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BEL AIR, Calif. -- ``This is a great cause. You don't have to get all dressed up, get your hair and makeup done; it's easy and fun because it's interactive,'' a ponytailed, slacks-and-sandals-clad Cindy Crawford said at Sunday's Pediatric AIDS Foundation carnival.
The annual event, co-founded by the late Elizabeth Glaser, raised $1.8 million. Many celebs brought their kids to play for a good cause; others manned carnival booths. In the crowd: Jack Nicholson, Ted Danson, Claire Danes, Tyra Banks and Robin Williams.
Crawford beau Rande Gerber was nowhere in sight (``I don't care to talk about him,'' she said), but the supermodel's former husband, Richard Gere, was there. ``I haven't seen Cindy today,'' said Gere, who arrived from a spiritual retreat with actress Carey Lowell on his arm. ``I've been teaching all weekend.''
Newlyweds David Duchovny and Tea Leoni posed for photos with fans. ``I never thought about marriage and then I met the right person,' ' he said. ``Then it was obvious; best thing I ever did. I think the honeymoon is going to last a while.''
Leoni, sans makeup and revealing a sprinkling of freckles, said, ``Marriage is a lot of fun. Everybody says it's a lot of work, blah, blah, blah. So far, we've been having a lot of fun.''
How will the couple handle it when each goes back to shooting TV series in separate cities (she in Los Angeles, he in Vancouver)? ``It'll be tough,'' she said. ``You have to lay down the law and say that we promise that we're going to every couple of weekends make sure that we can get together. . . . We'll make it!''
Courtney Cox now has two-tone hair, red on brunet. ``I just did it for Scream, the sequel. We start in a week. I'll change it back before Friends.''
She's mum about Friends cast mate and pal Matthew Perry, who is undergoing drug rehab. ``All I can say is that we are very proud of him, and I'm sure he'll be great.''
Event host Paul Michael Glaser, who lost wife Elizabeth to AIDS in 1994, was in good spirits: ``Great turnout.'' He and wife Tracy are expecting their first child. ``It's due Oct. 1,'' he said. ``We do not know if it's a boy or a girl.''
Copyright 1997, USA TODAY, a division of Gannett Co., Inc.
Sue Facter, AIDS carnival reels in big stars. , USA Today, 06-10-1997, pp 02D.
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