Clooney to boost Quake Zone
July 10th 2009 03:15
Actor George Clooney visited the earthquake-devastated Italian city of L'Aquila to announce he would make a film there in September to help boost the region's economy.
"We'll shoot a film here at the end of September in which I will act," Clooney told journalists, adding he hoped the project would help revive the economy of the region following an earthquake in April which killed more than 300 people.
"I think this is the best way to lend a hand and boost the economy," Clooney said.
"We're here to draw attention to this tragedy."
He did not name the film.
Clooney, 48, has a home near Lake Como in northern Italy.
He arrived in L'Aquila by helicopter. While there, he also opened a small cultural centre inside one of the tents still being used to house thousands of people who lost their homes in the April earthquake.
The city is currently hosting the G8 meeting of the eight major industrialised nations.
The Oscar-winning star of Syriana and Ocean's Eleven is a United Nations messenger of peace and has recently used his fame to draw attention to the plight of refugees from Sudan's violence-torn Darfur.
Source: Reuters ARR
"We'll shoot a film here at the end of September in which I will act," Clooney told journalists, adding he hoped the project would help revive the economy of the region following an earthquake in April which killed more than 300 people.
"I think this is the best way to lend a hand and boost the economy," Clooney said.
"We're here to draw attention to this tragedy."
He did not name the film.
Clooney, 48, has a home near Lake Como in northern Italy.
He arrived in L'Aquila by helicopter. While there, he also opened a small cultural centre inside one of the tents still being used to house thousands of people who lost their homes in the April earthquake.
The city is currently hosting the G8 meeting of the eight major industrialised nations.
The Oscar-winning star of Syriana and Ocean's Eleven is a United Nations messenger of peace and has recently used his fame to draw attention to the plight of refugees from Sudan's violence-torn Darfur.
Source: Reuters ARR
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