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Hollywood stars are beautiful, talented and generous, too. In fact most stars do some work for
charity. Today lots of celebrities, like Angelina Jolie, George Clooney, and Scarlett Johansson do
charity work.
In Hollywood it is fashionable to be concerned about the world and the environment. But can
actors succeed where politicians failed? Well, some are succeeding very well! When a charity is
connected to a star, it gets publicity. People become interested and want to help: Angelina Jolie and
Brad Pitt are often in the news because of their work for charity. In 2006 when Jolie was expecting
her baby, she let ‘People magazine’ print photos in exchange for a donation to a charity in Haiti.
‘We cannot ignore the fact that millions of people are suffering. I want to help’, says Jolie. Here
are some celebriies who are trying to make the world a better place.
Di Caprio is a determined environmentalist. In 2007, he made a documentary 11th hour, about the
environment crisis caused by human actions. He flies in commercial planes and not private jets
which use more fuel. He thinks that global warming is the biggest problem for humanity.
George Clooney, Matt Damon and Brad Pitt raise 5 million dollars for Darfur crisis during the
premiere of Ocean’s thirteen at the Cannes Festival. Now, Clooney wants every film festival to be a
charity event. After Matt Damon saw extreme poverty in Zambia and South Africa, he wanted to
help other parts of Africa, too. He made a documentary called Running the Sahara to get support for
clean water programs in Africa.
