Jamie Lee Curtis

September 25th, 2009

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Finding the good ... everywhere!

Look what you've started! Not only has your response to our little "TMZ antidote" been overwhelming (and heartwarming), but suddenly do-gooding celebs are coming out of the woodwork!

Thursday, the Clinton Global Initiative honored Brad Pitt for helping to rebuild hurricane-ravaged New Orleans. So far, Pitt's "Make It Right" project has completed 13 eco-friendly single-family houses in the city's Ninth Ward, all with such features as "green roofs" which dramatically reduce heating and cooling costs. Pitt says the project's goal is to build 150 such houses.

Meanwhile, the Hollywood trade paper Variety hosted a "Power of Women" luncheon in Beverly Hills, and I don't know whether it was a coincidence, or they were just sucking up to you Find The Good readers, but it seemed everyone wanted to discuss their charitable work:

Christina Aguilera was honored for her role in the World Hunger Relief program.
Jamie Lee Curtis talked about her involvement with Starlight Starbright, which she says helped her young son when he landed in the hospital with a ruptured spleen a few years back.
"Mad Men" star and shark lover January Jones told us about her work to save the world's oceans with Oceana.
One of my favorite actresses, Maria Bello, discussed being an active member of the Save Darfur Coalition.
And perhaps most apropos to this blog, Anne Hathaway is one of many celebs working with Service Nation, which is trying to "inspire a new era of voluntary citizen service."

Because reading about all of these worthy causes is great, but at some point, you do want to get involved, right?

Doing lunch with Hollywood hotties

Here's to the ladies who lunch (to quote Stephen Sondheim)!

Anne Hathaway, Sigourney Weaver, Christina Aguilera, Jamie Lee Curtis, Mad Men's January Jones and Eva Longoria Parker were just a few of the stars who turned out for a "Power of Women" luncheon in Beverly Hills today.

Impressions:

I had to stifle the urge to call Jamie Lee the "Activia" lady. She's always great on an arrival line–smart, real, passionate and refreshingly candid. She said she didn't give a hoot about fashion and just slips on a black cocktail dress for this kind of event.
Eva stepped from behind the wheel of a Bentley Continental GTC convertible looking like a million bucks. Or, if you throw in the price of the car, like $1.2 million.
It wouldn't surprise me if January didn't finish her meal. She's just a wisp of a gal– tipping the scales at maybe 90 lbs. I saw her outside later smoking a cig. That may be her diet secret!
Sigourney. Wow! Tall, regal and refined, erudite yet approachable. I would follow her into battle.
Anne. Dressed to the nines (as usual) in what she called a "frock". She laughingly referred to the color of her dress as "moutarde", saying "mustard" didn't sound as elegant. She's an impossible combo– goofy and elegant at the same time. And utterly charming.
Christina. Can't tell you what she was like. She posed for still photographers, but skipped out on the TV crews! Hope there's a next time!