By BUCK WOLF
Feb. 2, 2006 — Hollywood loves a token gesture. Show up at a glitzy
red-carpet event in a hybrid car with an AIDS ribbon pinned to your
lapel, and you're officially dubbed a celebrity with a conscience.
Image-conscious stars have always been aware of the public-relations
value of a good deed, and when you're making $10 million a picture,
donating to the right cause is a great tax write-off. It also brings
free press.
It's easy to become cynical about some efforts. Five years ago, Michael
Jackson ballyhooed his own Heal the Children foundation. But even before
his recent brush with the law, that effort silently disappeared.
Still, this is the age of celebrity-driven charity, a time when Bono
speaks with world leaders about Third World debt and gets nominated for
the Nobel Peace Prize. Angelina Jolie, a goodwill ambassador for the
U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, has turned into one of the leading
spokeswomen for children and refugees in war-torn regions.
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