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Not On Our Watch, a charity co-founded by George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon and Don Cheadle, has donated $500,000 to the United Nations World Food Program.
The money will help the U.N.'s food aid agency to prevent hunger in the troubled Darfur region of Sudan.
In a statement, Clooney said, "Without immediate additional funding, humanitarian aid in the region will be crippled."
Gorge George has become a leading celebrity advocate for action against the genocide in the Sudan after filming a documentary about the crisis last year.
Keep it up!
Posted: March 14, 2008 at 1:43 pm
nice
another celebrity who thinks it matters what they think. thanks george, but stick to acting
where's brad?
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My kid is the cutest!!
What a champ!
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thank god
uh yet they dress in clothes worth much more and live in houses worth millions and they dont even eat
about time.
Hmmm all those big stars and they could only donate 500k? cheap bastards.
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uh i hate him he could not be more of a self congratulatoryasshole. george clooney needs to shut the fuk up!! ughhhh disgusting
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Perez why don't you contribute if you think its so great??
what the hell is 500k among 4 mega-rich people. Give more. give more. give more. you have more than you will ever need.
why has no one commented
Those big names and that's all they've managed to donate? NEXT charity please….
That's all good but what about the children here in the US. Have you noticed these celeb's never reach out to their own country and what children here might need. Plenty of orphan children in the US who would love to be adopted by one of them. surprises me they never look at home or give at home.
Good for them! Regular people like you and I do things like this everyday but we arent noticed. I conrgatulate celebrities like this for doing something positive with their popularity and bringing publicity to this.
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Pssh who cares, honestly. I wouldn't care if the entirety of Africa sank into the ocean. It doesn't matter how much money we give or how much aide we provide, that continent is doomed.
I have my doubts these poor people will ever see any food. Money going through the corrupt United Nations will stay right there with members once again lining their pockets.
Between the group of them, it should have at least been $5 million!
Re: BOY GEORGE –
Yeah, how dare he work to keep people from going hungry and getting killed? I never!
What about our Veterans?
this is all a crock of shit. sooo much money has gone overseas…all of this time and those people in africa are still killing each other senselessly and requiring the evil white man to bail them out. meanwhile our own country is going to hell in a handbasket.
people need to stop wasting their money sending it to africa. however if obama is our president (god forbid!) then you better believe africa will be his top priority. america who?
actually, a lot of people donate money ad they dont need to have a press conference about it. and if you look at what he does, its not just his attitude towards his personal donations, which are paltry compared to his annual income, but towards all the things he does, from his terrible oceans movies to his womanizing reputation. face it, a lot of people hate george clooney, and for some completely legitimate reasons.
Everyone is so quick to bash George Clooney for donating some money and making a statement. If you realized what genocide and tragedy are going on in Darfur some of you wouldn't be so quick to judge him.
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Please take a few minutes to read and educate yourself on the issues, and if you feel it's a worthy cause and you have the resources to do it, donate!
How about these generous offers go to our country before we help another.
We are far too kind, do you think other countries give a damn if America's people are starving in the streets? No they don't and it is happening.
wow you ignorant pricks have no idea what is going on in Darfur. This isnt just a bunch of poor people or africans killing eachother…this is a genocide. The Holocaust ring a bell?!? Regular people dont do this every day… most people dont even know about the situation over there. and its sick that you would criticize someone that just donated money for a good cause. He is passionate about this…this isnt a publicity stunt. Go look it up and spread the word. and dont hate on him cuz at least hes doing SOMETHING.
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Great. Another 500k for those corrupt assholes to steal.
SURE ARE A LOT OF DRAGONS ON THIS SITE NEED SLAYING-BITTER, PARTY OF SEVERAL!
how could he ever call himself a good guy when he will always want to have thousands times more than anyone he tries to help, in the end of a day he will always have his big houses, loads of expensive carxs, personal chefs, wardrbes full of clothes, fit women and huge parties, not to mention a 50" plasma in every room of everyone of his houses, and yet here he is giving out some sandwiches and it is ment to make him look better
lets hope he gets hit by a bus and spends the rest of his life blinking 1 for no and 2 for yes,
im sure there were tax benefits, and im sure he only donates money to help him make money elsewhere and enjoy all the fun of going to the un as a celebrity and hosting loads of parties where people can say what a nice guy he is
That is all well and good and I don't mean to undermine what they're doing, but how about doing huminatarian efforts right here in the USA. How many people are starving, how many are losing their homes to foreclosure? Look down in the southern states - their still waiting for homes.
Like your last line says…I'm sure Georgie has no trouble keeping it up:)
George Clooney was told to SHUT UP at the UN by Russia and France as reported by news.com. George Clooney's agents obviously are promoting the famed 47 year old high school graduate's lack luster career and latest movie….
i love how the ONLY people in the world in a good financial position to truly help starving people give what equals far less than 1 of their already grossly inflated paychecks and then tell US to pay up… unbelievable. its great and all that stars 'support' these causes but dont tell me your helping starving children from your fucking multi million dollar house in Italy while most people (the same people you try to guilt into giving up their actually HARD EARNED AND MUCH NEEDED money) in this country live pay check to pay check. sick. i actually used to think Perez was smart enough to see right through this kind of bullshit.
Re: Alley – I agree 100%. There are so many things that they could also contribute to right here!
i hope they know that they aren't really helping. once the gov. gets their hands on that money, thats it, it disappears.
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I think that they could give a little more than 500,000.00 how cheao can you get
Why dont they try helping the underprivileged in the USA before going abroad!
The fact that they are giving money to an organization that is under investigation for stealing money (The oil for food program) it's beyond me.
They probably are very generous people but they keep giving to the wrong orgainziation. And they supposed to be intelligent.-
thats cool and all but……… what about our own country ????? we have plenty of children here that need help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! they are hungry too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
to bad Clooney is a jack ass and the UN is a joke.
Re: An Army of Idiots – To bad you have no clue what is really going on. THe UN is a joke, totally fnded by the US. The problem with you other people who think you are all superior is that you want the US to give all the money to everyone else, then get mad that the money isn't used right. How about you get off your keister and DO something instead of blaming the US for all the problems in the world? Oh, yeah, and about the War, would you prefer we left Sadam in charge to torture his own people? Yeah, thought not.
It sounds great - but what do you REALLY think the U.N. will be doing with that money - more anti american propaganda… it's actually a BAD way to try to make a difference - but George and gang certainly get the P.R. they need for their next lame movie
Hats off to these guys. Darfur is a very worthy cause. I hope this opens more eyes to the atrocities that are going on over there.
what is the point of this. perez hilton is the biggest loser. all this shit is pointless
Why not a mention of how the US funds nearly the entire United Nations!!
The UN is a farce and an anti-American, anti-Israeli organization. All of them are criminals and money-grubbers.
Why don't the UN employees give their money with their HUGE and RIDICULOUS salaries??
The UN is a joke
$500k , that's it!? Serioulsy, for all the talk this guy does he certainly doesn't put his money where his mouth is. Isn't he worth millions?!! Is he just cheap or does he really not support his own cause and just wants everyone else to pitch in and clean up the mess in another 3rd world country?! Hello… did anyone give him the memo that the US is in a recession? Our own people are becoming homeless, have no health care, no pot to piss in, no jobs…. but we're still listening to this dope and why? Get all the rich celebrities and corrupt politicians to contribute to this !!
the U.S has its own issues why don't you help out your fellow Americans.
$50,000? And what do these guys make for one mediocre movie. That kind of money doesn't seem to big hearted to me.
THE DONATION DID NOT COME FROM GEORGE MONEY, ITS FROM THE ORG THAT THEY HAVE FOUNDED LAST YEAR, WHEN THEY DID THE FUNDRAISING IN CANNES DURING THE O13 PREMIERE.
GEORGE HAS NOT DONATED ANYTHING TO CHARITY THAT IS COMING FROM HIS OWN POCKET! HE IS THAT STINGY!!!
It`s amazing how George can be so generous and worried about human`s problems……Gorgeus and Kind……he`s perfect!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
First, mandatory sterilization of all countries needing or asking for handouts of food or money for food. Personally I would NEVER feed poor people so they could go on fucking and creating more starving children. Won't someone speak up and fix the problem of starving shildren where it begins…!!!
First, mandatory sterilization of all countries needing or asking for handouts of food or money for food. Personally I would NEVER feed poor people so they could go on fucking and creating more starving children. Won't someone speak up and fix the problem of starving children where it begins…!!!
unfortunately, any help to these people gets taken away by their greedy gov't. it's sad but true, i saw it on 20/20. There was a jounalist begging Americans to stop because all we were doing was putting money into the pockets of money-hungry leaders. educate yourselves.
Re: Sterilize The Adults Who Fuck And Create More Starving Children –
i agree but the way you told it was well……………..not really diplomatic.
Look, it's an important issue, yes it needs publicity, but as someone who's actually studied this stuff, I don't want to hear it from George F'in Clooney, I wanna hear it from the guy over there, who's got 3 PhDs and 20 years in the field, and if most people were half way intelligent they would too. And yes, $500k is chicken feed, and if they just gave their money to Bill Gates UNHCF or Red Cross or Medcins Sans Frontiere or someone else, instead of spenind probably that much again per year on admin and running fees for their vanity foundation, they could do a lot more good, here's voting every time Clooney does a Nestle commercial (look them up) he donates the money straight to Africa without having to have a fucking press conference about it every damn time.
Dumbasses, their organization raised over $9,000,000. They are distributing the money where it is needed most.
how about the starving kids in America? Who will speak for them?
Every time anfter freaking time I see one of these countries or one of those commercials about it begging for money to feed the starving—I see a damn kid hanging from some momma's teat. They are not so starved they can't fuck and reproduce. Screw sending my money over there to perpetuate the damn (breeding) problem. Let Darwin's "natural selection" take it's natural course. Survival of the fittest. Extinction of the weakest.
So these asshole big-shots donate a measly $500,000 and demand that the federal government increase funding? This isn't a drop in the bucket to George Clooney alone. These people just want to feel better about themselves, so they try to make everyone else feel like they aren't doing enough. Most of the money we send to African regions is quickly gobbled up buying palaces for the fascist dictators who control them.
as usual , overcharge the American to see your movie . Then send the money overseas like a big shot . Thats called robbing Peter to pay Paul ? Like corporations who overcharge for their goods and turn around and donate the money to charity .
Re: Jen – WOW…races fight the same race on more than just one continent, europe included. there are many genocides in africa… every 10yr span or so. 1994 in rwanda, yes! it was black killing black. with weapons support from white leaders. u.s. DID send supplies! from spring thru summer, millions of human beings were killed. that's thousands of humans being killed on a daily basis. The rest of the world could have cared less…no leaders, nobody stopped it…WONDER WHAT GOD'S GONNA DO WITH THOSE MURDERERS????? another genocide is happening right now in africa, and as usual…nobody cares…
Re: SAINT GEORGE – LOLOLOL
Re: Jen – WOW…races fight the same race on more than just one continent, europe included. there are many genocides in africa… every 10yr span or so. 1994 in rwanda, yes! it was black killing black. with weapons support from white leaders. u.s. DID send supplies! from spring thru summer, millions of human beings were killed. that's thousands of humans being killed on a daily basis. The rest of the world could have cared less…no leaders, nobody stopped it…WONDER WHAT GOD'S GONNA DO WITH THOSE MURDERERS????? another genocide is happening right now in africa, and as usual…nobody cares……….
It doesn't say how much they kicked in they cofounded the charity which means they put their names on it, not donated the 500k
Must be nice to be so rich you have to give money away so you're not killed by taxes. Let's be honest.
Sterilize the whole damn bunch of them. Then they'll quit fucking and making more starving children. Obviously the adult population is not so starving that they can't fuck, become pregnant, and carry a child successfully in their wombs for nine months. Damn, for chissake, stop sending them money & food to breed and spawn more hungry mouths. It's blindly participating in a cycle that left alone will take care of itself according to the Dawinian Theory. Clearly this is why we do NOT pay TV & movie stars to think. They can't, otherwise they'd be teaching at Harvard.
I luv these guys - they ask for nothing in return - awesome.
Darfur? What about the starving in the US? So many celebrities are just too concerned with other countries. Help our people first. Adopt here first, Brad and Angie!!!!!
The UN is the absolute worse charity to donate money to. I'll never forget during the tsunami, the Americans and Aussies were down on the ground, delivering food, water, medical treatment, and building hospitals, and shelters while the UN was still trying to find 5 star hotel accommodations for their staff. Blech.
how can you not love this man?
Re: me – Who gave you the right to interfere in the governments of other countries? That's WHY 9/11 happened, you have supported MANY evil regimes (Marcos, The Shah of Iran etc) and now you're on the revenge list! And with you, it's ALWAYS about the MONEY isn't it? You treat your own minorities with the most inhuman contempt (as this blog alone shows!) you haven't got an iota of moral righteousness to stand on! By the way, I get the real story of what's going on not the White House censored version!
So how much do you figure poor Don had to pony up? He doesn't have any money. He probably had to donate all the money he made off Oceans 13 just to keep up with these guys. Sorry Don!
I love George, but let's get real. These actors can afford to donate A LOT more than that sum.
george is such nice guy, and i love him. he's just gorgeou……………s.
Drew Barrymore just donated 1 million last week on Oprah to the world food organization. And 1/2 a mil is all that all of those well-paid actors could come up with? Please.
With all the millions these celebs have you would think that they would only donate a measly half a mil. They just do this shit for photo ops donate a little cash and go back to their manshions, and extravagant living they are all so full of shit. George clooney , pitt damon they are all aholes they are constantly trying to be humorous but they are not.
thank you so much!
-Sydney
500 000 thats it? he could be donating millions upon millions.
Thanks for posting this, Perez.
Darfur is off our radar, sadly. It's devastating and THEY DON'T HAVE OIL so we don't care.
The world is fucked up.
All those guys could only cough up $500,000. That's publicity money not a donation.
THE magazine Portfolio has enumerated the vast amounts of money Britney Spears is worth, not just to herself but to others as well - about $US110 million ($116 million) to $US120 million annually to the struggling US economy. This is what Portfolio calls the Britney Industrial Complex.
I though she was broke perez, u dumbass
I so deeply hope everyone will have the chance to realize how active social counsciousness will have positive impact on the future generations… Txs guys keep it up! Keep making Danny Ocean's movies! Use it as a fund raising for humanitarian causes for a percent of the profits if you are brave enough!!! (doesn't real charity improves business anyways? lol) You know it will sell even tought 4th movies are usually not impressive… We ladies and many more men that do recognize so; are drolling for a next one! lol
) Seriously, the story is just really great and we just enjoy it because we see how much pleasure you all seem to have to be and play together. it's also about what you are all: humans that can… We can still be the new human beings we once were as kids and be filled with pure positive light!
(ever hopeful that girl; it hurts lol)*
While I think it's lovely that these celebrities have pet causes to try to bring some real meaning into their shallow shallow lives, did they just pick Darfur out of a hat? Why don't they ever mention Uganda? Or the Kongo? Africa as a whole needs help but these celebrities all seem to jump on one bandwagon at the same time. Is it because most of them have no minds of their own? Oh celebrities, you do more harm than good!
Re: Liz – Liz, every single person on this thread that has seen a Clooney, Pitt, Damon movie has contributed to this cause! We over pay to see their movies and in turn they give it to the needy. SO THERE. In our own "little" way, we consciously or unconsciously have given to the poor. Let's face it, it's our US money that pays their salaries and they then give it away to other countries. Don't chastise us ! Over 4,000 of our troops have been killed in Iraq…. how about these superstars with their huge egos, go give some money to the widows and children of these men that fought for us? CHARITY STARTS AT HOME!
He looks soo cute. can he run for president?
The UN does not class the CIVIL WAR in Sudan as a genocide. It's a nasty conflict with no good guys. What do you know that the UN doesn't?
$500,000 is nothing for those four guys put together. Think about it. Clooney, Pitt and Damon each probably make $20 million per movie. So, $60 million they get paid total for "Ocean's Twelve". So, $500,000 is less than 1% of that. So, it's like you or me giving a few hundred dollars to charity. Nice, but lot of average people give a much larger percent of their income to charity and get no recognition for it.
Clooneys good-looking for his age
Yumm!
And what a sweetie, but really, stick to acting grandpa
The United Nations is so corrupt, this is how ignorant George Clooney is!
Why don't these rich lefties use some of their money to pay for healthcare premiums for people in this country. That way they could take the burden off of the taxpayer — especially since most of the people in this country on welfare are working the system. It's really easy to do. I work in healthcare and see it all the time. Hey, rich lefties. Pay for the cheaters in this country. Keep your money here at home.
Wow, $500,000? That's chump change to actors who make millions… There are alumni at my school (who are no one special) who donate millions upon millions of dollars, they could do the same.
I will donate money for two things : 1) Vasectomies for the men who keep impregnating women, and 2) Tubal Ligations for the women who continue to conceive and give birth (on their starvation diet). This will eliminate starving children.
Re: red – Why doesn't YOUR government stop spending 12 BILLION dollars a day on war & help THEIR own citizens? It's the government's job to take care of their people NOT private individuals. Again, Americans so quick to find fault those who actually are TRYING to help someone else. What a country of nasty, selfish pigs! As the 21st century goes on, you will find that your phony superior attitude will knock you down on your fat lazy asses and maybe you'll be able to find the heart that been lost in your own greedy pursuits!
Re: Diana – Why do the American allies repay WWI and
WW II debts at 80 and 50 years intertest rate before ever attempting to tell Americans how to spend American monies? Talk about advancing into the 21 st century and repay your debts and try not to be look at like just another third world debter nation incapable and unwilling to repay debts and loans that I agree should have never been made but where.
Do not worry the next generation of Americans will allow you all to die, Promoise.
FYI George Clooney has another movie coming out and that is why this latest "good deed" for the never ending starving dieing African story line is even been paid to be put on Perez hilton. That is why no one is impressed with the blantant promotional gift besides Clooney has a home in Italy where all the African immigrants are illegally enteraing Europe. George has a personal stake at preventing Europe's illegal immagrant population from entering Eurpoe seeking shelter, food, and water.
Your bias against Americans makes your ignorance to the obvious even more ridiculous and funny. Way to go professional debter must be really proud of that economy so much so repay your debts to the USA.