12:53 AM EDT 10/15/2009
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Matt Damon Has Clean Water on the Brain
Originally posted 09/23/2009 08:30AM
He may play an enigma in his latest movie The Informant!, but Matt Damon knows how to keep his personal message clear – and put his money where his mouth is.
The star, 38, announced Tuesday at the launch of the 2009 Clinton Global Initiative that Damon's non-profit group, Water.org, would help provide clean water and sanitation facilities to 50,000 people in Haiti, reports Tonic.com.
To make that happen, "Water.org will deliver at least $2 million to fund this commitment," Damon is quoted as saying.
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Euna Lee & Laura Ling Exhausted But in Good Health, Says Family
Originally posted 08/05/2009 07:50PM
A few hours after landing on American soil, Euna Lee and Laura Ling were back home resting – and looking forward to a home-cooked meal.
"[Laura] seems like she's in pretty good physical health so we're very happy about that," Ling's husband, Iain Clayton, told reporters outside their home in Studio City, Calif. "At the moment now she's going to relax and take it easy."
"My sister is absolutely exhausted and just resting," added Ling's sister, Lisa. "She could barely speak she's so tired."
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They're Home! Laura Ling & Euna Lee Are Back in the U.S.
Originally posted 08/05/2009 09:00AM
Laura Ling and Euna Lee are safely back on American soil, a day after the two American journalists were released from custody in North Korea."We're home and free," Ling said in her first comments after landing.
"Thirty hours ago," she said, fighting back tears as she spoke in a California airplane hangar, "Euna Lee and I were prisoners in North Korea. We feared that at any moment we would end up in a hard-labor camp. Then we were told that we were going to a meeting. We were taken to a location, and when we walked in through the doors, we saw standing before us President Bill Clinton. We were shocked, but we knew instantly in our hearts that the nightmare of our lives was about to be over."
Ling, 32, and Lee, 36, who work for former Vice President Al Gore's Current TV, were officially pardoned Tuesday following their meeting with former President Bill Clinton and his meeting with North Korea's leader Kim Jong II.
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Families Overjoyed at Release of Laura Ling & Euna Lee
Originally posted 08/04/2009 09:00PM
Laura Ling and Euna Lee were headed to Los Angeles from North Korea. For their families, their arrival couldn't come soon enough.
"We are counting the seconds to hold Laura and Euna in our arms," the relatives of the American journalists say in a statement.
Ling, 32, and Lee, 36, who work for former Vice President Al Gore's Current TV, were released from custody Tuesday – pardoned, the North Korean media said, the same day that former President Bill Clinton met with them and with the country's leader Kim Jong II.
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Dennis Quaid, Julianne Moore Aim for White House
Originally posted 03/25/2009 10:05AM
They both walked the red carpet in the 1990s, so maybe Dennis Quaid and Julianne Moore will have an easier time acting as if they're at the Clinton White House.
The actors will portray Bill and Hillary Clinton in an HBO movie titled Special Relationship, Variety reports. The film, featuring Michael Sheen in yet another turn as former British prime minister Tony Blair – as he did in the 2006 movie The Queen – will focus on the political relationship between president and prime minister.
The film is to be directed by Peter Morgan, who also wrote The Queen. No start to filming or proposed airdate has been determined as yet.
– Michael Y. Park
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The Clintons Bid Farewell to Socks the Cat
Originally posted 02/20/2009 04:20PM
Former First Cat Socks, one of the world’s most famous felines, died Friday at the age of 20 after battling throat cancer since November. A stray cat rescued by the Clinton's daughter, Chelsea, Socks lived in the governor’s mansion in Arkansas and later moved with the family to the White House.
"Socks brought much happiness to Chelsea and us over the years, and enjoyment to kids and cat lovers everywhere," the Clintons said in a statement, released first to PEOPLE.COM. "We're grateful for those memories, and we especially want to thank our good friend, Betty Currie, for taking such loving care of Socks for so many years."
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PEOPLE Exclusive: 15 Questions with Bill Clinton
Originally posted 05/22/2008 04:25PM
"I not only love her. I honor the things she has done," former President Bill Clinton says of the person he hopes will be the next occupant of the White House: his wife, Hillary Rodham Clinton.
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Bill Clinton Flatters Penélope Cruz
Originally posted 11/30/2007 01:15PM
Penélope Cruz didn't only receive an official gold medal from New York City's Spanish Institute on Thursday, she also got an unofficial Presidential medal of approval.
All right, make that former Presidential approval, as Bill Clinton and the actress were both honored at the institute's Gold Medal Gala for their contributions to Spanish-American relations.
"I was trying to figure out exactly why I would receive this award tonight," Clinton said after being presented with a medallion from Spain's Queen Sofía. "It may be because even though I'm not of Spanish descent, I've seen every one of Penélope Cruz's movies – and I liked them all."
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Bon Jovi to Restore Rundown Philly Homes
Originally posted 10/06/2006 08:55AM
Jon Bon Jovi on Thursday announced an effort to renovate 15 rundown houses in Philadelphia's blighted north side.
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Topher Grace Joins Spider-Man 3
Originally posted 05/20/2005 08:20AM
HIRED: Fresh from his exit this week from FOX's That '70s Show after a seven-year run, Topher Grace, 26, has lined up his next gig, as a villain in Spider-Man 3 with series stars Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst and James Franco and the previously announced cast addition, Sideways Oscar nominee Thomas Haden Church. The movie is due for release on May 4, 2007, says the Hollywood Reporter. In other comic-book news, TV's Frasier star Kelsey Grammer, 50, will play Beast, a giant blue-furred creature, in X-Men 3, reports Variety. That movie is due to open next May.
Permalink | Filed Under: Bill Clinton, Katie Couric, Larry King, Topher Grace
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