A thread that may interest Rachel!
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DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) - Angelina Jolie, the "Tomb Raider" star voted the sexiest woman alive, said on Saturday that celebrities grandstanding as advocates of the poor can do more harm than good.
"I think you can do damage," Jolie said, a day after fellow actress Sharon Stone raised $1 million in five minutes from business tycoons at the World Economic Forum in the Swiss ski resort of Davos with a spontaneous plea for generosity.
"Celebrities have a responsibility to know absolutely what they're talking about, and to be in it for the long run," said Jolie
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(full article at:
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.j...toryID=7473531)
Was Sharon Stone right to do what she did? Or has she done long-term damage to the cause of helping the world's poor by her actions?
The New York Times published an article discussing the issues:
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DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan. 28 - At the World Economic Forum here, which has been called a "temple of capitalist narcissism," there is, it turns out, a force beyond money and might. Its name is celebrity - and on Friday, Sharon Stone showed why....
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The full article is worth reading:
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/29/bu.../29celebs.html
Here's a long article about the background to Davos:
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/30/bu...d=1&oref=login