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Wide of red carpet 2. Medium of Elton John and David Furnish on red carpet 3. SOUNDBITE (English) Elton John/Recording Artist:\"The stigma involved of people coming out and saying 'I'm HIV...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eAP Entertainment\u003cbr/\u003eNew York, 15 Oct. 2012\u003cbr/\u003e1. Wide of red carpet \u003cbr/\u003e2. Medium of Elton John and David Furnish on red carpet \u003cbr/\u003e3. SOUNDBITE (English) Elton John/Recording Artist:\u003cbr/\u003e\"The stigma involved of people coming out and saying 'I'm HIV positive' is still an underground thing. It's still a shame-based thing. Until we can get everybody tested and people to come out and be role models to people who have HIV, then we're still battling against this disease, but we've made great strides medically and people are living much healthier lives and we just need people to be a little more brave and go and get tested and come out and say 'listen, I'm HIV positive and living a great life' and we need that to happen pretty quick.\"\u003cbr/\u003e4. Wide of Elton John and David Furnish talking to reporter\u003cbr/\u003e5. SOUNDBITE (English) Elton John/Recording Artist:\u003cbr/\u003e\"It was actually twenty...1990, 1989 and the White family changed my life as far as they more or less pointed out to me how out of whack my life was, how self-absorbed, how selfish, what a rotten life I was leading, drug-obsessed, self-obsessed. Six months after Ryan died I decided that was it, I was going to get sober. And then when I was a year sober, I started to think about doing the foundation, starting the foundation, and giving something back and making up for lost time.\"\u003cbr/\u003e6. Medium of Elton John talking to reporter\u003cbr/\u003e7. SOUNDBITE (English) Elton John/Recording Artist:\u003cbr/\u003e\"I'm really proud but I'm someone who doesn't look back very much; I look forward so we still have so much work to do. But we've nearly given $300 million dollars away so far and we don't waste our money.\"\u003cbr/\u003e8. Wide shot of Robert Kraft walking on red carpet\u003cbr/\u003e9. Medium of Donna Karan talking to reporter\u003cbr/\u003e10. Tilt up Alan Cumming\u003cbr/\u003e11. SOUNDBITE (English) Alan Cumming/Actor:\u003cbr/\u003e\"You couldn't have done anything more for this core community than he has in the last twenty years. The sheer mass amount of money, and just his spirit and ballsiness (sic) and the fact that at sixty he's become a father with his partner. He's a real example of turning your life around and just saying I'm going to do what I can to do good and to life the live I want to live and that's a really positive message.\"\u003cbr/\u003e12. Medium of Alan Cummings posing for photographer\u003cbr/\u003e13. SOUNDBITE (English) Alan Cummings/Actor:\u003cbr/\u003e\"Well I certainly think in the younger generation, who probably have not had the same type of education as people of my age have, which is fear-driven - perhaps the only time fear is used as a positive force would be to tell you to protect yourself sexually - but I know that for young people they really have not had that same kind of education. The infection rates are shooting up amongst the young and people are not being safe and that's something we've got to work on.\"\u003cbr/\u003e14. Medium of Courtney Love on red carpet\u003cbr/\u003e15. Wide of Stevie Nicks talking to reporter\u003cbr/\u003e16. SOUNDBITE (English) Stevie Nicks /Recording Artist:\u003cbr/\u003e\"Well, I got a phone call, 'would you like to play,' and I'm out, I'm rehearsed, I'm ready to go, so I'm the perfect person to call. I would do this even if I wasn't out and rehearsed, I'd put it together over the last week. I have a great band, so I could have put it together in two days if I had to. I'm thrilled that I'm on the road so I have a great show and I hope people will love it and I love to come to these things. But I also love to play, so I'm really glad I get to perform.\"\u003cbr/\u003e17. SOUNDBITE (English) Bridget Moynahan/Model-Actress:\u003cbr/\u003e\"My very first 8-track - It wasn't mine, it was my parents but it was the first one we got in our brand new car way back then, a Country Squire - was a Fleetwood Mac album so this is kind of exciting for me to see her perform live. Isn't that sad - eight track.\"\u003cbr/\u003e18. Wide of Brooke Shields on red carpet\u003cbr/\u003e19. Wide of Lance Bass talking to reporter\u003cbr/\u003e20. SOUNDBITE (English) Lance Bass /Recording Artist:\u003cbr/\u003e\"The most powerful thing is the face behind it. There's a lot of foundations out there but when you have such a powerhouse of Elton and all his friends, it really makes you pay attention. It's not a fluff foundation. It really does amazing work. I'm glad it gets the attention it deserves.\"\u003cbr/\u003e21. Medium of Cheyenne Jackson posing for photographers\u003cbr/\u003e22. SOUNDBITE (English) Cheyenne Jackson/Actor:\u003cbr/\u003e\"I truly believe that in my lifetime that we're going to find a cure. There's been so many close calls, and the guy that was cured through a bone marrow transplant, which is a whole other thing. But it's very close and I just feel it's so exciting that in our lifetime that that is possible, so yeah.\"\u003cbr/\u003e23. Wide of Downtown Julie Brown\u003cbr/\u003eStars walked the red carpet Monday night (15 OCT 2012) in New York for the Elton John AIDS Foundation's annual Enduring Vision benefit. \u003cbr/\u003eStevie Nicks, Brooke Shields, Alan Cumming, and Lance Bass were only of few of the evening's high-profile guest list. Sir Elton John and husband David Furnish arrived early and got right down to business.\u003cbr/\u003e\"The stigma involved of people coming out and saying 'I'm HIV positive' is still an underground thing. It's still a shame-based thing,\" explained John.\u003cbr/\u003e\"Until we can get everybody tested and people to come out and be role models to people who have HIV, then we're still battling against this disease, but we've made great strides medically and people are living much healthier lives and we just need people to be a little more brave and go and get tested and come out and say 'listen, I'm HIV positive and living a great life' and we need that to happen pretty quick.\"\u003cbr/\u003eHe also remembered the incident that changed his life. It was the death of Indiana teenager Ryan White. He contracted the disease after a tainted blood transfusion.\u003cbr/\u003e\"The White family changed my life as far as they more or less pointed out to me how out of whack my life was, how self-absorbed, how selfish, what a rotten life I was leading, drug-obsessed, self-obsessed. Six months after Ryan died I decided that was it, I was going to get sober. And then when I was a year sober, I started to think about doing the foundation, starting the foundation, and giving something back and making up for lost time,\" John said.\u003cbr/\u003eWhile John is proud of the organization, he's equally as thrilled with its efficiency.\u003cbr/\u003e\"We've nearly given $300 million dollars away so far and we don't waste our money,\" he said.\u003cbr/\u003eCumming shared his admiration for the 65-year musician.\u003cbr/\u003e\"You couldn't have done anything more for this core community than he has in the last twenty years. The sheer mass amount of money and just his spirit and ballsiness,\" Cumming said.\u003cbr/\u003eBut he said people need to stay afraid of contracting the disease.\u003cbr/\u003e\"Well I certainly think in the younger generation, who probably have not had the same type of education as people of my age have, which is fear-driven - perhaps the only time fear is used as a positive force would be to tell you to protect yourself sexually - but I know that for young people they really have not had that same kind of education. The infection rates are shooting up amongst the young and people are not being safe and that's something we've got to work on,\" explained Cumming. \u003cbr/\u003eNicks was the evening's entertainment and says she was up for the challenge.\u003cbr/\u003e\"I'm rehearsed, I'm ready to go, so I'm the perfect person to call,\" she said. \u003cbr/\u003e\"I would do this even if I wasn't out and rehearsed, I'd put it together over the last week. I have a great band, so I could have put it together in two days if I had to. I'm thrilled that I'm on the road so I have a great show and I hope people will love it and I love to come to these things. But I also love to play, so I'm really glad I get to perform.\"\u003cbr/\u003eModel-actress Bridget Moynahan was excited to see Nicks perform, and even shared a little tidbit of information.\u003cbr/\u003e\"My very first 8-track - It wasn't mine, it was my parents but it was the first one we got in our brand new car way back then, a Country Squire - was a Fleetwood Mac album so this is kind of exciting for me to see her perform live. Isn't that sad - eight track,\" Moynahan said.\u003cbr/\u003eCheyenne Jackson feels optimistic about finding a cure for the disease.\u003cbr/\u003e\"I truly believe that in my lifetime that we're going to find a cure. There's been so many close calls, and the guy that was cured through a bone marrow transplant, which is a whole other thing. 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