The stars of Ocean's Thirteen are hoping to aid relief efforts in war-torn Darfur by hosting a Cannes Film Festival party to benefit a new charity. George Clooney, who plays the sequel's main character, Danny Ocean, visited the area with his father Nick last year to make a documentary about struggling refugees in the area. He has since become a leading celebrity advocate for prompting an international intervention. Co-star Brad Pitt is also a leading advocate for African charities attempting to end poverty on the continent. The pair will host a party to launch new organization Not On Our Watch on May 22, two days before Ocean's Thirteen has its world premiere at the French film festival. The film's producer, Jerry Weintraub, will then host a series of other benefits when the movie premieres in Las Vegas, where it is set, and Chicago, Illinois.
Paris Hilton has hit back at criticism she is refusing to take responsibility for driving with a suspended license, insisting she is "ready to face the consequences." The 26-year-old is set to spend 45 days in a California correctional facility after she was found guilty in court last Friday of violating terms of her 2006 drink-driving arrest. At the hearing, Hilton claimed her long-term representative Elliot Mintz had repeatedly informed her that her license had been suspended for only 30 days and that she could still drive for work-related matters. But Hilton, who is in the process of appealing her jail sentence, wants to make clear she realizes how serious driving under the influence is. She says: "After reading the media's coverage of my court hearing, I feel the need to correct what I believe are misperceptions about me. I absolutely realize how serious driving under the influence is. I could not live with myself if anyone was injured or killed while I was driving while impaired. Clearly, no one should - no matter how slightly. I am ready to face the consequences of violating probation. No one is above the law. I surely am not. I do not expect to be treated better than anyone else who violated probation. However, my hope is that I will not be treated worse."
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The Snowflake Cluster versus the Cone Nebula
Credit: NASA, JPL-Caltech, P. S. Teixeira (CfA)
Explanation: Strange shapes and textures can be found in the neighborhood of the Cone Nebula. These patterns result from the tumultuous unrest that accompanies the formation of the open cluster of stars known as NGC 2264, the Snowflake cluster. To better understand this process, a detailed image of this region was taken in two colors of infrared light by the orbiting Spitzer Space Telescope. Bright stars from the Snowflake cluster dot the field. These stars soon heat up and destroy the gas and dust mountains in which they formed. One such dust mountain is the famous Cone Nebula, visible in the above image on the left, pointing toward a bright star near the center of the field. The entire NGC 2264 region is located about 2,500 light years away toward the constellation of the Unicorn (Monoceros).
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