{"id":117288,"date":"2024-03-11T15:01:54","date_gmt":"2024-03-11T15:01:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/2024\/03\/11\/elton-johns-oscar-viewing-party-raises-a-record-breaking-amount-for-his-aids-foundation\/"},"modified":"2024-03-11T15:01:54","modified_gmt":"2024-03-11T15:01:54","slug":"elton-johns-oscar-viewing-party-raises-a-record-breaking-amount-for-his-aids-foundation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/2024\/03\/11\/elton-johns-oscar-viewing-party-raises-a-record-breaking-amount-for-his-aids-foundation\/","title":{"rendered":"Elton John&#8217;s Oscar viewing party raises a record-breaking amount for his AIDS Foundation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/syndication.abcaudio.com\/files\/2024-03-11\/M_eltonjohnataidsfoundationauction_theo%20wargo%20getty%20images%20for%20the%20elton%20john%20foundation.jpg\" alt><figcaption>Theo Wargo\/Getty Images for the Elton John Foundation<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Elton John<\/strong>&#8216;s annual Academy Awards Viewing Party has been going on for 32 years, but this year&#8217;s edition was the most successful yet.<\/p>\n<p>The start-studded event, co-hosted by Elton and husband\u00a0<strong>David Furnish<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Neil Patrick Harris<\/strong> and husband <strong>David Burtka<\/strong>, and\u00a0<strong>Tiffany Haddish<\/strong>,\u00a0raised a record-breaking $10.8 million for Elton&#8217;s AIDS Foundation. It also featured a performance from Elton, who took the stage with special musical guest, the band <strong>Gabriels<\/strong>, for his 2003 U.K. hit &#8220;Are You Ready for Love.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>A huge chunk of the money raised came from an auction held during the party. A Yamaha piano bedazzled in crystals and signed by Elton sold for over $360,000 after Elton joined the auctioneer onstage and played &#8220;Tiny Dancer&#8221; on the instrument. Two Elton pinball machines went for $200,000 each.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Other items that were auctioned off included two of Elton&#8217;s Gucci bomber jackets, a meet-and-greet with Elton and David at their upcoming photography exhibit at London&#8217;s Victoria and Albert Museum, and a Rolex from Elton&#8217;s personal collection, engraved to commemorate his Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;So far, this has been an extraordinary year beyond my wildest dreams, including the honor of achieving the EGOT, but it&#8217;s tonight&#8217;s gathering that is the ultimate highlight,&#8221; Elton said in a statement. &#8220;I\u2019m so grateful to everyone who comes out each year to have a lot of fun and do a whole lot of good together. We\u2019ve been loud and proud about showing compassion and ending the dreadful stigma that follows HIV, and we won\u2019t stop until we achieve our mission.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2024, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Theo Wargo\/Getty Images for the Elton John Foundation Elton John&#8216;s annual Academy Awards Viewing Party has been going on for 32 years, but this year&#8217;s edition was the most successful yet. The start-studded event, co-hosted by Elton and husband\u00a0David Furnish,\u00a0Neil Patrick Harris and husband David Burtka, and\u00a0Tiffany Haddish,\u00a0raised a record-breaking<span class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/2024\/03\/11\/elton-johns-oscar-viewing-party-raises-a-record-breaking-amount-for-his-aids-foundation\/\">Read More &rarr;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[425,430,452],"tags":[701,702,227,527,700,490,528,276,703,648],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117288"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117288"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117288\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117288"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}