Love Heals Attracts Support from CBS tv seris The Good Wife cast and crew

Broadway actress Daphne Rubin Vega; Photo by Patrick McMullan.

By: Juliette Fairley

November 18, 2011

The cast and crew of the CBS tv series The Good Wife dominated Love Heals, the Alison Gertz Foundation for AIDS Education 20th anniversary gala last week at the Four Seasons Hotel in Manhattan. The charity empowers young people in the fight against HIV.

Alan Cumming and Julianna Margulies; Photo by Patrick McMullan.

“I want to do everything I can to get the word out.  This charity makes me hopeful for the world,” said The Good Wife’s star Julianna Margulies who arrived with her long jet black hair done up in a Kim Kardashian–style pony tail.

During dinner, Broadway Actress Daphne Rubin-Vega sang two songs from Rent called Without You and Seasons of Love.

“I’ve been in New Orleans gearing up for the Spring 2012 opening of Streetcar Named Desire on Broadway. I play Stella while Blair Underwood is Stanley,” said Rubin Vega who is known for her starring role in Rent.

 Love Heals was founded in 1992 to carry on the memory of the late AIDS activist Alison Gertz who contracted HIV from a single sexual encounter at the age of 16.

The Good Wife’s Executive Producer Brooke Kennedy joined Julianna Margulies at the event.

“This job is based on working with people I enjoy,” said Kennedy of her producing position with The Good Wife. She was flanked by the show’s cinematographer Fred Murphy and Golden Globe winner Christine Baranski who plays Diane Lockhart in the series.

At the cocktail reception, Baranski raved about her wardrobe on the set of The Good Wife.

“It’s elegant, classy and very feminine,” said Baranski who wore a bright royal blue dress with diamonds on the red carpet.

Of her character Alicia Florrick‘s wardrobe, Margulies said, “I love that everything fits perfectly because it’s tailored.

”Co-stars Josh Charles who plays Will Gardner and Alan Cummings were notably present.

“I never thought I’d be playing a middle aged Jewish man that works in an office. I’ve learned that life is full of surprises and to keep your heart open to everything,” said British native Cummings who portrays Eli Gold on the show.

Juliette Fairley is a frequent commentator on Better Home & Gardens TV. She hosted Cha Ching Money Makers TV show for the Discovery Channel and is the author of Cash in the City (John
Wiley & Sons).  Follow her on Twitter @JulietteFairley.