SHAKIRA TO HEADLINE LAS
VEGAS PREMIERE OF
STONE VILLAGE PICTURES AND NEW LINE CINEMA’S
LOVE IN THE TIME OF CHOLERA
Event to
Serve as a Benefit for The BareFoot Foundation
Los
Angeles (October 18, 2007)
– To celebrate the release of the Colombia-set romantic drama
Love in the Time of Cholera
and her contributions to its soundtrack, international
recording/performing sensation Shakira will give a special performance
of songs from the soundtrack at a November 6 event serving both as the
Las Vegas premiere of the film and as a benefit for the BareFoot
Foundation (Pies Descalzos Foundation). The evening, which takes place
at the Palms Casino Resort beginning at 6:00 p.m., will be hosted by Stone Village Pictures, New Line Cinema,
Scott Steindorff, and Robin and Danny Greenspun, and co-sponsored by the
N9NE Group, the CineVegas Film Festival, Brenden Theatres and the Palms
Casino Resort.
The event kicks off with a dinner and
silent auction at Rain nightclub, with all proceeds going to The
BareFoot Foundation, a Colombian nonprofit aiding children and their
families established through the commitment of Shakira. Following the
benefit dinner, Shakira will give a selection of songs from
Love in the Time of Cholera.
Winner of two Grammy Awards and eight Latin Grammys, the songstress
collaborated with Stone Village Pictures to record original songs for
the soundtrack. The evening concludes at the Palms’ Brenden Theatres
with the Las Vegas premiere of Love
in the Time of Cholera, which opens wide in the U.S. on
November 16.
“I am grateful to all of those behind this
film who are supporting the important work of The BareFoot Foundation.
BareFoot supports children and families who have been disenfranchised
and displaced by the ongoing conflict in my native Colombia, the
beautiful land which Garcia Marquez describes with such lushness in
Love in the Time of Cholera,”
said Shakira.
“Shakira is a woman with immense talent and compassion, and it comes
through poignantly in her music and even more so in her actions. My
partners, Robin and Danny Greenspun and I, are honored to collaborate
with her as an artist and as a humanitarian and hope this event will
draw attention to the fine work the BareFoot Foundation does on a daily
basis” said Scott Steindorff of Stone Village Pictures.
Love in
the Time of Cholera
tells the epic love story of a man who waits 50 years for the love of
his life amid the lush, romantic backdrop of early 20th century South
America. Based on Gabriel Garcia Márquez’s acclaimed book of the same
title, Love in the Time of Cholera
was adapted for the screen by Academy Award winner Ronald Harwood (The
Pianist) and directed by Mike Newell (Four
Weddings and a Funeral). The film stars Academy Award
nominee Javier Bardem, Giovanna Mezzogiorno and Benjamin Bratt.
About The
BareFoot Foundation:
The BareFoot Foundation was born in Barranquilla, on Colombia’s
Caribbean coast, in the mid-1990s when international recording artist
and UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Shakira decided to take the social
compromise of encouraging and advocating for education, nutrition, and
health of the most vulnerable population: children.
The Foundation runs support programs for children and their families,
offering solutions to improve their quality of life and providing
opportunities to execute their right to education, paving the way for
their growth and development in society. For additional information,
please visit:
www.fundacionpiesdescalzos.com.
About New Line Cinema Corporation:
Celebrating its 40th anniversary year, New Line Cinema is the
most successful independent film company in the world. Its mission is
to produce innovative, popular and profitable entertainment in the best
creative environment. In addition to the production, marketing and
distribution of theatrical motion pictures, the fully-integrated studio
has divisions devoted to home entertainment, television, music, theater,
merchandising and an international unit. In 2005, New Line partnered
with HBO to form Picturehouse, a new theatrical distribution company to
release independent films. A pioneer in franchise filmmaking, New
Line’s Oscar-winning The Lord of
the Rings trilogy is one of the most successful film
franchises in history. New Line is a division of Time Warner, Inc. (TWX).
