usmagazine.com - 9/10/2008
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Oprah Winfrey tops Parade magazine's list of the 30 most generous celebrities.
The 54-year-old talk show host and media mogul gave out $50.2 million last year to causes including her foundation and Oprah's Angel Network.
Power couple Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie ranked sixth, with donations of $8.4 million in 2007. Among their interests: Pitt's charity Make It Right, which is helping to rebuild New Orleans.
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Oprah, Brangelina on Parade’s most generous celeb list
Cele|bitchy —
... stars set a bad example from time to time, so it’s nice to celebrate those who are doing good work,” Parade editor Janice Kaplan tells Us Weekly in its latest issue. “We can’t all give $50 million like Oprah, but she makes us understand that giving back matters,” Kaplan adds.
Athletes Lance Armstrong, Michael Jordan and hockey player Eric Lindros tied for seventh place, with donations of $5 million each last year.
[From Us Weekly]
At first I was kind of confused about how Herb Alpert had $13 million to give away. ...
Angelina Jolie and partner Brad Pitt in sixth place for generousity
Angelina Jolie - Angelina Jolie News and Gossips —
... and published in the issue of Parade on Sept. 14. The first place went to Oprah Winfrey. She donated a huge amount of money, $50.2 million last year to her foundation and Oprah's Angel Network. Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie were in sixth place. They donated $8.4 million in 2007. It is nice to see celebrities spending some of their fortune on charity, rather than thinking themselves and spending on unnecessary things such as clothes, handbags etc. Source
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