Editing Sharon Stone (section)

===Criticism===

On January 28, 2005, Stone helped solicit pledges for $1&nbsp;million in five minutes for mosquito nets in [[Tanzania]],<ref>"Sharon Stone raises $1 mil. for Tanzania in 5 minutes", ''Yomiuri Shimbun'', January 30, 2005.</ref> turning a panel on [[Poverty in Africa|African poverty]] into an impromptu [[fundraising|fundraiser]] at the [[World Economic Forum]] in [[Davos]], Switzerland. Many observers, including [[UNICEF]], criticized her actions by claiming that Stone had reacted instinctively to the words of Tanzanian President [[Benjamin Mkapa]], because she had not done her research on the causes, consequences, and methods of preventing [[malaria]].<ref name="economist.com">{{cite news|url=http://www.economist.com/world/displaystory.cfm?story_id=4127278|title=The $25&nbsp;billion question|newspaper=The Economist|date=June 30, 2005|access-date=August 19, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080401132854/http://www.economist.com/world/displaystory.cfm?story_id=4127278|archive-date=April 1, 2008|url-status=live}}</ref> Of the $1&nbsp;million pledged, only $250,000 was actually raised. In order to fulfill the promise to send $1&nbsp;million worth of bed nets to Tanzania, UNICEF contributed $750,000.<ref name="columbia.edu">{{cite journal|last=Daar |first=Evan |year=2009 |url=http://www.columbia.edu/cu/current/articles/spring2009/daar.html |title=Aid Wars |journal=The Current |issue=Spring 2009 |location=New York |publisher=Columbia University |access-date=August 19, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100626040310/http://www.columbia.edu/cu/current/articles/spring2009/daar.html |archive-date=June 26, 2010 }} A review of {{cite book|last=Moyo|first=Dambisa|year=2009|title=Dead Aid: Why Aid Is Not Working and How There Is a Better Way for Africa|location=New York|publisher=Farrar, Straus, and Giroux|isbn=978-0-374-13956-8|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/deadaidwhyaidisn00moyo}}</ref> This diverted funds from other UNICEF projects.<ref name="columbia.edu"/> According to prominent economist [[Xavier Sala-i-Martin]], officials are largely unaware of what happened with the bed nets. Some were delivered to the local airport.<ref name="columbia.edu"/> These reportedly were stolen and later resurfaced as wedding dresses on the local [[black market]].<ref name="economist.com"/><ref name="columbia.edu"/>

Stone was criticized over her comments in an exchange on the red carpet with Hong Kong's ''[[Hong Kong Cable Television|Cable Entertainment News]]'' during the [[2008 Cannes Film Festival]] on May 25, 2008. When asked about the [[2008 Sichuan earthquake]] she remarked:

{{blockquote|Well you know it was very interesting because at first, you know, I'm not happy about the way the Chinese are treating the [[Tibet]]ans because I don't think anyone should be unkind to anyone else. And so I have been very concerned about how to think and what to do about that because I don't like that. And I had been this, you know, concerned about, oh how should we deal with the [[2008 Summer Olympics|Olympics]] because they are not being nice to the [[14th Dalai Lama|Dalai Lama]], who is a good friend of mine. And then this earthquake and all this stuff happened, and then I thought, is that [[karma]]? When you're not nice that the bad things happen to you?<ref>{{cite news|url=http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/24847807/ns/today-entertainment/t/sharon-stone-suggests-china-quake-was-karma/|title=Sharon Stone suggests China quake was 'karma'|date=May 27, 2008|agency=[[Associated Press]]|publisher=MSN|access-date=December 2, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425055800/http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/24847807/ns/today-entertainment/t/sharon-stone-suggests-china-quake-was-karma|archive-date=April 25, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>}}

One of China's biggest cinema chains reacted to Stone's comments by declaring it would not show her films in its theaters.<ref name="Yahoo">{{cite news|publisher=Yahoo!|date=May 28, 2008|access-date=May 28, 2008| url=https://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080528/ap_en_mo/people_sharon_stone_quake|title=Sharon Stone: Was China quake 'bad karma?'| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080531005856/http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080528/ap_en_mo/people_sharon_stone_quake|archive-date=May 31, 2008}}</ref> The founder of the UME Cineplex chain and the chairman of the Federation of Hong Kong Filmmakers, [[Ng See-yuen]], called Stone's comments "inappropriate", and said the UME Cineplex chain would no longer present her films.<ref name="Yahoo"/> [[Dior]] advertisements featuring Stone's image were dropped from all ads in China amid the public uproar.<ref name="AFP">{{cite news|first=Aislinn|last=Simpson|agency=[[Agence France-Presse]]|date=May 29, 2008|work=The Telegraph|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/2048006/Sharon-Stone-apologises-over-China-earthquake-karma-comments-in-Dior-statement.html|title=Sharon Stone apologises for China quake 'karma' remark|access-date=August 19, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605091502/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/2048006/Sharon-Stone-apologises-over-China-earthquake-karma-comments-in-Dior-statement.html|archive-date=June 5, 2011|url-status=live}}</ref> Stone was removed from the [[2008 Shanghai International Film Festival]] guest list, and the event's organizers considered banning the actress permanently.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/people/2008-06-04-stone-shanghai_N.htm|title=Sharon Stone not welcome at Shanghai film festival|website=USA Today|first=Min|last=Lee|agency=Associated Press|location=Hong Kong|date=June 3, 2008|access-date=January 24, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160406033136/http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/people/2008-06-04-stone-shanghai_N.htm|archive-date=April 6, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> Dior China had originally posted an apology in Stone's name, but Stone later denied making the apology during an interview with ''[[The New York Times]]'', saying "I'm not going to apologize. I'm certainly not going to apologize for something that isn't real and true&nbsp;– not for face creams," although she did admit that she had "sounded like an idiot."<ref name="NYT">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/01/fashion/01stone.html|title=Actress Stone and Dior Differ Over Apology|work=The New York Times|date=June 1, 2008|access-date=June 1, 2008|first=Cathy|last=Horyn|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090410000706/http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/01/fashion/01stone.html|archive-date=April 10, 2009|url-status=live}}</ref> However, after the interview, Stone released a statement entitled "In my own words by Sharon Stone" in which she said "I could not be more regretful of that mistake. It was unintentional. I apologize. Those words were never meant to be hurtful to anyone."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Movies/05/31/sharon.stone/index.html|title=Actress says she misspoke on China|publisher=CNN|date=May 31, 2008|access-date=March 24, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160313093035/http://edition.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Movies/05/31/sharon.stone/index.html|archive-date=March 13, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> While Stone cited the Dalai Lama as her "good friend" when she made the remark at the Cannes film festival, the Dalai Lama has reportedly distanced himself by saying of her only, "yes, I've met that lady".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/06/12/dalai-lama-distances-hims_n_106675.html|title=Dalai Lama Distances Himself From 'Good Friend' Sharon Stone|work=HuffPost|agency=Agence France-Presse|date=June 20, 2008|access-date=August 19, 2011|first=Katherine|last=Thomson|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607061826/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/06/12/dalai-lama-distances-hims_n_106675.html|archive-date=June 7, 2011|url-status=live}}</ref>