GEORGE CLOONEY - CLOONEY PLANS MORE FILM FESTIVAL FUNDRAISERS

CLOONEY PLANS MORE FILM FESTIVAL FUNDRAISERS

GEORGE CLOONEY is so impressed with the amount of cash his Not On Our Watch fundraisers have raised in Cannes, France and Las Vegas, he's planning to turn every film festival into a charity drive for Darfur aid groups. The actor and his Ocean's Thirteen co-stars staged dinners and galas at the Cannes Film Festival in May (07) and recently at the film's Las Vegas premiere, raising almost $10 million (GBP5 million) in the process. Now Clooney, who has become a leading celebrity advocate for action against the genocide in the Sudan after filming a documentary about the crisis last year (06), wants to turn every starry film event into a fundraiser. He says, "I have every intention of doing this in other places. Film festivals sound like good spots." Clooney admits the money he, Brad Pitt and Don Cheadle, among others, have helped to raise for the cause so far has made him feel he is doing something truly worthwhile. He adds, "There are only a few things we can do - protect them where we can, and provide food, water, health care and counselling. "We're just trying to get them to live long enough to get to the next step."