Mary J. Blige to Headline Cinema Against AIDS at Cannes

Mary J. Blige will give a special performance at this year’s seventeenth annual amFAR Cinema Against AIDS event on May 20 at Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc in France.

Hosted by Alan Cumming, the black-tie event – which features a cocktail reception, dinner and live auction – has become one of the most aniticpated events held during the Cannes Film Festival.

The Cinema Against AIDS event includes many of the celebrities and personalities associated with the film festival, while also attracting familiar faces from the worlds of fashion, music, business, and international society.

Event Chairs include: Giorgio Armani, Elizabeth Banks, Emily Blunt, Kenneth Cole, Milutin Gatsby, Ryan Kavanaugh, Michel Litvak, Vincent Roberti, Carine Roitfeld, Sharon Stone and Harvey Weinstein.

Since 1993, Cinema Against AIDS events around the world have raised more than $50 million for lifesaving AIDS research.