Red carpet questions are usually limited to “What are you wearing?” or “Who are you dating?” But when Sharon Stone was unexpectedly asked about the recent earthquake in China – which claimed the lives of 80,000 people – the actress walked right into a political minefield.
“At first, I’m not happy with the way the Chinese are treating the Tibetans …,” she said on camera Thursday at the Cannes Film Festival, referring to the country’s alleged human rights violations. “And then all this earthquake and stuff happened and I thought, ‘Is that Karma, when you’re not nice that the bad things happen to you?’ ”
The 50-year-old actress – who has a long history of political activism and is friends with Tibet’s exiled leader, the Dalai Lama – added that she’d recently gotten a letter from a Tibetan organization planning to do disaster relief work in China.
It made Stone realize, “sometimes you have to learn to put your head down and be of service even to people who are not nice to you,” she explained. “That’s a big lesson for me.”
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Sharon Stone and unidentified new boyfriend visit the Eiffel Tower Sharon Stone was joined yesterday by a mystery new lover. The couple have been seen holding hand in the street at night. Paris, France, April 6th, 2008.
Hollywood star Sharon Stone has been slammed by animal rights campaigners for wearing a broach made from a rat’s foot to Sir Elton John’s post-Oscars party on Sunday night. The Basic Instinct actress picked up the ‘lucky’ charm after hearing it was an item Scotsmen wore on their wedding day.
Her choice of accessory has left activists at the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals fuming. In a scathing attack on Stone for her fashion attire, PETA campaigners said: Maybe Sharon, passed over by the Academy yet again, was jealous of Ratatouille’s Oscar win and thought a rodent paw might go with her haggard look.
“Her accessories these days are as dead as her career.” Stone has previously come under attack by PETA members for her love of fur.
