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Naomi Watts to Help U.N. Fight AIDS
Like Angelina Jolie, Naomi Watts will be working with the United Nations to combat a global problem: AIDS. On Monday the U.N. announced that the actress will serve as a new special envoy on HIV/AIDS.
"I only hope that, as a UNAIDS Special Representative, I can do my small part to raise AIDS awareness and to encourage greater international support for the vital work being done on the ground," she said in a statement.
The devastation of AIDS was made clear to Watts, 37, when she went on a recent UNAIDS mission to Zambia. In the African country, she visited clinics, hospitals, shelters and schools. She said she was "humbled and inspired" by the people she met, Reuters reports.
In her new role, UNAIDS said, Watts will "use her talent and profile to raise AIDS awareness and give greater voice to the needs of people living with HIV worldwide."
About 40 million people are infected with HIV; in Africa, AIDS is the leading cause of death.
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Sheryl Crow Returns to Stage After Surgery
Sheryl Crow made her first public performance Tuesday since having breast cancer surgery in February.
The 44-year-old singer, who also underwent radiation treatment, was hired to sing at a sales presentation for My Network TV, a new broadcast network that will use her song "A Change Would Do You Good" as the theme to one of its series.
"The words are just coming back to me now," she said after flubbing some of the lyrics to her song, "Soak Up the Sun." "I knew it last night. I think the radiation went to my brain."
Crow played guitar and smiled, and moved gingerly onstage, reports the Associated Press.
Despite some rustiness on the lyrics, she told the crowd of advertisers at the event: "This is the first time I've played in ages. I'm just happy to be here."
The singer, who announced that she'd been diagnosed with breast cancer in February, postponed her March and April 2006 tour dates. She has since rescheduled those shows to begin June 12 at the Murat Theater in Indianapolis.
She is also scheduled to perform at Carnegie Hall on May 19 as part of the Rainforest Foundation Benefit concert.Comment
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Christina Aguilera, Mariah Carey Trade Barbs
there's some bad blood between multi-octave divas Christina Aguilera and Mariah Carey.
According to Access Hollywood, the war of words started when Aguilera said that Carey was "never cool to me" in the June issue of GQ.
"One time, we were at a party and I think she got really drunk, and she had just really derogatory things to say to me," Aguilera told the magazine. "But it was at that time that she had that breakdown, so she might have been very medicated."
(In 2001, Carey was hospitalized for exhaustion after several bizarre public appearances, including a near-striptease on MTV's TRL.)
In response to Aguilera's comments, Carey told Access Hollywood, "I had hoped that Christina was in a better place now than the last time I saw her, when she showed up uninvited at one of my parties and displayed questionable behavior.
"It is sad yet predictable that she would use my name at this time to reinvent past incidents for her promotional gain," Carey added. "It is in my heart to forgive and I will keep her in my prayers."
Aguilera, whose new album, Back to Basics, is due Aug. 15, seems ready for a truce. "I do not want any bad energy with anyone," she told Access when contacted for comment. "My intentions were not to upset Mariah with any statements that were published or taken out of context. I have all the respect in the world for her."
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COOL!! Mamnoon RedWine!!
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