Charlize Theron at Pre-Oscar

South African actress Charlize Theron, Academy Award nominee for best actress for her role in 'North Country', is interviewed as she arrives at a pre-Oscar benefit, Vanity Fair's Amped for Africa California benefit, in Los Angeles March 2, 2006. Academy Award nominee for best actress Charlize Theron hosted the event which spotlights the Charlize Theron African Outreach Project benefitting Oprah Winfrey's Angel Network, that helps support vulnerable children and their families in rural South Africa. [photo: Fred Prouser - Reuters]