Opinion Piece on Celebrity Activism
JLS sent me this link this morning to an opinion piece in USA Today that she was particularly fond of. She is definitely right, this is a good one! Here is the part of most concern to us as Brangelina fans, but do read the whole article!
Meanwhile, Leno and Letterman can make all the cracks they want about Angelina Jolie, but when the actress sat down last week with CNN’s Anderson Cooper for her first post-Baby Shiloh interview, I learned more about child starvation in Namibia than I’ve ever gotten from the nightly news.
For my money, I have come to appreciate what celebrity activism brings, not to the rancorous roundtables but to where it’s needed most: the coffers.
Last summer, Primetime Live’s Diane Sawyer followed Brad Pitt to Africa, where the actor was doing work on behalf of the ONE campaign to fight global AIDS and poverty. Sawyer wanted Pitt to spill about his breakup with Jennifer Aniston, and he agreed — provided the show would devote equal coverage to ONE’s battle.
While the dashing actor’s romantic confessional made headlines — then evaporated — within a single news cycle, the wrenching images of hungry and impoverished African children clearly had a lasting impact. Within two days of the broadcast, ONE had recorded a 560% leap in Web donations and a sevenfold increase in the sponsoring of needy kids. That’s activism.
Thanks a bunch, JLS!
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2 opinions for Opinion Piece on Celebrity Activism
JLS
Jun 29, 2006 at 7:00 pm
Guess what? Even Bill O’Reilly discussed Brad and Angelina on his talk show last night and was 99% favorable in his remarks. He more or less said the same thing as this article and admitted that they do “walk the walk” as the saying goes. Some nameless author was on here making the usual accusations (using their do-gooder things to improve their “fallen” images) but he was pretty well out-argued by Bill and the other guest. Nice to see them praised on a show like that.
jackie
Jun 30, 2006 at 12:38 am
You know what I’m not a fan of Bill O’REILLY but to hear him credit Brad & Angie is great now thats a man with some common sense.For the Author to say that there doing it for Image repair is nonsense May I remind him Angie has been doing this from 2001 long before Brad ever came into her life.I must say I’m still surprised by O’REILLY because I know how much he likes to bash celebs including GEORGE CLOONEY.It’s nice to see such a HARD RIGHT CONSERVATIVE defending someone from HOLLYWOOD YEAH!!!!!!.
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