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October 6-12, 2010 \ Volume 20 \ Issue 38 \ Always Free Film | Music | Culture COMIC BOOKS & GRAPHIC NOVELS Where to Shop, What to Score, What’s in the Works KEIR EMMA and ZACH GILCHRIST ROBERTS GALIFIANAKIS Get an exclusive look at IT’S KIND OF A FUNNY STORY iTunes.com/FocusFeatures IT’SKINDOFA FUNNYSTORY IN THEATRES OCTOBER 8TH Area Codes: (213), (310), (323), (562), (626), (661), (714), (760), (805), (818), (866), (877), (888), (909), (949), (951) ©2010 CAMPUS CIRCLE • (323) 939-8477 • 5042 WILSHIRE BLVD.,LA Campus #600 LOS Circle ANGELES,• Wed CA10/6 90036 • 5x3’’ • WWW.CAMPUSCIRCLE.COM • ONE FREE COPY PER PERSON JobID#: 464929 Name: 1006_Its_CmpCir.pdf #100 9/29/10 2:19 PM pt *464929* INVITE YOU AND A GUEST TO AN ADVANCE SCREENING OF WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 13 7:30 PM TO ATTEND THIS SCREENING, R.S.V.P. AT CAMPUSCIRCLE.COM/ SCREENING/ CONVICTIONHOLLYWOOD THIS FILM IS RATED R. RESTRICTED. Under 17 Requires Accompanying Parent Or Adult Guardian. 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He was 18. dents often choose to spread their wings and explore a Gia Carangi was only 26 years old when she succumbed Angeles 2009 Los Walk AIDS number of interests, including religious freedom, political to an AIDS-related disease. Carangi was a dark-haired ties and sexuality. However, with the latter comes a wealth of supermodel in a time when many of the top faces had blonde Join 30,000 angelenos for aIDS walk Los angeles oct. 17. responsibility – something that many students are unprepared hair and blue eyes. She had grown up in Philadelphia, but to handle. According to the Centers for Disease Control, an moved to New York City to pursue her career. While there, and Los Angeles (Oct. 17), the fundraiser has helped bring estimated 40,059 young people in the United States have Carangi quickly garnered a name for herself, gracing the awareness to prevention and maintenance by partnering received a diagnosis of AIDS. Even more startling is that an covers of Vogue and Cosmopolitan magazines. However, with other charities and local businesses. The day of the estimated 10,129 young people with AIDS have died. What she was also addicted to heroin. Her proclivity for sharing event, thousands gather and walk across the city in a show this means is that despite the wealth of information about needles with other addicts soon took its toll. She contracted of solidarity for those lost to AIDS. YouthAIDS (psi.org/ HIV and AIDS available to adults aged 18-25, the message the disease and died at Hahnemann University Hospital Nov. youthaids) is also a well-known charity that has received a just isn’t being received. 18, 1986. little help from some very well-known friends. Pink, Alicia The first AIDS case in America was diagnosed April Earvin “Magic” Johnson for many was the most Keys, Amanda Bynes and Benji and Joel Madden have lent 24, 1980, in a San Francisco resident named Ken Home. It surprising diagnosis.