Charlize Theron remembers the moment her role in philanthropy clicked into place. The Oscar-winning actress had been talking with community leaders in her homeland of South Africa about how they could tackle the AIDS epidemic there. “We heard them say, ‘We know what to do, but we just need the resources to do it,’” Theron said Thursday at the Town & Country Philanthropy Summit in Manhattan.
The star-studded event brings together philanthropists, activists, thought leaders and innovators for a day of conversation centered around the effectiveness of philanthropy.
By now everyone's seen the adorable video of Charlize Theron dancing to Taylor Swift's "Shake It Off" with daughters Jackson and August to celebrate her 48th birthday. And while a bunch of Swifties hailed the Oscar-winning actress as an awesome mom, the truth of the matter is she was simply feeling the emotions this particular Swift track tends to evoke.Happiness."It looked like I was being a good mom, but I was actually really happy," the actress tells ET's Rachel Smith at New York City's Hears