September 25, 2009 – 4:54 am
Everyone’s favourite former president Bill Clinton was joined by everyone’s favourite actor Brad Pitt at the 5th annual Clinton Global Initiative meeting in New York City yesterday (September 24).
New Orleans resident Pitt was on hand to speak with Clinton about the current status of the ‘Make it Right in New Orleans’ campaign which strives to [...]
September 14, 2009 – 10:00 am
In non-MTV VMA news, Mary J. Blige, President Bill Clinton and Matt Damon joined forces last night (September 13) at the OneXOne private dinner at the private residence of Rogers CEO Edward Rogers in Toronto, ON.
Founded by the Canadian entrepreneur and the American actor a few years ago, the organization (pronounced one by one) pairs [...]
August 5, 2009 – 11:14 am
Two American journalists freed from North Korea after a visit by former president Bill Clinton arrived in California around 8:30 am ET today (August 5) aboard Clinton’s private plane.
Details of the surprise mission are beginning to emerge. Among them: the deal began when the journalists, in phone calls to their families, said [...]
Some good news to report: Former President Bill Clinton’s has been able to successfully negotiate the freeing of two journalists detained in the communist country.
ABC News reports Kim Jong Il pardoned Laura Ling and Euna Lee and ordered their release from a local prison earlier today (August 4).
The two American journalists were arrested [...]
Bill Clinton made a surprise visit to North Korea today (August 4) to try to free two American journalists.
The visit comes amid heightened tensions between Washington and Pyongyang over the regime’s nuclear program.
Here’s a statement this morning from White House spokesman Robert Gibbs on the former president’s trip:
“While this solely private mission to secure [...]
Bill Clinton took time out while at a Port-au-Prince, Haiti, hotel today (July 7) to recall Michael Jackson’s performance at a 2002 fundraiser at New York’s Apollo theater. “He basically helped save my party from terrible financial distress, so he was very kind to me personally,” said the former American president.
Clinton also remembered that [...]