Matt Damon's State Department Video

That, and other news, in today's Roundup and Recap.

Matt Damon taped a video for the State Department addressing the problem of chronic hunger, a spot that was recently released in conjunction with World Food Day. An official at Foggy Bottom says that the intent of the spot is to "explain the problem in a tangible way" and "one that communicates the importance of an issue to which the Administration is committed."

Among the protesters who showed up at President Obama's Thursday night fund-raiser for the DNC in San Francisco was Code Pink's Jodie Evans. But unlike the hundreds of others who were cordoned off outside the St. Francis Hotel, Evans was in the VIP reception with the president and got face-time with the commander in chief, pressing the case against a troop buildup in Afghanistan. The San Francisco Chronicle's Carla Marinucci reports, "When she told him that "women want a seat at the table" in wartime negotiations in that nation, Evans said he responded, "But we have Hillary Clinton.'' No, she said, you're not getting it: the women of Afghanistan want the seat. Upside: She and her fellow Code Pinker didn't even get arrested for peacefully presenting him with petitions from anti-war protesters. Downside: she paid $30,400 for the one-on-one, which works out to about $7,000 a minute." 

About 50 people protested Buju Banton at Hollywood's Cabana Club on Thursday, and Karen Ocamb writes that the reggae singer gave an interview with the Jamaican Observer in which he charged that someone pepper sprayed his appearance in San Francisco following a meeting with gay activists. And he has no plans to "surrender" to proposals that he donate to LGBT orgs. “I owe dem nothing, they don’t owe I nothing.”

Tina Brown's The Daily Beast has started a new site called The Giving Beast, highlighting philanthropic endeavors and service opportunities. The effort is being done in partnership with Global Philanthropy Group.

Pieces of the Berlin Wall have been installed along Wilshire Boulevard. To be exact, they are at 5900 Wilshire Boulevard, which happens to be our building here at Variety. The exhibit is part of the Wende Museum's commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the fall of the wall next month.