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Cameron Diaz called in to Oprah Winfrey’s talk show from a film set in Los Angeles on Monday to pay tribute to her best friend Drew Barrymore’s generous $1m charity donation.

Barrymore was on the show to present the cash to the United Nations World Food Programme, and her donation and footage of the actress in Africa, helping starving kids, led Diaz to reach for the phone.

Calling in to her thrilled pal, Diaz said: “I’ve been listening to this show and literally I’m choked up because? ? ? I’m so proud of this information that she’s (Barrymore) giving the world? ? ? It’s unprecedented.

“Learning about how our children are living in the world is devastating and the truth that is being spoken there is so important for people to hear and I’m just so proud of you Drew.”

An obviously moved Barrymore responded: “That’s my best friend, man.”

Barrymore has travelled to Kenya twice with the WFP organisation, who she has worked with since 2005.

The 33-year-old told Winfrey: “I have seen with my own eyes what a difference a simple cup of nutritious porridge can make in a child’s life. It helps them learn, stay healthy and sets them on track for a bright future.”

Source: Breaking News

Actress Drew Barrymore said Monday she is donating US$1 million (?  ?660,000) to help fight hunger worldwide, and she met later with commodities traders in Chicago to highlight the hardships caused by soaring food prices.

The 33-year-old American actress will give the money to the World Food Program, a U.N. body that delivers millions of tons of food aid to more than 70 million people in about 80 countries, she said on “The Oprah Winfrey Show.”

“I’m able to make this incredible donation ? ?  this has changed my life,” said Barrymore, who serves as a WFP ambassador against hunger. “But I encourage everyone to give.”

Later, she told The Associated Press that the US$1 million (?  ?660,000) was “by far” the largest donation she has ever made.

“But nothing has ever felt so good,” she said.

Barrymore ? ?  whose screen credits include the “Charlie’s Angels” movies and “E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial” ? ?  visited the floor of the Chicago Board of Trade on Monday afternoon, saying she discussed the impact of rising food prices on the poor.

“I wanted to bring awareness to it because it’s not something we think about,” she said.

There has been a 40 percent rise in commodity prices since the middle of last year, caused in part by skyrocketing energy costs and rising consumer demand in developing countries such as India and China, a WFP statement said.

The Rome-based agency has an annual budget of about US$3 billion (?  ?2 billion), but it said it needs US$500 million (?  ?330 million) more than anticipated this year due to the rise in food and energy prices.

Source: IHT

Drew Barrymore has a way of making the expression “best friends” sound like something a lot more than that ? ?  especially when she and boyfriend Justin Long showed up on Oprah Winfrey’s show Monday fresh out of the shower.

“We used the hotel shampoo,” a giggling Barrymore, 33, told Winfrey, explaining why she smelled so good.

The talk host already deciphered why the actress-producer emanated a special glow: it was because of Long, who sat in the audience.

His hair was wet, too.

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