Today's Blind Items - Kindness
As method as this A-/B+ list Academy Award winner/nominee mostly movie actress is about her roles is nothing compared to what she has done the past several months.The actress was at a party about six months ago. It was a bunch of rich people and our actress said she was bored out of her mind and started drinking. One thing led to another and she started doing shots with a guy. They didn't speak the same first language but the guy got the point across that he was going to Africa a few days after the party because he was installing some mini-water purification plants and also stoves that could be used for cooking and just a whole other laundry list of stuff. Our actress got his card and went home.
That night she pulled up the website of the NGO the guy worked for and saw the NGO had to cut back to one trip a year to supply communities because their funding had dried up because of sexier other causes. The NGO used to make six trips a year to six different communities. The one trip had been decided by lottery by pulling a community name literally out of a hat.
Our actress, who has taken some rightful flak in the past for her choices made sure she looked into this thoroughly and two days later was on a plane to Africa with the guy she had met at the party. A week later she was back at her second home and writing out a big check which paid for two more trips of supplies this past summer with our actress spending three weeks in Africa with no bathroom or showers or internet or phone service. She says she went six days on one of the trips before she even saw someone who had a cell phone and it was a satellite phone.
Our actress says she gave $100K which isn't much to her and that she plans on giving $1M to the NGO which would allow them to make one trip a month next year.
38 comments:
Love. Her.
Kidman popped in my head for some reason
Hilary Swank
Got flack for that Chechnya visit
Hillary Swank
Anne Hathaway - flack for being a tool
Hilary Swank is method.
I agree - sounds like Swank. And good on whoever, really.
Charlize
Hilary Swank? With the flak she took being her paid appearance at a dictator birthday party?
First was thinking Cate Blanchett, but then the "flak" comment sealed the deal and this has to be Hillary Swank.
God forbid they cut a check to help any needy Americans! There's just no opportunities for exotic trips and photo ops in Appalachia and who gives a shit about poor whites anyway? Those white privilege havers DESERVE to starve to death, the racist monsters! Better try desperately to save (sub) humans halfway across the world so they will grow up and move here to culturally enrich us all! I say send them to Portland OR, Seattle and other libtopias so they can benefit from the vibrant diversity!
She also got flak when she outed Chad as an alcoholic.
Hillary Swank FTW - well done!
Possibly Natalie Portman
There are starving children right here in 'Murica, folks. So remember: do not waste food by feeding a troll.
:-)
Hillary, probably. Cate Blanchett? She's too entitled with her children to help anyone else.
I'd rather spend my money on strippers, booze and porn.
Kristen Stewart.
Well said, Rosemary :)
I say its hilary as well. she grew up in a trailer and knows what its like to be po'.
*applauds whomever she is*
"Our actress, who has taken some rightful flak in the past for her choices made sure she looked into this thoroughly"
Didn't Swank use the excuse that she didn't research the Chechnyan thing?
Let's play Charity Jingo!
Sub humans? And what makes the people here more worthy than the people there?
Hi5 to Rosemary Young!
@Peggy - i wouldn't think it would be Charlize, she's South African and the conditions there wouldn't need to be explained to her or looked-into. I also just can't see her being that bothered by something like this, it's not like it's news to her.
I would go with Swank also - it would be nice to think Nicole had any sort of insight into other people's problems but I don't think she has it in her.
Cloris Leachman
Not Charlize. She focuses on AIDS prevention, and good for her!!!
x-tina! They just showed her on a trip to Africa and she was pouring a glass of water to the kids there.
Doesn't where you help, as long as you give back!
How much did ur fat dope fiend God, or any tea party country destroying monsters give to poor needy whites or anyone else. You and your narrow-mindedilk make the world a far worse place to be. Doing good anywhere is good. I'm sure I'll be seeing you helping the rest of the volunteers help out at the food pantry this week because you're going to put you're money and time in instead of criticizing those who do. *snort*
Spewing hate,racism,vitriol,garbage and bigotry isnt going to help poor whites either jellus.
I like deeps guess. Xtina ftw.
Is Xtina a "A-/B+ list Academy Award winner/nominee mostly movie actress"???
Hilary Swank.
I see that 888 has re-incarnated herself as Jelus H8tr.
Hilary Swank, probably.
Good for her! Now stop drinking bottled water and your part is done too.
And now I'll step off this soap box
Bravo!!!
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