Jackie Chan tops Forbes as most generous celebrities
(AP)
Updated: 2006-05-09 11:35
HONG KONG (AP) _ Forbes magazine has named Hong Kong action film star Jackie
Chan as one of the 10 most generous celebrities, placing him among the ranks of
U2 lead singer Bono, talk show host Oprah Winfrey and actress Angelina Jolie.
Hong Kong action film
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Forbes said in a report on its Web site Tuesday that Chan, who set up the
Jackie Chan Charitable Foundation, gave US$64,000 (euro50,170) to UNICEF to help
tsunami victims in Asia in December 2004, and recently donated US$100,000
(euro78,395) to Chrysalis, a Los Angeles-based charity for the homeless.
The other generous celebrities identified by Forbes are Bono, Winfrey, Jolie,
Nicholas Cage, Sandra Bullock, Steven Spielberg, Celine Dion, Paul McCartney and
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.
The 10 were not ranked.
Among his latest charity works, his Jackie Chan Charitable Foundation
recently received a US$20,000 (euro15,679) donation from Tom Cruise, according
to Chan's Web site.
The donation will fund 10 scholarships at the Hong Kong Academy for
Performing Arts.
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