George Clooney, Leonardo DiCaprio Donate $1 Million to Haiti Relief
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George Clooney and Leonardo DiCaprio are opening up their wallets to help victims in the earthquake-ravaged Haiti.
Clooney is donating $1 million to Friday's "Hope for Haiti Now" celebrity telethon. He will officially make his donation during the telecast.
He told Entertainment Tonight that he's been up "three days straight" trying to put together the broadcast, which will air on all four leading U.S. networks, dozens of cable channels and internationally on Internet websites. Brad Pitt and Robert Pattinson are among the participants; Beyonce and Madonna have been added as performers.
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Meanwhile, DiCaprio also has donated $1 million.
His money will go to the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund (CBHF) to support near-term assistance and long-term recovery efforts, his rep tells UsMagazine.com.
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His donation, dispersed through the Leonardo DiCaprio Fund, which fosters awareness of environmental issues, will help with immediate relief efforts as well as with longer-term redevelopment and infrastructure projects, including a focus towards sustainable development.
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"I am grateful for the generous gift Leonardo DiCaprio and his Foundation have made in support of our Clinton Bush Haiti Fund," former President Clinton said. "Combined with the outpouring of donations from Americans and citizens around the world of all means, this support will go a long way to help save more lives, reach more people with emergency assistance, and help the Haitian people build their nation back stronger and more secure than it was before the earthquake."
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phuk him, we have people right here in pasadena texas living on the street starving. who is helping them?
FACE IT, WHETHER OR NOT YOU COULD TRUST NEW ORLEANS OR NOT, THEY WERE STILL HUMAN BEINGS AND THAT IS ALL THAT MATTERS. WE FOCUS ON THE WRONG THINGS IN LIFE AND THAT IS WHY WE ARE NOT UNITED. I AGAIN SAY, WHY THE HELP DID NOT GO TO THEM AS FAST AND AS WIDE SPREAD AS IT IS GOING TO THAT COUNTRY. EVERYONE NEEDS TO BE HELPED WHETHER THEY ARE THUGS OR LAW ABIDING PEOPLE. I AM HAPPY THEY ARE DOING EVERYTHING THAT THEY CAN, AND GOD BLESS THEM ALL.
Everyone should remember that these actors aren't all after the limelight...they can't step outside without a photographer in their face. One has to have publicity for a benefit like this...there is no other way. Please commend them for thier generosity, not condemn them. There are many actors who are not as generous as George Clooney, and the others who are donating millions.
Now, that's Kentucky hospitality! My brother was in the army with George's father, and said he was one of the nicest people he ever met...and George seems to be like his father. God bless you, George!
please stop hiding behind criticizing others as your way out....Hollywood celebrities do not all want something for their money....its not your place or mine to judge others motives,,,only to know what our motive is....I know what mine is and thats out of love and wanting to help those suffering and ask what is your motive? Hopefully its not just to justify why u do nothing? Forget about judging anyone and look in the mirror and ask yourself "What am i going to do to help these poor but wonderful brave people of Haiti"???
Hey cheapskates and self centered losers stop making every excuse in the book why not to help needy folks...Didn't u ever hear its more blessed to give than to receive? Try giving to the Red Cross, Pres Clinton-Bush people and others who will see that all donations will go to the people of Haiti...There are many dishonest greedy people who will try to scam for donations,,,but do not use these kind of people as an excuse not to give....it only shows your ignorance and your non caring about another human being...So please just give, give and then give some more!! God bless and turn your hearts to love and remove the hardness and bitterness that lives within u now....
We all need to be there for the wonderful people of Haiti and donate as much as possible over and over again...this week, next week and on and on until we have made all the improvements desperately needed for both young and old alike...Anderson Cooper and Sanje Gupta should get a special Nobel Peace Prize for their amazing dedication and needed help while in Haiti and many times putting their own lives in danger...You stand out as two outstanding examples of what Americans are all about...God bless them and America along with all others who truly care about their fellow man...
these silly clebrities an their donation----all they do i writechecks ---and then go to their nicN hotel rooms!!!1 let the United nations and professionals take cae f it!!!
Are we supposed to feel sorry for George because he was up for 3 days straight? Oh, please. There are doctors in Haiti performing other medical procedures for hours on end and George thinks he is a god because he was up for 3 days straight putting together an extravaganza of promotion for self-serving celebrities??!! What a narcissist. Yes, George please make your big donation announcement on air so we can properly canonize you. His prodigious ego is why he does these telethons.
I never trust the celebrity donations . Reports of these contributions being misused has already reared it's ugly head . The money spent for a concert ,even though the artist performed for free ,there is always the expense of putting on the gig. Why waste the money ? But in hollyweird celebrities always want something for they're money. If a person wants to give in sincerity ,you do it in silence . Celebrities are self apointed do-gooders and there is always a unlined reason for it. Shame on them , publicity seekers .
How about just making a donation with out the press release. It's great if celebrities can use their fame to bring in more money with fundraisers etc but when they feel the need to public announce how much they are giving - it's shameful self promotion and tacky! Just give! I don't need to know about it.
What Sammy, Nawlin's was GWB's baby and who could have trusted that bunch for anything, look at the mess left behind for Barrack or for that matter anyone who would have won the position of POTUS:-( Who exactly were they going to help the thugs that were running the place! We have had many a disaster in this country but now you know, we don't care about our country anymore, it's run by crooks and theives and people have just come to the realization that it's every man for himself here right GOP;-) Cheap Labor Conservatives don't give a rats behind for anyone in America but their own kind:-(
Will all this money all these stars have, WHY are they asking the common man who is STRUGGLING in this economy to give? How about give more than a $1 million. Frustrated about the whole thing. They make enough money to build another freaking country! Real Talk!
American - I agree that there should have been a telethon for NY, but you can't really get mad at people who want to help Haiti because without it Haiti will never survive....Kudos to those who want to make a difference.
IT IS GREAT THAT ALL THE STARS AND JUST PEOPLE IN GENERAL ARE TRYING TO HELP HAITI, BUT I WONDER WHY, PEOPLE NEVER STEPPED UP FOR THE PEOPLE IN NEW ORLEANS AS QUICKLY AS THEY ARE DOING FOR THIS COUNTRY. NEW ORLEANS WAS A PART OF OUR COUNTRY, WHAT HAPPEN THERE? I FEEL SO BAD FOR HAITI, AND WISH IT DID NOT HAPPEN, BUT IT DID. I PRAY FOR ALL OF THEM AND THAT THEY WILL BE O.K. JUST THOUGHT I WOULD ASK THE QUESTION. GOD BLESS ONE AND ALL!!!!
Wyclef Jean stole money from Yele Haiti. Only 75,000. dollars donated out of millions. He kept rest for himself. Clooney can't account for money take last Katrina telethon. Venues he gave the money to stole hundreds of thousands. Give money to Red Cross or Doctors without Borders. this is free p.r. for these celebs, so they can look and feel good about THEMSELVES.
Wyclef Jean stole money from Yele Haiti and padded his own pockets. On record 75,000. only donated out of millions of dollars to Yele. He's a thief. Clooney can't account for Katrina money from last telethon. He personally didn't steal it but venues given money can't account for hundreds of thousands. Give money to Doctors without Borders and Red Cross. These celebs are just getting cheap p.r., pathetic.
WHERE WAS THE TELTHON FROM THESE PEOPLE FOR MONEY FOR N.Y. FOR THE WORLD TRADE CENTER VICTIMS? APPALACHIA HAS CHILDREN SLEEPING ON MATTRESSES MADE OF NEWSPAPERS. BABIES GROWING UP IN URBAN PLACES LIKE NY AND DETROIT WITH NO HEAT AND LIVING IN PROJECTS...
Wyclef Jean on telethon tonight. Stole money from Yele Haiti, on millions donated only gave $75,000. Last telethon George hosted money went missing, he couldn't account for it when asked. Donate to Red Cross, Doctors without Borders, these "celebs" don't know what the hell happens to the money, but great free p.r., right? Hey, make it right...remember New Orleans.