Sandra Bullock donates £625,000 to Haiti

Sandra Bullock has followed in the footsteps of Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie and George Clooney, donating £625,000 to help the victims of Tuesday's (12 Jan 10) Haiti earthquake.

The Miss Congeniality star has handed over the cash to the Doctors Without Borders' emergency operations in Port-Au-Prince, after seeing news coverage of the devastation the 7.0-magnitude quake caused. In a statement, she says, "I wanted to ensure that my donation would be used immediately to meet the needs of the Haitian people affected by this catastrophic event."

Earlier this week, Pitt & Jolie personally donated the same sum, while Clooney's Not On Our Watch charity has donated another £610,000.

Actress Emily Blunt has vowed to add her support to the two-hour Hope For Haiti telethon: "I'm going to be doing the thing that George is organising; the telethon. But I think, really, it's just about everyone needs to jump in. Everyone needs to get involved in whatever way they can.