Damon Unveils Haiti Water Initiative

October 9th, 2009 Buddies Damon, Affleck are also distant relativesBOSTON — It seems Matt Damon and Ben Affleck are more than childhood pals and Hollywood collaborators. According to the New England Genealogical Society, they're also cousins.

October 9th, 2009 MATT DAMON has poured his heart out about his travels to the poorest parts of the world in a new essay for U.S. magazine Parade.

October 7th, 2009 ALICIA KEYS, JOHN LEGEND and WYCLEF JEAN have been recognised for their philanthropic efforts as part of the nominations for the 2009 MTVu Woodie Awards. The stars are all in the running for the Good Woodie - the annual prize handed to the celebrity who has had the greatest social impact.

October 2nd, 2009 Hip-hop star WYCLEF JEAN has created his own range of eco-friendly footwear to aid the redevelopment of his native Haiti. The former Fugees star has teamed up with boot designers Timberland to launch a 16-piece shoe collection, and a portion of the profits will go towards to his Yele Haiti foundation.

September 25th, 2009 LONDON - Hollywood star Matt Damon likes actor George Clooney because he has a great house and loves to spend on his pals. "George has this beautiful place in Italy where he brings all of his friends and he is an amazingly generous person as well, askmen.com quoted Damon as saying.

September 24th, 2009 NY Clinton meeting focuses on economy, KatrinaNEW YORK — Education, jobs and the rebuilding of New Orleans are up for discussion at the Clinton Global Initiative — which features royalty of the real and Hollywood variety. Actor Brad Pitt is scheduled to speak Thursday evening, making a progress report on the efforts in New Orleans since Hurricane Katrina.

September 24th, 2009 LONDON - Hollywood star Matt Damon is using his popularity to help provide clean water to people living in poverty-stricken Haiti. This is an initiative by the actor as part of his non-profit company water.org, which he launched earlier this year.

September 14th, 2009 LONDON - American actor George Clooney has vowed to take revenge against his 'Ocean's Eleven' co-star Matt Damon for joking to a foreign reporter that the former is set to marry his gay partner. Damon, 38, had recently admitted to having fuelled rumours that Clooney, 48, is gay, leading to a reporter stripping off his clothes and then propositioning him during an interview.

September 13th, 2009 STING's actress wife TRUDIE STYLER is spearheading a new campaign to get clean drinking water to rainforest tribespeople who are dying of thirst in South America. Styler recently visited natives whose water supply has been polluted by years and years of rainforest destruction, and admits she was left scarred by just how bad conditions are in the Amazon.

September 10th, 2009 France's first lady CARLA BRUNI-SARKOZY has donated $360,000 (£240,000) from the profits of her latest album to help a school in Haiti. The former model released her third record Comme Si De Rien N'etait last summer (08) and vowed to give all the income from sales to charity.

September 8th, 2009 LONDON - Hollywood actor Matt Damon says he had fun while working on "The Informant" because he could binge on food as well as skip his workout sessions. "It was very, very easy to gain weight.

August 15th, 2009 LONDON - While a whole lot of celebrities across the world are getting hooked onto Twitter, Hollywood actor Matt Damon fears joining the popular social networking site. The Bourne Identity star is scared to join the website in case he is swamped by strange messages from obsessed fans, reports contactmusic.com.

July 23rd, 2009 Oscar winning Hollywood star Matt Damon (Good Will Hunting) was in Delhi and Chennai in India this week for his H2O Africa Foundation, which aims at raising awareness about clean water initiatives. Damon the spokesperson and co-founder of this Foundation (2006), has undertaken the projects in Uganda, Central African Republic, Ghana, Kenya, Ethiopia, Rwanda, and Niger.

July 15th, 2009 LONDON - Hollywood actor Matt Damon has launched a new charity drive to provide millions of impoverished people with clean drinking water. The Bourne Ultimatum actor has co-founded Water.org in collaboration with humanitarian Gary White.

July 5th, 2009 LONDON - Hollywood actor Matt Damon wants Hugh Jackman to be named the sexiest man of 2009. Damon, 38, who was named sexiest man alive by People magazine in 2007, was happy to hand over the mantle to the "X-Men" star last year, and is hoping the 40-year-old actor triumphs again, reports accesshollywood.com.