Renee meets Christiane Amanpour.

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Zellweger meets Amanpour

13/12/2005 - 08:32:24

Oscar-winning actress Renee Zellweger got the treat of her life recently,
when she met with one of her biggest heroes - veteran broadcast journalist
Christiane Amanpour.

The Chicago star studied journalism in her native Texas before coming an
actress and still keeps a close eye on the news, particularly when CNN's
Amanpour is on the screen.

remember. She's putting her life on the line to bring us the information
that she feels is essential. She has this desire to be in the middle of it
and is drawn to the chaos, and you can't do that without having a lot of
courage.

"I went to college to study journalism and I thought for sure that that was
the course my life would take. I figured acting and the theatre was part of
my adolescent career and that it would stop there. I had intentions of doing
this. That's where we get our truth and our history. We look to the media -
the journalists - to go and get their hands dirty."

During a taping of US TV show Iconoclasts, Zellweger met with Amanpour in
New York City, where they went to CNN's Manhattan news centre and Ground
Zero, once the site of the World Trade Center. They also discussed the
lacking focus on serious news.

She told Amanpour: "What I can't understand is when the information is
provided and is available, why it takes a back seat to, say, American Idol."

Gwyneth Paltrow has also expressed admiration for Amanpour.