May 19, 2008
Thousands of onlookers turned out Saturday in Vienna to watch thousands of celebrity revelers arrive for Life Ball, billed as Europe's biggest annual HIV/AIDS fundraiser. Those in attendance included "Sex and the City" star Kim Cattrall, supermodel Linda Evangelista, and actress Sharon Stone. Cattrall presented CARE Austria with a €100,000 (U.S. $155,530) check to support a project it runs in Kenya. Gery Keszler, the event's organizer, said he hopes the proceeds of this year's party will top last year's, which brought in €1.2 million (U.S. $1.9 million). Money raised by Life Ball goes to support AIDS projects in Austria and elsewhere. More information is available at www.lifeball.at.