Actor Bruce Willis (C) poses with daughters Tallulah Belle Willis (R) and Rumer Glenn Willis after donating objects from the movie “Die Hard” to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History in Washington, June 27, 2007. [Reuters]

Hollywood’s Drew Barrymore has been named an Ambassador against Hunger for the United Nation’s World Food Program, the organization announced Wednesday.

Barrymore, recently on the cover of People magazine’s 100 Most Beautiful People, was in Washington Wednesday, where she stumped for legislation that would expand the McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program, which regulates funding for school meals, E! News said.

The 32-year-old actress will focus on school meal programs, saying, “I can’t think of any issue that is more important than working to see that no schoolchild in this world goes hungry.

Barrymore, currently seen in “Lucky You” with Eric Bana, joins a growing list of actors spotlighting different global issues. Angelina Jolie is an an ambassador for the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, while Michael Douglas acts as a U.N. envoy for non-proliferation. Brad Pitt, George Clooney, Madonna, Don Cheadle and Leonardo DiCaprio also have attached their names worldwide to social causes.

The esteemed Barrymore lineage can now count an ambassador among its ranks.

Drew Barrymore has been tapped to be an Ambassador against Hunger for the United Nation’s World Food Program, the organization announced Wednesday.

“I am honored and humbled to accept this challenging and rewarding assignment,” said the 32-year-old actress, who will focus on improving school feeding programs. “I can’t think of any issue that is more important than working to see that no schoolchild in this world goes hungry.”

Fresh from gracing the cover of People magazine’s recent 100 Most Beautiful People issue, Barrymore spoke from Washington, D.C., where she was on Capitol Hill to help lobby Congress about passing draft legislation that would expand the McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program, which regulates funding for school meals.

“Feeding a child at school is such a simple thing¡ªbut it works miracles,” the Charlie’s Angels star said. “School feeding not only fills stomachs, but has a proven track record of boosting enrollment, attendance and academic performance. For just pennies a day per child, this program changes lives¡ªand ultimately can impact the futures of poor countries around the world in a profound way.”

The actress, who’s currently on the big screen with Eric Bana in Lucky You and just hit DVD yesterday with Hugh Grant in Music and Lyrics, recently returned from her second trip to Kenya, where she joined her fellow Ambassador against Hunger, marathon world record-holder Paul Tergat, to visit sites where U.N.’s World Food Project is in effect.

¡±We are delighted to have Drew Barrymore join our team,” WFP executive director Josette Sheeran said. “Her passion and commitment to changing the world for the better¡ªand of course the respect and admiration she commands¡ªwill make her a wonderful champion for school feeding.”

Barrymore joins a growing list of A-listers that includes Angelina Jolie (an ambassador for the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees), Michael Douglas (a U.N. messenger of peace for non-proliferation), Brad Pitt, George Clooney, Madonna, Don Cheadle, Leonardo DiCaprio and many others who have in recent years added “improve global living conditions” to their to-do lists.

Miss America Lauren Nelson talks with Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., right, at the Washington Press Club Foundation Dinner on in this file photo from Feb. 6, 2007, in Washington. Nelson can add Long Island crimefighter to her resume. The Lawton, Okla., beauty recently went undercover with police in Suffolk County and participated in a sting operation targeting would-be sexual predators. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke-File)

Jennifer Aniston has received the Vanguard Award for her contributions to increased visibility and understanding of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community at the 18th GLAAD media awards.

The annual awards, held at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles, recognise and honour mainstream media that fairly and accurately represents the LGBT community and the issues that affect their lives.

Grey’s Anatomy, whose lead actor Isaiah Washington was last year condemned for using an anti-gay slur against a fellow castmate, was awarded outstanding individual episode Where the Boys Are.

Little Miss Sunshine won outstanding film in the wide release category, while Ugly Betty won for outstanding television comedy series.

Tennis great Martina Navratilova was given the Stephen F. Kolzak Award, in honor of the late casting director who fought homophobia in the entertainment industry.

The awards — consisting of 42 categories — are split into four ceremonies, held in Los Angeles, New York, Miami and San Francisco in March, April and May. (Daily Telegraph)

Beyonce may be one of the hardest working women in show business. She cranked out eight videos in two weeks for her new DVD, “B’Day Anthology Video Album.”

“I always wanted to do a video album,” Beyonce said in a recent interview, noting that her fans “can watch it whenever they want and not have to go to YouTube.”

The 25-year-old singer told AP Television News she was able to pull it off because everyone was well-rehearsed and prepared.

“I knew all the choreography before I started filming the videos. I knew what every hairstyle was going to be before I did it. I knew what every look (was going to be); as far as the makeup and the wardrobe, we already had the fittings,” she said.

“B’Day Anthology Video Album,” released Tuesday, features songs from her Grammy-winning “B’Day” album. The DVD coincides with the release of a deluxe edition of the disc, with seven tracks in Spanish.

Beyonce, who rides a giant black cat in one glammed-up video for the song “Kitty Kat,” said she got a kick out of reinventing her look.

“I didn’t want them to look the same,” she said. “Some are in black and white. Some are Super8. Some are very bright, vivid colors. Some are, you know, they look a little retro.”

“I wore my hair black in some. I wore ’80s makeup in one of the videos. Sixties Mod makeup. It was so exciting ’cause I love fashion, I love dressing up, so definitely it was like playing different characters.”

She added: “I can’t believe I did it. But I had a lot of help and a lot of support.”

Beyonce’s world tour, set to open Tuesday in Tokyo, will run through September, Music World-Columbia Records announced Wednesday. North American stops include New Orleans, Dallas, New York City, Washington, Boston, Chicago, Denver, Las Vegas and Los Angeles. [AP]