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Whereas most of us can merely sigh, gnash our teeth, and slap our foreheads when Donald Trump says ill-informed and intentionally obnoxious things, righteous, wealthy people like George Clooney have the ability to open their wallets and respond in more effective ways.On Thursday, that his initial plan to hold his rally in Tulsa on “made Juneteenth very famous.” He added that “nobody had ever heard of it” prior to his recent rescheduling. (When an aide pointed out that the Trump White House had, in fact, commemorated the date last year, he said “OK, OK. Good.”)Clooney, who has referred to Trump as a “” in the past, found inspiration in the President’s words.“Thank you President Trump for 'making Juneteenth famous.' Much like when Bull Connor made 'Civil Rights' famous. My family will be donating 500 thousand dollars to the in honor of your heroic effort,” he said .The Equal Justice Initiative is an Alabama-based non-profit that provides legal representation to the disenfranchised. It was founded by Bryan Stevenson, who was portrayed by Michael B. Jordan in Destin Daniel Cretton’s recent film .Two months ago George and Amal Clooney over $1 million to coronavirus relief funds. They $3.5 million in 2017 to Syrian refugees. The pair head the , a worldwide advocacy group. The CFJ co-sponsors , an “investigative and policy team that follows the dirty money connected to African war criminals and transnational war profiteers,” according to their website. Clooney a United Nations Messenger of Peace in 2008. The $500,000 to the EJI is part of a pattern of commendable behavior.If you would like to show appreciation to George Clooney beyond making donations yourself, take a second look (or maybe a first) at his quite fantastic and perennially resonant 2005 film he co-wrote and directed, Good Night, And Good Luck.More Great Stories From Vanity Fair— The 10 of 2020 (So Far)— : Spike Lee’s Da 5 Bloods Is Gold— The Wild Life and of Ava Gardner— Inside Pete Davidson and John Mulaney’s — : Over 100 Years of Black Defiance at the Movies— Is TV Sabotaging Itself With ?— From the Archive: Exposing MGM’s Against Rape Survivor Patricia DouglasLooking for more? for our daily Hollywood newsletter and never miss a story.Most Popular is a Queens, New York–based writer who has been contributing to Vanity Fair since 2014. His work can also be read in The Guardian, the A.V. Club, the Times of Israel, and elsewhere. He is a member of the New York Film Critics Circle, has published a book... From the awards race to the box office, with everything in between: get the entertainment industry's must-read newsletter.

Whereas most of us can merely sigh, gnash our teeth, and slap our foreheads when Donald Trump says ill-informed and intentionally obnoxious things, righteous, wealthy people like George Clooney have the ability to open their wallets and respond in more effective ways.On Thursday, that his initial plan to hold his rally in Tulsa on “made Juneteenth very famous.” He added that “nobody had ever heard of it” prior to his recent rescheduling. (When an aide pointed out that the Trump White House had, in fact, commemorated the date last year, he said “OK, OK. Good.”)Clooney, who has referred to...

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