Brad and Angelina's big donation

LIFE STYLE EXTRA (UK) - Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have donated $100,000 to the Daniel Pearl Foundation.

The couple's generous contribution was announced on Tuesday (10.10.06) - on what would have been the late American journalist's birthday.

Brad and Angelina - who are making a film about the life and death of the reporter, who was kidnapped and killed by Islamic extremists in Pakistan in 2002 - said in a statement: "On this day our thoughts go out to Danny's family.

"The Daniel Pearl Foundation is celebrating this day, his birthday, with music festivals around the world. The festivals are a great reminder of not just Danny's work as a journalist but of his life and his love of music."

In the movie, 'A Mighty Heart', Angelina plays Daniel's widowed wife Mariane Pearl.

It's not the first time the couple have put their hands in their pockets for charity recently.

In September, Brad and Angelina donated $2 million to two humanitarian organizations who are working to try and abolish child poverty and childhood diseases around the world.

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