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This Just In! Bono Hails the Speaker of the House

Wed., Oct. 17, 2007 1:05 PM PDT by Marc Malkin

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I just heard that Bono will present Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi with the Outstanding Achievement Award at YouthAIDS' upcoming annual fundraising gala.

The event, taking place at the Ritz-Carlton in McLean, Virginia, on Nov. 2, will also include guests Ashley Judd and Emmy Rossum.

The Indian-themed gala will highlight Faces of India, a documentary about Judd and YouthAIDS founder Kate Roberts’ three-week visit earlier this year to the Asian country. The documentary airs on the National Geographic Channel Dec. 1, which is World AIDS Day.

"I jokingly called my last trip the Feel Your Feelings Tour of India because I was overwhelmed," Judd says in the new issue of Redbook magazine. "I'd get back to my hotel room and absolutely fall to pieces. But I'd call my friends. I'd write things down to get the feelings out."

Judd, along with Ali Larter, LeAnn Rimes and Denis Leary, will be among those honored at Redbook's annual Strength and Spirit Awards this Monday in New York City.