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  <title>Richard Branson Rocks The Kasbah For Charity</title>
  <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;small&gt;Written by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/contributor/14-tim-saunders&quot;&gt;Tim Saunders&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/243-richard-branson&quot;&gt;Richard Branson&lt;/a&gt; hosted his annual star-studded &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/1448-richard-bransons-rock-the-kasbah-event-tonight&quot;&gt;Rock The Kasbah charity event&lt;/a&gt; in Los Angeles last week.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The event attracted an amazing array of celebrities, including &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/187-lindsay-lohan&quot;&gt;Lindsay Lohan&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/155-sharon-stone&quot;&gt;Sharon Stone&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/737-paula-abdul&quot;&gt;Paula Abdul&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/297-daisy-fuentes&quot;&gt;Daisy Fuentes&lt;/a&gt;, Jenna Elfman, Kristin Cavarlli, Matt Goss, Natasha Bedingfield, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1102-gavin-rossdale&quot;&gt;Gavin Rossdale&lt;/a&gt; and many others.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Proceeds from the evening went to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/367-virgin-unite&quot;&gt;Virgin Unite&#8217;s&lt;/a&gt; domestic and international programs, including the Eve Branson Foundation, set up by Sir Richard&#8217;s mother to help women in Morocco generate their own incomes to support their families.&lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3348-elton-john-aids-foundation-to-honor-sharon-stone-and-bill-clinton&quot;&gt;Elton John AIDS Foundation To Honor Sharon Stone And Bill Clinton&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3318-stars-gather-for-annual-bridge-school-benefit&quot;&gt;Stars Gather For Annual Bridge School Benefit&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3305-bette-midler-launches-charity-auction&quot;&gt;Bette Midler Launches Charity Auction&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3252-the-stars-on-climate-change-what-do-they-think&quot;&gt;The Stars On Climate Change - What Do They Think?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3233-more-performers-announced-for-keep-a-child-alive-black-ball&quot;&gt;More Performers Announced For Keep A Child Alive Black Ball&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
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  <pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:00:00 -0000</pubDate>
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  <category>Richard Branson</category>
  <category>Lindsay Lohan</category>
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  <category>Paula Abdul</category>
  <category>Daisy Fuentes</category>
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  <category>Virgin Unite</category>
  <category>Eve Branson Foundation</category>
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  <title>Fergie Headlines Avon Foundation For Women Gala</title>
  <description>&lt;p&gt;The ninth annual &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/684-avon-foundation&quot;&gt;Avon Foundation&lt;/a&gt; for Women Gala on October 27 honored exceptional women and men for their efforts fighting breast cancer and domestic violence at Cipriani 42nd Street in New York City.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The event was hosted by award winning actress and Avon Honorary Chair &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/184-reese-witherspoon&quot;&gt;Reese Witherspoon&lt;/a&gt; with a special musical performance by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/751-fergie&quot;&gt;Fergie&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;More than 550 guests attended the event and raised $2 million to benefit breast cancer research and access to care and domestic violence education, prevention and victim support programs.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Along with Reese Witherspoon and Andrea Jung, presenters included &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1118-patrick-dempsey&quot;&gt;Patrick Dempsey&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/44-courteney-cox&quot;&gt;Courteney Cox&lt;/a&gt;, Lauren Conrad and Suze Orman.&lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3356-courteney-cox-and-david-arquette-design-jewelry-for-charity&quot;&gt;Courteney Cox And David Arquette Design Jewelry For Charity&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3297-charitable-celebrities-to-receive-21st-century-leaders-awards&quot;&gt;Charitable Celebrities To Receive 21st Century Leaders Awards&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3243-idol-gives-back-is-back&quot;&gt;Idol Gives Back Is Back!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3210-patrick-dempsey-pedals-for-charity&quot;&gt;Patrick Dempsey Pedals For Charity&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3188-beds-are-burning-for-climate-change&quot;&gt;Beds Are Burning For Climate Change&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
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  <pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:00:00 -0000</pubDate>
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  <category>Avon Foundation</category>
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  <title>Jennifer Garner Makes Time For CHANGE</title>
  <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/88-jennifer-garner&quot;&gt;Jennifer Garner&lt;/a&gt; is the new spokesperson for &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/192-save-the-children&quot;&gt;Save the Children&amp;#8217;s&lt;/a&gt; Make Time For &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;CHANGE&lt;/span&gt; campaign.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The charity&amp;#8217;s &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;CHANGE&lt;/span&gt; program (Creating Healthy, Active, and Nurturing Growing-up Environments) has teamed up with Frigidaire to donate $1 to every pledge made on the official website to raise funds to help at-risk children in need in the United States.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;I grew up in West Virginia, which is a state that has struggled a lot,&amp;#8221; Garner told &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;PEOPLE&lt;/span&gt;.com. &amp;#8220;It needs so badly the exact kind of support that Save the Children offers, which is helping kids perform better in school &#8230; because they are healthier and not worrying about food.&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;For more than 75 years, Save the Children has been helping children survive and thrive by focusing on early childhood education, literacy and physical activity and nutrition programs.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Save the Children created the &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;CHANGE&lt;/span&gt; program (Creating Healthy, Active, and Nurturing Growing-up Environments) to promote healthier lifestyles for children living in poverty by providing nutritious snacks and regular opportunities for children to be physically active.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;The main realization that I had is that every mom wants the best for their kid,&amp;#8221; she says. &amp;#8220;Some of us may have more opportunities with time or financial cushions than others so it&#8217;s important that we just spend a minute of our time to help other kids in our own country.&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;To make a pledge or find out more, visit &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.make-time-for-change.com/home.html&quot;&gt;the official website here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3243-idol-gives-back-is-back&quot;&gt;Idol Gives Back Is Back!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3230-stars-join-elephant-project-auction-for-alzheimers&quot;&gt;Stars Join Elephant Project Auction For Alzheimer's&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3229-ben-stiller-rewrites-the-future-in-uganda&quot;&gt;Ben Stiller Rewrites The Future In Uganda&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3217-taylor-swift-signs-elephant-for-family-health-international&quot;&gt;Taylor Swift Signs Elephant For Family Health International&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3207-will-smiths-children-support-charity-initiative&quot;&gt;Will Smith's Children Support Charity Initiative&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
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  <pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:30:00 -0000</pubDate>
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  <category>Jennifer Garner</category>
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  <title>Inaugural Noble Awards Celebrate Hollywood Philanthropy</title>
  <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;small&gt;Written by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/contributor/14-tim-saunders&quot;&gt;Tim Saunders&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Look To The Stars&lt;/em&gt; was proud to be part of the inaugural Noble Awards on Sunday, October 18 &amp;#8211; an event that honored a host of charities and the celebrities that support them, elevating awareness of the significant impact of their work.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, the event honored &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/246-morgan-freeman&quot;&gt;Morgan Freeman&lt;/a&gt; with a lifetime achievement award, as well as &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1730-laila-ali&quot;&gt;Laila Ali&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/523-womens-sports-foundation&quot;&gt;Women&amp;#8217;s Sports Foundation&lt;/a&gt;), Billy Bush (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/106-lollipop-theater-network&quot;&gt;Lollipop Theater Network&lt;/a&gt;), Kenny Edmonds (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/1120-stand-up-to-cancer&quot;&gt;Stand Up To Cancer&lt;/a&gt;), &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/417-teri-hatcher&quot;&gt;Teri Hatcher&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/349-childrens-hospital-los-angeles&quot;&gt;Children&amp;#8217;s Hospital Los Angeles&lt;/a&gt;), &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1390-norman-lear&quot;&gt;Norman Lear&lt;/a&gt; (Playing for Change), &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/904-joel-madden&quot;&gt;Joel Madden&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/393-the-art-of-elysium&quot;&gt;The Art of Elysium&lt;/a&gt;), &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1676-annalynne-mccord&quot;&gt;AnnaLynne McCord&lt;/a&gt; (The Blind Project), &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/291-nancy-odell&quot;&gt;Nancy O&amp;#8217;Dell&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/341-best-buddies-international&quot;&gt;Best Buddies International&lt;/a&gt;), &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/64-eva-longoria&quot;&gt;Eva Longoria Parker&lt;/a&gt; (Padres Contra El Cancer) and Brett Ratner (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/1167-dosomething-org&quot;&gt;DoSomething.org&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1822-lionel-richie&quot;&gt;Lionel Richie&lt;/a&gt; was on hand during the ceremony to present an award to Joel Madden, who attended the event with &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/903-nicole-richie&quot;&gt;Nicole Richie&lt;/a&gt; and his brother &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1901-benji-madden&quot;&gt;Benji&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;I want to welcome him to our family and present this Noble award to a guy I love very much &amp;#8211; Joel Madden!&amp;#8221; said Lionel as he introduced Joel to the crowd.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;They are just as much a part of it,&amp;#8221; said Madden, paying tribute to Nicole and Benji. &amp;#8220;Nicole does just as much as I do with Art of Elysium and all the charities we work with. And so does Benj &#8211; Benj actually does more then I do, and he plays the guitar better then I do, so he is a little more entertaining for the kids.&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Madden later Twittered about the emotions he felt as he accepted his award: &amp;#8220;Just left the &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;NOBLE&lt;/span&gt; awards. Got an award that was really for the people at the Art of Elysium. Awesome folks and I&amp;#8217;m humbled to know them. By the way got totally choked up when I got my award. I hate thinking about kids in the hospital, they should be getting the awards not us.&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The award itself was designed by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/940-antonio-banderas&quot;&gt;Antonio Banderas&lt;/a&gt;, with personal touches added by children who participated in The Art of Elysium workshop at the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/823-shriners-hospitals-for-children&quot;&gt;Shriners Hospitals for Children&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Morgan Freeman received the Lifetime Achievement Award for his tireless work and dedication to over a dozen non-profits. Freeman&amp;#8217;s diverse charitable efforts include working with American &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/75-red-cross&quot;&gt;Red Cross&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/415-artists-for-a-new-south-africa&quot;&gt;Artists for a New South Africa&lt;/a&gt;, the Campaign for Female Education, Earth Biofuels, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/309-grenada-relief-fund&quot;&gt;Grenada Relief Fund&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/315-mississippi-animal-rescue-league&quot;&gt;Mississippi Animal Rescue League&lt;/a&gt; and Mississippi State College of Veterinary Medicine. Freeman has also done PSAs for &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/615-sierra-club&quot;&gt;Sierra Club&lt;/a&gt;, and a number of &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/134-entertainment-industry-foundation&quot;&gt;Entertainment Industry Foundation&lt;/a&gt; campaigns, covering issues like colon cancer prevention, health care reform and volunteerism.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;I think so often we don&amp;#8217;t know that our gestures matter,&amp;#8221; said Teri Hatcher, who was also honored. &amp;#8220;I think when you get involved in your local community charity you really do see you make a difference and it&amp;#8217;s empowering for you.&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Look To The Stars&lt;/em&gt; was at the awards, and we will bring you more about the fantastic event over the coming days.&lt;/p&gt;

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  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3313-desperate-housewives-join-the-muppets-for-charity-initiative&quot;&gt;Desperate Housewives Join The Muppets For Charity Initiative&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3301-charlize-theron-kisses-for-charity-cash&quot;&gt;Charlize Theron Kisses For Charity Cash&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3299-stars-flock-to-t-shirt-launch-for-invisible-children&quot;&gt;Stars Flock To T-Shirt Launch For Invisible Children&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3297-charitable-celebrities-to-receive-21st-century-leaders-awards&quot;&gt;Charitable Celebrities To Receive 21st Century Leaders Awards&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3289-carrie-ann-inaba-iparticipates-at-food-bank&quot;&gt;Carrie Ann Inaba iParticipates At Food Bank&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
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  <pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:30:00 -0000</pubDate>
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  <category>Morgan Freeman</category>
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  <category>Women's Sports Foundation</category>
  <category>Lollipop Theater Network</category>
  <category>Kenny Edmonds</category>
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  <category>Norman Lear</category>
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  <category>The Art of Elysium</category>
  <category>AnnaLynne McCord</category>
  <category>Nancy O'Dell</category>
  <category>Best Buddies International</category>
  <category>Eva Longoria</category>
  <category>Brett Ratner</category>
  <category>DoSomething.org</category>
  <category>Lionel Richie</category>
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  <category>Benji Madden</category>
  <category>Antonio Banderas</category>
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  <title>Kaiser Chiefs Join Concert For CARE</title>
  <description>&lt;p&gt;British band the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/440-kaiser-chiefs&quot;&gt;Kaiser Chiefs&lt;/a&gt; have been added to the bill for this year&#8217;s Concert For &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;CARE&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The Kaiser Chiefs have had a whirlwind past five years; three Top 5 albums, numerous hit singles, and 2009 saw them sign off with a hometown showing at this years Leeds Festival. Since that performance, the band have decided to take some time away from the spotlight, slowly beginning work on album four. Having worked with David Arnold in the recent past, the Kaiser Chiefs are delighted to make an exception to their time off the road and lend a musical hand to &amp;#8217;Concert For CARE&#8217;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Music and Comedy giants &amp;#8211; such as &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1707-gary-barlow&quot;&gt;Gary Barlow&lt;/a&gt;, Rob Brydon, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1006-damien-rice&quot;&gt;Damien Rice&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/992-david-walliams&quot;&gt;David Walliams&lt;/a&gt; and more &amp;#8211; will join together in a one off event for aid agency &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/271-care&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;CARE&lt;/span&gt; International&lt;/a&gt;. This one-off live event will take place at London&#8217;s Brixton Academy on November 2.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&#8216;Concert for CARE&#8217; is the brainchild of David Arnold, one of Britain&#8217;s most successful film and television composers and ambassador for &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;CARE&lt;/span&gt; International (&lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;CARE&lt;/span&gt;). &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;CARE&lt;/span&gt; works in 70 countries and helps 55 million people to find ways out of poverty each year.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Announcing the line up David Arnold said: &#8220;I have wanted to do this concert from the day I met a 20 year old woman in Rwanda who was orphaned at 14, is &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;HIV&lt;/span&gt; positive and has to look after her two younger brothers. Without CARE&#8217;s support she would be unable to keep them in school, feed them or keep a roof over their heads. I have asked my colleagues from the music and comedy world to get together to help raise money and awareness of the amazing work &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;CARE&lt;/span&gt; does all over the world.&#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Geoffrey Dennis, &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;CARE&lt;/span&gt; International UK chief executive, said: &#8220;We are really proud to have David Arnold as a &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;CARE&lt;/span&gt; Ambassador. The money raised from the concert will mean that we can continue to help some of the world&#8217;s poorest people.&#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Tickets are priced &#163;30 and can be purchased from www.ticketweb.co.uk.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;To find out more, click &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.careinternational.org.uk/6877/home/&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3265-paul-mccartney-joins-charity-concert-line-up&quot;&gt;Paul McCartney Joins Charity Concert Line Up&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3012-little-britain-stars-grant-wish-for-sick-boy&quot;&gt;Little Britain Stars Grant Wish For Sick Boy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/2761-take-that-wins-award-and-donates-to-charity&quot;&gt;Take That Wins Award And Donates To Charity&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/2735-gary-barlow-organizes-charity-concert&quot;&gt;Gary Barlow Organizes Charity Concert&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
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  <pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:30:00 -0000</pubDate>
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  <category>Kaiser Chiefs</category>
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  <title>Look To The Stars Helps Promote Hollywood Philanthropy At Noble Awards</title>
  <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Look to the Stars&lt;/em&gt; is pleased to announce that we will work year-round with &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3109-noble-awards-set-to-honor-celebrity-humanitarians&quot;&gt;The Noble Awards&lt;/a&gt; to promote philanthropy in Hollywood.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/2866-noble-awards-aim-to-honor-philanthropic-celebrities&quot;&gt;inaugural Noble Awards&lt;/a&gt;, taking place at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Sunday, October 18, has announced five new award honorees. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/1347-the-blind-project&quot;&gt;The Blind Project&lt;/a&gt;, The Lollipop Theater Network, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/103-padres-contra-el-cancer&quot;&gt;Padres Contra el Cancer&lt;/a&gt; and Playing for Change will be honored along with six previously announced charities. In addition, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/246-morgan-freeman&quot;&gt;Morgan Freeman&lt;/a&gt; will receive a Lifetime Achievement Award. The two-hour event, hosted by &amp;#8220;Access Hollywood&amp;#8217;s&amp;#8221; Billy Bush, seeks to annually honor up to a dozen charities and celebrities who actively support them, elevating awareness of these organizations and the significant impact of their work.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Celebrities who will accept awards on behalf of the charities being honored include &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1730-laila-ali&quot;&gt;Laila Ali&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/523-womens-sports-foundation&quot;&gt;Women&amp;#8217;s Sports Foundation&lt;/a&gt;), Billy Bush (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/106-lollipop-theater-network&quot;&gt;Lollipop Theater Network&lt;/a&gt;), Kenny Edmonds (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/1120-stand-up-to-cancer&quot;&gt;Stand Up To Cancer&lt;/a&gt;), &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/417-teri-hatcher&quot;&gt;Teri Hatcher&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/349-childrens-hospital-los-angeles&quot;&gt;Children&amp;#8217;s Hospital Los Angeles&lt;/a&gt;), &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1390-norman-lear&quot;&gt;Norman Lear&lt;/a&gt; (Playing for Change), &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/904-joel-madden&quot;&gt;Joel Madden&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/393-the-art-of-elysium&quot;&gt;The Art of Elysium&lt;/a&gt;), &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1676-annalynne-mccord&quot;&gt;AnnaLynne McCord&lt;/a&gt; (The Blind Project), &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/291-nancy-odell&quot;&gt;Nancy O&amp;#8217;Dell&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/341-best-buddies-international&quot;&gt;Best Buddies International&lt;/a&gt;), &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/64-eva-longoria&quot;&gt;Eva Longoria Parker&lt;/a&gt; (Padres Contra El Cancer) and Brett Ratner (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/1167-dosomething-org&quot;&gt;DoSomething.org&lt;/a&gt;). During the ceremony, each will be presented with an award sculpture, designed by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/940-antonio-banderas&quot;&gt;Antonio Banderas&lt;/a&gt;, with personal touches added by children who participated in The Art of Elysium workshop at the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/823-shriners-hospitals-for-children&quot;&gt;Shriners Hospitals for Children&lt;/a&gt;. Brian McKnight and Julio Iglesias, Jr., along with Emily Bear and Timothy Mitchum will provide live musical performances throughout the evening.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;We are delighted to present these eleven distinguished charities and their celebrity supporters with the inaugural Noble Award,&amp;#8221; stated Janeen Mansour, creator and executive producer of The Noble Awards. &amp;#8220;With the presentation of The Noble Awards, our goal is to turn the spotlight back onto these celebrities and charities to provide recognition, to educate, to inspire, and to encourage even more support from the Hollywood community and the public at large.&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Morgan Freeman will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award for his tireless work and dedication to over a dozen non-profits. Freeman&amp;#8217;s diverse charitable efforts include working with American &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/75-red-cross&quot;&gt;Red Cross&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/415-artists-for-a-new-south-africa&quot;&gt;Artists for a New South Africa&lt;/a&gt;, the Campaign for Female Education, Earth Biofuels, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/309-grenada-relief-fund&quot;&gt;Grenada Relief Fund&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/315-mississippi-animal-rescue-league&quot;&gt;Mississippi Animal Rescue League&lt;/a&gt; and Mississippi State College of Veterinary Medicine. Freeman has also done PSAs for &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/615-sierra-club&quot;&gt;Sierra Club&lt;/a&gt;, and a number of &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/134-entertainment-industry-foundation&quot;&gt;Entertainment Industry Foundation&lt;/a&gt; campaigns, covering issues like colon cancer prevention, health care reform and volunteerism.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;The Entertainment Industry Foundation is pleased to be a part of the inaugural Noble Awards,&amp;#8221; said Lisa Paulsen, President and &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;CEO&lt;/span&gt; of Entertainment Industry Foundation. &amp;#8220;We are honored and so proud to present our dear friend and exceptional actor Morgan Freeman with the Lifetime Achievement Award for his outstanding charitable work and ongoing contributions to so many important social causes.&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The Noble Awards will kick off the &amp;#8220;Be A Noble&amp;#8221; Movement, a perennial effort to encourage each and every person to &amp;#8220;Be A Noble,&amp;#8221; and inspire them to give back and take action with a purpose on a global scale. Some of these initiatives include:&lt;/p&gt;
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	&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;Look to the Stars&lt;/em&gt; will work year-round with The Noble Awards to promote philanthropy in Hollywood.&lt;/li&gt;
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	&lt;li&gt;As part of next year&amp;#8217;s Cup with a Cause program, 7-Eleven, in collaboration with The Noble Awards, will produce a series of celebrity-designed coffee cups featured in stores nationwide. A minimum of $250,000 will go towards each participating celebrity&amp;#8217;s charity of choice. During The Noble Awards&amp;#8217; cocktail hour, guests will be asked to design cups as part of the program.&lt;/li&gt;
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	&lt;li&gt;Participant Media and Takepart.com, the official &amp;#8220;action&amp;#8221; platform for the Awards, have partnered with the &amp;#8220;Be A Noble&amp;#8221; Movement to provide the Foundation with a web platform to showcase the work of all the organizations they are honoring throughout the year.&lt;/li&gt;
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	&lt;li&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;ONEHOPE&lt;/span&gt; Wine has bottled an award-winning varietal of wine to be labeled &amp;#8220;&lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;NOBLE&lt;/span&gt;.&amp;#8221; 100% of all proceeds from each bottle will go towards the &amp;#8220;Be A Noble&amp;#8221; Movement, to be distributed among the honored charities.&lt;/li&gt;
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	&lt;li&gt;Rumblefish Jewelry will design a jewelry line based on The Noble Awards and &amp;#8220;Be A Noble&amp;#8221; Movement, where a percentage of sales will be donated to Noble charities.&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Additional partners include &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;EIF&lt;/span&gt;/iParticipate, The Hollywood Reporter, Audi, Beverly Hilton, Mobile Cause, Rosenthal and GoodSearch.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;As the film industry has the Oscars, television the Emmys and the music industry the Grammy Awards, the charity community and its most dedicated Hollywood supporters will gain global recognition with the staging of The Noble Awards. Produced on behalf of the Celebrity Charity Awards Corporation, a non-profit organization, the first annual awards will take place on October 18, 2009. The Celebrity Charity Awards Corporation will launch a year-round movement to BE A &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;NOBLE&lt;/span&gt; to better unify the efforts of charities with celebrities, influencers, media and everyday citizens in order to create an effective forum for change and service. For more information, please visit www.thenobleawards.org.&lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3301-charlize-theron-kisses-for-charity-cash&quot;&gt;Charlize Theron Kisses For Charity Cash&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3299-stars-flock-to-t-shirt-launch-for-invisible-children&quot;&gt;Stars Flock To T-Shirt Launch For Invisible Children&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3297-charitable-celebrities-to-receive-21st-century-leaders-awards&quot;&gt;Charitable Celebrities To Receive 21st Century Leaders Awards&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3289-carrie-ann-inaba-iparticipates-at-food-bank&quot;&gt;Carrie Ann Inaba iParticipates At Food Bank&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
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  <pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:30:00 -0000</pubDate>
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  <category>Billy Bush</category>
  <category>Laila Ali</category>
  <category>Women's Sports Foundation</category>
  <category>Lollipop Theater Network</category>
  <category>Kenny Edmonds</category>
  <category>Stand Up To Cancer</category>
  <category>Teri Hatcher</category>
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  <category>Nancy O'Dell</category>
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  <title>Matt Damon Writes On The Importance Of Giving Back</title>
  <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/231-matt-damon&quot;&gt;Matt Damon&lt;/a&gt; has put pen to paper and written an article for Parade Magazine on the importance of giving back.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;Here&#8217;s something that matters to me right now,&amp;#8221; wrote Damon, who is a founder of &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/540-not-on-our-watch&quot;&gt;Not On Our Watch&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/634-h2o-africa&quot;&gt;H2O Africa&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/1397-water-org&quot;&gt;Water.org&lt;/a&gt;. &amp;quot;Every 15 seconds, a child dies because of a lack of clean water and sanitation. I should probably repeat that: Every 15 seconds, a child dies because of a lack of clean water and sanitation. A billion people on our planet will never have a clean drink of water. There are 2.5 billion people in the world without toilet facilities. That kind of deprivation isn&#8217;t even on our radar in the U.S., but in Africa it&#8217;s the central preoccupation of many people&#8217;s lives. And the most devastating thing about it is that it takes so little to change it. Just $25 will give someone clean water for life&#8212;yes, just $25 will change someone&#8217;s future forever.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;I&#8217;ve taken a lot of trips in the last few years to places like Africa and India and Haiti to try to learn what conditions are like. You can read about extreme poverty and possible solutions, but it&#8217;s really powerful when you get to meet the people and shake their hands and listen to their stories. I try to keep my trips short because my kids are so young that my wife, Lucy, can&#8217;t come. We don&#8217;t like to be separated, but we both feel it&#8217;s so important to learn about these things. There&#8217;s so much I don&#8217;t know. In the future, I know these trips are something we&#8217;ll do as a family.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;There&#8217;s so much need, it&#8217;s so hard to decide where to give. For me, I look at the organizations that are actually doing the work on the ground. I co-founded Water.org, which focuses on water and sanitation. I was in Ethiopia earlier this year, and I watched children taking filthy water out of a hand-dug well and putting it in bottles to take to school. The water was so dirty, it looked like chocolate milk. I wanted to knock it out of their hands and say, &#8220;Don&#8217;t drink that&#8212;it could kill you.&#8221; The dilemma is that drinking nothing at all will kill them even faster. Parents in these impoverished areas lose children every year to diseases that could be completely prevented if they had access to clean water.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;Please find out what you can do to make a difference. Take five minutes to educate yourself on an issue you didn&#8217;t know about before. Then tell somebody else. Or make a small donation, if you can. Every dollar counts. Charitable foundations would rather have a million people donate $1 each than have a handful of people write big checks, because that means millions of us are getting involved. If you give $5 and talk to your neighbor about giving $5, that&#8217;s a big deal. If that conversation goes on across the country, we&#8217;ll really start moving some mountains.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;We&#8217;re here for such a short time. When your great-great-grandkids study history, don&#8217;t you want them to be proud that you were part of the solution?&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;To read the full article Damon has written, visit the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.parade.com/celebrity/2009/10/matt-damon-gives-back.html&quot;&gt;Parade Magazine website&lt;/a&gt;. You can also join Parade Magazine&amp;#8217;s Giving Challenge &amp;#8211; in which you could win $50,000 for your favorite charity &amp;#8211; by clicking &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.parade.com/contests/givingchallenge/2009/index.html&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3301-charlize-theron-kisses-for-charity-cash&quot;&gt;Charlize Theron Kisses For Charity Cash&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3138-matt-damon-opens-clinton-global-initiative-for-water-org&quot;&gt;Matt Damon Opens Clinton Global Initiative For Water.org&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
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  <pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 14:00:00 -0000</pubDate>
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  <title>Idol Gives Back Is Back!</title>
  <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;small&gt;Written by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/contributor/14-tim-saunders&quot;&gt;Tim Saunders&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;After a one year hiatus, &lt;em&gt;Idol Gives Back&lt;/em&gt; is set to rock for charity once again.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The American Idol special will air April 21, 2010, and will benefit national and international charities including &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/516-malaria-no-more&quot;&gt;Malaria No More&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/192-save-the-children&quot;&gt;Save the Children&lt;/a&gt; and the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/898-united-nations-foundation&quot;&gt;United Nations Foundation&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&#8220;I am very pleased to announce that we will be doing our third Idol Gives Back on April 21, 2010,&#8221; said Simon Fuller, Idol creator and &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;CEO&lt;/span&gt; of 19 Entertainment. &#8220;This is our opportunity to reach out and support the people of America and around the world who need our compassion and generosity to improve or even save their lives. America will undoubtedly prove once again what a remarkable and generous nation it is. For American Idol to be able to facilitate this kind of initiative makes me very proud.&#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;Idol Gives Back&amp;#8221; has raised over &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/206-idol-gives-back-60m&quot;&gt;$140 million since its inception in 2007&lt;/a&gt;. The event regularly attracts appearances by major stars such as &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/26-bono&quot;&gt;Bono&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/27-brad-pitt&quot;&gt;Brad Pitt&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/184-reese-witherspoon&quot;&gt;Reese Witherspoon&lt;/a&gt; and many others &amp;#8211; including 2009 Nobel Peace Prize winner &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/998-barack-obama&quot;&gt;Barack Obama&lt;/a&gt;. The show last aired &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/1550-american-idol-gives-back-67-million&quot;&gt;in 2008&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
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  <pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:00:00 -0000</pubDate>
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  <title>Ben Stiller Rewrites The Future In Uganda</title>
  <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;small&gt;Written by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/contributor/63-ashley-parker&quot;&gt;Ashley Parker&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/192-save-the-children&quot;&gt;Save the Children&lt;/a&gt; has a special project called Rewrite the Future and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/18-ben-stiller&quot;&gt;Ben Stiller&lt;/a&gt; has joined it. Supported by Italian jewelry company Bulgari, the star traveled to northeastern Uganda.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Rewrite the Future&#8217;s goal is to provide an education for 8 million children in countries that are most difficult to act in. They provide necessary supplies, books and uniforms. The campaign started in 2005, and they hope to achieve their goals by 2010.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This was Stiller&#8217;s first trip to Africa. He said, &#8220;The goal of Rewrite the Future was really to go to the children in the most affected areas, the hardest to reach, and try to help them gain access to education.&#8221; He wanted to make an effort to help this dream become a reality. In Karamoja, Stiller visited different projects established by the charity, and was able to spend time with the children. He said the &#8220;aim is to integrate [an educational framework] into the fabric of what&#8217;s going on there, from the inside out&#8230;it&#8217;s about helping people to help themselves. It&#8217;s different from delivering a shipment of grain. It&#8217;s really about connecting with people.&#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Stiller had only seen Africa on television before this trip, and was taken aback by what his eyes beheld. He began to see what life was really like for these children and their families. For a while he was afraid that his celebrity status would void the good work he could&#8217;ve been doing. However, that changed for him. &#8220;As a person, and seeing what&#8217;s going on in the world, there&#8217;s only so much you can take before you go &#8216;I&#8217;ve just got to try to do something, whether it seems cynical or not.&#8217;&#8221; It may seem some celebrities do charity work for the wrong reasons, or that some don&#8217;t do enough. He decided to put the children before himself and do what he could to help.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In Uganda, like many other underdeveloped nations, education is less of a priority than simple survival. Stiller wanted to promote the importance of education so that the children are able to grow up and take care of themselves, living comfortable lives instead of struggling to survive.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Even though Stiller has returned to the United States, his efforts to raise awareness will continue. He is currently working on a film called &lt;em&gt;Help Me Spread Goodness&lt;/em&gt;. It is about a victim of a Nigerian email scam who goes to Nigeria in search of the man who scammed him. In the meantime, the victim&#8217;s eyes are opened to the reality of the harshness of life in that country.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Stiller also went on another trip with Rewrite the Future to Haiti.&lt;/p&gt;
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  <pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 12:30:00 -0000</pubDate>
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  <title>Fatboy Slim Jams For Oxfam</title>
  <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;small&gt;Written by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/contributor/59-emily-ray&quot;&gt;Emily Ray&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1941-fatboy-slim&quot;&gt;Fatboy Slim&lt;/a&gt; provided the entertainment at the third night of this year&#8217;s &#8216;Oxjam&#8217; festival in a modest &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/93-oxfam&quot;&gt;Oxfam&lt;/a&gt; shop in Tooting, London!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Stereo MCs and Basement Jaxx also offered their musical services, with the latter auctioning off two copies of their latest album &#8216;Scars&#8217; &#8211; one of which reached &#163;100.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Festival goers also had the chance to browse the store before Fatboy Slim&#8217;s performance and get their faces painted blue in honour of Oxfam&#8217;s new campaign for climate change.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Oxjam aims to fight poverty with music, from club to classical. Since 2006, over &#163;1 million has been raised, with events continuing throughout October. To find out more, visit the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.oxfam.org.uk/get_involved/fundraise/oxjam/index.php&quot;&gt;Oxjam website&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3127-80s-music-superstars-abc-to-headline-oxjam-gig&quot;&gt;80's Music Superstars ABC To Headline Oxjam Gig&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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  <pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 12:00:00 -0000</pubDate>
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  <title>Neil Finn To Headline Charity Concert For Samoan Relief</title>
  <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;small&gt;Written by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/contributor/14-tim-saunders&quot;&gt;Tim Saunders&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;A concert featuring &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/652-crowded-house&quot;&gt;Crowded House&amp;#8217;s&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1939-tim-finn&quot;&gt;Tim&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/843-neil-finn&quot;&gt;Neil Finn&lt;/a&gt; &amp;#8211; and a host of other New Zealand-based musicians &amp;#8211; will take place in Auckland later this month to raise money &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3198-aid-agencies-seek-donations-for-samoan-tsunami-vistims&quot;&gt;for victims of last week&amp;#8217;s Tsunami in Samoa&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The Finn Brothers will be joined by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1501-dave-dobbyn&quot;&gt;Dave Dobbyn&lt;/a&gt;, Bic Runga, Elemeno P, Nesian Mystik, Che-Fu, King Kapisi and many more at Auckland&amp;#8217;s Vector Arena on October 19. Also performing will be New Zealand Hip Hop stars Savage and Scribe, who both lost family in the disaster.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Aid agencies such as the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/75-red-cross&quot;&gt;Red Cross&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/270-world-vision&quot;&gt;World Vision&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/418-the-salvation-army&quot;&gt;The Salvation Army&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/1-unicef&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;UNICEF&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; are still seeking donations for the massive clean-up required after last week&amp;#8217;s devastating disaster that killed over 180 people.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Tickets for the concert are NZ$25 and are available through &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ticketmaster.co.nz/event/24004346BD2E1023?artistid=1372833&amp;amp;majorcatid=10001&amp;amp;minorcatid=52&quot;&gt;Ticketmaster New Zealand&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3276-neil-finn-leads-concerts-to-help-samoan-tsunami-victims&quot;&gt;Neil Finn Leads Concerts To Help Samoan Tsunami Victims&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3274-inaugural-noble-awards-celebrate-hollywood-philanthropy&quot;&gt;Inaugural Noble Awards Celebrate Hollywood Philanthropy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3253-look-to-the-stars-helps-promote-hollywood-philanthropy-at-noble-awards&quot;&gt;Look To The Stars Helps Promote Hollywood Philanthropy At Noble Awards&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3251-selena-gomez-trick-or-treats-for-unicef-again&quot;&gt;Selena Gomez Trick Or Treats For UNICEF Again&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
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  <pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 15:30:00 -0000</pubDate>
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  <title>Will Smith's Children Support Charity Initiative</title>
  <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;small&gt;Written by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/contributor/14-tim-saunders&quot;&gt;Tim Saunders&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Jaden and Willow Smith &amp;#8211; the actor children of &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/150-will-smith&quot;&gt;Will Smith&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/81-jada-pinkett-smith&quot;&gt;Jada Pinkett Smith&lt;/a&gt; &amp;#8211; have spoken about their support for &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/1402-project-zambi&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;PROJECT&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;ZAMBI&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, a charity initiative started by a group of Hasbro employees to help raise awareness and funds for the estimated 15 million children who have lost parents and relatives to the &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;AIDS&lt;/span&gt; epidemic in Africa.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;Willow and I joined Project Zambi to represent all the kids out there who want to make the world a better place,&amp;#8221; said Jaden. &amp;#8220;We want to encourage kids everywhere to lend a hand and join us in spreading the word about how much children who have been orphaned by &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;AIDS&lt;/span&gt; in Africa need our help.&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The children have joined a host of stars &amp;#8211; including &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/195-jessica-biel&quot;&gt;Jessica Biel&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/68-george-clooney&quot;&gt;George Clooney&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/632-glenn-close&quot;&gt;Glenn Close&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/61-ellen-degeneres&quot;&gt;Ellen DeGeneres&lt;/a&gt; &amp;amp; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1916-portia-de-rossi&quot;&gt;Portia de Rossi&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/280-leonardo-dicaprio&quot;&gt;Leonardo DiCaprio&lt;/a&gt;, Joely Fisher &amp;amp; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1648-brad-garrett&quot;&gt;Brad Garrett&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1031-jennie-garth&quot;&gt;Jennie Garth&lt;/a&gt; &amp;amp; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1924-peter-facinelli&quot;&gt;Peter Facinelli&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1529-hugh-jackman&quot;&gt;Hugh Jackman&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/117-scarlett-johansson&quot;&gt;Scarlett Johansson&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1316-jonas-brothers&quot;&gt;Jonas Brothers&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/409-alicia-keys&quot;&gt;Alicia Keys&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/573-heidi-klum&quot;&gt;Heidi Klum&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/517-kathy-najimy&quot;&gt;Kathy Najimy&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/563-rhea-perlman&quot;&gt;Rhea Perlman&lt;/a&gt; &amp;amp; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/565-danny-devito&quot;&gt;Danny DeVito&lt;/a&gt;, Graham Rahal, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/491-susan-sarandon&quot;&gt;Susan Sarandon&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/202-brooke-shields&quot;&gt;Brooke Shields&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/970-taylor-swift&quot;&gt;Taylor Swift&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1312-james-taylor&quot;&gt;James Taylor&lt;/a&gt;, Barbara Walters, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/53-denzel-washington&quot;&gt;Denzel Washington&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/735-naomi-watts&quot;&gt;Naomi Watts&lt;/a&gt; &amp;#8211; in &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3064-celebrities-sign-elephants-for-project-zambi&quot;&gt;signing toy elephants to benefit charities&lt;/a&gt; such as &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/161-keep-a-child-alive&quot;&gt;Keep A Child Alive&lt;/a&gt;, the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/356-african-childrens-choir&quot;&gt;African Children&amp;#8217;s Choir&lt;/a&gt;, the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/230-hole-in-the-wall-camps&quot;&gt;Hole in the Wall Gang&lt;/a&gt; Camps, the Chikumbuso Women and Orphans Project, the Children of Uganda, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/308-global-action-for-children&quot;&gt;Global Action for Children&lt;/a&gt;, the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/231-global-fund&quot;&gt;Global Fund&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/192-save-the-children&quot;&gt;Save the Children&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/366-sos-childrens-village&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;SOS&lt;/span&gt; Children&amp;#8217;s Villages&lt;/a&gt; and many more.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;Project Zambi is about kids and for kids, and it&amp;#8217;s so important that we all learn to take care of each other,&amp;#8221; said Willow. &amp;#8220;Even from the other side of the world, kids in Africa will know they have friends who care about them.&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The 10-day Project Zambi Celebrity Charity Auction is being held online via eBay beginning October 5 with bidding closing on October 15. Visitors will be able to log on to www.ebay.com/projectzambi.&lt;/p&gt;
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  <pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 12:00:00 -0000</pubDate>
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  <title>Aid Agencies Seek Donations For Samoan Tsunami Vistims</title>
  <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;small&gt;Written by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/contributor/14-tim-saunders&quot;&gt;Tim Saunders&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;New Zealand-born comedy actress &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1937-pamela-stephenson&quot;&gt;Pamela Stephenson&lt;/a&gt; has given a harrowing first-hand account of the devastating Tsunami that hit Samoa last week.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The wife of Scottish comedian &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/23-billy-connolly&quot;&gt;Billy Connolly&lt;/a&gt; was staying in Samoa and is urging the world to come to the aid of the island nation after the massive wave killed over 180 people &amp;#8211; including villagers and tourists &amp;#8211; and left many more homeless.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;Huge piles of debris lay everywhere; it was clear the wave had whacked every structure with incredible might,&amp;#8221; she told the Guardian newspaper in the UK. &amp;#8220;Cars teetered where they had been thrown, on top of rubble from collapsed dwellings. Fridges and air conditioners floated in the sea. I looked along the bay and saw that a well-known jetty was missing. So were villages that once lined the shore. I saw a thatched fale [house] surrounded by three policemen and some villagers. A woman was lying inside and someone was trying to revive her.&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;New Zealanders have already donated over $600,000 to aid agencies operating on the islands, but the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/75-red-cross&quot;&gt;Red Cross&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/93-oxfam&quot;&gt;Oxfam&lt;/a&gt; are desperately asking for more.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&#8220;Any money given to the Red Cross for an emergency goes to that emergency, we ensure that it&#8217;s spent where it&#8217;s most needed and that&#8217;s at the ground in the communities,&#8221; said Andrew McKie from the Red Cross.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Organizations such as &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/270-world-vision&quot;&gt;World Vision&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/418-the-salvation-army&quot;&gt;The Salvation Army&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/1-unicef&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;UNICEF&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; are also seeking donations.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&#8220;Many are homeless, but the extended family system means they will stay with relatives in other villages,&#8221; said Stephenson. &#8220;Samoans are extraordinary people, and their resilience is evident.&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;For more information on how to donate to victims of this disaster, click &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.3news.co.nz/Donate-to-Samoa-aid-organisations---details-here/tabid/417/articleID/123596/cat/772/Default.aspx&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
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  <pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 15:30:00 -0000</pubDate>
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  <title>Jet Li Blogs On Charity</title>
  <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;small&gt;Written by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/contributor/14-tim-saunders&quot;&gt;Tim Saunders&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Action star &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/97-jet-li&quot;&gt;Jet Li&lt;/a&gt; has blogged on Forbes.com about his aim of creating a culture of charity in China.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&#8220;As I see communities improve through charitable work, I envision even more positive change in China in the next 10 years,&#8221; wrote Li. &#8220;China&amp;#8217;s growing wealth and people&amp;#8217;s increased access to education and knowledge will create an ever-growing capacity for giving. By fostering better standards of efficiency and ease of exchange among nonprofit organizations around the world, globalization should nurture the accountable and meaningful use of funds here in China.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&#8220;This is the vision I have for the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/86-one-foundation&quot;&gt;One Foundation&lt;/a&gt;, which I founded in 2007. Since then, we have contributed to the relief of 12 national and international disasters, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/249-jet-li-and-jackie-chan-join-forces-to-aid-earthquake-victims&quot;&gt;including last year&amp;#8217;s Sichuan earthquake&lt;/a&gt; &amp;#8211; the next day close to 1 million individuals donated to the One Foundation through mobile telephones and the Internet.&#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The China-based One Foundation was created to deal with issues related to disaster relief, health, and education. Over one million volunteers have pledged their commitment to the One Foundation and the organization is hard at work to garner more.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;With Li&#8217;s guidance, the company is aiming to gain more sustainability and public credibility. Breaking away from traditional charity models, the One Foundation is employing social entrepreneurship &#8220;to help groom the next generation of leaders,&#8221; and show that one can make money while volunteering and helping others.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&#8220;As millions of citizens and many commercial leaders&amp;#8212;such as Deloitte, McKinsey, Alibaba, China Merchants Bank and Tencent&amp;#8212;have come to support our vision, we have further moved to support China&amp;#8217;s charity industry with philanthropy grants to promote professionalism and transparency,&#8221; wrote Li. &#8220;In 2008, we awarded 7 million yuan ($1 million) in funding to seven outstanding Chinese nonprofit organizations. This year we will be awarding 10 million yuan ($1.5 million) to 10 organizations.&#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;To read Jet Li&#8217;s full blog, click &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.forbes.com/2009/09/25/jet-li-philanthropy-china-leadership-one-foundation.html&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
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  <pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 13:00:00 -0000</pubDate>
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  <title>Stars Have 1GOAL In Mind At Clinton Global Initiative</title>
  <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;small&gt;Written by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/contributor/14-tim-saunders&quot;&gt;Tim Saunders&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Actor &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/27-brad-pitt&quot;&gt;Brad Pitt&lt;/a&gt; was honored at the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/750-clinton-global-initiative&quot;&gt;Clinton Global Initiative&lt;/a&gt; on Thursday for his humanitarian work in helping rebuild New Orleans.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Former President &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/20-bill-clinton&quot;&gt;Bill Clinton&lt;/a&gt; presented Pitt with a plaque from the U.S. Green Building Council which said the actor and his &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/859-make-it-right&quot;&gt;Make It Right&lt;/a&gt; Foundation had created the &amp;#8220;largest and greenest single-family community in the world.&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8216;Make It Right&amp;#8217; has exceeded my expectations,&amp;quot; said Pitt. &amp;quot;Our criteria from the beginning were at odds, to say the least. We demanded that these homes be sustainable, that they have aesthetic qualities &amp;#8230; that they be storm resilient and take safety in mind of the families who live there and that they would be affordable.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;If we had not been so blissfully naive to the potential, we would not be experiencing what we are seeing today and that is the unquantifiable joy of families returning home to the 9th Ward and returning home to something that was better than before. What the team has done here is not so exceptional. All we did was put the right people together and answer the problems as they came along and that is why we&amp;#8217;re here today.&#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The Clinton Global Initiative attracted a number of high-profile figures this year. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1519-queen-rania-al-abdullah&quot;&gt;Queen Rania Al Abdullah&lt;/a&gt; spoke of the need for education, stating that it is an issue many politicians jump on when running for office, but also one they mysteriously forget about once voted into power.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;The benefits of education sometimes don&amp;#8217;t fit in with the political cycle because you reap the benefits way down the line,&amp;#8221; she said. &amp;#8220;What we need to do is realize that sense of urgency when it comes to education, because education is a matter of life and death.&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;She also emphasized the importance of the quality of education, saying that there hasn&amp;#8217;t been enough focus in the Middle East on teaching young people the skills to get them through life.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;Take young people who are opportunity starved, and there is political conflict around them, and that makes a very dangerous social mix. As you all know, what happens in the Middle East, does not stay in the Middle East. Critical thinking, problem-solving, creativity, those kinds of skills are extremely important to empower our young people.&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Rock star &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/26-bono&quot;&gt;Bono&lt;/a&gt; and actress &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/95-jessica-alba&quot;&gt;Jessica Alba&lt;/a&gt; also attended, throwing their support behind 1GOAL, an initiative committed to ensuring that the legacy of the 2010 Football World Cup will provide universal access to education for all children. Clinton told the audience &#8220;this is a staggering opportunity&#8221; to make a big difference for girls and boys around the world.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;To find out more about the 1GOAL campaign, click &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.join1goal.org/&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3209-bono-and-friends-rock-carnegie-hall-for-charity&quot;&gt;Bono And Friends Rock Carnegie Hall For Charity&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
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  <pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 13:00:00 -0000</pubDate>
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  <title>80's Music Superstars ABC To Headline Oxjam Gig</title>
  <description>&lt;p&gt;Each year an illustrious collective of artists and celebrities lineup to &amp;#8216;rock it out for humanity&amp;#8217; and show their support for &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/93-oxfam&quot;&gt;Oxfam&amp;#8217;s&lt;/a&gt; month-long nation wide music festival &amp;#8211; Oxjam. On October 16, a super stylish flagship event will be hosted at Matter in London, Europe&amp;#8217;s most renowned and technologically advanced venue. An unmissable night of nights where music, fashion and charity all come together under one roof.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;And we can now announce that 80&#8217;s Supergroup &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1838-martin-fry&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;ABC&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; will be headlining the event! &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;ABC&lt;/span&gt; were very definitely the number one group who kick-started the Eighties with their own brand of pop for a &#8216;new decade. Their debut album &#8216;The Lexicon of Love&#8217; &amp;#8211; voted by many as the best British album of the decade &amp;#8211; crashed straight into the UK album charts at number one. &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;ABC&lt;/span&gt; will be fronting Oxjam at Matter, showcasing their hits songs  &#8216;Tears Are Not Enough&#8217;, &#8216; Poison Arrow&#8217;, &#8216;The Look Of Love&#8217; and &#8216;All Of My Heart&#8217;. Even some twenty seven years since &#8220;The Lexicon Of Love&#8221;, &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;ABC&lt;/span&gt; audiences and the press all say that the energy and the vocals of  the  band today easily match what they  put out back in the 80&#8217;s , giving audiences worldwide a great night of music and entertainment.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Megastars such as &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1195-duran-duran&quot;&gt;Duran Duran&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/406-kylie-minogue&quot;&gt;Kylie Minogue&lt;/a&gt;, The Petshop Boys, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/439-kasabian&quot;&gt;Kasabian&lt;/a&gt; and others have donated some unbelievable money can&amp;#8217;t buy packages to aid this altruistic event. For further info please visit http://www.c2bk.com/vips.html&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;For all news, info and tickets for this event visit: www.c2bk.com&lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3221-fatboy-slim-jams-for-oxfam&quot;&gt;Fatboy Slim Jams For Oxfam&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3198-aid-agencies-seek-donations-for-samoan-tsunami-vistims&quot;&gt;Aid Agencies Seek Donations For Samoan Tsunami Vistims&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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  <pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 12:00:00 -0000</pubDate>
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  <title>Gordon Ramsay Gets Saucy For Charity</title>
  <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;small&gt;Written by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/contributor/14-tim-saunders&quot;&gt;Tim Saunders&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;British chef &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/921-gordon-ramsay&quot;&gt;Gordon Ramsay&lt;/a&gt; has created a new range of sources to provide a  sauce of funds for &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/74-comic-relief&quot;&gt;Comic Relief&lt;/a&gt; &amp;#8230; sorry, let&#8217;s try that again. British chef Gordon Ramsay has created a new range of sauces to provide a source of funds for Comic Relief.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;At least 10p from the sale of every jar of Seriously Good sauces will fund Comic Relief charity projects in the UK and around the world. Available in five flavors &amp;#8211; including Bolognese &amp;amp; Red Wine and Spicy Red Pepper &amp;amp; Spianata Sausage &#8211; the sauces have taken three years for the chef and his team to develop.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;I&amp;#8217;ve seen first hand the difference money raised through Comic Relief can make, which inspired me to get involved,&#8221; said Ramsay. &amp;#8220;We&amp;#8217;ve created a range inspired by the Mediterranean using only top quality ingredients. As you know, I don&amp;#8217;t do anything by halves but don&amp;#8217;t take my word for it &amp;#8211; just put one into your trolley and you&amp;#8217;ll be helping Comic Relief.&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The sauces will be sold all year round in supermarkets, with a recommended retail price of &#163;1.89.&lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/2899-bryan-adams-foundation-holds-an-evening-of-opera&quot;&gt;Bryan Adams Foundation Holds An Evening Of Opera&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
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  <pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 12:30:00 -0000</pubDate>
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  <title>Scarlett Johansson And Colin Firth Auction Experiences For Oxfam</title>
  <description>&lt;p&gt;International relief and development agency &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/93-oxfam&quot;&gt;Oxfam America&lt;/a&gt; teams up with eBay once again to benefit Oxfam&amp;#8217;s poverty relief and advocacy efforts around the world.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The program consists of three consecutive charity auctions beginning on September 17, 2009, and features unique &amp;#8220;experiences&amp;#8221; with Oxfam Ambassadors including &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/117-scarlett-johansson&quot;&gt;Scarlett Johansson&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/159-colin-firth&quot;&gt;Colin Firth&lt;/a&gt;, and Chef Giada De Laurentiis. Each item listed will run for 7 days and will be featured at www.ebay.com/oxfam.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Oxfam Ambassador &amp;#8220;Experiences&amp;#8221; for Auction Actor Scarlett Johansson is offering an &amp;#8220;Iron Man 2&amp;#8221; experience that includes:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Two tickets to the &amp;#8220;Iron Man 2&amp;#8221; Movie Premiere in Los Angeles in May 2010&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;A photo opportunity with Scarlett Johansson at the Premiere&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Hair and make-up/Grooming services for the Premiere by Christoph Beverly Hills&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Other items include: signed LP&amp;#8217;s from her album, and her director&amp;#8217;s chair from the set of &amp;#8220;He&amp;#8217;s Just Not That Into You.&amp;#8221;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Actor Colin Firth&amp;#8217;s charity auction featuring Walt Disney&amp;#8217;s &amp;#8220;A Christmas Carol&amp;#8221; experience includes:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Two &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;VIP&lt;/span&gt; tickets to the World Premiere of &amp;#8220;A Christmas Carol&amp;#8221; and after party in London this November.&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;A meet and greet with Colin Firth at the Premiere&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Additionally, Firth is placing up for bid personalized DVD&amp;#8217;s packages that include, &amp;#8220;Bridget Jones Diary&amp;#8221;, &amp;#8220;Love Actually&amp;#8221;, and &amp;#8220;Pride and Prejudice.&amp;#8221;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;And wrapping up the auction series is bestselling author and Chef Giada De Laurentiis offering the chance to visit the set of her show, Food Network&amp;#8217;s &amp;#8220;Giada at Home&amp;#8221; which includes a tour of the set and lunch for four.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The charity auctions are featured at www.ebay.com/oxfam through October 8 and are listed through the eBay Giving Works program. One hundred percent of the proceeds will benefit Oxfam America. For more information on each individual Oxfam Ambassador charity auction, please visit www.ebay.com/oxfam.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The fundraising auction is being managed on eBay by Auction Cause, a premier online auction management agency specializing in high-profile design, strategy, and cause marketing for corporations and nonprofits worldwide. For more information, please visit http://www.auctioncause.com.&lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3217-taylor-swift-signs-elephant-for-family-health-international&quot;&gt;Taylor Swift Signs Elephant For Family Health International&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3216-celebrities-donate-handbags-to-charity-auction&quot;&gt;Celebrities Donate Handbags To Charity Auction&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3209-bono-and-friends-rock-carnegie-hall-for-charity&quot;&gt;Bono And Friends Rock Carnegie Hall For Charity&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
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  <pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 14:30:00 -0000</pubDate>
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  <title>Noble Awards Set To Honor Celebrity Humanitarians</title>
  <description>&lt;p&gt;As the film industry has the Oscars, television the Emmys and the music industry the Grammy Awards, the charity community and its most dedicated Hollywood supporters will gain global recognition with the staging of the inaugural Noble Humanitarian Awards, to take place at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Sunday, October 18. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/2866-noble-awards-aim-to-honor-philanthropic-celebrities&quot;&gt;And &lt;em&gt;Look To The Stars&lt;/em&gt; is proud to support it&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The two-hour event, produced on behalf of the non-profit Celebrity Charity Awards Corporation, seeks to annually honor up to a dozen charities and celebrities who actively support them, elevating awareness of these organizations and the impact of their work.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The organizations to be honored at this first-annual ceremony include &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/393-the-art-of-elysium&quot;&gt;The Art of Elysium&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/341-best-buddies-international&quot;&gt;Best Buddies International&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/349-childrens-hospital-los-angeles&quot;&gt;Children&amp;#8217;s Hospital Los Angeles&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/1167-dosomething-org&quot;&gt;DoSomething.org&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/187-elizabeth-glaser-pediatric-aids-foundation&quot;&gt;Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;AIDS&lt;/span&gt; Foundation&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/161-keep-a-child-alive&quot;&gt;Keep A Child Alive&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/418-the-salvation-army&quot;&gt;The Salvation Army&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/1120-stand-up-to-cancer&quot;&gt;Stand Up To Cancer&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/523-womens-sports-foundation&quot;&gt;Women&amp;#8217;s Sports Foundation&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Celebrities who will accept awards on behalf of the charities being honored include &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1730-laila-ali&quot;&gt;Laila Ali&lt;/a&gt; (Women&amp;#8217;s Sports Foundation), &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/195-jessica-biel&quot;&gt;Jessica Biel&lt;/a&gt; (Children&amp;#8217;s Hospital Los Angeles), &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/409-alicia-keys&quot;&gt;Alicia Keys&lt;/a&gt; (Keep A Child Alive), &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/904-joel-madden&quot;&gt;Joel Madden&lt;/a&gt; (The Art of Elysium) and Brett Ratner (DoSomething.org), with others currently being confirmed.  During the ceremony, each will be presented with the trophy award, designed by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/940-antonio-banderas&quot;&gt;Antonio Banderas&lt;/a&gt;, with personal touches added by children who participated in The Art of Elysium workshop at the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/823-shriners-hospitals-for-children&quot;&gt;Shriners Hospitals for Children&lt;/a&gt;.  Other performers and presenters will be announced closer to the event.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;With nearly two decades of experience across entertainment, fashion and charitable projects, Janeen Mansour is creator and executive producer of the Noble Humanitarian Awards.  Mansour, who has interviewed many celebrities, was inspired to create a dedicated award show for the charity community after interviewing the Duchess of York &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1418-sarah-duchess-of-york&quot;&gt;Sarah Ferguson&lt;/a&gt; and learning about her significant charitable work.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;Celebrities have long given their time to charity, championing causes they feel passionate about.  Their support draws media coverage, and organizations benefit.  With the Noble Awards, we aim to turn the spotlight back onto these celebrities and charities in an effort to provide recognition, to educate, to inspire, and to encourage even more support from the Hollywood community and the public at large.  It&amp;#8217;s an annual celebration of service and volunteerism,&amp;#8221; explains Mansour.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;A team of entertainment veterans join Mansour in producing the Noble Humanitarian Awards.  They include Ziad Batal (Executive Producer), founder of All 4 Media, one of the most prominent film and television production companies and creator and producer of dozens of reality, talk and sports programs in the Middle East; Michael Seligman (Producer), President &amp;amp; &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;CEO&lt;/span&gt; of Seligman Entertainment, Inc, whose 35 years of work includes the Oscars, the Emmy&amp;#8217;s, AFI&amp;#8217;s, Kennedy Center Honors and Stand Up To Cancer; Tisha Fein (Producer), whose three-decade experience includes the Emmys, Grammys, Tonys, World Music Awards, Fashion Rocks, Movies Rock and Stand Up to Cancer.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The Noble Humanitarian Awards are produced on behalf of the Celebrity Charity Awards Corporation, a non-profit organization.  With the staging of the first annual awards on October 18, 2009, the Celebrity Charity Awards Corporation will launch a year-round campaign to better unify the efforts of charities with celebrities, influencers, media and everyday citizens in order to create an effective forum for change and service.  For more information, please visit www.thenobleawards.org.&lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3301-charlize-theron-kisses-for-charity-cash&quot;&gt;Charlize Theron Kisses For Charity Cash&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3279-brooke-shields-to-attend-family-charity-carnival&quot;&gt;Brooke Shields To Attend Family Charity Carnival&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3274-inaugural-noble-awards-celebrate-hollywood-philanthropy&quot;&gt;Inaugural Noble Awards Celebrate Hollywood Philanthropy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3273-stars-want-fans-to-iparticipate-in-charity-initiative&quot;&gt;Stars Want Fans To iParticipate In Charity Initiative&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
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  <title>Eddie Izzard Completes 43 Marathons For Charity</title>
  <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;small&gt;Written by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/contributor/14-tim-saunders&quot;&gt;Tim Saunders&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;British comedian and actor &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/59-eddie-izzard&quot;&gt;Eddie Izzard&lt;/a&gt; has completed his massive charity marathon challenge.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The actor &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/2905-eddie-izzard-runs-for-sport-relief&quot;&gt;set out in August to run 1000 miles and raise money&lt;/a&gt; for &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/928-sport-relief&quot;&gt;Sport Relief&lt;/a&gt; &#8211; a part of &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/74-comic-relief&quot;&gt;Comic Relief&lt;/a&gt; &#8211; and the 47-year-old finished his odyssey across Britain on Tuesday when he crossed the finish line at London&amp;#8217;s Trafalgar Square.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&#8220;I feel dead!&#8221; he said as the London rain fell around him.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The challenge saw Izzard run 43 marathons in 52 days, a feat that Comic Relief founder &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1800-richard-curtis&quot;&gt;Richard Curtis&lt;/a&gt; described as &#8220;amazing.&#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&#8220;What I so admire is the length of it,&#8221; said Curtis. &#8220;He&#8217;s been doing it for so long, every single day. [These celebrities] are really putting themselves on the line for these issues. People in schools and at home think &#8216;Well, if Eddie can do that, then I can certainly do something to raise money and help people&#8217;.&#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
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  <title>Band From TV To Launch New Epilepsy Site At Charity Gig</title>
  <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;small&gt;Written by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/contributor/14-tim-saunders&quot;&gt;Tim Saunders&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1615-band-from-tv&quot;&gt;Band From TV&lt;/a&gt; &#8211; the celebrity charity music group made up of stars from some of today&#8217;s most popular TV shows &#8211; is to play a special gig next month to launch a charity website set up by its founding member.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.talkaboutit.org/&quot;&gt;Talk About It&lt;/a&gt; was created by &lt;em&gt;Heroes&lt;/em&gt; star &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/341-greg-grunberg&quot;&gt;Greg Grunberg&lt;/a&gt; to raise awareness of epilepsy and help educate people the world and end stigmas about seizure disorders. The site features many of his &lt;em&gt;Heroes&lt;/em&gt; co-stars and celebrity friends, such as &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1902-zachary-quinto&quot;&gt;Zachary Quinto&lt;/a&gt;, Chris Pine, and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/743-john-mayer&quot;&gt;John Mayer&lt;/a&gt;. Grunberg is a longtime supporter of epilepsy causes, an issue that he has been involved with since his son, Jake, was diagnosed with the condition. He is the official spokesperson for the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/1253-epilepsy-foundation&quot;&gt;Epilepsy Foundation&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/1273-epilepsy-advocate&quot;&gt;Epilepsy Advocate&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Grunberg started the Band From TV &#8211; which includes members such as &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/624-hugh-laurie&quot;&gt;Hugh Laurie&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/417-teri-hatcher&quot;&gt;Teri Hatcher&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1614-bonnie-somerville&quot;&gt;Bonnie Somerville&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/931-hayden-panettiere&quot;&gt;Hayden Panettiere&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1661-adrian-pasdar&quot;&gt;Adrian Pasdar&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/330-james-denton&quot;&gt;James Denton&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1616-jesse-spencer&quot;&gt;Jesse Spencer&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1584-bob-guiney&quot;&gt;Bob Guiney&lt;/a&gt; &amp;#8211; after getting a few celebrities to play together at the House Of Blues for charity. The success of that event has led to a number of gigs in the US which have, according to Hugh Laurie, &#8220;raised a gargantuan sum of money for charity.&#8221; These charities include such as  &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/192-save-the-children&quot;&gt;Save the Children&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/393-the-art-of-elysium&quot;&gt;The Art of Elysium&lt;/a&gt;, the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/1251-child-abuse-prevention-program&quot;&gt;Child Abuse Prevention Program&lt;/a&gt; and the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/21-national-coalition-against-domestic-violence&quot;&gt;National Coalition Against Domestic Violence&lt;/a&gt; through the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/627-band-from-tv-global-charity-trust&quot;&gt;Band From TV Global Charity Trust&lt;/a&gt;. Band From TV recently released their first CD, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/1895-band-from-tv-to-appear-on-tonight-show&quot;&gt;Hoggin&#8217; All The Covers&lt;/a&gt;, which has become a huge hit at Amazon.com and can be ordered &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001IDZGCU?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;tag=looktothestar-20&amp;amp;link_code=as3&amp;amp;camp=211189&amp;amp;creative=373489&amp;amp;creativeASIN=B001IDZGCU&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;em&gt;Look To The Stars&lt;/em&gt; was lucky enough to interview Greg just before Christmas, and the video of our chat can be viewed &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/video/103-greg-grunberg-talks-to-look-to-the-stars&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;To celebrate the launch of &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.talkaboutit.org/&quot;&gt;Talk About It&lt;/a&gt;, Band From TV &amp;#8211; along with special celebrity guests including Scott Grimes from ER and many others &amp;#8211; are performing one night only on October 25 at The Canyon Club in Agoura.  Come with your family and friends and be ready to rock out to your favorite cover tunes being performed by some of your favorite TV actors.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;THIS&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;SHOW&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;WILL&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;SELL&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;OUT&lt;/span&gt;!! Tickets may be purchased by visiting &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/09004328E41391C7?artistid=1280758&amp;amp;majorcatid=10001&amp;amp;minorcatid=1&quot;&gt;Ticketmaster&lt;/a&gt; or by calling The Canyon Club Box Office at (818) 879-5016.&lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3281-ltts-exclusive-the-2009-noble-awards&quot;&gt;LTTS Exclusive - The 2009 Noble Awards&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
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  <pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:30:00 -0000</pubDate>
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  <title>Beatlemania Returns For Charity</title>
  <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;small&gt;Written by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/contributor/14-tim-saunders&quot;&gt;Tim Saunders&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Beatlemania has hit the headlines once again this week, with the release of the Fab Four&#8217;s remastered CD collection, their Rock Band video game, and a popular British presenter&#8217;s efforts to re-record their hits for charity.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;A whole new generation of fans are currently being exposed to the music of &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1636-john-lennon&quot;&gt;John&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/176-paul-mccartney&quot;&gt;Paul&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1812-george-harrison&quot;&gt;George&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/483-ringo-starr&quot;&gt;Ringo&lt;/a&gt; through the release of Rock Star, and a number of limited edition Xbox 360 consoles are available to benefit &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/208-doctors-without-borders&quot;&gt;Doctors Without Borders&lt;/a&gt;. The consoles are available at &lt;a href=&quot;http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&amp;amp;item=120467388504&amp;amp;ru=http%3A%2F%2Fshop.ebay.com%3A80%2F%3F_from%3DR40%26_trksid%3Dm38%26_nkw%3D120467388504%26_fvi%3D1&amp;amp;_rdc=1&quot;&gt;eBay&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Doctors Without Borders is an international medical humanitarian organization created by doctors and journalists in France in 1971 working in more than 60 countries to assist people whose survival is threatened by violence, neglect, or catastrophe. Sir Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, along with &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1745-yoko-ono&quot;&gt;Yoko Ono&lt;/a&gt; Lennon and Olivia Harrison, personally selected the charity as the beneficiary of these proceeds.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;According to eBay: &#8220;Starting Sept. 9, Xbox 360 will also give its more than 20 million Xbox &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;LIVE&lt;/span&gt; members the opportunity to give to charity and support the Beatles&#8217; eternal message of peace and love. &#8220;All You Need Is Love,&#8221; the Beatle&#8217;s iconic anthem of peace, will be released exclusively on Xbox 360 as a downloadable song for the game through Xbox &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;LIVE&lt;/span&gt; with Apple Corps Ltd, &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;MTV&lt;/span&gt; Games, Harmonix and Microsoft, with proceeds benefiting Doctors Without Borders. Good deeds never go unnoticed: purchasing and downloading the &#8220;All You Need Is Love&#8221; track for 160 Microsoft Points for charity will also register you for the &#8220;The Beatles: Rock Band&#8221; Download &amp;amp; Win* for a chance to win one of the limited edition &#8220;The Beatles: Rock Band&#8221; Xbox 360 consoles and a Rickenbacker 325 replica guitar controller.&#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In other Beatles news this week, British TV and radio presenter Sir &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1601-terry-wogan&quot;&gt;Terry Wogan&lt;/a&gt; has been busy in a recording studio with &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1756-pink-floyd&quot;&gt;Pink Floyd&lt;/a&gt; drummer Nick Mason and the Rolling Stones&#8217; Bill Wyman laying down tracks of classic Fab Four songs for the upcoming Bandaged Together album to benefit &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/391-children-in-need&quot;&gt;Children in Need&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The project has been organised by a group of Terry Wogan fans known as The TOGs (Terry&amp;#8217;s Old Geezers and Gals).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;Last year, thanks to the TOGs, we raised about &#163;3 million for Children In Need,&#8221; said Sir Terry. &#8220;We had Bandaged One which sold an awful lot and made hundreds of thousands of pounds for the charity. The idea this year is Bandaged Two and we are hoping to raise even more money.&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The album &#8211; which will feature Sir Terry&#8217;s take on &lt;em&gt;All You Need Is Love&lt;/em&gt; &#8211; will be released next month.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h6&gt;Related past articles&lt;/h6&gt;
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  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3357-yoko-ono-gives-song-to-united-nations-peacebuilding-fund&quot;&gt;Yoko Ono Gives Song To United Nations Peacebuilding Fund&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3344-stars-write-letters-to-themselves-for-charity-book&quot;&gt;Stars Write Letters To Themselves For Charity Book&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3271-legends-sign-guitars-for-charity-auction&quot;&gt;Legends Sign Guitars For Charity Auction&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3265-paul-mccartney-joins-charity-concert-line-up&quot;&gt;Paul McCartney Joins Charity Concert Line Up&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3202-yoko-ono-donates-ipod-to-charity-auction-on-john-lennons-birthday&quot;&gt;Yoko Ono Donates iPod To Charity Auction On John Lennon's Birthday&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
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  <pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:00:00 -0000</pubDate>
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  <category>John Lennon</category>
  <category>Paul McCartney</category>
  <category>George Harrison</category>
  <category>Ringo Starr</category>
  <category>Doctors Without Borders</category>
  <category>Yoko Ono</category>
  <category>Terry Wogan</category>
  <category>Pink Floyd</category>
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  <title>Celebrities Sign Elephants For Project Zambi</title>
  <description>&lt;p&gt;A host of celebrities have come together to be part of an online auction that features one-of-a-kind collectible elephant models.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/195-jessica-biel&quot;&gt;Jessica Biel&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/68-george-clooney&quot;&gt;George Clooney&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/632-glenn-close&quot;&gt;Glenn Close&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/61-ellen-degeneres&quot;&gt;Ellen DeGeneres&lt;/a&gt; &amp;amp; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1916-portia-de-rossi&quot;&gt;Portia de Rossi&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/280-leonardo-dicaprio&quot;&gt;Leonardo DiCaprio&lt;/a&gt;, Joely Fisher &amp;amp; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1648-brad-garrett&quot;&gt;Brad Garrett&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1031-jennie-garth&quot;&gt;Jennie Garth&lt;/a&gt; &amp;amp; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1924-peter-facinelli&quot;&gt;Peter Facinelli&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1529-hugh-jackman&quot;&gt;Hugh Jackman&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/117-scarlett-johansson&quot;&gt;Scarlett Johansson&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1316-jonas-brothers&quot;&gt;Jonas Brothers&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/409-alicia-keys&quot;&gt;Alicia Keys&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/573-heidi-klum&quot;&gt;Heidi Klum&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/517-kathy-najimy&quot;&gt;Kathy Najimy&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/563-rhea-perlman&quot;&gt;Rhea Perlman&lt;/a&gt; &amp;amp; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/565-danny-devito&quot;&gt;Danny DeVito&lt;/a&gt;, Graham Rahal, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/491-susan-sarandon&quot;&gt;Susan Sarandon&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/202-brooke-shields&quot;&gt;Brooke Shields&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/970-taylor-swift&quot;&gt;Taylor Swift&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1312-james-taylor&quot;&gt;James Taylor&lt;/a&gt;, Barbara Walters, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/53-denzel-washington&quot;&gt;Denzel Washington&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/735-naomi-watts&quot;&gt;Naomi Watts&lt;/a&gt; are some of the stars who have signed the elephant toys for Project Zambi, a charity initiative started by a group of Hasbro employees to help raise awareness and funds for the estimated 15 million children who have lost parents and relatives to the &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;AIDS&lt;/span&gt; epidemic in Africa.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&#8220;It is encouraging to see that companies such as Hasbro are developing initiatives to support global health issues,&#8221; said Alicia Keys. &#8220;Through my involvement in this project, I&#8217;m proud to support &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/161-keep-a-child-alive&quot;&gt;Keep A Child Alive&lt;/a&gt;, an organization dedicated to providing care and support to children and families whose lives have been affected by &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;HIV&lt;/span&gt;/&lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;AIDS&lt;/span&gt; in Africa and India by directly engaging the global public in the fight against &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;AIDS&lt;/span&gt;.&#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;One hundred percent of the sale of each auctioned elephant will be donated to the organization of the celebrity&#8217;s choice that supports children orphaned by &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;AIDS&lt;/span&gt; in Africa including the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/356-african-childrens-choir&quot;&gt;African Children&amp;#8217;s Choir&lt;/a&gt;, the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/230-hole-in-the-wall-camps&quot;&gt;Hole in the Wall Gang&lt;/a&gt; Camps, the Chikumbuso Women and Orphans Project, the Children of Uganda, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/308-global-action-for-children&quot;&gt;Global Action for Children&lt;/a&gt;, the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/231-global-fund&quot;&gt;Global Fund&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/192-save-the-children&quot;&gt;Save the Children&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/366-sos-childrens-village&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;SOS&lt;/span&gt; Children&amp;#8217;s Villages&lt;/a&gt; and many more.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&#8220;The wonderful support that we&#8217;ve received from the celebrities participating in the &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;PROJECT&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;ZAMBI&lt;/span&gt; auction is a moving example of the deep concern surrounding the issue of caring for children orphaned by &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;AIDS&lt;/span&gt;,&#8221; said Brian Goldner, President and Chief Executive Officer of Hasbro, Inc. &#8220;We are very hopeful and optimistic that this auction will be successful in raising awareness and generating funds that will support some of the many dedicated organizations working to make a better future for these children.&#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Earlier this year, Hasbro launched &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/1402-project-zambi&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;PROJECT&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;ZAMBI&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, a global cause initiative tied to the new special edition &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;FURREAL&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;FRIENDS&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;ZAMBI&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;THE&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;BABY&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;ELEPHANT&lt;/span&gt; toy that is dedicated to raising awareness and benefiting programs caring for children orphaned by &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;AIDS&lt;/span&gt; in Africa.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Hasbro has committed to donate 50 percent of the net profits from &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;ZAMBI&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;THE&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;BABY&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;ELEPHANT&lt;/span&gt; &amp;#8212; a minimum of $500,000 (in U.S. dollars) &amp;#8212; to the &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;PROJECT&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;ZAMBI&lt;/span&gt; Fund, part of the Hasbro Children&#8217;s Fund, beginning in 2009, and hopes to expand this global campaign to include additional Hasbro products and brands in the years to come. By purchasing &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;ZAMBI&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;THE&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;BABY&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;ELEPHANT&lt;/span&gt;, consumers will be supporting programs that work directly with children orphaned by &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;AIDS&lt;/span&gt; in Africa.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This latest initiative is a part of the work Hasbro conducts in the U.S. and around the world to help children in need through the Hasbro Children&#8217;s Fund and product donations. In 2008, Hasbro impacted approximately four million children through its charitable programs and product donations.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;For more information about the &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;PROJECT&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;ZAMBI&lt;/span&gt; Celebrity Charity Auction, &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;PROJECT&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;ZAMBI&lt;/span&gt; and &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;ZAMBI&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;THE&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;BABY&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;ELEPHANT&lt;/span&gt;, please visit www.projectzambi.com.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The 10-day &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;PROJECT&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;ZAMBI&lt;/span&gt; Celebrity Charity Auction will be held online via eBay beginning October 5 with bidding closing on October 15. Visitors will be able to log on to www.ebay.com/projectzambi.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h6&gt;Related past articles&lt;/h6&gt;
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  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3351-giving-back-fund-releases-2009s-top-celebrity-givers&quot;&gt;Giving Back Fund Releases 2009's Top Celebrity Givers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3350-bruce-springsteen-to-rock-autism-concert&quot;&gt;Bruce Springsteen To Rock Autism Concert&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3331-miley-cyrus-and-friends-hit-the-concert-for-hope&quot;&gt;Miley Cyrus And Friends Hit The Concert For Hope&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3324-glenn-close-is-removing-the-shame-that-shadows-mental-illness&quot;&gt;Glenn Close Is Removing The Shame That Shadows Mental Illness&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3314-jennifer-garner-makes-time-for-change&quot;&gt;Jennifer Garner Makes Time For CHANGE&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
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  <pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 12:00:00 -0000</pubDate>
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  <category>Jessica Biel</category>
  <category>George Clooney</category>
  <category>Glenn Close</category>
  <category>Ellen DeGeneres</category>
  <category>Portia de Rossi</category>
  <category>Leonardo DiCaprio</category>
  <category>Joely Fisher</category>
  <category>Brad Garrett</category>
  <category>Jennie Garth</category>
  <category>Peter Facinelli</category>
  <category>Hugh Jackman</category>
  <category>Scarlett Johansson</category>
  <category>Jonas Brothers</category>
  <category>Alicia Keys</category>
  <category>Heidi Klum</category>
  <category>Kathy Najimy</category>
  <category>Rhea Perlman</category>
  <category>Danny DeVito</category>
  <category>Graham Rahal</category>
  <category>Susan Sarandon</category>
  <category>Brooke Shields</category>
  <category>Taylor Swift</category>
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  <title>Brad Pitt Visits Spanish Urban Renewal Project</title>
  <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;small&gt;Written by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/contributor/14-tim-saunders&quot;&gt;Tim Saunders&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/27-brad-pitt&quot;&gt;Brad Pitt&lt;/a&gt; visited an urban renewal project &amp;#8211; designed by famed Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer &amp;#8211; in the industrial city of Aviles in northern Spain last week.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The celebrity took the time to visit the new facilities being worked on in a port area in what was once the centre of the city&amp;#8217;s steel industry in the 1950s. The new area will feature an auditorium, a sight-seeing tower, an exhibition centre and a large outdoor square that will serve as a venue for cultural activities when it opens in 2010, and Pitt&#8217;s work with his &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/859-make-it-right&quot;&gt;Make It Right&lt;/a&gt; Foundation in New Orleans &#8211; which has being rebuilding homes destroyed by Hurricane Katrina &#8211; attracted him to the project.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The city&#8217;s mayor, Pilar Varela, said the actor was especially interested in the environmental sustainability of the Spanish project: &amp;quot;This is why Brad Pitt has come to visit the site&#8230; He is interested in supporting the project, the cultural as well as the architectural aspects.&#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Fourteen families are now living in homes built by Pitt&amp;#8217;s foundation in the Lower 9th Ward in New Orleans. Nineteen homes are currently under construction and 49 families are in the process of becoming homeowners thanks to Pitt&amp;#8217;s efforts.&lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3243-idol-gives-back-is-back&quot;&gt;Idol Gives Back Is Back!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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  <title>Jet Li Launches Thousand Villages Project</title>
  <description>&lt;p&gt;Action star &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/97-jet-li&quot;&gt;Jet Li&lt;/a&gt; has blogged about an exciting new initiative he is involved in with former British prime minister &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/285-tony-blair&quot;&gt;Tony Blair&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;Yesterday, I visited Guiyang, China with Former Prime Minister Tony Blair to announce our &amp;#8220;Thousand Villages Project&amp;#8221; that focuses on changing the way electricity is consumed in China and the world by taking people off the electrical grid and switching them to solar power,&#8220; wrote Li. &amp;quot;In addition to using renewal power, switching lighting not only in the household but also in buildings and streetlamps to &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;LED&lt;/span&gt; takes less power to use longer. That&amp;#8217;s like doing three simple things at once to make sure the next generation can see blue skies more often.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&#8220;Tony told me that in Britain, driving electrical cars and using renewal power has already become the norm.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;Over the past two years, each progressive step that the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/86-one-foundation&quot;&gt;One Foundation&lt;/a&gt; has taken in helping with public welfare matters or charity related work often makes me very excited. I&#8217;m always touched when I see even more people join hand-in-hand with the One Foundation and launching a project together because of an idea, because they identify with us, and because they care about our society. This kind of feeling totally exceeds the satisfied feeling of that I get after completing a film.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;If you don&#8217;t take the small steps, how will you walk a thousand miles; the progress of public welfare and charity related work depends precisely on every little matter that might not be of any interest.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;Yesterday, the Climate Group and the One Foundation jointly launched the &#8220;Solar-powered &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;LED&lt;/span&gt; Lighting the Thousand Villages Project&#8221;. This is the first collaborative project between the Climate Group and the One Foundation since signing a cooperative strategy memorandum agreement in March of this year.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;I&#8217;d like to ask everyone a very simple question &#8211; have you ever experienced a power-cut before? Or maybe try to imagine, what would you do if you had no power at night? How much would it affect your lifestyle and the way you live? What I want to say is, there are a lot of people living right next to us &#8211; in rural villages throughout China, in India, in Africa &#8211; they live in an environment with no electricity or power sources.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;Luckily, this kind of phenomenon is in the process of changing. Yesterday, I represented the One Foundation and together with one of the co-founders of the Climate Group, former British Prime Minister Mr. Tony Blair, we jointly launched the &#8220;Solar-powered &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;LED&lt;/span&gt; Lighting the Thousand Villages Project&#8221;. We also visited Baigong Village in Dang Wuxiang of Huaxi district, Guaiyang. This village is also our first illustrative example for the Thousand Village Project. The time frame set for the Solar-powered &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;LED&lt;/span&gt; Lighting the Thousand Villages Project is five years. The project will involve 400 villages around China in the first two years. In the next three years to follow, the project will expand to over 600 villages within countries including China, India and Africa.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;Let&#8217;s take action together! I hope that everyone in our One Foundation family will be proud of the One Foundation for taking another progressive step!&#8220;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;To read the full blog, click &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.alivenotdead.com/jetli/Going-Green-with-Tony-Blair-profile-740270.html&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
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  <title>American Red Cross Announces Celebrity Cabinet</title>
  <description>&lt;p&gt;The American &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/75-red-cross&quot;&gt;Red Cross&lt;/a&gt; is pleased to announce five new additions to its National Celebrity Cabinet, a group of celebrity supporters who promote Red Cross services by donating their time, helping neighbors prepare for emergencies, responding to disasters and lending a helping hand to those in need.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;New members to the American Red Cross National Celebrity Cabinet include country singer and professional ballroom dancer &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1228-julianne-hough&quot;&gt;Julianne Hough&lt;/a&gt;, Tony Award-winner and actress Anika Noni Rose, who lends her voice to the upcoming Walt Disney Pictures animated comedy adventure &#8220;The Princess and the Frog&#8221; and appears in the &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;HBO&lt;/span&gt;/Anthony Minghella television drama series,&#8220;#1 Ladies&#8217; Detective Agency&#8221;, Hollywood Records artist and Disney Channel star &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1802-demi-lovato&quot;&gt;Demi Lovato&lt;/a&gt;, who is supporting disaster relief via a Text 2 Help campaign throughout her summer tour, actress Sally Pressman from Lifetime&#8217;s &#8220;Army Wives&#8221; who will be supporting Red Cross Services to the Armed Forces, and actress &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/10-amanda-peet&quot;&gt;Amanda Peet&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Peet has already made a personal commitment to support the Red Cross Measles Initiative.  &#8220;As a mom, I feel privileged to support the American Red Cross in their efforts to vaccinate millions of children around the world through the Measles Initiative, a partnership committed to reducing measles deaths globally. I commend the American Red Cross for tackling this global health problem in developing countries, where measles remains a leading cause of death, despite the availability of a safe, effective and inexpensive vaccine. I am passionate about this cause and look forward partnering with the American Red Cross to ensure children worldwide have this life-saving opportunity.&#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&#8220;The American Red Cross runs on the valuable service of volunteers to fulfill our mission, and we are grateful that these celebrities are setting an example by volunteering their time and talents to help raise awareness of our work in responding to disasters, providing blood, helping military members and their families and promoting preparedness through first aid or &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;CPR&lt;/span&gt; classes,&#8221; states Gail McGovern, President and &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;CEO&lt;/span&gt; of American Red Cross.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The announcement of these celebrity supporters closely follows First Lady &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1835-michelle-obama&quot;&gt;Michelle Obama&#8217;s&lt;/a&gt; official launch of the United We Serve initiative, a call for nationwide service to begin a sustained, collaborative and focused effort to meet community needs.  The initiative spans throughout the summer and will culminate with a National Day of Service and Remembrance on September 11.  During this time, the Red Cross will promote volunteer opportunities throughout its network of more than 700 chapters to help encourage community service.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&#8220;I am honored to be a part of the American Red Cross Celebrity Cabinet and help support an organization that offers neutral humanitarian care to the victims of war and aid to victims of devastating natural disasters.  Being part of this amazing organization will provide me with an opportunity to join its efforts to help others and encourage the American public to become involved with their local Red Cross and make a difference,&#8221; said Julianne Hough.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The Red Cross benefits from the involvement of public figures and celebrities dating back to World War I.  Over the years, actors, artists, and sports figures committing their time and talents to the organization have played an important role in raising public awareness of Red Cross services nationwide.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This group of newcomers joins the National Celebrity Cabinet that also includes &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1038-greg-biffle&quot;&gt;Greg Biffle&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/128-pierce-brosnan&quot;&gt;Pierce Brosnan&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/80-jackie-chan&quot;&gt;Jackie Chan&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1054-chayanne&quot;&gt;Chayanne&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/84-jamie-lee-curtis&quot;&gt;Jamie Lee Curtis&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1056-miley-ray-cyrus&quot;&gt;Miley Ray Cyrus&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/888-sara-evans&quot;&gt;Sara Evans&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/572-george-foreman&quot;&gt;George Foreman&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/347-leeza-gibbons&quot;&gt;Leeza Gibbons&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/752-amy-grant&quot;&gt;Amy Grant&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1058-pat-green&quot;&gt;Pat Green&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/374-marcia-gay-harden&quot;&gt;Marcia Gay Harden&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/549-dwayne-johnson&quot;&gt;Dwayne Johnson&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/573-heidi-klum&quot;&gt;Heidi Klum&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/296-patti-labelle&quot;&gt;Patti LaBelle&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1048-peyton-manning&quot;&gt;Peyton&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1052-eli-manning&quot;&gt;Eli Manning&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1043-marlee-matlin&quot;&gt;Marlee Matlin&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/550-dr-phil-mcgraw&quot;&gt;Dr. Phil McGraw&lt;/a&gt;, &#8220;Access Hollywood&#8217;s&#8221; Nancy O&#8217;Dell, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/949-masi-oka&quot;&gt;Masi Oka&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1050-rascal-flatts&quot;&gt;Rascal Flatts&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1059-raven-symone&quot;&gt;Raven Symone&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1051-elisabeth-rohm&quot;&gt;Elisabeth Rohm&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/156-jane-seymour&quot;&gt;Jane Seymour&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1042-jimmy-smits&quot;&gt;Jimmy Smits&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1053-daddy-yankee&quot;&gt;Daddy Yankee&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The Red Cross is honored to have &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/571-sherry-lansing&quot;&gt;Sherry Lansing&lt;/a&gt;, former chairman and &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;CEO&lt;/span&gt;, Motion Picture Group, Paramount Pictures and former member of the Red Cross Board of Governors, to serve as National Celebrity Cabinet Chair.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Please visit www.redcross.org/celebritycabinet/ to learn more about the Red Cross National Celebrity Cabinet.&lt;/p&gt;
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