- Title: USA: George Clooney receives award at ball.
- Date: 21st October 2012
- Summary: PLEASE NOTE: THIS EDIT CONTAINS CONVERTED 4:3 MATERIAL BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (OCTOBER 20, 2012) (REUTERS) EXTERIOR OF THE BEVERLY HILTON HOTEL CAROUSEL OF HOPE BANNER WIDE OF CARPET WITH GEORGE CLOONEY AND STACY KEIBLER ENTERING GEORGE CLOONEY TALKING TO MEDIA GEORGE CLOONEY AND STACY KEIBLER ON CARPET (SOUNDBITE) (English) GEORGE CLOONEY, CAROUSEL OF HOPE BALL HONOREE AND "GRAVITY" STAR, ON WORKING ON "GRAVITY" FILM, SAYING: "It was pretty fun. I had to hang off of a wire the whole time." (SOUNDBITE) (English) GEORGE CLOONEY, CAROUSEL OF HOPE BALL HONOREE, ON WHAT HE'S DOING TO GET PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA RE-ELECTED, SAYING: "Oh I don't know, I think probably, vote." GEORGE CLOONEY AND STACY KEIBLER ON CARPET GEORGE CLOONEY TALKING TO MEDIA GENE SIMMONS WITH FAMILY TALKING TO MEDIA (SOUNDBITE) (English) GENE SIMMONS, KISS CO-FOUNDER, SAYING: "Two-thirds of America is fat. Your heart does not like the extra weight. About a month ago I was close to 20 pounds heavier and my father died from complications of diabetes and my mother is diabetic now. Your heart does not like it if you keep putting on weight. You're risking your life." SMOKEY ROBINSON TALKING TO MEDIA GEORGE CLOONEY TALKING TO MEDIA ZOOM OUT TO WIDE OF CARPET
- Embargoed: 5th November 2012 12:00
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- Country: USA
- Topics: Entertainment,Health
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- Story Text: George Clooney is honored for his humanitarian efforts at the Carousel of Hope Ball, which benefits children and adults with type 1 and type 2 diabetes.
George Clooney was the man of the hour at the 26th annual Carousel of Hope Ball in Beverly Hills on Saturday (October 20). Clooney was honored for his philanthropic efforts in raising awareness for human rights in Sudan.
"We get to this point, we hear these slogans, and we've said them a lot, 'not on our watch,' 'never again,'" he said. "But the truth is when it comes to innocent people getting slaughtered, it always happens on our watch. It always has, and it happens again and again and again. So, you learn as you go, and you have to figure out, you have to adapt. You learn that you can't make people do the right things, but you can make it harder for them to do the wrong things."
On the red carpet, the 51-year-old star talked about his role in the upcoming Alfonso Cuar� directed film, "Gravity," playing a veteran astronaut lost in space desperately trying to return to Earth.
"It was pretty fun," he said. "I had to hang off of a wire the whole time."
Neil Diamond, Kenny "Babyface" Edmonds and Jay Leno all lent a hand to support the ball, which has raised more than $75 million in a 35-year span for the Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes based in Denver, Colorado.
"Two-thirds of America is fat," said KISS co-founder Gene Simmons on the red carpet. "Your heart does not like the extra weight. About a month ago I was close to 20 pounds heavier and my father died from complications of diabetes and my mother is diabetic now. Your heart does not like it if you keep putting on weight. You're risking your life."
The program provides specialized care for children and adults with type 1 and type 2 diabetes. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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