Actresses America Ferrera, Olivia Wilde, Diane Lane and Eva Mendes not only appeared in the film, but continue to be outspoken supporters of the work of Kristof and WuDunn around the world.
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Such a huge floating vote is now a feature of Japanese politics, and the only way candidates feel they can catch the attention of the great undecided is to be outspoken or even outrageous.
He's not going to be an outspoken public critic, or a critic at all of President Obama.
Outsiders sometimes assume that it is hard to be an outspoken atheist in a devout country such as America.
When I found out this family lore, I was outraged, having been brought up by this same mother and father to be an outspoken, independent-minded woman.
And moreover, he would be very outspoken about how some Americans treat immigrants, and our inability to see their plights as great civil rights issues of our time.
Compared to Greenspan's restrained, often-cryptic assessments of the economy, Bernanke's three-year tenure as a Fed governor, from 2002 until last May, has shown him to be both outspoken and plain-spoken with his views on inflation and the economy.
On other occasions, the most effective approach is to be forceful, outspoken and demanding.
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But while the New Atheists may be loud, outspoken and popular reading matter among the sort of book buyers who use Amazon or read the New York Times, is there any evidence to suggest they are doing anything more than preaching to the (non-) converted?
Given America's continued neuroses about race, an outspoken black first lady might prove to be even more divisive than an outspoken white one.
In such contexts, some women may consider the risks of being outspoken to be disproportionate to the rewards.
"The cardinal had been less outspoken before, but this would be the spark for him in a new public role, " says Father Juan Molina, a Salvadorian-American priest in Washington who knows the cardinal.
And ahead of his date with destiny with Messi, Xavi and Iniesta -- all of whom he described as obedient 'schoolboys' in the Barca dressing room -- the outspoken Swede insists it will not be a lasting regret should he never lift the famous trophy.
Russ Feingold, who's one of the Democrats' most outspoken war critics, are sponsoring another bill that could be considered after a Bush veto.
The MP - who has been an outspoken critic of the prime minister in the past - will be asked to explain her actions to the Conservative Party Chief Whip Sir George Young when she returns from Australia.
Although the common perception is that Mr Taseer was assassinated for his outspoken views on the blasphemy law in Pakistan, it would be very short-sighted to assume that a lone gunman decided to execute him for this reason alone.
Paddy Power says it has also drawn 20 bets at 1, 000-1 that U2 singer Bono will be the next pope, and another five on Richard Dawkins, the famously outspoken atheist and scientist, at an ominous 666-1.
Warner has previously been outspoken over Gold's suggestion that a separate, much smaller venue should be built to house future athletics events, allowing West Ham to lease the Olympic Stadium.
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Jude Wanniski, editor of Supply Side Investor, has been an outspoken critic of the floating dollar and argues that inflationary and deflationary cycles would be eliminated by a return to the gold standard.
Federer may be defying his age, but the aching Nadal is physically ground down, a primary reason he's been outspoken on changes to the system.
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The mood of the notoriously outspoken Venezuelan macaws on being packed off to an island where freedom of speech is a luxury can only be guessed at.
Vargin Varer, the outspoken president of the North Cyprus young businessmen's association, says that by now there may well be more mainland Turks in Cyprus than Turkish islanders.
The outspoken left-wing economist Paul Krugman has called for the US Federal Reserve to "credibly promise to be irresponsible" - to say that it will continue stoking inflation even after the US economy has already recovered.
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