Jolie and Pitt give MILLIONS to charity

[MiaCulpa]

This just warmed the cockles of me little heart:

LOS ANGELES (AFP) - Hollywood power couple Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt donated more than eight million dollars to charity in 2006 according to tax records, it was reported on Friday.

Fox News reported on its website that the actors funneled more than four million dollars each to the Jolie Pitt Foundation, which was set up two years ago to aid humanitarian causes around the world.

According to federal tax records, the foundation handed out around 2.4 million dollars in donations in 2006, including one million dollars each to both Doctors without Borders and the Global AIDS Alliance.

Other cash gifts included 137,935 dollars to the Namibia Red Cross Action Program, the country where the couple's biological daughter Shiloh was born.

A donation of 100,000 dollars was also made to the Daniel Pearl Foundation, a trust set up to honor the former Wall Street Journal reporter murdered by Islamic extremists in Pakistan. Jolie played Pearl's widow Marianne in last year's acclaimed film "A Mighty Heart."

In addition, 20,000 dollars was donated to an art park in Los Angeles while two orphanages visited by Jolie received 5,000 dollars each.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080321/en_afp/entertainmentusfilmpeoplejoliepitt_080321225815

[babylonsister]

1. If I had it, I'd do it in a heart beat. I'm so glad they're so generous. nt

[asthmaticeog]

4. Seconded.

Someone has to do it, glad someone actually does.

[Divine Discontent]

2. Thank you Mr & Mrs Pitt! eom

[Yavin4]

7. Um, They're Not Married

But, it's a nice gesture on your part.

[Divine Discontent]

8. not that you know ;) hehe but thanks eom

[XOKCowboy]

3. Hollywood Liberals

Good on ya Brad and Angelina. Instead of raking in millions from war profits they're giving millions to the poor and needy. That's the difference between us and them.

[blonndee]

5. Good for them! Kick.

[greyghost]

6. NICE!

[selador]

9. and just the other day people were SLAGGING jolie

because she dared have the opinion that the surge was working

the irony...

good on jolie and pitt for their charitable giving.