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Leonardo DiCaprio Releases First Look at Climate Change Documentary 'Before the Flood'
2016-09-08 15:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Complex: Leonardo DiCaprio has long had a passion for getting peeps educated on the dire reality of climate change. Even way back in 2007 (i.e. the year of things like Plain White T's and Spider-Man 3), dude was getting the message out with expansive documentaries like The 11th Hour. A lot has happened since then, such as DiCaprio finally nabbing an Oscar and, yes, the continued destruction of our planet. To get everyone caught up, DiCaprio is back at it with Before the Flood. Leo dives underwater while...
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Leonardo DiCaprio pushed to repay donations tied to embezzlement scheme
2016-09-06 09:07:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Tribute: Leonardo DiCaprio's environmental charity is under pressure to repay some donations tied to a Malaysian fund that also backed his film The Wolf of Wall Street. The Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation (LDF) is allegedly being investigated by the U.S. Department of Justice after it was revealed that some of the foundation`s donors and investors are involved in a $3.5 million Malaysian embezzlement scheme whose "misappropriated" funds also bankrolled the actor`s 2013 film. According to the U.S. Department...
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Leonardo DiCaprio pushed to repay donations from Malaysian embezzlement scheme
2016-09-04 21:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CBS: Leonardo DiCaprio is under pressure after it was revealed that some of his donors and investors were embroiled in a Malaysian embezzlement scandal. A rainforest-based charity, the Bruno Manser Fund, wrote an open letter urging the actor to pay back all donations, loans and other funds he and his Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation, an environmental charity, received from Riza Aziz, stepson of Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak, his associates Low Taek Jho ("Jho Low') and Tan Kim Loong, and any funds...
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DiCaprio grilled on $3.5bn Malaysian rip-off
2016-09-04 21:41:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Daily Telegraph: The FBI has reportedly quizzed Leonardo DiCaprio on his charity's alleged ties to a $3.5-billion Malaysian embezzlement scandal. "Misappropriated" funds from it allegedly bankrolled his 2013 film The Wolf of Wall Street. The film star faces calls to "give the dirty money back". The US Justice Department says some donations to the Oscar-winner's environmental charity, the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation, came directly from billions of dollars siphoned from the Malaysian sovereign wealth fund 1MDB....
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Leonardo DiCaprio Plans To Address Recent Issues And Accusations Involving Donors To His Foundation
2016-09-01 05:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Highlight Hollywood: Whenever a famous person does good works, the media attempts desperately to drag the person down into whatever speculation and rumors that they can find. However, most recently Academy Award-winner and humanitarian Leonardo DiCaprio is being urged to pay back all funds he and his environment-focused foundation allegedly received from individuals accused of embezzling money from a vast Malaysian fund amid a sweeping corruption probe. A probe that we must point out, has absolutely nothing to do with...
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