FameCrawler : philanthropy

Brad Pitt and Steven Spielberg Are On The Same Team

trix — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 20:46:00 GMT

Steven Spielberg and Brad Pitt think alike. Could it be, because great minds think alike or because they are coming out together to help fight prop 8 in California?

Brad said that he is supporting efforts to defeat the bill, "because no one has the right to deny another their life, even though they disagree with it, because everyone has the right to live the life they so desire if it doesn't harm another and because discrimination has no place in America, my vote will be for equality and against Proposition 8."

Steven Spielberg and his wife Kate Capshaw released a statement saying, ''By writing discrimination into our state constitution, Proposition 8 seeks to eliminate the right of each and every citizen in our state to marry regardless of sexual orientation. Such discrimination has NO place in California's constitution, or any other.''

Whatever the outcome of the bill, (I don't have a crystal ball) they are showing their philanthropic sides and standing up for what they believe in. It's a great example to set for their kids, to fight for what you believe in.

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Brad and Angelina Create New Clinic in Ethiopia

Karl Erikson — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 13:02:00 GMT

Yesterday, we showed you the list of the most generous celebrities and, of course, Brad and Angelina were listed in the top 10. Now they prove once again just how philanthropic they are by making a $2 million donation to the Global Health Committee. Specifically, they're going to build a center to help children with HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis in Ethiopia. Just like they did with the Maddox Chivan Children's Center in Cambodia, the power couple is naming the new Ethiopian branch after Zahara, 3, who they adopted from Ethiopia.

"It is our hope when Zahara is older she will take responsibility of the clinic and continue its mission," Brad said. The center will focus on AIDS and tuberculosis care. Tuberculosis brings about 2 million deaths every year and it's the largest cause of death for children and adults with AIDS.

If all celebrities did this sort of stuff, who knows what kind of world we'd live in?

Who Are the Most Generous Stars?

Karl Erikson — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 13:42:00 GMT

Who is the #1 most generous star? Think you know?

Parade Magazine just released its annual Most Generous Stars listing, via the Giving Back Network. There are 30 stars listed, some of whom are our favorite celebrity parents. Here are the top 10.

1. Oprah Winfrey - $50,200,000: The Oprah Winfrey Foundation and Oprah's Angel Network - education, health care, and advocacy for women and children worldwide.

2. Herb Alpert - $13,000,000: The Herb Alpert Foundation - music education, including the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music.

3. Barbra Streisand - $11,000,000: The Streisand Foundation - the environment, women's issues, civil rights, AIDS research and advocacy.

4. Paul Newman - $10,005,000: Scholarship for Kenyon College, his alma mater, in Gambier, Ohio.

5. Mel Gibson - $9,899,654: Holy Family Church in Malibu, Calif. Mel and wife Robin have 7 kids: Hannah, 28, twins Edward and Christian, 26, William, 23, Louis, 20, Milo, 18, and Thomas, 9.

6. Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt - $8,400,000: The Jolie-Pitt Foundation - New Orleans reconstruction, refugee aid, cross-cultural understanding. Brad and Angelina have 137 children, including brand new twins Knox and Vivienne.

7. (tie) Lance Armstrong - $5,000,000: The Lance Armstrong Foundation - cancer research, education and advocacy. Lance has 3 children with ex-wife Kristin Richard: Luke, 9, and twins Isabelle and Grace, 7.

7. (tie) Michael Jordan - $5,000,000: Hales Franciscan High School, a historically black all-boys school in Chicago. Jordan has 3 kids with his ex-wife.

7. (tie) Eric Lindros - $5,000,000: London Health Sciences Centre, a Canadian hospital where the former hockey player was treated.

10. Rush Limbaugh - $4,200,000: Financial assistance to the children of Marines and law-enforcement officers killed in the line of duty.

Source | Full List | Photos: People, Vanity Fair, The Smoking Gun

Forget Britney - Let's Go After Brad Pitt

sweatpantsmom — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 22:35:00 GMT

I did five posts on Britney Spears yesterday and couldn't possibly think of anything else to say about her, so I've decided to release my pent-up anger and vitriol on someone else today.

Brad Pitt is coming under fire for reportedly taking 4-year old son Pax on a precarious ride on an ATV around a construction site in New Orleans. While the 4-year old, sans helmet, rode along with his dad a source describes him as looking "miserable." Pax was also apparently not in a bolster seat and - WAIT A MINUTE, THIS IS BORING.

I thought Brad would be accused of something more salacious, like jetting off to Cabo with a paparazzi or causing a standoff with police while he barricaded himself in his bathroom with Angelina Jolie. ATVs and bolster seats? I'm going back to writing about Britney.

[photo: MSNBC.com]