Jamie Lee Curtis: Difference between revisions

In March 2012, Curtis was featured with [[Martin Sheen]] and [[Brad Pitt]] in a performance of [[Dustin Lance Black]]'s play ''[[8 (play)|'8']]'' — a staged reenactment of the [[Perry v. Brown|federal trial]] that overturned California's [[Proposition 8|Prop 8 ban]] on same-sex marriage — as Sandy Stier.<ref name="8 the play">{{cite news |title=George Clooney, Brad Pitt and More of Hollywood Perform Prop. 8 Play '8' (Video)|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/george-clooney-brad-pitt-proposition-8-play-296712|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] hollywoodreporter.com|accessdate=March 18, 2012|first=Jane|last=Kellogg}}</ref> The production was held at the [[Wilshire Ebell Theatre]] and broadcast on [[YouTube]] to raise money for the [[American Foundation for Equal Rights]].<ref name="8 play video">{{cite web|title="8": A Play about the Fight for Marriage Equality|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlUG8F9uVgM|publisher=[[YouTube]]|accessdate=March 17, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=YouTube to broadcast Proposition 8 play live|url=http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2012/03/01/youtube-to-broadcast-proposition-8-play-live/|publisher=pinknews.co.uk|accessdate=March 15, 2012}}</ref> In June 2016, the [[Human Rights Campaign]] released a video in tribute to the victims of the [[2016 Orlando nightclub shooting|2016 Orlando gay nightclub shooting]]; in the video, Curtis and others told the stories of the people killed there.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hrc.org/blog/watch-49-celebrities-honor-49-victims-of-orlando-tragedy-in-new-ryan-murphy |title=49 Celebrities Honor 49 Victims of Orlando Tragedy &#124; Human Rights Campaign |publisher=Hrc.org |date= |accessdate=2016-06-30}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Rothaus |first=Steve |date=June 12, 2016 |title=Pulse Orlando shooting scene a popular LGBT club where employees, patrons 'like family' |url=http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/gay-south-florida/article83301677.html |work=The Miami Herald |access-date=June 15, 2016}}</ref>