Jessica Alba follows apology with donation after defacing charity's billboard
Jessica Alba has made a donation to the United Way in Oklahoma City, where she ran into trouble for attaching a poster to one of the charity's billboards.
The United Way of Central Oklahoma announced Alba's donation Thursday. Spokeswoman Erin Brewer says Alba's attorney has asked the charity not to disclose the amount, but that Alba qualified for a Leadership Giving program that recognizes donors who give $500 or more.
"I can tell you it was generous and we felt it was very appropriate," Brewer said.
The 28-year-old actress had been in Oklahoma City filming the movie "The Killer Inside Me" with co-stars Casey Affleck and Kate Hudson.
She has previously apologized for putting up posters about the declining great white shark population on utility boxes and a downtown bridge. Police have said she will not face criminal charges.
Jessica Alba may be charged in Oklahoma City vandalism
Jessica Alba could be in hot water.
The actress was caught on camera pasting posters of Great White sharks on a bridge and other Oklahoma City property -- and police are investigating, the AP reports. The posters' advertise the species' declining numbers.
"I got involved in something I should have had no part of," Alba said in a statement. "I realize that I should have used better judgment, and I regret not thinking things through before I made a spontaneous and ill-advised decision to let myself get involved with the people behind this campaign. I sincerely apologize to the citizens of Oklahoma City and to the United Way for my involvement in this incident."
Alba is currently in Oklahoma City filming The Killer Inside Me with Kate Hudson and Casey Affleck.
Oklahoma City spokeswoman Kristy Yager estimates the damage between $500 and $700 -- not enough to earn Alba jail time if she were to be charged or convicted of a crime.
For years celebrities have had a love/hate relationship with the paparazzi, but for Jessica Alba, the relationship always seems to lean more towards the hate side of things.
In the March issue of Elle magazine, the actress talks about what it's like to be tailed by handfuls of paps on a regular basis.
"It's so invasive," she says, breakingnews.ie reported. "It's not like they're standing 100 feet away. They're in your face, not letting you walk, standing in the way when you're driving. It becomes a situation and it doesn't need to be."
So what's it like to raise her eight-month-old daughter Honor in the spotlight?
"Kids pick up on your energy, so the more upset you get about it, the more your kids are affected by it."
Jessica Alba has been a longtime supporter of the Declare Yourself campaign, and has made two controversial ads for the organization in a bid to encourage Americans to take to the polls in November and vote. The latest ad featured Alba wearing a Hannibal Lecter-style muzzle taken by photographer David LaChapelle.
And now the Hollywood actress has enlisted the help of 19-year-old Hayden Panettiere for a satirical clip that has been posted on YouTube. The actresses are seen hosting a mock home-shopping show selling The Muzzler 2008, a similar device to that worn by Alba in the last campaign. Panettiere is seen modeling a pink version, spelling out to youngsters the need not to let their political voices be silenced.
JESSICA ALBA LEADS THE CHARGE FOR DECLARE YOURSELF’S PROVOCATIVE NEW CAMPAIGN
“Only You Can Silence Yourself” Aims to Mobilize 18-29 Year Olds to Vote
Los Angeles, CA (SEPTEMBER 10, 2008) – Declare Yourself, the national nonpartisan, nonprofit youth voter initiative is launching a powerful print and viral campaign aimed at energizing young adults to register and vote in the 2008 election. The campaign, entitled, “Only You Can Silence Yourself,” features Jessica Alba (The Fantastic Four, Sin City) in a series of images by renowned photographer Marc Liddell. The striking photographs feature Alba quite literally silenced—with gags and masks stifling her voice as a citizen. The photos are available for download at www.DeclareYourself.com, and can be circulated virally; they will also be featured in national publications this fall.
“I really don’t see the point in not registering to vote,” said Alba. “We sign up for MySpace pages and Facebook pages, and download music off the internet. The least people can do is register to vote online, actually making a difference in their world, not just making their lives a little bit cooler. It makes more sense to spend your time making a change in society—and it actually doesn’t take that much time! It takes more time to make a music playlist than it does to register to vote. “
“Young adults are inundated with messages,” said Marc Morgenstern, Declare Yourself Executive Director. “This campaign is designed to break through and inspire young people to seize their role in the future of our country by registering and voting. We are deeply grateful to Jessica for lending her voice to this important movement.”
The campaign, “Only You Can Silence Yourself,” will communicate the importance of voting, reminding young Americans that only they can stop themselves from participating in democracy. Featuring a mix of “real people” and young celebrities, the overall concept of the campaign is anything but subtle. The impactful, unique spots are aimed at making those who see them stop, look, discuss, and, ultimately, become moved to participate. Previous campaigns starred Christina Aguilera and André Benjamin, and were created by David LaChapelle.
ABOUT DECLARE YOURSELF Declare Yourself is a nonpartisan, nonprofit campaign aiming to empower every eligible American, 18-to-29 years old, to register to vote in the 2008 presidential election. Through the power of strategic media partnerships, celebrity spokespeople, retail outreach, sports and, most importantly, digital technology and social media, Declare Yourself has created a campaign that embraces the landscape of youth peer and popular culture with one key message: register and vote. In 2007, Declare Yourself began its campaign on behalf of the 2008 election. The organization has already brought an additional 750,000 18-29 year olds to the pool of registered voters. It expects to register two million young voters by election day. On September 24, 2008, Declare Yourself will host a “final registration push” party for young Hollywood stars to bring an additional spotlight to the cause.
For the 2004 and 2006 elections, Declare Yourself registered over 1 million young people through their efforts. Information gathered in post-election polls showed 83% of those registrants participated in the national elections. In 2003, Declare Yourself launched its initiative with The Declaration of Independence Road Trip, a nationwide multimedia exhibit and tour of Norman Lear’s original copy of the Declaration. The document remains on tour, and will appear in both the Democratic National Convention in Denver in August and the Republican National Convention in St. Paul in September. Declare Yourself has also established a relationship with the annual Warped Tour music festival.
Led by Norman Lear, Declare Yourself has an advisory board of leaders from the political and media worlds including many influential figures with their fingers on the pulse of the 18-29 demographic, including NBC Entertainment/ NBC Universal Television Studio co-chairmen Ben Silverman, trend specialist Atoosa Rubenstein, online video expert James Kotecki, producer J.J. Abrams and television personality Tyra Banks. The Declare Yourself Advisory Board has the ability to spread the message of the organization to America’s youth. Corporate partners with Declare Yourself include Cricket, Yahoo!, MySpace, Google, AOL, Clear Channel, Comedy Central and American Eagle Outfitters.
Don't add baby Honor to the long list of child actors--yet. Jessica Alba and Cash Warren are banning their daughter from acting, at least until she's done with school.
Alba says, "When she finishes college, she can do whatever she wants." She added, "I think at some point all little kids express that desire, because they're so used to being treated like a star."
Preparing for the birth of your first child can be nerve-wracking for any new mom, but for Jessica Alba and her husband Cash Warren, the birth of their daughter Honor Marie Warren on June 7 was anything but chaotic.
"I didn't scream," Jessica tells OK! in an exclusive interview and photoshoot. "It was really Zen." And Cash could only marvel at his wife's quiet strength when she gave birth. "She didn't make a sound," he says. "It was amazing."
Here, the proud pair open their door exclusively to OK!, introducing the adorable Honor Marie Warren.
"It hasn't totally sunk in," Jessica reveals to OK!. "She dreams, she smiles, and coos and does all these things, but she hasn't seen enough of the world yet to understand any of that stuff. So I still feel like she's connected to the other world, or something. There's no other way to explain it. It's a miracle."
The Love Guru star tells OK! that she had natural birth. "The labor was more like meditation," she says. "I did yoga breathing. I was focused."
OK! Magazine is really on a role this week. First they reportedly paid Mathew McConaughey $3 million dollars forpics of Levi McConaughey and now TMZ is reporting that Jessica Alba will be receiving $1.5 million smackeroos for pictures of little baby Honor from the magazine.
Jessica had originally declined all magazine offers but she must have given into temptation with OK! magazine when they offered $1.5. Why shouldn't she take it? That's the kids college fund. That's if the kid actually goes to college. We have hope for these celebrity kids
Expect to see pics of "adorable" Honor in the magazine soon.
Preparing for the birth of your first child can be nerve-wracking for any new mom, but for Jessica Alba and her husband Cash Warren, the birth of their daughter Honor Marie Warren on June 7 was anything but chaotic.
