U2′s Bono met with French president Nicolas Sarkozy on Tuesday at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France.
Bono met with the leader to discuss Africa development issues and aid improvement. The two met earlier at the G8 summit in June 2007.
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Ashley Judd dons a purple-licious sari at the YouthAIDS Benefit Gala on Friday at the Ritz Carlton in Mclean, Virginia.
The 39-year-old actress is a “global ambassador” for YouthAIDS, a worldwide HIV/AIDS education and prevention effort. Ashley recently told press, “There is an extraordinary, compelling, urgent problem.”
On Nov. 30, the National Geographic Channel and nonprofit organization Cable Positive will premiere a new film India’s Hidden Plague, which features Judd. The special will be available nationally via video on demand.
Pictured below: U2 frontman Bono, YouthAIDS Founder and President Kate Roberts, Top Chef host Padma Lakshmi and Dutch supermodel Frederique van der Wal.
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Bono and his family vacation board a yacht in Naples on Saturday.
His wife Alison Hewson and their children, Jordan, Memphis Eve, Elijah and John vacation on the yacht named ‘Cyan.’
Last month, Bono was seen with Penelope Cruz and Helena Christensen.
Cruz, 33, campaigned with Bono against HIV in Africa and last year a celebrity magazine quoted her calling the Bono her “hero” because of his commitment and devotion to charity work.
Wife-less U2 frontman Bono soaks in the sun with two lovely ladies — actress Penelope Cruz and former supermodel Helena Christensen — on Thursday at the Club 55 harbor in Saint Tropez, France.
Bono is one lucky man!!
The trio was seen leaving the VIP Room at 4AM looking very friendly with each other. Bono, 47, was seen taking them each by the hand and helping them board their private boat. The weather down there looks spectacular!!
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The African-themed July issue of Vanity Fair is being guest edited by U2 frontman Bono — the biggest July issue ever. 20 covers, all shot by Annie Leibovitz reflect Africa and its supporters — Bono, Brad Pitt, Oprah Winfrey, George Clooney, Jay-Z, Djimon Hounsou, Chris Rock, Alicia Keys, Warren Buffett, Desmond Tutu, Muhammad Ali, Bill and Melinda Gates, Iman, Don Cheadle, Barack Obama, Madonna, Maya Angelou, Queen Rania of Jordan, President George W. Bush and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
Here’s a sampling of the celebrities involved:
BRAD PITT Brad Pitt’s activism in New Orleans, Haiti, and Africa has received worldwide attention. His involvement in Africa began in 2004 with visits to Ethiopia and South Africa; in 2005 he helped launch the One Campaign to Make Poverty History. He is also a co-founder of Not on Our Watch, which teamed with the International Rescue Committee to hold premieres of Pitt’s current film, Ocean’s Thirteen, to benefit Darfur. He interviews Archbishop Desmond Tutu.
DJIMON HOUNSOU Once a year, actor Djimon Hounsou visits his family in Benin, where he recently helped rebuild his childhood home. “The goal of the African people is to become self-sufficient,” says Hounsou, who served as a consultant on our portfolio, otherwise “sometimes it does feel like the white man’s burden. Some of the efforts need to be implemented by Africans who do good for the continent. Then people can see that their own people can really make a difference. We are not looking for a handout.”
GEORGE CLOONEY In 2005, George Clooney was going through the Oscar process when he read about the crisis in Darfur: “I wanted to take all the attention I was getting and do something positive with it. [But] you can’t just talk about an issue, you have to understand it fully, you have to be there.” With his father, Nick, Clooney traveled to Chad to film the 2007 documentary A Journey to Darfur. “The more time you spend with the people in the camps, who are holding on by a whisper and still believe that their lives will be better,” he says, “the more you believe that anything is possible.”
OPRAH WINFREY Through her Angel Network, the public charity she founded in 1998, talk-show host and philanthropist Oprah Winfrey has helped fund 28 schools in five African countries as well as personally creating the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls, in South Africa, in 2007. She says, “Education is freedom; it’s the only way out. Despite the poverty and despair many of these young African children face every day, they have a fierce determination to get an education. I want to help give them the chance they deserve.”
Check out the full slideshow at Vanity Fair. All 20 covers will be on display in the windows of Barneys New York on Madison Ave through June 19. More Here! »
Irish rock star Bono accepted an honorary knighthood from the Queen of England today under one condition – “don’t call me Sir”.
The 46-year-old U2 rocker, birth name Paul Hewson, was awarded the title for his services to the music industry and humanitarian work at a ceremony at British ambassador David Reddaway’s home in Dublin.
Pictured after the jump: Bono‘s wife Ali Hewson and Ambassador Reddaway
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Bono received repeated standing ovations as he talked about the need to eradicate poverty in the world during his acceptance speech at the NAACP Awards last night. Tyra Banks awards Bono the the Chairman’s Award.
“Today the world looks again to the NAACP,” said Bono. “We need the community that taught world about civil rights to teach it about human rights.”
UPDATE :: Video added of Bono‘s speech at the NAACP Awards 2007.
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