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Showbiz Wrap
Written by Shawna Currie
Monday, 15 September 2008
HOLLYWOOD CELEBRITIES CAME OUT SATURDAY NIGHT FOR THE ANNUAL CREATIVE ARTS EMMY AWARDS IN LOS ANGELES. HBO'S MINISERIES "JOHN ADAMS" WAS THE EVENING'S BIG WINNER WITH 8 AWARDS.
THE HIGHEST PAID TV PERSONALITY IS ALSO THE MOST GENEROUS. OPRAH WINFREY TOPS THE LIST OF THE 30 MOST GENEROUS CELEBRITIES FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW. ACCORDING TO 'THE GIVING BACK FUND,' OPRAH'S ANGEL NETWORK AND THE OPRAH WINFREY FOUNDATION SPENT 50 MILLION DOLLARS IN 2007 ON CHARITABLE CAUSES WORLDWIDE.
SPEAKING OF GIVING, ACTOR MATT DAMON AND HAITIAN AMERICAN SINGER WYCLEF JEAN HANDED OUT AID AND HOPE TO HUNDREDS OF HAITIANS HIT HARD BY FOUR TROPICAL STORMS AND HURRICANES SINCE MID-AUGUST. THE TWO CELEBRITIES PLAN TO RAISE AWARENESS OF THE PLIGHT OF THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE'S POOREST NATION.
A SPY COMEDY STARRING BRAD PITT, GEORGE CLOONEY AND JOHN MALKOVICH WAS THE TOP DRAW AT THE WEEKEND BOX OFFICE. "BURN AFTER READING" RAKED IN 19 MILLION DOLLARS IN ITS DEBUT. IN SECOND, WITH 18 MILLION WAS WRITER AND FILMAKER TYLER PERRY'S LATEST DOMESTIC DRAMA "THE FAMILY THAT PREYS"