Spokesperson for the American Foundation for AIDS Research since 1995
Cowrote “Come Together Now” after the tsunami disaster; made the song available to download after Hurricane Katrina. The proceeds went to Habitat For Humanity and Angels' Place
Donated $10,000 at the World Economic Forum to help with malaria-related health efforts, and raised $1 million from the rest of the crowd within minutes of her donation
Charities & foundations supported
Sharon Stone has supported the following charities:
46664Aids LIFEAid Still RequiredAmerican Foundation for AIDS ResearchAmerican Heart AssociationAmerican Stroke AssociationAngels' PlaceBarbara Davis Center for Childhood DiabetesCatalina Island ConservancyCelebrity Fight Night FoundationCinema For PeaceClinton FoundationClothes Off Our BackDalai Lama FoundationElizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS FoundationElton John AIDS FoundationGLAADHabitat For HumanityHomeless Not ToothlessLIVESTRONGLos Angeles LGBT CenterLupus LAMotion Picture and Television Fund FoundationMuhammad Ali Parkinson CenterNational Center for Missing and Exploited ChildrenNew York City Police FoundationNorthBeach CitizensPeres Center for PeacePlanet HopeProject Angel FoodSoles4SoulsSt. Jude Children's Research HospitalStreet TeensUS...
Cowrote “Come Together Now” after the tsunami disaster; made the song available to download after Hurricane Katrina. The proceeds went to Habitat For Humanity and Angels' Place
Donated $10,000 at the World Economic Forum to help with malaria-related health efforts, and raised $1 million from the rest of the crowd within minutes of her donation
Charities & foundations supported
Sharon Stone has supported the following charities:
46664Aids LIFEAid Still RequiredAmerican Foundation for AIDS ResearchAmerican Heart AssociationAmerican Stroke AssociationAngels' PlaceBarbara Davis Center for Childhood DiabetesCatalina Island ConservancyCelebrity Fight Night FoundationCinema For PeaceClinton FoundationClothes Off Our BackDalai Lama FoundationElizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS FoundationElton John AIDS FoundationGLAADHabitat For HumanityHomeless Not ToothlessLIVESTRONGLos Angeles LGBT CenterLupus LAMotion Picture and Television Fund FoundationMuhammad Ali Parkinson CenterNational Center for Missing and Exploited ChildrenNew York City Police FoundationNorthBeach CitizensPeres Center for PeacePlanet HopeProject Angel FoodSoles4SoulsSt. Jude Children's Research HospitalStreet TeensUS...
- 11/9/2023
- Look to the Stars
When Taiwan-based filmmaker Pawo Choyning Dorji’s first film “Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom” was accepted by the London Film Festival, he made connections around the world, from French and Swiss investors to Hollywood, as he tirelessly promoted the film, which wound up the first Bhutanese film submitted for the Oscar. It marked the first Oscar nomination for the tiny, long-isolated Buddhist country of Bhutan, which became the world’s last country to open itself to television and the Internet in 1999. With so few films produced in the small mountain country, his second film “The Monk and the Gun,” made with more actors and a bigger budget, was also submitted this year.
The movie, which debuted at Telluride, is a culture-clash story about a lama who wants his monk to find him a gun in time for the full moon, which is in four days. At the same time,...
The movie, which debuted at Telluride, is a culture-clash story about a lama who wants his monk to find him a gun in time for the full moon, which is in four days. At the same time,...
- 9/9/2023
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
With no film industry to speak of, and limited funds to make a movie in one of the most remote places on earth, young Bhutanese director-writer Pawo Choyning Dorji pulled off a miracle with his first feature, Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom, which came out of nowhere to get an Oscar nomination for Best International Feature (formerly Best Foreign Language Film) in 2019. It was a charmer of a movie set in a village in Bhutan with no connection to the outside world and where a young teacher must decide whether he wants to stay and teach the kids or follow his dreams to Australia.
If I were a betting man — which I am — I would venture to say that with his second film The Monk and the Gun, which just had its world premiere at the Telluride Film Festival this weekend and goes on to Toronto next week, will...
If I were a betting man — which I am — I would venture to say that with his second film The Monk and the Gun, which just had its world premiere at the Telluride Film Festival this weekend and goes on to Toronto next week, will...
- 9/4/2023
- by Pete Hammond
- Deadline Film + TV
Production is under way on “Land of Mercy” an English-language animated feature set in Tibet. The story sees a young man embark on a quest for Buddhist enlightenment that was the last wish of his dying father.
Its voice cast includes Armand Assante (HBO’s “Gotti”), Alexander Wraith (“The Mandalorian”) and Louis Mandylor (“Debt Collector”) as well as Singapore stage actor Adrian Pang.
The 3 million picture is written, directed and produced by Tan Keng Leck, head of Singapore-based firm Hwallywood Studio, and adapted from a well-known novel by Fan Wen. Animation production is handled by the film’s co-producer Indonesia’s Msv (“Battle of Surabaya”).
Production is to be completed by mid-next year, with release of the film in October 2023. No sales agent or distribution channel has been announced yet.
Fan Wen is a China-based author, who identifies as Catholic and has completed 15 literary works. He reputedly spent ten years penning his “Trilogy of Tibet,...
Its voice cast includes Armand Assante (HBO’s “Gotti”), Alexander Wraith (“The Mandalorian”) and Louis Mandylor (“Debt Collector”) as well as Singapore stage actor Adrian Pang.
The 3 million picture is written, directed and produced by Tan Keng Leck, head of Singapore-based firm Hwallywood Studio, and adapted from a well-known novel by Fan Wen. Animation production is handled by the film’s co-producer Indonesia’s Msv (“Battle of Surabaya”).
Production is to be completed by mid-next year, with release of the film in October 2023. No sales agent or distribution channel has been announced yet.
Fan Wen is a China-based author, who identifies as Catholic and has completed 15 literary works. He reputedly spent ten years penning his “Trilogy of Tibet,...
- 7/11/2022
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
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