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| Giorgio Armani, Sean Penn, Petra Nemcova, Paul Haggis and Lyle Lovett |
Photo credit: Vittorio Zunino Celotto/WireImage for Electrolux 2012
Sean Penn is angry as hell and not going to take it anymore.
He didn't have to at The Festival de Cannes which welcomed "Haiti: Carnival in Cannes," a benefit event presented by Giorgio Armani in support of Sean Penn’s J/P HRO, Paul Haggis’ Artists for Peace and Justice and Petra Nemcova’s Happy Heart’s Fund for their united and extraordinary work in Haiti.
And if you had $100,000 to spare, you could have won the auction trip to Haiti with the actor for three days.
The gala evening, presented by Giorgio Armani, featured a fund raising dinner on Friday, 18 May at the Festival Agora. The funds raised at the gala will benefit all three charities and help them to bring sustainable programs to the Haitian people quickly and effectively.
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Cannes Artistic Director Thierry Fremaux commented, “Sean Penn is a good friend of the Festival de Cannes, he came in Competition as an actor and as a director, he was President of the Jury. But it is not the only reason why we offered to receive him. We are greatly fascinated by his permanent and long-lasting commitment to Haiti’s recovery. And we are very pleased to be a part of this evening which intends to raise money and honor the Haitians themselves.”
Opening night at Cannes:
