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Paris and The Anti-Paris

With celebutantes like Paris Hilton floating around Hollywood it’s hard to grasp that there are a number of other famous 20-somethings who are making names for themselves in ways that don’t land them in a 12-foot jail cell for 21 days. I’ll get to one of them in a moment. First, though, as long as I’m using her name in yet another blog I might as well give you the latest on the millionaress. In a recent interview done with Elle UK, the 26-year-old hotel heiress claims she is prepping her body for an effort to have children by next … Continue reading →

Charitable Celebrities—Blood, Sweat, and Tears

In my previous blog “Hottie with a Hammer” I chronicled Brad Pitt’s charitable work. Recently, one of PEOPLE magazine’s “Sexiest Men Alive” joined forces in Western India with former President Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn as part of a Habitat for Humanity program. Pitt swung a hammer to help build a new house for a local family in need. While Pitt was sweating it out in the town of Lonavla, his partner Angelina Jolie was shedding tears during her stint as a humanitarian ambassador for the United Nations. According to a new article in Newsweek magazine, the actress admitted … Continue reading →

Mia Farrow—Goodwill Ambassador

They may not be as familiar with her acting skills as their American counterparts, but that didn’t stop children in the Central African Republic from coming out in droves this weekend to shake hands with award-winning actress Mia Farrow. Farrow is in the region for a weeklong tour and to raise awareness about a crisis most recently aided by Hollywood heat throb George Clooney—the unsettling situation in the Darfur region. The 62-year-old actress and U.N. goodwill ambassador is set to visit the more than 150,000 people displaced by the fighting. “It’s called a forgotten crisis, a forgotten humanitarian crisis, but … Continue reading →