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Friday February 6, 01:00 PM Actress Drew Barrymore Named 'Friend of the U.N.'
Actress Drew Barrymore and Global Vision for Peace, hopes to encourage artists "to support the ideals, vision and mandate of the United Nations" in seeking global solutions to world problems, according to its organizers. As part of its program, 30 to 40 actors and entertainment executives will be wearing a "Dove of Peace" pin to the Feb. 29 telecast of this year's Academy Awards, organizers said.
The 28-year-old Barrymore, who began her movie career at 5 and is part of a legendary acting family including John, Ethel and Lionel Barrymore (news), has starred most recently in last year's "Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle," for which she was paid $14 million, and 2004's "50 First Dates."
"To be philanthropic is weirdly not as easy as you want it to be because the information and the resources aren't as available as they should be," she said as a dozen photographers snapped away.
"So when you do get an opportunity, it is so exciting, because it is not a day wasted, it's a day when you actually did something important and it feels bigger than you."
Reuters/VNU
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