- Title: USA: George Clooney receives award at ball.
- Date: 21st October 2012
- Summary: BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (OCTOBER 20, 2012) (4:3 MATERIAL) (CAROUSEL OF HOPE - MUST COURTESY FOR USE OF "CAROUSEL OF HOPE BALL" FOOTAGE WITH NO ARCHIVAL OR WIRELESS USE AND NO RESALE) KENNY "BABYFACE" EDMONDS SINGING JAY LENO TALKING ON STAGE SHIRLEY MACLAINE INTRODUCING GEORGE CLOONEY VARIOUS OF GEORGE CLOONEY ON STAGE RECEIVING AWARD (SOUNDBITE) (English) GEORGE CLOONEY, CAROUSEL OF HOPE BALL HONOREE, ON HIS HUMANITARIAN EFFORTS IN SUDAN, SAYING: "To be most effective you have to pick one to really focus on. For me, it's been the atrocities in the Sudan. We get to this point, we hear these slogans, and we've said them a lot, 'not on our watch,' 'never again.' 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." VARIOUS OF AUDIENCE APPLAUDING NEIL DIAMOND SINGING
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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 - SOURCE TO BE VERIFIED
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