"Beyond the Red Ribbons"

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"Beyond the Red Ribbons"

Baltimore Sun (12/22/92), P. 1D
Seigel, Jessica

Abstract: Although AIDS has been a touchy subject to address in Hollywood in the past, AIDS-related issues have recently received more support throughout the industry. One group, Hollywood Supports, was created in response to the dying words of actor Brad Davis, who kept his AIDS condition a secret for fear he would not get work. He accused Hollywood of hypocrisy for throwing money at AIDS programs while simultaneously discriminating against HIV-positive people. Hollywood Supports co-founder Sidney Sheinberg, president of MCA, said he has been disappointed that only one other company, Viacom, has followed his lead this year in extending health benefits to domestic partners of employees. This allows people to receive treatment who might otherwise not be covered. Extending benefits may encourage many people who are sick to seek the best treatments available. In Hollywood, major movie producers have felt in the past that movies dealing with AIDS would repel audiences, but that has changed as executives have approved a wave of big-name films about the epidemic. Aaron Spelling, the high-powered television producer, is expected to make a TV movie based on Randy Shilts' book "And the Band Played On," which chronicles the epidemic's spread in the United States.

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