The actors Paul Newman, Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, and Mel Gibson were last year’s biggest stars in terms of charity, according to the Giving Back Fund’s annual list of top celebrity philanthropists, Parade reports.

Before his death in September 2008, Mr. Newman gave $21-million to health, education, and environmental causes and to emergency aid. The celebrity couple known to the tabloids as “Brangelina” donated $13.4-million to benefit post-Hurricane Katrina redevelopment in New Orleans, a health clinic in Ethiopia, and the Armed Services YMCA. Mr. Gibson gave $6.5-million to a California church.

Also: Several celebrities, including the actors Edward Norton and Anthony Edwards and the singer Alanis Morrissette, ran in Sunday’s New York City Marathon to raise money for various charities, reports The New York Times.

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