Jeff Bridges and hollywood stars raised $176,000 to fight global hunger

PC: WIkipedia/ Image AI generated In January 1985, as critics debated whether Starman would make Jeff Bridges a star, the 35-year-old actor gave a breakfast interview to the Los Angeles Times to discuss world hunger. In the interview with the Los Angeles Times, He told reporter Deborah Caulfield that learning how many people die of starvation left him feeling tremendously guilty, since he enjoyed eating in nice restaurants and living in a nice home. He had been involved with the End Hunger Network for six years and had organised a benefit screening of the film. With other entertainers, he helped produce a television special that raised $176,000 with plans to air it in 50 more cities.How did Jeff Bridges help launch a global anti-hunger movementBridges had been involved with the End Hunger Network for six years and had recently organised a screening of Starman to benefit it. He told the paper he became involved when he learned about the immensity of the problem. He identified two facts in particular. The first was that the number of people who died at Hiroshima dies of starvation every three days. The second was that more people die in five years from hunger and related diseases tha...