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I am back after dropping down to the south of France and the Ligurian region of Italy for a short break.  While stopping over in Cannes to check out the scene at the 08 film festival with my family, I happened upon a couple of cause related campaigns out on the streets.  One ad in particular caught my attention as I strolled down the beach…a large billboard asking for a 1 Euro donation to support the search for missing journalists in Iraq.  Turns out that the ad was merely a ploy to promote a new French movie called Envoyés très spéciaux.  Thanks goes to Michael Jones from the Variety blog “The Circuit” for pointing this out.  Click here to check out his post and the (in)famous billboard.  Michael calls the ad “rather tasteless”.

Another cause activity out on the street was a UNICEF auction for a “star studded” autographed car.  Here I am having a look at the names on the car…