The July issue of Vanity Fair is going to be a 20 cover spread of some of Africa’s biggest supporters. It is being guest edited by U2 frontman Bono and all pictures were shot by Annie Leibovitz.
Some of the celebrities included: Bono, Brad Pitt, Oprah Winfrey, George Clooney, Jay-Z, Djimon Hounsou, Chris Rock, Alicia Keys, Warren Buffett, Desmond Tutu, Muhammad Ali, Bill and Melinda Gates, Iman, Don Cheadle, Barack Obama, Madonna, Maya Angelou, Queen Rania of Jordan, President George W. Bush and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
That is wonderful…I may have to get a few copies!
That cover of Iman is just TOO fierce.
Damn Iman looks good!!!
PRIMERO BITCHES!!!!!!!
DAmn Alicia looking the damn same..wish she would evolve ..since she’s supposed to be the best thing since sliced bread
Oprah looking regal….and she is
Sorry Barrack…Im going for the Clinton in 08
I love the message.
George Bush though? this is a joke.
Those are amazing!! I’m not a Vanity Fair reader, but I may just be now, well at least for one month.
When I first heard about this, the first person that came to my head was BONO.
Heeeyyyyy Queen Oprah! Love ya’ mmmmuuuuuaaaahhhh! (big kisses).
Love the representation!
Blk star power in the buildin’!
These pics are powerful!!
OMG Iman looks gorgeous!! I’m glad they are taking the time to do this. Bono aint playing. I’ll def pick up a copy.
Kudos to Vanity Fair!!
Bush & Condi……GTFOH. They need to be on the cover of VANITY FAIR IRAQ.
I have to commend Bono….he is really an activist on what is going on in Africa…..I think it’s wonderful…and he is getting so many stars involved…very positive!
you gotta love alicia!!
not sure about bush though. everyone looks great.
WHY IS GEORGE BUSH AND CONDI RICE IN THIS CAMPAIGN…they didn’t care enough for the black people in New Orleans…they damn sure not about to help Africa! Man, don’t get me started on this administration lack of help to Africa or any other nation at that!!! Oil is the name of Bush’s game!
Alicia Keys, Iman, Tutu, Oprah, Cheadle and a few others definitely should be on the cover…but some whateva!
some powerful photos of some powerful and influential people, which shuld hopefully gain many people’s attention and awareness of the plights many are suffering in Africa.
Also great to see Muhammad Ali still going strong!
barack is one fine man to me…
ak n jay look right!
oprah n iman doin the damn thing!
black love!!!!!
Iman look great! Alicia is so pretty. I might have to cop a few copies.
omg babyboss. i got a crush on obama too lol
I love love love the cover with my girl A.Keys and my nicca Jay. They’re a force to be reckoned with.Loves it!
Great cause but some on the photos are just so funny especially Chris Rock.
I need to get a copy of this!!! Big Up them!
WHY DO I KEEP GETTIN THESE YURAN TOYOTA POPUPS? So, Angel can get paid!! lol!
Anyhow, where’s the lead singer from Destiny’s Child??? Why they stick Alicia Keys in there to pretend that she’s the first lady?
Iman always look like she’s in disconfort!
Oprah ain’t got the Gates kinda money!
ORDERING!!
You know, I respect George Clooney & Bono
They have been putting it down for a LONG time (before it was fashionable) in Africa.
Read this Interview that George Clooney did on the 700 Club.
George Clooney: Rallying for Africa
CBN.com – Earlier today, Pat Robertson spoke to one of the leaders of the “One” campaign, the famous actor George Clooney. During the interview, Clooney told Robertson why he and others are so concerned with helping the world’s poorest people.
PAT ROBERTSON: George, have you had a chance to interact with the delegates, and what are they telling you?
GEORGE CLOONEY: We went down and just met with a bunch of the delegates a few minutes ago, and it’s been a pretty interesting thing. They are getting a lot of signatures. It is a wide range of people there from virtually all over the country and all over the world. One of their main objectives is getting signatures and people to text message in and show their support. There seems to be a beautiful ground swell of support for this.
ROBERTSON: The G8 finance ministers were on board for $40 billion in debt relief. Is that going to follow through? Will they implement things like that ?
CLOONEY: They seem to be saying they will do it and include more debt relief later if the countries that are involved show responsibility and show transparency and lack of corruption. The questions now are how much financial aid can we get? And President Bush had actually a very nice speech he made last week, I am sure you saw, about how he wants to work trade. So I feel like we’re moving in the right direction. We have a lot of things going the right way.
ROBERTSON: You had an initiative to emphasize corruption and clean up corruption. Tell me what you are doing about that.
CLOONEY: It is going to be a difficult task as you know because there is so much of it. The trick is — and you have been involved there so much longer than any of us, so you know better than any of us — but the job we now have is to hold people responsibility, so that the money we send doesn’t buy a jet plane for a corrupt leader. We failed at that before as we have given aid. It’s somewhat our fault — we trusted people maybe we shouldn’t have. But the situation now is much different. And I think we have learned from our mistakes. I hope we have.
ROBERTSON: The number they are talking about is $50 billion. Blair is coming through with a lot. Is the U.S. doing enough?
CLOONEY: I don’t think they are there yet. I think it’s going to be a long time before we’re able to… The number they set it for was $50 billion by the year 2010. The United States is coming through three times what they were of the past administrations, so they have done a good job. They have funded Bush’s AIDS program before. But the question is, are we going to reach it? We hope the French, we hope the Germans — everyone — is going to come on board with us because the goal should be higher that. But that is our main goal, trying to get it to $50 billion in 2010.
ROBERTSON: Personally, how come you are involved in this? I know you have a heart of compassion for the poor, but what touched you on this one?
CLOONEY: Well, you and I talked about this on the phone sometime ago, Dr. Robertson, and I think we agreed there were no two sides to the issue. There was only one side no matter where you stood politically or ideologically. Sorry, there are people yelling in the background there. But the truth is, there are no two sides to ending poverty or AIDS or starvation and genocide, there is only one. If we are not involved, where do we stand at the end of all of this? This seems to be the only moral issue to be involved in.
ROBERTSON: The tragedy of those orphans in Africa, 12 million orphans and maybe going to 20 million in the next few years, it is a human tragedy of mammoth proportions. Do the delegates get it, the ones you are talking to?
CLOONEY: I think they get it. You know, I think honestly, the truth is, the eight leaders of these nations want to do this. I can’t imagine that they wouldn’t want to be able to say they helped to end poverty. But in the end of the day they need us to support them and give them the mandate. You did that so beautifully. I hope you can keep the pressure up, as we will to try it get everyone to see there is nothing more urgent than this.
ROBERTSON: The G8 is a place to crystallize this, but what happens after this? What is the follow up that you see in America and across the world?
CLOONEY: Well, it is like you said. The G8 is just a moment and a start really. This is a place we can begin. The rest of the place is finding way to keep aware keep things alive. There are certain stops. There’s one in September, there’s certain moments that we can try — like with the World Trade Organization — that we can try to make further steps. But our big job, yours and mine is to try to keep people aware of this, and keep it on the tips their tongues because we don’t want it to fade away.
ROBERTSON: It is a great initiative. By the way, I understand the Hyde Park concert was a big event in Britain, 250,000 people. Did you have a chance to get to it?
CLOONEY: I didn’t get to it. I had back surgery myself, so I didn’t quite make it there. I heard Philadelphia was about million people which is the biggest ever. It was quite a turn out…The interesting thing is of course is that a great many people are there to see a rock concert and don’t know what the G8 is. But our job now is what we are doing, and hopefully what we are succeeding at is explaining what the G8 is, and talking about corruption, and talking responsibility, and talking about taking care of others who can’t take care of themselves.
ROBERTSON: Last question, behind you is some noise. Is that a demonstration in favor ending poverty or ending the G8? What are they demonstrating for?
CLOONEY: I am not quite sure. I think they just – was it London? I think they just found out that London got the Olympics, and that’s why they are cheering.
ROBERTSON: London got the Olympics?
CLOONEY: It just happened while I was standing here.
ROBERTSON: Oh, boy. Okay.
CLOONEY: You know how I know – half of the Brits standing around operating the camera are dancing.
ROBERTSON: So that’s it, I guess New York and other cities are disappointed but anyhow. George, it is great to have you with us. Thank you for being with me on “The 700 Club.”
CLOONEY: Dr. Robertson, thank you for everything you are doing.
ROBERTSON: It’s my great pleasure.
I commend them, this is really for a great course.
I understand what you guys are saying about Bush. Even Germany were protesting for us yesterday in support of the G8.
The photographer did a great job.
I would love to read each of what these ambassadors are saying on the magazine.
I love Jay!!! Did anybody see the special last year where he helped give that village running water?? That is really great that he is doing what he can
I LOVE DA COVER WITH IMAN, PRETTY BYTCH!, LOL
Love it!!
IMAN is like 70 years old (something like that) and still looks damn good. She is working that cover looking like a Nubian queen.
I aint from AFRICA Im from CRENSHAW MAFIA!! lmao Sorry thats the first thing that came to mind!! But the pics are splendind.. Iman is really looking like an African Queen.. Work it
i wonder if dey actually took the pictures together or were the celebrities digitally put together to make it look as if dey were together on the actual foto shoot.
no but seriously….why is bush in this whole campaign wen he is corrupt?…mayb to publicize it? not actually gonna get 100 percent good publicity are we bono?
Photography off the chain.
Iman looks beautiful and elegant.
Great cause.
kind.
also loving the way alicia keys is the main focus of the cover with jay z. i also love the way jay z is in the corner hiding his BIG ASS LIPS…
Iman is so ugly 2 me I don’t get why every1 is on her jock all teh time, she just barely average 2 me…………………
I ABSOLUTELY love Iman’s cover! She is the epitome of class and beauty!
President George W. Bush and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice?!!! U got to be kidding????!!!!
Anywayz, I love this whole concept! Someone at Vanity Fair came up with a fabulous idea, its very different for what the other mags have out right now. I’m sure many will be picking this mag up.
Iman is like the picture of perfection…she is simply gorgeous:-)!
I ♥ Bono!!! He has done so much for the fight against AIDS in Africa. All the covers are fiyah, luvs them!!
This is such a great cause. I looked at all of the covers and I thought the same thing about George Bush. It’s like GIVE ME A BREAK! He just ruined everything for me! But I still will purchase those issues. The concept was fatastic.
This is such a great cause. I looked at all of the covers and I thought the same thing about George Bush. It’s like GIVE ME A BREAK! He just ruined everything for me! But I still will purchase those issues. The concept was fantastic.
…what about former Pres Clinton?
I’ll never forget his ’98 visit to Africa–the longest Africa tour of any U.S. President….
bush is a demonic phony…
21. Meat said:
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WHY DO I KEEP GETTIN THESE YURAN TOYOTA POPUPS? So, Angel can get paid!! lol!
Anyhow, where’s the lead singer from Destiny’s Child??? Why they stick Alicia Keys in there to pretend that she’s the first lady?
Iman always look like she’s in disconfort!
Oprah ain’t got the Gates kinda money!
I really hope you joking about your comment??? Please tell me your joking…
F*** a first lady…Alicia Keys shows incredible support to AIDS causes…much time and effort!
Oprah got more money than you, me, and everybody on this blog
let me stop…everyone entitled to their opinions.
tisk! tisk! No double posting ambrosial68!!
Why did they put Alicia on the cover with JayZ? They know he’s Bexy’s old man! Just tryin to start some ish! lol!
#25 I saw the Jay Water 4 Life on mtv. I will be picking the copy with Jay on the cover
I think Iman is beautiful and needs to be on the cover she is from Africa…which county I don’t remember…and she’s not in her 70′s yet….she may be in her early 60′s late 50′s…I don’t know why Bush is on there and Condi Rice that is mos def a joke….
LOVE IT! the concept of ppl talking to each other and spreading the word was great
and iman looked flawless. the woman is absolutely gorgeous. the chris rock one was funny.
I am so copping this issue it took long enough for africa to finally get some shine! excluding “el diablo” bush and condi rice, the rest of the covers are great. and yes, oprah and iman are killing it on the covers! iman’s the definition of beauty (excluding the feet…just joking lol)
what i found funny was no matter how much photoshop you use, bush will always have the “clueless” look on his face. condi rice just looks like she wants to sex him in the pic.
Iman looks beautiful
MAKE SURE IMAN FEET AINT SHOWIN LMBAO
Wow, and only 3.2 million Africans had to die this year to get Vanity Fair to notice. At least with theses issues they can say that they’ve doubled the amount of African-Americans to ever appear on their covers.
The only problem is that they’re 6.8 million deaths too late. But hey, better late than never……right?
ABSOLUTLY WONDERFUL, VERY NICE
I like the cover with Ali & Obama and Alicia and Jay.
strong, powerful, intelligent, and fierce.
I love It!!! I want every issue, too much money though.
Everyone look Great! Iman is beautiful. I need to trey that skin care she has out. Damn!!
Best cover idea EVER
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Iman looks like a beautiful statue. Something Micheangelo would have sculpted.
Exactley #48
So what exactley are you complaining about. I don’t see any african american magazines even addressing the issue in africa far be it from me to come down on vanity fair for comming in late.
I’m getting a copy.
48. EZElmo said: “…Wow, and only 3.2 million Africans had to die this year to get Vanity Fair to notice.”
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WOW!!! I wonder what Lisa would say about this?
Iman is looking like a true queen in this pic, I’m loving it.
@ meat: Alicia Keys, has done so much to support raising money in the fight against AIDS, its not even funny( she does it because she wants a cure, not for publicity, unlike most others).
Oprah looks very classy.
Who is Bono???
Also, wtf, is nasty ass Bush doing on the cover??seriuosly, someone explain this to me!!s
EZElmo said:
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Wow, and only 3.2 million Africans had to die this year to get Vanity Fair to notice. At least with theses issues they can say that they’ve doubled the amount of African-Americans to ever appear on their covers.
The only problem is that they’re 6.8 million deaths too late. But hey, better late than never……right?
Bill Said:
Quite frankly, I’m suprised that Vanity Fair is dealing with such a tough issue..
If the story doesn’t involve Bruce Willis & Demi Moore, or Tom Cruise, or any of the Caucasian Movie Stars, Vanity Fair isn’t interested….
I loved and respect every entertainer and celebrity who has supported Africa in volunteering their time and giving financially, however I can’t help but wonder why people won’t do the same for this country. We go people dying from AIDS and other diseases right here in this land and yet there is limited funding and medical needs. We also have a demand of people in need just like Africa as starving children, orphans, destructive communities and etc.
I’m not knocking what they do…if I was rich like them, I’d be volunteering and signing checks too and use my fame to help others in Africa, China, Brazil and many other locations. I hope God continues to bless them so they can be a blessing to someone else. Yet I can’t help but wonder why can’t we sweep around our own back door.
Just a though.
omg thass so weird i wus jus thinkin the othr day sumbodi should do an africa issue of SUMthin, wit like djimon and seal and boris kodjoe and samantha mumba and thandie newton and iman and all east african supermodels dey have had from there(like, wuts her name she is da face of estee lauder like the first black one dey have had Um, liya kebede (sp)?)… all dat n i guess bono could b in it 2 cuz he my favorite white person evr he coo :- ) but, vanityfair alreadi doin it, So cool
Well Iman is FIErce, jus sayin! :- ) gone vanityfair