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Monday, August 30th, 2010
Associated Press



GEORGE CLOONEY WINS
BOB HOPE HUMANITARIAN AWARD
AT 62ND PRIMETIME EMMY AWARDS
by Lynn Elber, AP Television Writer

George Clooney holds the Bob Hope Humanitarian Award in the press room during the 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards Sunday, Aug. 29, 2010, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

LOS ANGELES (AP) — George Clooney accepted the Bob Hope Humanitarian Award from his former "ER" co-star, Julianna Margulies, who lauded his fundraising efforts for victims of this year's earthquake in Haiti, the 2004 tsunami in Indonesia and the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

Clooney, recalling evenings spent with Bob and Dolores Hope at the home of his aunt, singer Rosemary Clooney, said he was inspired by the late comedian and his wife, now 101.

"If you look at everything they accomplished in their lives ... They're the best version of the term 'celebrity,'" Clooney said.

Presenter Julianna Margulies presents the Bob Hope Humanitarian Award during the 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards Sunday, Aug. 29, 2010, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)


George Clooney, right, accepts the Bob Hope Humanitarian Award from presenter Julianna Margulies during the 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards Sunday, Aug. 29, 2010, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)


"It’s important to remember how much good can get done, because we live in such strange times where bad behavior sucks up all the attention and press. And the people who really need the spotlight: the Haitians, the Sudanese, people in the Gulf Coast... Pakistan, they can’t get any.

I thought maybe there was a way to combine the two. I have offered to go to the south Sudan and have a wardrobe malfunction, but it was pointed out to me that I’m 49 and the consensus was that it would just be upsetting and kind of sad.

When the disaster happens, everybody wants to help, everybody in this room wants to help, everybody at home wants to help. The hard part is seven months later, five years later, when we’re on to a new story. Honestly, we fail at that, most of the time. That’s the facts. I fail at that.

So here’s hoping that some very bright person right here in the room or at home watching can help find a way to keep the spotlight burning on these heartbreaking situations that continue to be heartbreaking long after the cameras go away. That would be an impressive accomplishment. Thank you."

- George Clooney after receiving
the Bob Hope Humanitarian Award.


Written by Lynn Elber, AP Television Writer
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