{"id":101276,"date":"2017-05-07T20:47:38","date_gmt":"2017-05-08T00:47:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=101276"},"modified":"2017-05-07T20:47:38","modified_gmt":"2017-05-08T00:47:38","slug":"dicaprio-joins-sean-penn-at-haiti-benefit-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/05\/07\/dicaprio-joins-sean-penn-at-haiti-benefit-event\/","title":{"rendered":"DiCaprio joins Sean Penn at Haiti benefit event"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_101277\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-101277\" style=\"width: 597px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/12670100_10153290228667116_319611936384090973_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-101277\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/12670100_10153290228667116_319611936384090973_n.jpg\" alt=\"Leonardo DiCaprio attended an annual gala for Haiti Takes Root, a 10-year long initiative dedicated to the reforestation and development of the Caribbean country along with his actor friend Sean Penn. (Photo: Leonardo DiCarpio\/ Facebook)\" width=\"597\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/12670100_10153290228667116_319611936384090973_n.jpg 597w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/12670100_10153290228667116_319611936384090973_n-300x211.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 597px) 100vw, 597px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-101277\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Leonardo DiCaprio attended an annual gala for Haiti Takes Root, a 10-year long initiative dedicated to the reforestation and development of the Caribbean country along with his actor friend Sean Penn. (Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/web.facebook.com\/LeonardoDiCaprio\">Leonardo DiCarpio\/ Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>LOS ANGELES\u2013Leonardo DiCaprio attended an annual gala for Haiti Takes Root, a 10-year long initiative dedicated to the reforestation and development of the Caribbean country along with his actor friend Sean Penn.<\/p>\n<p>The Oscar-winning actor turned up to support Penn, who founded J\/P Haitian Relief Organization, the non-profit that put on the event, according to The Hollywood Reporter.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Haiti was devastated by Hurricane Matthew. And I watched from another country as news organizations said no one is doing anything for these people,&#8221; Penn said.<\/p>\n<p>The event witnessed acoustic performances by Damien Rice and Andra Day who in toe with the spirit of evening performed her hit &#8220;We Will Rise,&#8221; bringing everyone to their feet for a standing ovation.<\/p>\n<p>Many of Penn&#8217;s other friends were also in attendance, including Naomi Campbell, Ellie Goulding, Andy Cohen and Donna Karan.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LOS ANGELES\u2013Leonardo DiCaprio attended an annual gala for Haiti Takes Root, a 10-year long initiative dedicated to the reforestation and &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":101277,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,106],"tags":[17264,18799],"class_list":["post-101276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","category-hollywood","tag-leonardo-dicaprio","tag-sean-penn-haiti-benefit-event","mauthors-pti-via-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101276","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101276"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101276\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/101277"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}