George and Don Honored at Nobel Peace Prize Summit

Molly — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 10:29:05 -0800

This evening, George Clooney and Don Cheadle received the 2007 Peace Summit Award at the Summit of the Nobel Peace Prize Laureates in Rome. It's a big day for George, as he was also nominated for a Best Actor Golden Globe for Michael Clayton, but before getting excited about that there were more somber things on hand. The duo was honored for the work they've done raising awareness and money to aid the situation in Darfur through their organization, Not on Our Watch. At the ceremony, the actors were both given bronze statue by Italian sculptor Oliviero Rainaldi. The usually jokey Clooney was anything but lighthearted during his acceptance speech. He said:

"Don and I . . . stand here before you as failures. . . . The simple truth is that when it comes to the atrocities in Darfur those people are not better off now than they were years ago. The murders continue, the rapes continue and some two and a half million refugees are yet to go home. . . . We have an American election coming so this is the time to put pressure on American candidates, because believe me none of these people want to talk about this issue. . . . None of them want to deal with this issue, so right now is the time to place pressure on the people who can actually affect change because we can't."

He spoke to an audience including some of the biggest political figures of our time (and, of course, Miss Sarah Larson), people I'm sure the actors are honored to just stand next to. Clooney recently said that he is headed back to the Darfur region in January. Congratulations to Don and George for receiving this award, and, of course, bravo to them for all the hard work they've been doing.

To see more from the event including George, Don, Sarah, Mikhail Gorbachev, Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatso, and others just read more

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Images include Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatso, George Clooney, Sarah Larson, Don Cheadle, Mikhail Gorbachev

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Nicole and Paris Are BFFs Again

PopSugar — Mon, 09 Oct 2006 11:24:19 -0700

Paris and Nicole were spotted having dinner together last night at Dan Tana's Steakhouse in West Hollywood, seemingly confirming rumors that the pair are once again BFFs. The two arrived together in Paris' Range Rover and looked to be enjoying each other's company. No word on if Nicole actually ate her steak. TMZ reports:

Paris and Nicole broke bread (or beef) at Dan Tana's Steakhouse in West Hollywood last night. The pair arrived together in Paris' Range Rover and caused a frenzy at the front door not seen since Mikhail Gorbachev and Ronald Reagan met in Geneva in 1985. And after their meal, the newly reunited pair shared a little tender text-messaging time on a bench at the valet stand before zooming off into the night.

A few more pics of the reunited duo, and Nicole going for Jess' not so good red lip look so read more

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