London
(ANI):
American
actors
George
Clooney
and
brad
pitt
hosted
a
fundraising
dinner
on
the
eve
of
the
65th
Venice
Film
Festival
in
aid
of
the
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charity.
The
charity
had
been
set
up
by
the
two
actors
and
their
Ocean's
Thirteen
colleagues
to
help
disaster-hit
areas
of
the
developing
world,
and
it
has
so
far
raised
seven
million
dollars.
The
funds
will
be
used
for
victims
of
both
the
humanitarian
crisis
in
the
Darfur
region
of
Sudan
and
the
cyclone
in
Myanmar.
The
reason
the
dinner
was
hosted
in
Venice
was
because
Clooney
and
Pitt,
who
were
never
free
from
their
various
commitments,
were
for
once
together
at
the
same
place.
The
charity's
executive
director
Alex
Wagner
was
quick
to
make
use
of
the
opportunity
and
to
put
it
to
good
use.
"Scheduling
is
very
difficult.
The
two
of
them
happened
to
be
in
Venice
at
the
same
time
...
so
there
was
a
brainstorming
session," the
Telegraph
quoted
her
as
saying.
At
the
dinner
on
Venice's
Giudecca
Island,
attended
by
around
200
industry
insiders
and
Italian
VIPs,
Clooney
was
scheduled
to
discuss
where
the
charity
puts
its
money.