Where else can you chat with a PR person from a big fashion label while they are on the set of a cool project? Hopefully we will all get to see what is going on soon!

From Orange Juice and Biscuits

I have added over 160 HQ and MQ photos of Christina from the most recent events that she has attended. There are now photos from the “After.Life” premiere at the AFI Fest, photos from the Prada Book Launch party and photos from the MOCA 30th Anniversary gala…