Sharon Stone did the charity. According to OneIndia.com, Sharon Stone gave away US$100,000 as personal donation and auctioned her own vintage Porsche 911 Targa for US$ 810,00 on the gala of amfAR's Cinema Against AIDS 2008 during 2008 Cannes Film Festival.
Sharon Stones @ 2008 Cannes Film Festival - amfAR's Cinema Against AIDS 2008, May 17 (Picture credit: Pixplanete/PR Photos)
Together with Pop of the Queen Madonna, Sharon Stone raised US$ 10,000,000 which will be channeled to the Amfar, the American Foundation for Aids Research, founded by actress Elizabeth Taylor.
Sharon Stones @ 2008 Cannes Film Festival - amfAR's Cinema Against AIDS 2008, May 17 - (Picture credit: Pixplanete/PR Photos)
Contrary to her kindness showed above, Sharon Stone revealed her dark basic instinct--mixing Sichuan Wenchuan Earthquake with politics (Dalai Lama and his Tibet issues) then hinting it is the karma for China--when being asked about her ideas for the disaster by the Hong Kong Cable TV (video here). Her "brainless" & "heartless" speech has been condemned by Chinese netizens as well as their foreign counterparts.
Below are some examples what those angry people said:
if earthquakes are karmas, then the 911 event must a natural disaster. Sharon Stone must be a genius!!! Youtube user--TensaZ
Apparently, Ms. Stone shares similar opinion with Falun Gong practitioners and the Westboro Baptist Church——the lives of more than 60,000 people claimed by the earthquake, including many of her beloved ‘Tibetans’ and thousands of children, are all deserved to die, because she is not happy about the Chinese government’s policy. I guess the same thing goes for people died in the tsunami, 9/11, Katrina, and Myanmar cyclone——well, God and Bin Laden don’t like whatever your government did, so go to hell.
There is no need to protest the hypocrisy of a brainless Hollywood porn star or those human rights activists, as this is what they always do. Ten seconds ago she was still preaching “I don’t think anyone should be unkind to anyone else”, then there came this malicious curse to ordinary people she doesn’t even know——face your karma, rot in hell! Where is the human rights now? Where is the “compassion”? And by the way, where is Dalai Lama’s effort to help those “suffered”——a lot of them are Tibetans, living in the great Tibetan area he always wants to ‘free’？Is ‘karma ‘ all he can teach? Is it the Karma for people who are still worshiping him?
The worst and most shameless part yet to come. “…sometimes you have to learn to put your head down to be of service, even for people who are not nice to you…” My fellow Chinese, my parents and friends who are still suffering in Sichuan, can you feel the mercy and grace from Her Holiness Sharon Stone? -- The New Voice
Anger and disgust! So this is a follower of the so called Nobel Peace Prize winner Dalai Lama. The victims include Qiang, Tibetan and Han people. The dead and injured are real and ordinary citizens. How could politics be mixed up with a natural disaster like earthquake? And to describe the tragedy with the word “interesting”! I curse Sharon Stone. Let all the heartbreaking events in this world be linked to her family; to all these she love and “friends” she would follow. Let all the suffering of the injured and those who lost loved ones be passed to this woman. You believe in karma? OK, one life is not enough for you to pay back. Let the pains follow you through your reincarnations, over and over. --Youtube user Ivyagree via Speak4China
It's such a disgrace that she could speak of 60,000 and growing lives so viciously. I'd also like to point out that the epic center of this earthquake,Aba County in Sichuan Province, is heavily populated by Tibetan Minority. How ironic her remarks sounds for somebody who actually has some basic understanding of Tibet issue.--Youtube user Jamesprc
And a petition to call the cosmetics giant Dior to withdraw Sharon Stone's advertisements:
Dear Dior,
As a Chinese consumer of Dior, I am very disappointed with Dior’s spokesperson, Ms. Sharon Stone’s comments to the Sichuan earthquake recently, as she takes this heavy lost of lives and a humanitarian disaster as a "Karma" for Chinese people’s "wrong deeds". This kind of remarks deeply hurt Chinese people’s feeling and are totally unacceptable. I’ve been using Dior’s cosmetic and skincare products for years and your makeup foundations and the Dior Snow line have been
my favorites, however, I’m gonna boycott Dior’s product from now on until you terminate the Capture Totale endorsement with Ms. Stone, and that’s because:
1, Ms. Stone shows no basic sympathy to Chinese people’s lives and feeling under a circumstance like this and it would definitely do harm to Dior’s brand image.
2, Talking about Dior’s brand image, the Capture Totale line’s target clientele should be women who are mature, intelligent and beautiful, but I could see nothing mature, intelligent or beautiful in Ms. Stone’s comments.
3, Yes, people just have the right to believe what they think is right. BUT It is totally unprofessional to be a spokesperson for a brand like Dior to talk about a disaster like this in public for Ms.Stone.
And I believe that I’m not alone in this, actually, many of my friends have decided to boycott Dior’s product after this happened. However, I believe that Mr. Stone’s comments do not necessarily represent Dior’s point of view and Dior does care about Chinese consumers’ feeling and cherish the Chinese market. So isn’t this a time for Dior to consider
whether it really needs a spokesperson like Ms. Sharon Stone or not. I’ll be waiting for your final decision and hopefully I would be able to walk into a department store and come to a Dior counter in the near future without the angry and disappointed feeling I’m having right now.
Sincerely,
Mariah
Sharon Stone served as auctioneer at Macy's Passport Gala 2004 Benefiting HIV and AIDS Research in Santa Monica, California, in Sept., 2004 . Her recent China Earthquake Karma Interview on Cannes Film Festival may ruin her impression as a charity ambassador. (Picture credit: Lee Roth/PR Photos)
Update: UME, a cinema chain in Hongkong and the mainland China, have decided not to show Stone's films. Some major Beijing department stores had removed advertisements for cosmetic and couture giant Christian Dior, which feature Stone's image.
Shanghai BooKuu Bookshop has withdrew all of Sharon Stone's audio, video products from their shelves and vowed not to import and sell any new Sharon Stone's works. They even called on other bookshops to follow in their steps to boycott Sharon Stone.