Brad Pitt is back in New Orleans for a big Make It Right Foundation fundraiser, and his good pal Ellen DeGeneres is one of the stars taking part.

On Friday, the Moneyball star showed the talk show host -- who recently purchased his oceanfront house in Malibu -- around the hard hit Lower 9th Ward, where Pitt's foundation is in the process of building150 new homes.

One thing’s for certain – Brad Pitt will never go hungry while he is in New Orleans.

The superstar is greatly loved for his tireless efforts to help rebuild the city following devastating Hurricane Katrina, especially by Melba Leggett Barnes, who was presented with a new home by Pitt - and she has extended him an open invitation to drop by anytime for some of her ‘Big Easy’ home recipes RadarOnline.com can reveal.

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Pitt is currently in New Orleans filming his latest movie Cogan’s Trade where he plays a cold-blooded mob enforcer.

But in real life the famous actor is a hero to Barnes and her neighbors in the Lower 9th Ward where his Make It Right Foundation has built dozens of new homes in the area which was devastated by Hurricane Katrina.

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Pitt and his famous partner Angelina Jolie and their kids have all visited Melba and her husband Baxter Barnes several times at their new home and they all love her cooking.

Hollywood megastar Brad Pitt and the charitable foundation he helped create donated more than $24 million in 2009 to survivors of Hurricane Katrina to help them secure mortgages for new homes, RadarOnline.com has exclusively learned.

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What's more, Pitt and Co. were able to raise an additional $20 million for the people of New Orleans, who continue to rise from the ruins more than five years after the natural disaster.

According to tax forms obtained by RadarOnline.com, the Make It Right Foundation's assets soared from $19,781,522 to $40,781,113 in 2009 -- a gain of $20 million.

As if Brad Pitt wasn't a big enough star on his own, he was accompanied by Super Bowl hero Drew Brees when he visited the Lower 9th Ward in New Orleans Saturday.  You can see the pictures here on RadarOnline.com.

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With the country remembering the devastation of hurricane Katrina five years ago, both Pitt and Brees, the beloved Saints quarterback, want everyone to see how much work still needs to be done to restore New Orleans.

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They visited several of the homes Pitt's Make It Right Foundation has built, and met with many local residents.

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