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  <title>Wyclef Jean And Bono Receive &#8216;Ripple Of Hope Award&#8217;</title>
  <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;small&gt;Written by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/contributor/23-delinda-lombardo&quot;&gt;Delinda Lombardo&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter, producer &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/490-wyclef-jean&quot;&gt;Wyclef Jean&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/135-red&quot;&gt;(&lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;RED&lt;/span&gt;)&lt;/a&gt; founder/&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/245-u2&quot;&gt;U2&lt;/a&gt; front man &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/26-bono&quot;&gt;Bono&lt;/a&gt;, were honored this week at a ceremony thrown by The Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights, where each were awarded the &amp;#8216;Ripple of Hope&amp;#8217; Award.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;As champions of justice, Bono and Wyclef have brought the national spotlight to human rights violations, empowered local activists, and transformed the lives of millions of people living in poverty from Port-Au-Prince to Darfur,&amp;#8221; said Kerry Kennedy, founder of the &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;RFK&lt;/span&gt; Center for Justice and Human Rights. &amp;#8220;Their efforts evoke the spirit of my father and we are honored to recognize them.&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Jean was honored for his work to inspire change in his native country of Haiti through his &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/491-yele-haiti-foundation&quot;&gt;Y&#233;le Haiti Foundation&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;It is an honor to receive this award for so many reasons,&amp;#8221; said Jean, who was also the evening&amp;#8217;s musical performer. &amp;#8220;The Kennedy Family and Robert F. Kennedy have represented and fought for the rights of people around the world, and have paid the ultimate sacrifice for it. I am humbled by their work, and use it as an example in the work I continue to do in Haiti, the United States, Africa and around the globe. I look forward to working closely with Kerry Kennedy and the &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;RFK&lt;/span&gt; Center for Justice and Human Rights in Haiti as a part of our Y&#233;le Center.&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Bono was recognized for his efforts in the fight against extreme poverty and preventable disease, particular in Africa with the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/3-one-campaign&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;ONE&lt;/span&gt; Campaign&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/194-data&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;DATA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; and (Product) &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;RED&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;Though we&amp;#8217;re not usually that partial to Royals, growing up in Ireland in the 70s, the Kennedy family felt like an Irish royal family. Bobby Kennedy was a super-hero, an Irish scrapper who didn&amp;#8217;t see any contradiction between hard-headed pragmatism and an idealism that challenged all of us to change the world. That&amp;#8217;s why the Ripple of Hope award means so much. &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;RFK&lt;/span&gt; was the blue print for our activism in the &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;ONE&lt;/span&gt; campaign,&amp;#8221; Bono said. &amp;#8220;The image of Bobby that will forever be in my mind is of a man with his sleeves rolled up, hard at work and showing a hint of muscle. His life is an enduring challenge to all of us to do more, get beyond ourselves and send out our own ripples of hope to the world.&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The event was emceed by actor &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/504-peter-gallagher&quot;&gt;Peter Gallagher&lt;/a&gt;, and guests included: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1500-matthew-modine&quot;&gt;Matthew Modine&lt;/a&gt;, Matt McCoy, Joey Pantoliano, Gloria Reuben, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Governor Jon Corzine, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1276-harry-belafonte&quot;&gt;Harry Belafonte&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/534-martha-stewart&quot;&gt;Martha Stewart&lt;/a&gt;, Bill O&amp;#8217;Reilly, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/855-ana-ortiz&quot;&gt;Ana Ortiz&lt;/a&gt;, Aasif Mandvi, Liya Kebede, Earl Graves, Terry Kinney, Rebecca Minkoff, Charles Nolan, Richard Plepler, Tom Freston and Orin Kramer.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The evening ended on a high note as Bono joined Wyclef on stage for a rendition of &amp;#8220;Redemption Song,&amp;#8221; after which Wyclef performed &amp;#8220;Carnival&amp;#8221; and brought the entire crowd of over 800 people &#8211; including Ethel Kennedy &#8211; to their feet singing and dancing.&lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3395-all-you-need-is-love-at-starbucks-for-charity&quot;&gt;All You Need Is Love At Starbucks For Charity&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3385-hard-rock-serves-up-john-lennon-for-charity&quot;&gt;Hard Rock Serves Up John Lennon For Charity&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;/ul&gt;
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  <pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:00:00 -0000</pubDate>
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  <title>Lebron James Donates to ONEXONE</title>
  <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;small&gt;Written by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/contributor/23-delinda-lombardo&quot;&gt;Delinda Lombardo&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;On the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/2801-matt-damon-joins-entourage-for-charity&quot;&gt;season finale&lt;/a&gt; of the &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;HBO&lt;/span&gt; hit show &amp;#8216;Entourage&amp;#8217;, &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;NBA&lt;/span&gt; star &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1975-lebron-james&quot;&gt;LeBron James&lt;/a&gt; appeared as himself alongside &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/231-matt-damon&quot;&gt;Matt Damon&lt;/a&gt; as they hounded Vinnie (played by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/617-adrian-grenier&quot;&gt;Adrian Grenier&lt;/a&gt;) to donate to Damon&amp;#8217;s &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/350-onexone&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;ONEXONE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Foundation. During the last few minutes of the show, LeBron told Vinnie that he donated &amp;#8220;$1 million&amp;#8221; to the foundation.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;But did he really?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Now, after months of speculation, LeBron James has confirmed that he did, in fact, donate one million to &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;ONEXONE&lt;/span&gt;. When asked if the donation he mentioned on Entourage &amp;#8220;was real,&amp;#8221; LeBron said &amp;#8220;Of course it&amp;#8217;s real.&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3323-matt-damons-persistent-efforts-to-supply-africa-with-clean-water&quot;&gt;Matt Damon&#8217;s Persistent Efforts To Supply Africa With Clean Water&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/3244-matt-damon-writes-on-the-importance-of-giving-back&quot;&gt;Matt Damon Writes On The Importance Of Giving Back&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3242-onexone-prepares-for-star-studded-fundraiser&quot;&gt;ONEXONE Prepares For Star-Studded Fundraiser&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
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  <pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:30:00 -0000</pubDate>
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  <title>Jon Lovitz Leads Silly Walks 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;October 2009 marked the beginning of the 40th Anniversary year for the classic comedy team Monty Python, and comedian &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/392-jon-lovitz&quot;&gt;Jon Lovitz&lt;/a&gt; is spearheading a charity event to celebrate.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Fans of spam, dead parrots, lumberjacks and the Spanish Inquisition (&amp;#8220;Nobody ever expects the Spanish Inquisition!&amp;#8221;) will flock to the first ever Silly Walks For Hunger event on November 19, which will give fans and fun-seekers an opportunity to show off their own &amp;#8220;silly walks&amp;#8221; while participating in a world-class live production&amp;#8212;and all for a good cause: hunger relief.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;I have been a Monty Python fan for years,&amp;#8221; said Jon Lovitz, who &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/2591-jon-lovitz-to-open-comedy-club-tonight&quot;&gt;in May opened his own comedy club in the heart of Universal CityWalk&lt;/a&gt;, and who will act as the Minister of SillyWalks for the day. &amp;#8220;We&amp;#8217;ll be doing good by behaving silly&amp;#8230; what a great way to honor their work. It&amp;#8217;s perfect!&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;SillyWalks for Hunger aims to &amp;#8220;raise enough awareness, food and money for 1,000,000 meals to be provided to families, children and elderly in L.A. and across the nation this holiday season.&amp;#8221; Supporters can text the word &amp;#8220;&lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;FEED&lt;/span&gt;&amp;#8221; to 90999 to make a $5 donation &amp;#8211; they will be donating the equivalent of approximately 20 meals towards meeting the goal.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The Monty Python team originally featured &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/249-john-cleese&quot;&gt;John Cleese&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1563-michael-palin&quot;&gt;Michael Palin&lt;/a&gt;, Eric Idle, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1717-terry-jones&quot;&gt;Terry Jones&lt;/a&gt;, Terry Gilliam and Graham Chapman.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Beneficiaries of SillyWalks for Hunger will be &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/426-second-harvest&quot;&gt;Feeding America&lt;/a&gt;, the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/1382-los-angeles-regional-foodbank&quot;&gt;Los Angeles Regional Foodbank&lt;/a&gt;, and Global FoodBanking Network.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Registration for the event &amp;#8211; which starts at the Universal CityWalk on Thursday &amp;#8211; starts at 5:30pm. Bring a bag of non-perishable food to enter. For more info, click &lt;a href=&quot;http://mashcast.com/about-the-walk&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/3329-billy-ray-cyrus-swaps-sandwiches-for-charity&quot;&gt;Billy Ray Cyrus Swaps Sandwiches For Charity&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/3242-onexone-prepares-for-star-studded-fundraiser&quot;&gt;ONEXONE Prepares For Star-Studded Fundraiser&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
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  <pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:30:00 -0000</pubDate>
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  <title>Hard Rock Serves Up John Lennon For Charity</title>
  <description>&lt;p&gt;Last week, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3357-yoko-ono-gives-song-to-united-nations-peacebuilding-fund&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Look To The Stars&lt;/em&gt; brought you the news that Yoko Ono had donated John Lennon&amp;#8217;s &lt;em&gt;Give Peace A Chance&lt;/em&gt; to charity&lt;/a&gt;. Now we can reveal that she has also donated another of the singer&amp;#8217;s songs to another charity campaign.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/238-world-hunger-year&quot;&gt;World Hunger Year&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;WHY&lt;/span&gt;), along with Hard Rock Cafe, has released Serve4, the latest in their &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/1742-springsteen-serves-again-for-world-hunger-year&quot;&gt;series of albums designed to fight hunger around the world&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1745-yoko-ono&quot;&gt;Yoko Ono&lt;/a&gt; has donated &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1636-john-lennon&quot;&gt;John Lennon&amp;#8217;s&lt;/a&gt; &lt;em&gt;Gimme Some Truth&lt;/em&gt; to the album.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;This is a beautiful step towards world peace,&amp;#8221; she said. &amp;#8220;By imagining there&amp;#8217;s no hunger, like what John sang in his song, we express our strong desire to bring a world in which children will never again suffer from hunger or poverty. Let&amp;#8217;s come together and help spread this message around the world. John would have loved the fact that so many illustrious and good meaning partners and organizations have stood up to make this effort together.&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/1811-john-lennon-serves-up-song-for-charity-cd&quot;&gt;It is the second time Ono has donated one of Lennon&amp;#8217;s songs to Hard Rock&amp;#8217;s Imagine There&amp;#8217;s No Hunger campaign and Serve CDs&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;100% of net proceeds from Hard Rock&amp;#8217;s campaign will directly benefit &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;WHY&lt;/span&gt; and its grassroots partners around the globe, that have developed ways to feed children worldwide who are victims of poverty and also teach them farming and entrepreneurial skills for the future. Proceeds will be donated directly to &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;WHY&lt;/span&gt; to benefit local charities, including the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/1158-common-ground-foundation&quot;&gt;Common Ground Foundation&lt;/a&gt; and Pathfinder Academy both located in Kenya, the Pattanarak Foundation located in Thailand, City of Joy located in India, the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/491-yele-haiti-foundation&quot;&gt;Y&#233;le Haiti Foundation&lt;/a&gt; located in Haiti, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/1184-hope-north&quot;&gt;Hope North&lt;/a&gt; located in Uganda, Roots and Shoots located in China, Project Bona Fide located in Nicaragua and Sentabale located in Lesotho.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;Hard Rock has been a longtime supporter of &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;WHY&lt;/span&gt;, and I&amp;#8217;ve seen firsthand how the organization helps to make a difference around the world,&amp;#8221; said Hamish Dodds, President and &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;CEO&lt;/span&gt;, Hard Rock International, and Global Ambassador for &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;WHY&lt;/span&gt;. &amp;#8220;We are proud to continue to support WHY&amp;#8217;s life-saving efforts, in hopes that one day, we will have a world without hunger and poverty.&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The track list of Serve4 is as follows:&lt;/p&gt;
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	&lt;li&gt;John Lennon &amp;#8220;Gimme Some Truth&amp;#8221;&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;O.A.R. &amp;#8220;Lay Down&amp;#8221;&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Brandi Carlile &amp;#8220;If There Was No You&amp;#8221;&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Starsailor &amp;#8220;Listen Up&amp;#8221;&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/699-elvis-costello&quot;&gt;Elvis Costello&lt;/a&gt; &amp;amp; Allen Toussaint &amp;#8220;The River In Reverse&amp;#8221;&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Earth, Wind &amp;amp; Fire / Chicago &amp;#8220;You&amp;#8221;&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Eric Hutchinson &amp;#8220;OK, It&amp;#8217;s Alright With Me&amp;#8221;&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;The Low Anthem &amp;#8220;Home I&amp;#8217;ll Never Be&amp;#8221;&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Arno Carstens &amp;#8220;Heartbreak Monday&amp;#8221;&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Brett Dennen &amp;#8220;Heaven&amp;#8221;&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Toby Lightman &amp;#8220;One Day&amp;#8221;&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;moe. &amp;#8220;Wicked Awesome&amp;#8221;&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;The Raveonettes &amp;#8220;Oh I Buried You Today&amp;#8221;&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Uncle Kracker &amp;#8220;Smile&amp;#8221;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;In addition to SERVE4, beginning November 9th, Hard Rock locations around the globe will offer &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;IMAGINE&lt;/span&gt; THERE&amp;#8217;S NO &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;HUNGER&lt;/span&gt; merchandise, including a limited-edition bracelet and pin to benefit &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;WHY&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;A &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.usatoday.com/life/music/news/2009-11-09-imaginenohunger09__ST_N.htm&quot;&gt;charity event held in New York to launch the CD last week&lt;/a&gt; attracted a plethora of famous supporters, including &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/483-ringo-starr&quot;&gt;Ringo Starr&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;You get so many invites every day to do stuff,&amp;#8221; said Starr. &amp;#8220;When I read the statistics of this, it just blew me away. So I thought, why not? How hard is it to do something? Because it is of some value, you give your name to great causes.&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The 14-track Serve4 is available as a download card at Hard Rock locations and at hardrock.com and as a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.amazon.com/Serve4-Artists-Against-Hunger-Poverty/dp/B002TLNGJK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;s=dmusic&amp;amp;qid=1258019874&amp;amp;tag=looktothestar-20&amp;amp;sr=8-1&quot;&gt;download with five bonus tracks at Amazon&lt;/a&gt; ($8.99 or 99 cents a track). Cafe patrons who add a $1 donation to a meal tab receive an Imagine bracelet.&lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3438-michael-j-fox-rocks-for-a-cure&quot;&gt;Michael J. Fox Rocks For A Cure&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &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/3285-sopranos-star-rocks-the-hard-rock-for-charity&quot;&gt;Sopranos Star Rocks The Hard Rock For Charity&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
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  <title>Matt Damon Records PSA For Global Hunger</title>
  <description>&lt;p&gt;The U.S. Department of State has produced a video narrated by actor &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/231-matt-damon&quot;&gt;Matt Damon&lt;/a&gt; to discuss why food security and combating global hunger is an urgent foreign policy objective, not just for the current administration, but for the entire international community.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;Every 5 seconds a child dies of hunger. Each year we&amp;#8217;re losing 6 million children,&amp;#8221; says Damon in the video. &amp;quot;That&amp;#8217;s more than the population of Manhattan and Paris combined. Today, some of us wake up to a full meal, while others wake up to nothing. We may live in different worlds, but we share the same planet. And what affects some of us now, may affect all of us tomorrow.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;Without action, climate change will cause widespread decreases in crop yields. For every one degree rise in temperature, we get a 10% decline in agriculture production. Water shortages threaten to reduce the global food supply by more than 10% in the next 25 years.&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The Department is actively engaging the public about the implications of global hunger and food insecurity. This video was introduced to help answer these questions in an accessible way not just for the American population, but to be used as a tool around the world.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;If we don&amp;#8217;t work to counteract these effects, we will lose our ability to grow enough affordable food on our planet. By 2030, there will be an estimated 1.8 billion more people to feed. Instability and political unrest rise as food becomes more scarce.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;See the future &amp;#8211; feed the future &amp;#8211; change the future.&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;To view the video, click &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/video/166-feed-the-future-matt-damon-u-s-department-of-state-psa&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;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3244-matt-damon-writes-on-the-importance-of-giving-back&quot;&gt;Matt Damon Writes On The Importance Of Giving Back&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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  <pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:00:00 -0000</pubDate>
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  <title>Christmas Charity Singles Hit The Market</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;It&amp;#8217;s that time year again &amp;#8211; a new wave of charity singles are about to hit the market to spread goodwill in the Christmas season.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Leading the pack this year is a new single from &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/618-eric-clapton&quot;&gt;Eric Clapton&lt;/a&gt; recorded with Paul Stewart &amp;#8211; eldest son of Formula One legend Sir Jackie Stewart &amp;#8211; called &amp;#8220;Fly Free.&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Recorded in honour of the racing legend&amp;#8217;s 70th birthday, the song will be released on 15 November 2009. All proceeds will be donated to the Grand Prix Mechanics&amp;#8217; Charitable Trust, an organization founded by Sir Jackie Stewart and others more than 20 years ago that assists Grand Prix, former Grand Prix mechanics, their wives, widows and children in times of need.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Also available is a charity single by veteran British television and radio presenter &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1601-terry-wogan&quot;&gt;Terry Wogan&lt;/a&gt;, who has &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3072-beatlemania-returns-for-charity&quot;&gt;released a version of The Beatles&amp;#8217; classic All You Need Is Love&lt;/a&gt; for &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;And for lovers of classic artists, don&amp;#8217;t forget &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/514-bob-dylan&quot;&gt;Bob Dylan&amp;#8217;s&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3029-bob-dylans-christmas-album-to-aid-the-hungry&quot;&gt;charity Christmas album available right now&lt;/a&gt;. The &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3153-bob-dylan-gives-royalties-to-world-hunger-programme&quot;&gt;album came out last month&lt;/a&gt; and benefits &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/426-second-harvest&quot;&gt;Feeding America&lt;/a&gt; and the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/182-world-food-programme&quot;&gt;World Food Programme&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
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  <pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:00:00 -0000</pubDate>
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  <title>Billy Ray Cyrus Swaps Sandwiches 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;Earlier this year, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3002-billy-ray-cyrus-supports-sandwich-swap&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Look To The Stars&lt;/em&gt; brought you news&lt;/a&gt; about &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1888-billy-ray-cyrus&quot;&gt;Billy Ray Cyrus&amp;#8217;&lt;/a&gt; sandwich swap initiative for &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/426-second-harvest&quot;&gt;Feeding America&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;For every sandwich created on Hellmann&amp;#8217;s page on Facebook (Facebook.com/hellmanns), Hellmann&amp;#8217;s and Best Foods donated 7 lunches to Feeding America. Creating a sandwich automatically entered participants for a chance to win a $250 grocery store gift certificate. And for every friend on Facebook that you shared your sandwich with, Hellmann&amp;#8217;s donated an additional 7 lunches to the charity. There was also a special eBay auction where the highest bidder won the opportunity to swap a real life sandwich with Cyrus backstage just before his concert in Niceville, Florida.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We can now bring you a photo of the winning bidders, Zachary Plastina, 10, and his mother Carolyn McKelvy, and announce that over 700,000 lunches were donated through the program.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Photo: Billy Ray Cyrus and Sandwich Swap Winners&quot; class=&quot;photo story_wide&quot; src=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/photo/2962-billy-ray-cyrus-and-sandwich-swap-winners/story_wide.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Billy Ray Cyrus and Sandwich Swap Winners&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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  <pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:00:00 -0000</pubDate>
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  <title>Matt Damon&#8217;s Persistent Efforts To Supply Africa With Clean Water</title>
  <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;small&gt;Written by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/contributor/17-elizabeth-willoughby&quot;&gt;Elizabeth Willoughby&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Taking a break from promoting his latest film at the Toronto International Film Festival last month, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/231-matt-damon&quot;&gt;Matt Damon&lt;/a&gt; squeezed in a side-line interview on completely different subject &#8211; charity &#8211; with the Toronto Star.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Toronto seems to be an annual escape for Damon. He is, after all, the most famous face regularly attached to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/350-onexone&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;ONEXONE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, a Canadian charity that works to improve the lives of children around the world. Keen to make a difference in the lives of the impoverished, Damon says that since he is finally in a position to do so, for him there is no question.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;[Growing up], we had a magnet on our refrigerator,&amp;#8221; he told the Star. &amp;#8220;It was a quote from Gandhi: &amp;#8216;No matter how insignificant what you do may seem, it is most important that you do it.&amp;#8217; I was raised to believe that and I still do. It&amp;#8217;s incumbent on us as citizens of the world to do the best we can within our sphere of influence to effect positive change.&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Recalling a recent trip to Ethiopia, he was disturbed to see children drink water that was so dirty it looked like chocolate milk. The alternative, though, would have been for them to not drink, and die faster.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;That kind of deprivation isn&amp;#8217;t even on our radar in North America,&amp;#8221; said Damon, &amp;#8220;but in Africa it&amp;#8217;s the central pre-occupation of many people&amp;#8217;s lives. Every 15 seconds a child dies because of lack of clean water. There&amp;#8217;s two and a half billion people in the world without any toilet facilities.&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Although he says he enjoys spending his time on these projects, such experiences are deeply affecting for Damon: &amp;#8220;When I get back from one of these trips, I sit with my wife and finally, after hours and hours of silence, I&amp;#8217;ll start talking about what I&amp;#8217;ve just seen and experienced. You see the need. You feel it. And it does mark you.&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3380-matt-damon-records-psa-for-global-hunger&quot;&gt;Matt Damon Records PSA For Global Hunger&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;
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  <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:00:00 -0000</pubDate>
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  <title>Charlize Theron Kisses For Charity Cash</title>
  <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/350-onexone&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;ONEXONE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, the charitable organization committed to fighting health issues and preserving the lives of children locally and globally, hosted their 2nd Annual &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;ONEXONE&lt;/span&gt; Fundraiser at Bimbo&amp;#8217;s 365 Club in San Francisco, CA on Thursday, October 22.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Academy Award-winner &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/34-charlize-theron&quot;&gt;Charlize Theron&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/894-jeremy-piven&quot;&gt;Jeremy Piven&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1133-josh-groban&quot;&gt;Josh Groban&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/639-carlos-santana&quot;&gt;Carlos Santana&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/734-david-arquette&quot;&gt;David Arquette&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/540-mia-hamm&quot;&gt;Mia Hamm&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/989-nomar-garciaparra&quot;&gt;Nomar Garciaparra&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1730-laila-ali&quot;&gt;Laila Ali&lt;/a&gt; and more helped raise funds and awareness for charitable causes.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The evening featured keynote speaker Vicki Escarra, &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;CEO&lt;/span&gt; of &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/426-second-harvest&quot;&gt;Feeding America&lt;/a&gt;, along with a special headline performance from &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/842-snow-patrol&quot;&gt;Snow Patrol&lt;/a&gt;. Additional entertainment included performances by Josh Groban, Carlos Santana, Spencer Day, the local jazz vocalist from San Francisco, and Ethan Bortnick, the 8-year old pianist and composer who wrote his own song &amp;#8220;It&amp;#8217;s For the Kids&amp;#8221; in honor of the event. &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;ONEXONE&lt;/span&gt; also welcomed back Jay Bilas for his second year as Master of Ceremonies.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Academy Award-winner Charlize Theron, on behalf of the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/929-charlize-theron-african-outreach-project&quot;&gt;Charlize Theron African Outreach Project&lt;/a&gt;, and 2-time World Cup Champion and Olympic Gold Medalist Mia Hamm also announced the latest initiative &amp;#8220;Home Field Advantage&amp;#8221; in partnership with &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;ONEXONE&lt;/span&gt; and Academy Award-winner &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/231-matt-damon&quot;&gt;Matt Damon&lt;/a&gt; which will bring soccer fields and clean water to the children of South Africa by 2010. The Charlize Theron Africa Outreach Project and the &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;ONEXONE&lt;/span&gt; Foundation will work together on this initiative to bolster impoverished rural South African communities with plans to break ground by the 2010 &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;FIFA&lt;/span&gt; World Cup.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The highlight of the evening came during the live auction when Charlize Theron helped auction off a two-week trip to South Africa for the World Cup plus a kiss from her for $140,000. Jeremy Piven also jumped onstage during the live auction and encouraged two guests to bid $140,000 each for a walk-on roll on the hit &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;HBO&lt;/span&gt; show &amp;#8220;Entourage&amp;#8221; for a total of $280,000.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;The night was a huge success and we&amp;#8217;d like to thank the generous people of San Francisco for their continued support,&amp;#8221; said Marc Joubert, President of &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;ONEXONE&lt;/span&gt; U.S.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;ONEXONE&lt;/span&gt; event in San Francisco focuses not only on raising funds and awareness for the issues, but also on producing a top-notch show that entertains and educates the audience at the same time. &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;ONEXONE&lt;/span&gt; was founded in 2005 by Diesel Canada President, Joelle Berdugo Adler, and has raised more than $9 million for children around the world since that time.&lt;/p&gt;
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  <pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:00:00 -0000</pubDate>
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  <title>Carrie Ann Inaba iParticipates At Food Bank</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;ABC&amp;#8217;s &lt;em&gt;Dancing with the Stars&lt;/em&gt; judge and iParticipate celebrity ambassador &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1225-carrie-ann-inaba&quot;&gt;Carrie Ann Inaba&lt;/a&gt; donated her time &amp;#8211; along with 50-plus volunteers &amp;#8211; for a day of service at the Three Square Food Bank in Las Vegas on Wednesday, October 21.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The event was part of the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3273-stars-want-fans-to-iparticipate-in-charity-initiative&quot;&gt;iParticipate initiative&lt;/a&gt; that &lt;em&gt;Look To The Stars&lt;/em&gt; reported on earlier this week, in which celebrities such as &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1835-michelle-obama&quot;&gt;Michelle Obama&lt;/a&gt;, Blythe Danner, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/246-morgan-freeman&quot;&gt;Morgan Freeman&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/210-faith-hill&quot;&gt;Faith Hill&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/170-matthew-mcconaughey&quot;&gt;Matthew McConaughey&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/72-gwyneth-paltrow&quot;&gt;Gwyneth Paltrow&lt;/a&gt;, Simon Baker (CBS&amp;#8217; The Mentalist), &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1334-emily-deschanel&quot;&gt;Emily Deschanel&lt;/a&gt; (FOX&amp;#8217;s Bones), &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/64-eva-longoria&quot;&gt;Eva Longoria Parker&lt;/a&gt; (ABC&amp;#8217;s Desperate Housewives), &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/377-julia-louis-dreyfus&quot;&gt;Julia Louis Dreyfus&lt;/a&gt; (CBS&amp;#8217; The New Adventures of Old Christine), &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/949-masi-oka&quot;&gt;Masi Oka&lt;/a&gt; (NBC&amp;#8217;s Heroes), &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1373-michael-strahan&quot;&gt;Michael Strahan&lt;/a&gt; (FOX&amp;#8217;s Brothers), Kate Walsh (ABC&amp;#8217;s Private Practice) and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/238-rainn-wilson&quot;&gt;Rainn Wilson&lt;/a&gt; (NBC&amp;#8217;s The Office) have joined with the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/134-entertainment-industry-foundation&quot;&gt;Entertainment Industry Foundation&lt;/a&gt; to encourage people to volunteer for good causes.&#8232; &#8232;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Inaba joined her fellow volunteers in sorting and packaging food for distribution to needy residents of Southern Nevada. Three Square is the only food bank in Las Vegas and prepares more than 8 million meals annually for underprivileged families.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Photo: Carrie Ann Inaba At iParticipate Event&quot; class=&quot;photo story_wide&quot; src=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/photo/2954-carrie-ann-inaba-at-iparticipate-event/story_wide.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Carrie Ann Inaba At iParticipate Event&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The photo shows iParticipate celebrity ambassador Carrie Ann Inaba, center, and UnitedHealthcare employees Brian Elkjer, left, and Jay Sivasailam at the Three Square food bank in North Las Vegas during the event.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Photo &amp;#169; Isaac Brekken/UnitedHealthcare&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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  <title>Sopranos Star Rocks The Hard Rock For Charity</title>
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Sopranos&lt;/em&gt; star &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1680-vincent-pastore&quot;&gt;Vincent Pastore&lt;/a&gt; will host a special event for &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/238-world-hunger-year&quot;&gt;World Hunger Year&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;WHY&lt;/span&gt;) tonight, October 22.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;WHY&lt;/span&gt; Guys Rock The Hard Rock will kick off the 2009 Hungerthon at the Hard Rock Cafe on Times Square with a huge number of bands and performers. From 6pm till midnight the stage will be quaking with bands such as Gary US Bonds, Willie Nile, Jackie Martling, La Dolce Vita with Michael Imperioli, Joe D&amp;#8217;Urso and Stone Caravan, Tom Chapin, Jen Chapin, Big John Wallace, Chris Brown and Bookends, Kate Taylor, and The Bada Bing Boys with Vin Pastore himself &#8230; plus some surprise guests.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;WHY&lt;/span&gt; was formed in 1975 by Bill Ayres, a radio talk-show host, and singer/songwriter Harry Chapin. Chapin&amp;#8217;s daughter, Jen, who features in tonight&amp;#8217;s concert, said that her father &amp;#8220;saw hunger and poverty as an insult to America&amp;#8221;. Many of his concerts were benefit performances for the 82 charities he was known to support, and the sales of all his concert merchandise were donated directly to &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;WHY&lt;/span&gt;. At the time of his death in 1981, it was discovered that Chapin had donated almost all of his personal fortune to charity. Today, &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;WHY&lt;/span&gt; is an international non-profit organization that connects grass roots charities to funding expertise and publicity.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ticketmaster.com/Whys-Guys-Rock-the-Hard-Rock-a-Benefit-for-Why-tickets/artist/1367324&quot;&gt;Tickets&lt;/a&gt; are $50 for general admission.&lt;/p&gt;
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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;

&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/3434-annie-lennox-to-receive-freedom-of-london-award&quot;&gt;Annie Lennox To Receive Freedom Of London Award&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3418-harrison-ford-to-host-environmental-charity-awards&quot;&gt;Harrison Ford To Host Environmental Charity Awards&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3416-eva-longoria-and-friends-to-rally-for-kids-with-cancer&quot;&gt;Eva Longoria And Friends To Rally For Kids With Cancer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3412-eva-longoria-honored-for-philanthropy&quot;&gt;Eva Longoria Honored For Philanthropy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3400-ltts-exclusive-ashley-judd-awarded-as-hollywood-hero&quot;&gt;LTTS Exclusive - Ashley Judd Awarded As Hollywood Hero&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>
  <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>
  <category>Children's Hospital Los Angeles</category>
  <category>Norman Lear</category>
  <category>Joel Madden</category>
  <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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  <title>Stars Want Fans To iParticipate In Charity Initiative</title>
  <description>&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/134-entertainment-industry-foundation&quot;&gt;Entertainment Industry Foundation&lt;/a&gt; has mobilized the entertainment community around a groundbreaking initiative designed to inspire a new era of service and volunteerism.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Called &lt;em&gt;iParticipate&lt;/em&gt;, the initiative aims to show what we can achieve when we all pull together. A number of celebrities have given their support to the campaign, including &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1835-michelle-obama&quot;&gt;Michelle Obama&lt;/a&gt;, Blythe Danner, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/246-morgan-freeman&quot;&gt;Morgan Freeman&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/210-faith-hill&quot;&gt;Faith Hill&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/170-matthew-mcconaughey&quot;&gt;Matthew McConaughey&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/72-gwyneth-paltrow&quot;&gt;Gwyneth Paltrow&lt;/a&gt;, Simon Baker (CBS&amp;#8217; The Mentalist), &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1334-emily-deschanel&quot;&gt;Emily Deschanel&lt;/a&gt; (FOX&amp;#8217;s Bones), &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/64-eva-longoria&quot;&gt;Eva Longoria Parker&lt;/a&gt; (ABC&amp;#8217;s Desperate Housewives), &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/377-julia-louis-dreyfus&quot;&gt;Julia Louis Dreyfus&lt;/a&gt; (CBS&amp;#8217; The New Adventures of Old Christine), &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/949-masi-oka&quot;&gt;Masi Oka&lt;/a&gt; (NBC&amp;#8217;s Heroes), &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1373-michael-strahan&quot;&gt;Michael Strahan&lt;/a&gt; (FOX&amp;#8217;s Brothers), Kate Walsh (ABC&amp;#8217;s Private Practice) and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/238-rainn-wilson&quot;&gt;Rainn Wilson&lt;/a&gt; (NBC&amp;#8217;s The Office).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;As a centerpiece for this initiative, &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;EIF&lt;/span&gt; has enlisted major broadcast networks including, &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;ABC&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;CBS&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;FOX&lt;/span&gt; and &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;NBC&lt;/span&gt;, for an unprecedented, week-long television event beginning Monday, October 19. Tune in to seven days and nights of television and watch how your favorite TV shows and personalities shine a light on the power of community service.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The rate at which Americans volunteer regularly has not increased in 40 years and has generally remained around 26% of the population, according to a survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. While volunteerism usually declines during periods of economic distress, volunteerism is currently on the rise in America, particularly among young people, according to the Corporation for National and Community Service.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;EIF&lt;/span&gt; has also produced a series of public service announcements to reinforce the importance of volunteerism. Through these PSAs, &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;EIF&lt;/span&gt; will also recognize and encourage support for five key areas of service: Education &amp;amp; Children, Health &amp;amp; Well Being, Economic Development, Environmental Conservation, and Support for Military Families.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;To coincide with the week of programming, hundreds of employees working at entertainment industry companies are answering the call to serve with organized volunteer projects throughout Los Angeles. Planned projects include:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Tuesday, October 20&lt;br /&gt;
Paramount Pictures, &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;NBC&lt;/span&gt; Universal and United Talent Agency (&lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;UTA&lt;/span&gt;) will team up to make food packages for families at the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
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	&lt;li&gt;Thursday, October 22&lt;br /&gt;
Warner Bros. Entertainment employees will be planting trees in Griffith Park, which was devastated by fires last year, in partnership with TreePeople. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;WME&lt;/span&gt; Entertainment will volunteer at the Lowman Special Education Center with &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/393-the-art-of-elysium&quot;&gt;The Art of Elysium&lt;/a&gt;, a program that helps children battling serious medical conditions. &lt;br /&gt;
Fox Entertainment Group, International Creative Management (&lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;ICM&lt;/span&gt;) and Screen Actors Guild(&lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;SAG&lt;/span&gt;) will work side-by-side with &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;CITY&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;YEAR&lt;/span&gt; corps members to beautify Carthay Center Elementary School.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Friday October 23&lt;br /&gt;
Sony Pictures Entertainment,&lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;AEG&lt;/span&gt; and Paradigm will build homes for Habitat for Humanity at the first &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;LEED&lt;/span&gt; certified housing development in the city of Lynwood.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Saturday, October 24&lt;br /&gt;
Disney | ABCTelevision Group and Creative Artists Agency(&lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;CAA&lt;/span&gt;) will assemble holiday care packages for military troops with Operation Gratitude at the Van Nuys National Guard Armory.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Other entertainment organizations who will volunteer this week include: &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;CBS&lt;/span&gt;, Directors Guild of America, Nickelodeon, Producers Guild of America and Writers Guild of America.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Also as part of the initiative, ABC&amp;#8217;s Dancing with the Stars judge and iParticipate celebrity ambassador &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1225-carrie-ann-inaba&quot;&gt;Carrie Ann Inaba&lt;/a&gt; will donate her time along with 50-plus volunteers for a day of service at the Three Square Food Bank in Las Vegas on Wednesday, October 21st at 10:30 AM.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Inaba will join her fellow volunteers in sorting and packaging food for distribution to needy residents of Southern Nevada. Three Square is the only food bank in Las Vegas and prepares more than 8 million meals annually for underprivileged families. Inaba supports numerous charities along with &amp;#8220;iParticipate&amp;#8221; including the Face Foundation and Rescue Train.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;To find out more about iParticipate, to watch PSAs, or to take part in this amazing revolution of volunteerism, visit the &lt;a href=&quot;http://iparticipate.org/&quot;&gt;official website here&lt;/a&gt;.&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/3443-star-studded-event-honors-cnn-everyday-heroes&quot;&gt;Star-Studded Event Honors CNN Everyday Heroes&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3418-harrison-ford-to-host-environmental-charity-awards&quot;&gt;Harrison Ford To Host Environmental Charity Awards&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3416-eva-longoria-and-friends-to-rally-for-kids-with-cancer&quot;&gt;Eva Longoria And Friends To Rally For Kids With Cancer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3412-eva-longoria-honored-for-philanthropy&quot;&gt;Eva Longoria Honored For Philanthropy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3411-get-your-hands-on-matthew-mcconaugheys-baby-stroller-for-charity&quot;&gt;Get Your Hands On Matthew McConaughey's Baby Stroller For Charity&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
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  <pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:00:00 -0000</pubDate>
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  <category>Faith Hill</category>
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  <category>Masi Oka</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;ul&gt;
	&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;
&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/3434-annie-lennox-to-receive-freedom-of-london-award&quot;&gt;Annie Lennox To Receive Freedom Of London Award&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3418-harrison-ford-to-host-environmental-charity-awards&quot;&gt;Harrison Ford To Host Environmental Charity Awards&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3416-eva-longoria-and-friends-to-rally-for-kids-with-cancer&quot;&gt;Eva Longoria And Friends To Rally For Kids With Cancer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3412-eva-longoria-honored-for-philanthropy&quot;&gt;Eva Longoria Honored For Philanthropy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3400-ltts-exclusive-ashley-judd-awarded-as-hollywood-hero&quot;&gt;LTTS Exclusive - Ashley Judd Awarded As Hollywood Hero&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>The Blind Project</category>
  <category>Padres Contra el Cancer</category>
  <category>Playing for Change</category>
  <category>Morgan Freeman</category>
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  <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>
  <category>Children's Hospital Los Angeles</category>
  <category>Norman Lear</category>
  <category>Joel Madden</category>
  <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>Antonio Banderas</category>
  <category>Shriners Hospitals for Children</category>
  <category>Brian McKnight</category>
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  <category>Emily Bear</category>
  <category>Timothy Mitchum</category>
  <category>Red Cross</category>
  <category>Artists for a New South Africa</category>
  <category>Campaign for Female Education</category>
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  <title>See Sienna Miller's Congo Documentary</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;Actress &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/191-sienna-miller&quot;&gt;Sienna Miller&lt;/a&gt; was a guest on &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/531-david-letterman&quot;&gt;David Letterman&amp;#8217;s&lt;/a&gt; show earlier this week and talked about her trip &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/2439-sienna-miller-raises-awareness-from-the-congo&quot;&gt;to the Congo that she made earlier this year&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;During the trip &amp;#8211; which she made with &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/1294-international-medical-corps&quot;&gt;International Medical Corps&lt;/a&gt; &amp;#8211; Miller made a short documentary about the situation in the country, where over 5.5 million people have been killed since 1998. The documentary focuses on the horrors experienced by women in the country at the hands of soldiers, who &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/2892-sienna-miller-traumatized-by-the-horrors-of-the-congo&quot;&gt;use rape as a weapon of war&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;To view the documentary, visit &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.takepart.com/congowomen&quot;&gt;TakePart.org&lt;/a&gt;. The site also tells you how you can help stop the war in the Congo by supporting relief work and ceasing the trade of minerals mined in the country.&lt;/p&gt;
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  &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/3226-celebrities-select-favorite-poetry-for-charity-book&quot;&gt;Celebrities Select Favorite Poetry For Charity Book&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3053-toronto-film-festival-to-host-cinema-against-aids&quot;&gt;Toronto Film Festival To Host Cinema Against AIDS&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/2892-sienna-miller-traumatized-by-the-horrors-of-the-congo&quot;&gt;Sienna Miller Traumatized By The Horrors Of The Congo&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/2756-stars-sign-mini-for-british-forces-morale&quot;&gt;Stars Sign Mini For British Forces Morale&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
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  <pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 13:00:00 -0000</pubDate>
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  <category>Sienna Miller</category>
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  <title>ONEXONE Prepares For Star-Studded Fundraiser</title>
  <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/350-onexone&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;ONEXONE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, a charitable organization committed to fighting health issues and preserving the lives of children locally and globally, will host the 2nd Annual &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;ONEXONE&lt;/span&gt; Fundraiser at Bimbo&amp;#8217;s 365 Club in San Francisco, CA on Thursday, October 22.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Academy Award-winner &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/231-matt-damon&quot;&gt;Matt Damon&lt;/a&gt; will be the ambassador for the evening, which features keynote speaker Vicki Escarra, &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;CEO&lt;/span&gt; of &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/426-second-harvest&quot;&gt;Feeding America&lt;/a&gt; and Master of Ceremonies Jay Bilas. The annual fundraiser will announce details surrounding the organization&amp;#8217;s latest program in partnership with &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;ONEXONE&lt;/span&gt; Ambassadors Matt Damon and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/540-mia-hamm&quot;&gt;Mia Hamm&lt;/a&gt;, and Academy-Award winner &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/34-charlize-theron&quot;&gt;Charlize Theron&lt;/a&gt; and the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/929-charlize-theron-african-outreach-project&quot;&gt;Charlize Theron African Outreach Project&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The evening will include a special headline performance by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/842-snow-patrol&quot;&gt;Snow Patrol&lt;/a&gt;, along with musical performances by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1133-josh-groban&quot;&gt;Josh Groban&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/639-carlos-santana&quot;&gt;Carlos Santana&lt;/a&gt;, local San Francisco jazz musician Spencer Day and 8-year old pianist and composer Ethan Bortnick, along with other special guests.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;ONEXONE&lt;/span&gt; is a unique umbrella organization that partners with talented and dedicated NGOs to implement specific programs which align with its mission statement &#8211; the alleviation of suffering of children locally and globally &#8211; and important programs targeted to health, education, self-esteem and dignity. Through its ongoing campaigns, the &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;ONEXONE&lt;/span&gt; foundation is committed to supporting, preserving and improving the lives of children at home and around the world. &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;ONEXONE&lt;/span&gt; was founded in 2005 by Diesel Canada President, Joelle Berdugo Adler.&lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3437-lebron-james-donates-to-onexone&quot;&gt;Lebron James Donates to ONEXONE&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3414-jon-lovitz-leads-silly-walks-for-charity&quot;&gt;Jon Lovitz Leads Silly Walks For Charity&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3386-take-that-and-friends-to-rock-children-in-need-tonight&quot;&gt;Take That And Friends To Rock Children In Need Tonight&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3380-matt-damon-records-psa-for-global-hunger&quot;&gt;Matt Damon Records PSA For Global Hunger&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3369-christmas-charity-singles-hit-the-market&quot;&gt;Christmas Charity Singles Hit The Market&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
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  <pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:00:00 -0000</pubDate>
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  <category>ONEXONE</category>
  <category>Matt Damon</category>
  <category>Second Harvest</category>
  <category>Mia Hamm</category>
  <category>Charlize Theron</category>
  <category>Charlize Theron African Outreach Project</category>
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  <title>Gwyneth Paltrow Encourages Volunteers In PSA</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;Oscar winner &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/72-gwyneth-paltrow&quot;&gt;Gwyneth Paltrow&lt;/a&gt; and her mother, Blythe Danner, have teamed up to appear in a new &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;PSA&lt;/span&gt; encouraging people to volunteer.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The ad is sponsored by the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/134-entertainment-industry-foundation&quot;&gt;Entertainment Industry Foundation&lt;/a&gt; and United Healthcare and aims to get more people interested in helping at a community level.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;The biggest blessing in life is to realise your personal power &amp;#8211; community work brings families closer together,&amp;#8221; says Paltrow in the ad. &amp;quot;Doing good for others, doing positive action &amp;#8211; help always comes back around and enriches your life. It&amp;#8217;s the biggest gift you could ever give yourself.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;Join us in volunteering.&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;To watch the ad, click &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/video/157-blythe-danner-and-gwyneth-paltrow-celebrate-the-health-benefits-of-volunteering&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&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/3403-gwyneth-paltrow-and-famous-friends-hold-charity-sale&quot;&gt;Gwyneth Paltrow And Famous Friends Hold Charity Sale&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;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;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;/ul&gt;
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  <pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 11:30:00 -0000</pubDate>
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  <title>Wyclef Jean Gets His Boots On 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/490-wyclef-jean&quot;&gt;Wyclef Jean&lt;/a&gt; has teamed up with outdoor clothing brand Timberland to launch a range of eco-friendly footwear to aid the redevelopment of his native Haiti.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The new collection features 16 different designs, and $2 from the sale of each pair will go to the musician&amp;#8217;s &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/491-yele-haiti-foundation&quot;&gt;Y&#233;le Haiti Foundation&lt;/a&gt; to help with reforestation. Jean founded the charity in 2005 to make a difference in education, health, environment and community development in his native country.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;I really think that we&amp;#8217;re going to sell a whole lot of boots and I really think we&amp;#8217;re going plant a whole lot of trees in Haiti,&amp;#8221; said Jean.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;A line of T-shirts designed by Haitian children will also be sold at the singer&amp;#8217;s concerts, as well as organic shirts and headwear.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;We thought there was a strong connection or opportunity to connect based on our shared values,&amp;#8221; said Margaret Morey-Reuner, Senior Manager for Values Marketing at Timberland. &amp;#8220;The campaign will be top-heavy on social and digital media and PR versus traditional advertising. There&amp;#8217;s a benefit to taking that approach because Wyclef has such a strong fan-base, and we have a strong consumer base.&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;To find out more about the boots, which will be launched in 2010, click &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.earthkeeper.com/wyclef&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&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/3440-wyclef-jean-and-bono-receive-ripple-of-hope-award&quot;&gt;Wyclef Jean And Bono Receive &#8216;Ripple Of Hope Award&#8217;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3385-hard-rock-serves-up-john-lennon-for-charity&quot;&gt;Hard Rock Serves Up John Lennon For Charity&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3223-will-smith-to-host-nobel-peace-concert&quot;&gt;Will Smith To Host Nobel Peace Concert&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3053-toronto-film-festival-to-host-cinema-against-aids&quot;&gt;Toronto Film Festival To Host Cinema Against AIDS&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/2832-nelson-mandelas-91st-celebrated-in-style&quot;&gt;Nelson Mandela's 91st Celebrated In Style&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
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  <pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 13:00:00 -0000</pubDate>
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  <title>Friends Stars Revive Smelly Cat 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;Fans of the long-running TV show &lt;em&gt;Friends&lt;/em&gt; were in for a treat earlier this week when two of the sitcom&amp;#8217;s stars performed &amp;#8220;Smelly Cat&amp;#8221; at a charity concert to raise money for &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/426-second-harvest&quot;&gt;Feeding America&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/44-courteney-cox&quot;&gt;Courteney Cox&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1272-lisa-kudrow&quot;&gt;Lisa Kudrow&lt;/a&gt; were onstage at Club Nokia in Los Angeles on Tuesday, September 29, to announce &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/267-sheryl-crow&quot;&gt;Sheryl Crow&lt;/a&gt;, who was performing at the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3040-crow-harper-madden-and-lang-will-rock-a-little-feed-a-lot&quot;&gt;Rock a Little, Feed a Lot concert&lt;/a&gt;. But when the audience started calling out for the Smelly Cat song &#8211; a classic ditty sung regularly by Phoebe (Kudrow) in the show &#8211; the two stars couldn&amp;#8217;t resist.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The concert &#8211; which also featured &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/482-ben-harper&quot;&gt;Ben Harper&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1901-benji-madden&quot;&gt;Benji&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/904-joel-madden&quot;&gt;Joel Madden&lt;/a&gt; and many others &#8211; aimed help raise awareness and funds for the 35 million people who are at risk of hunger in America.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;It is so important for everyone across the country to dare to be conscious and aware of the struggles of those around them&#8212;even if those struggles are not the same as their own. Feeding America does just that, and it&amp;#8217;s a great privilege for me to unite with them in their cause,&amp;#8221; said Sheryl Crow.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;Rock a Little, Feed a Lot&amp;#8221; is one of many initiatives in the works for Feeding America&amp;#8217;s Hunger Action Month and benefited both Feeding America and its local member, the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/1382-los-angeles-regional-foodbank&quot;&gt;Los Angeles Regional Foodbank&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;To watch a video of Lisa Kudrow singing &lt;em&gt;Smelly Cat&lt;/em&gt; at the concert, click &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZfY-M46hSM&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/3414-jon-lovitz-leads-silly-walks-for-charity&quot;&gt;Jon Lovitz Leads Silly Walks For Charity&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3375-jennifer-aniston-and-courteney-cox-join-up-for-the-congo&quot;&gt;Jennifer Aniston And Courteney Cox Join Up For The Congo&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3371-stars-come-out-for-march-of-dimes&quot;&gt;Stars Come Out For March Of Dimes&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3369-christmas-charity-singles-hit-the-market&quot;&gt;Christmas Charity Singles Hit The Market&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &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;/ul&gt;
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  <pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 12:30:00 -0000</pubDate>
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  <category>Second Harvest</category>
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  <title>Matt Damon Announces 2nd Annual ONEXONE Fundraiser In San Francisco</title>
  <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/350-onexone&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;ONEXONE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &amp;#8211; the charitable organization committed to fighting health issues and preserving the lives of children locally and globally &amp;#8211; along with Academy Award-winner &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/231-matt-damon&quot;&gt;Matt Damon&lt;/a&gt;, will host their 2nd Annual &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;ONEXONE&lt;/span&gt; Fundraiser at Bimbo&amp;#8217;s 365 Club in San Francisco, CA on Thursday, October 22.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The evening will feature keynote speaker Vicki Escarra, &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;CEO&lt;/span&gt; of &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/426-second-harvest&quot;&gt;Feeding America&lt;/a&gt;, along with a special headline performance from &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/842-snow-patrol&quot;&gt;Snow Patrol&lt;/a&gt;, who is coming off their highly successful solo tour in the U.S. and recent sold-out tour with &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/245-u2&quot;&gt;U2&lt;/a&gt;. Additional speakers and entertainment include &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/639-carlos-santana&quot;&gt;Carlos Santana&lt;/a&gt; on behalf of The &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/647-milagro-foundation&quot;&gt;Milagro Foundation&lt;/a&gt;, Spencer Day, a local jazz vocalist from San Francisco, and Ethan Bortnick, the 8-year old pianist and composer. &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;ONEXONE&lt;/span&gt; will also welcome back Jay Bilas for his second year as Master of Ceremonies.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In addition, the annual fundraiser will announce details surrounding the organizations latest program in partnership with &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;ONEXONE&lt;/span&gt; Ambassadors Matt Damon and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/540-mia-hamm&quot;&gt;Mia Hamm&lt;/a&gt;, and Academy-Award winner &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/34-charlize-theron&quot;&gt;Charlize Theron&lt;/a&gt; and the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/929-charlize-theron-african-outreach-project&quot;&gt;Charlize Theron African Outreach Project&lt;/a&gt;. The partnership between &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;ONEXONE&lt;/span&gt; and the Charlize Theron African Outreach Project pools their resources and combines their dedications in a new and unique charitable initiative that will be unveiled at the October 22 fete.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;We feel lucky to be able to bring this event back to San Francisco after such a successful launch last year,&amp;#8221; said Marc Joubert, President of &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;ONEXONE&lt;/span&gt; U.S. &amp;#8220;It&amp;#8217;s a great city and the people of San Francisco are so generous, they genuinely care about the issues and are committed to helping make a difference. We&amp;#8217;re also excited to come back and unveil a brand new initiative that will make this year&amp;#8217;s event even bigger and better than last year&amp;#8217;s.&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;ONEXONE&lt;/span&gt; event in San Francisco focuses not only on raising funds and awareness for the issues, but also on producing a top-notch show that entertains and educates the audience at the same time. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/1459-matt-damon-hosts-one-x-one-gala-in-san-francisco&quot;&gt;Last year&amp;#8217;s inaugural event to celebrate the launch of their U.S. operation&lt;/a&gt;, and the international charity&amp;#8217;s first American home, did just that while raising more than $1 million for the organization. &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;ONEXONE&lt;/span&gt; was founded in 2005 by Diesel Canada President, Joelle Berdugo Adler, and has raised more than $7 million for children around the world since that time.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;For more information on &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;ONEXONE&lt;/span&gt; please visit www.onexone.org.&lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3440-wyclef-jean-and-bono-receive-ripple-of-hope-award&quot;&gt;Wyclef Jean And Bono Receive &#8216;Ripple Of Hope Award&#8217;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3437-lebron-james-donates-to-onexone&quot;&gt;Lebron James Donates to ONEXONE&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3414-jon-lovitz-leads-silly-walks-for-charity&quot;&gt;Jon Lovitz Leads Silly Walks For Charity&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3398-annie-lennox-awarded-as-woman-of-peace&quot;&gt;Annie Lennox Awarded As Woman Of Peace&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3395-all-you-need-is-love-at-starbucks-for-charity&quot;&gt;All You Need Is Love At Starbucks For Charity&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
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  <pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 15:00:00 -0000</pubDate>
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  <title>Bob Dylan Gives Royalties To World Hunger Programme</title>
  <description>&lt;p&gt;Royalties from &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/514-bob-dylan&quot;&gt;Bob Dylan&amp;#8217;s&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3029-bob-dylans-christmas-album-to-aid-the-hungry&quot;&gt;forthcoming Christmas album&lt;/a&gt; will be donated to the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/182-world-food-programme&quot;&gt;World Food Programme&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;WFP&lt;/span&gt;) at a time when a growing hunger crisis threatens the lives of 108 million people worldwide.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The artist&amp;#8217;s international royalties in perpetuity from his forthcoming album of holiday songs, Christmas In The Heart, to be released 12 October, will be donated to &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;WFP&lt;/span&gt;, the agency said today. &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;WFP&lt;/span&gt; said this extraordinary gift will bring help and hope to hungry families who have been dealt a devastating blow by the financial crisis and stubbornly high food prices.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;Bob Dylan&amp;#8217;s generosity to help &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;WFP&lt;/span&gt; feed the world&amp;#8217;s hungry couldn&amp;#8217;t come at a better time. Starting this Christmas, we can give thousands of meals to hungry school children all over the world, a gift for a lifetime,&amp;#8221; said Josette Sheeran, Executive Director of &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;WFP&lt;/span&gt;, the world&amp;#8217;s largest humanitarian agency, fighting hunger worldwide, adding that for just 25 US cents a day, &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;WFP&lt;/span&gt; can fill a school child&amp;#8217;s cup with porridge to help them learn better and succeed in the future.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;The number of hungry in the world &amp;#8212; many of them children &amp;#8212; has hit an historic high while food assistance has reached a historic low. Today in the United States and in much of Europe, more people are relying on government safety nets for food and support than perhaps ever before, but for 80 per cent of the world, a safety net is little more than a dream. Bob Dylan&amp;#8217;s new album will help change that.&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Bob Dylan commented, &amp;#8220;That the problem of hunger is ultimately solvable means we must each do what we can to help feed those who are suffering and support efforts to find long-term solutions. I&amp;#8217;m honoured to partner with the World Food Programme and [&amp;#8221;Crisis&amp;quot;:http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/218-crisis] in their fight against hunger worldwide.&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Christmas In The Heart will be the 47th album from Bob Dylan, and follows his worldwide chart-topping Together Through Life, released earlier this year. Songs performed by Dylan on this new album include, &amp;#8220;Here Comes Santa Claus,&amp;#8221; &amp;#8220;Winter Wonderland,&amp;#8221; &amp;#8220;Little Drummer Boy&amp;#8221; and &amp;#8220;Must Be Santa.&amp;#8221;&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/3369-christmas-charity-singles-hit-the-market&quot;&gt;Christmas Charity Singles Hit The Market&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3155-iconic-stars-reveal-inspirations-for-charity-calendar&quot;&gt;Iconic Stars Reveal Inspirations For Charity Calendar&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3145-christina-aguilera-highlights-hunger-in-guatemala&quot;&gt;Christina Aguilera Highlights Hunger In Guatemala&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3098-mia-farrow-takes-message-of-hope-to-cameroon&quot;&gt;Mia Farrow Takes Message Of Hope To Cameroon&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3029-bob-dylans-christmas-album-to-aid-the-hungry&quot;&gt;Bob Dylan&#8217;s Christmas Album to Aid the Hungry&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
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  <pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 14:00:00 -0000</pubDate>
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  <title>Christina Aguilera Highlights Hunger In Guatemala</title>
  <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/38-christina-aguilera&quot;&gt;Christina Aguilera&lt;/a&gt; and her husband Jordan Bratman recently traveled with the UN &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/182-world-food-programme&quot;&gt;World Food Programme&lt;/a&gt; to villages in the Guatemalan highlands near Lake Atitlan, where up to 80 percent of the indigenous children are malnourished. Guatemala has the fourth highest child malnutrition rate in the world.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;I wanted to see with my own eyes what hunger means,&amp;#8221; she said. &amp;#8220;I don&amp;#8217;t think I can ever forget these images. The people of &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;WFP&lt;/span&gt; do such a great job helping hungry children and mothers. I&amp;#8217;m thankful for the opportunity to be part of such a wonderful project and incredible team.&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;WFP&lt;/span&gt; brings life-saving food assistance to some 350,000 people in Guatemala &#8211; mostly women and children. It works closely with the Guatemalan government to battle chronic hunger.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;&lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;WFP&lt;/span&gt; urgently needs donations to keep feeding some 150,000 women and undernourished children &#8211; I want to raise awareness and open people&amp;#8217;s eyes so they can get the funds they need to keep on working,&amp;#8221; said Aguilera.&lt;br /&gt;
Many of the children Aguilera saw were much shorter than normal for their age &amp;#8211; a consequence of not getting enough healthy food at an early age.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;One of the biggest lessons I&amp;#8217;m taking away from this trip is the importance of healthy food. If a child under two doesn&amp;#8217;t get the nutrients they need, we can never fix the damage later on,&amp;#8221; the singer said.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Aguilera is also raising awareness of the hunger issue by appearing in the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/1367-world-hunger-relief&quot;&gt;World Hunger Relief&lt;/a&gt; campaign&amp;#8217;s new global public service announcement and advertisement, made possible by &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;KFC&lt;/span&gt;, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell, that will start airing at the end of September. The black and white &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;PSA&lt;/span&gt; captures Aguilera, accompanied by a guitarist, attracting a crowd on a busy corner in Los Angeles as she sings Beautiful to raise money for hunger relief. Graphics illustrate that everyone can do something to help, &amp;#8220;all it takes is a dollar and you, hope is in your hands.&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Aguilera will also appear in World Hunger Relief restaurant posters with the quote, &amp;#8220;Together, we have the power to save lives and go from hunger to hope&amp;#8221; and online efforts, including the campaign&amp;#8217;s web site FromHungertoHope.com.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Global hunger has reached epic proportions this year &#8211; with more than 1 billion hungry people around the world &#8211; due to the convergence of the global economic slowdown; high food prices; increased competition for products that produce energy; severe droughts and floods due to climate change; and increasing demand from growing economies in Asia and South America.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;As a mother, I think it&amp;#8217;s unacceptable that a child dies every six seconds somewhere around the world from hunger and I want to do something about it,&amp;#8221; said Aguilera. &amp;#8220;By lending my voice in the new &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;PSA&lt;/span&gt; for World Hunger Relief, I hope to raise even more awareness about the issue and move millions of people from hunger to hope.&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;As a society, we should not tolerate that global hunger is worse than ever this year with more than 1 billion people going to bed hungry every day,&amp;#8221; said David Novak, Chairman and &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;CEO&lt;/span&gt;, Yum! Brands, Inc. &amp;#8220;We are thankful for Christina&amp;#8217;s passion to join us in the fight against hunger and help us raise attention to this critical issue and save millions of lives. We believe it is our privilege and responsibility to find a meaningful solution to this problem.&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Novak, the presidents from &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;KFC&lt;/span&gt;, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell, other senior executives and franchise leaders traveled to El Salvador in August to see WFP&amp;#8217;s relief efforts. Yum! is announcing that it will donate the first $1 million it raises this year to El Salvador. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;WFP&lt;/span&gt; is the world&amp;#8217;s largest humanitarian organization fighting hunger worldwide. &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;WFP&lt;/span&gt; is currently facing critical funding shortfalls which means it is being forced to reduce, and in some cases, cut food rations to the world&amp;#8217;s hungry, making the World Hunger Relief campaign even more crucial this year.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;&lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;WFP&lt;/span&gt; knows how to reach those most in need and will do what it takes to get a cup of food to any kid in the world,&amp;#8221; said WFP&amp;#8217;s Executive Director, Josette Sheeran. &amp;#8220;But without funding, we can&amp;#8217;t reach these kids. It takes just 25 cents to fill a cup with food. The World Hunger Relief campaign helps fill the cup for tens of thousands of kids &#8211; and we&amp;#8217;re so grateful for it.&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This year, Yum! plans to generate the equivalent of nearly $50 million in awareness of the hunger issue through a &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;PSA&lt;/span&gt;, advertising, public relations, web-based communications and in-restaurant posters. The Company&amp;#8217;s employees and franchisees will be volunteering their time around the globe at hunger relief agencies, food banks, soup kitchens and launching fundraisers.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;World Hunger Relief kicks off its month-long campaign in the U.S. starting Sept. 24 (Long John Silver&amp;#8217;s/A&amp;amp;W All-American Food), Sept. 27 (Pizza Hut), Sept. 28 (&lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;KFC&lt;/span&gt;) and Oct. 8 (Taco Bell). Every U.S. dollar raised will provide four meals for hungry children.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Since World Hunger Relief launched in 2007, more than 1 million of the Company&amp;#8217;s employees, franchisees and their families have volunteered more than 9 million hours to aid hunger relief efforts in communities worldwide. The effort has raised $36 million for &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;WFP&lt;/span&gt; and other hunger relief organizations and is helping to provide approximately 160 million meals and save the lives of about 4 million people in remote corners of the world.&lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3369-christmas-charity-singles-hit-the-market&quot;&gt;Christmas Charity Singles Hit The Market&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3162-celebrity-women-honored-at-humanitarian-awards&quot;&gt;Celebrity Women Honored At Humanitarian Awards&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3153-bob-dylan-gives-royalties-to-world-hunger-programme&quot;&gt;Bob Dylan Gives Royalties To World Hunger Programme&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3098-mia-farrow-takes-message-of-hope-to-cameroon&quot;&gt;Mia Farrow Takes Message Of Hope To Cameroon&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/2914-bono-talks-world-hunger-in-amsterdam&quot;&gt;Bono Talks World Hunger In Amsterdam&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
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  <pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 14:00:00 -0000</pubDate>
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  <title>Christina Applegate's Charity To Benefit From Celebrity T-Shirts</title>
  <description>&lt;p&gt;Actors, musicians and athletes have designed and autographed one-of-a-kind &amp;#8220;I Love. . .&amp;#8221; t-shirts to be auctioned off to benefit &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/39-christina-applegate&quot;&gt;Christina Applegate&amp;#8217;s&lt;/a&gt; foundation Right Action For Women.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The auction is in connection with Lee National Denim Day on October 2, one of the largest single day fundraisers for breast cancer in the country.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Celebrities who have lent their support include: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/751-fergie&quot;&gt;Fergie&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/925-apl-de-ap&quot;&gt;apl.de.ap&lt;/a&gt; &amp;amp; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/926-taboo&quot;&gt;Taboo&lt;/a&gt; of The &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/924-black-eyed-peas&quot;&gt;Black Eyed Peas&lt;/a&gt;, the cast of ABC&amp;#8217;s &amp;#8220;Desperate Housewives,&amp;#8221; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1917-ashley-tisdale&quot;&gt;Ashley Tisdale&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1069-randy-jackson&quot;&gt;Randy Jackson&lt;/a&gt;, Kara DioGuardi, Jennifer Morrison, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1225-carrie-ann-inaba&quot;&gt;Carrie Ann Inaba&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/821-gabrielle-union&quot;&gt;Gabrielle Union&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/678-fran-drescher&quot;&gt;Fran Drescher&lt;/a&gt;, Tiffani Thiessen, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1933-tim-daly&quot;&gt;Tim Daly&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/715-melissa-gilbert&quot;&gt;Melissa Gilbert&lt;/a&gt;. The tees will be auctioned off on &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.charityfolks.com/&quot;&gt;charityfolks.com&lt;/a&gt;. Bidding begins today and will end on October 2. Proceeds will benefit Right Action for Women.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;I&amp;#8217;m overwhelmed by so many familiar faces who have designed a t-shirt to help Right Action for Women which is all about getting high-risk women screened appropriately for breast cancer,&amp;#8221; said Applegate. &amp;#8220;I&amp;#8217;ve been honored to be this year&amp;#8217;s Lee National Denim Day ambassador and this t-shirt embodies the spirit and power of the campaign.&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Applegate is currently serving as ambassador for Lee National Denim Day which benefits the Women&amp;#8217;s Cancer Programs of the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/134-entertainment-industry-foundation&quot;&gt;Entertainment Industry Foundation&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;EIF&lt;/span&gt;). The campaign encourages people to wear their jeans on Friday, October 2, in exchange for a $5 donation to support crucial breast cancer research. Visit denimday.com to sign up.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;Christina is such a powerful leader in the fight against breast cancer, it&amp;#8217;s no surprise her peers are standing up to show their support for her and the fight to end this disease once and for all,&amp;#8221; said Liz Cahill, VP of Marketing and Communications for Lee Jeans. &amp;#8220;We&amp;#8217;re thrilled to see the positive response and hope to see Americans follow her lead by joining us for Denim Day this October 2.&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;As part of the fundraising campaign, the limited edition &amp;#8220;I love life&amp;#8221; t-shirt is available for purchase on &lt;a href=&quot;http://www&quot;&gt;denimday.com&lt;/a&gt;. denimday.com/. Five dollars of every $19.99 purchase will benefit Right Action for Women.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Since its inception in 1996, Denim Day has raised more than $75 million to fight breast cancer.&lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3443-star-studded-event-honors-cnn-everyday-heroes&quot;&gt;Star-Studded Event Honors CNN Everyday Heroes&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3391-kirk-douglas-will-feed-the-hungry-on-thanksgiving&quot;&gt;Kirk Douglas Will Feed The Hungry On Thanksgiving&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3317-fergie-headlines-avon-foundation-for-women-gala&quot;&gt;Fergie Headlines Avon Foundation For Women Gala&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;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3282-randy-jackson-to-attend-charity-photography-exhibition-and-fundraiser&quot;&gt;Randy Jackson To Attend Charity Photography Exhibition And Fundraiser&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
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  <title>John Legend To Speak Charity At University</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;Singer &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/766-john-legend&quot;&gt;John Legend&lt;/a&gt; will speak in Goldstein Auditorium at Syracuse University in New York on September 23 to inspire students to get involved with charities.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Legend will perform songs and talk about his work with the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/789-show-me-campaign&quot;&gt;Show Me Campaign&lt;/a&gt;, an organization he created to encourage social, economic, personal and educational growth of individuals, families and communities.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;John is hired as a speaker, so the event will be closer to a speech than a concert,&amp;#8221; said Drew Sullivan, the performing arts director for University Union. &amp;#8220;But he knows people love his voice and his music, so he will be performing songs throughout the evening.&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In 2008, Legend joined Dr &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/609-jeffrey-sachs&quot;&gt;Jeffrey Sachs&lt;/a&gt; for a tour of universities all over the US to encourage social, economic, personal, and educational growth. Called the Poverty Action Tour, the sessions challenged people to support the fight against poverty, and promote the charities and groups that champion the cause.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Tickets for this event are $10 for students and $20 for faculty and staff. They are available at the Schine Box Office.&lt;/p&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;&amp;#8220;I feel dead!&amp;#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 &amp;#8220;amazing.&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;What I so admire is the length of it,&amp;#8221; said Curtis. &amp;#8220;He&amp;#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 &amp;#8216;Well, if Eddie can do that, then I can certainly do something to raise money and help people&amp;#8217;.&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/2905-eddie-izzard-runs-for-sport-relief&quot;&gt;Eddie Izzard Runs For Sport Relief&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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  <pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 14:00:00 -0000</pubDate>
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  <title>Mia Farrow Takes Message Of Hope To Cameroon</title>
  <description>&lt;p&gt;The internationally acclaimed actress and humanitarian activist &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/933-mia-farrow&quot;&gt;Mia Farrow&lt;/a&gt; arrived in Cameroon on Sunday with a message of hope for some of the most disadvantaged children in the country.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;A priority for the &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; Goodwill Ambassador during her week long visit will be to travel to communities in the East, where there are over 60,000 Central African refugees, and the Langui Camp where there are more than 3,000 refugees who fled from Chad last year.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;&lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;UNICEF&lt;/span&gt; has asked me to add my voice to the call for urgent action in Cameroon to tackle the problem of child malnutrition which &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;UNICEF&lt;/span&gt; sees as a silent emergency,&amp;#8221; said Mia Farrow. &amp;#8220;Most of the world probably knows little about this humanitarian crisis which threatens the lives of children under five years of age. When I get there I hope to be able to tell them they will be heard, and do my best to make sure that more will be done for them.&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Many of the refugees in Cameroon are being hosted by local communities, who themselves are desperately poor and vulnerable. A key consequence is high rates of child malnutrition according to the &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;UNICEF&lt;/span&gt; Representative, Ora Musu Clemens-Hope.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;The refugees have been generously supported by communities in one of the poorest parts of Cameroon. The Government and agencies such as &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;UNICEF&lt;/span&gt;, [&amp;#8221;UNHCR&amp;quot;:http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/5-unhcr], and the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/182-world-food-programme&quot;&gt;World Food Programme&lt;/a&gt; have been working hard to alleviate conditions and provide for basic needs, but we are seeing alarming rates of malnutrition and more funding is urgently needed.&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;There are around 280,000 refugees in Cameroon from both the Central African Republic and Chad. Amongst the displaced and host communities, &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;UNICEF&lt;/span&gt; is working to combat disease and cut child mortality, while working to provide clean water, decent sanitation and education.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Upon her arrival in Cameroon, Ms. Farrow will hear from government ministers as well as the &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;UNESCO&lt;/span&gt; Goodwill Ambassador and First Lady.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Ms. Farrow was appointed &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;UNICEF&lt;/span&gt; Goodwill Ambassador in September 2000. As a powerful advocate for children, she campaigns tirelessly for their rights around the world, with a special focus on children impacted by armed conflict. Ms. Farrow has worked extensively to raise funds and awareness for children whose lives have been affected by violence in countries such as Angola, Chad, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Haiti, Nigeria and Sudan.&lt;/p&gt;
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