Look To The Stars News: Rachael Leigh Cook

Stars Race To Erase MS At Celebrity Charity Event

Tue, 03 May 2011 15:30:00 +0000

On Friday, April 29, Co-Chairs Nancy Davis and Tommy Hilfiger welcomed guests to the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza for the 18th Annual Race to Erase MS. The event raised more than $2 million to benefit the Nancy Davis Foundation for Multiple Sclerosis.

Celebrity guests at this year’s event included host, MS survivor and advocate Nancy Davis, along with Tia Carrere, Holly Marie Combs, Rachael Leigh Cook, Cindy Crawford, David Faustino, Daisy Fuentes, Debbie Gibson, Melissa Joan Hart, Samantha Harris, Nicky Hilton, Paris Hilton, LaToya Jackson, Sugar Ray Leonard, Jon Lovitz, Chris Massey, Kyle Massey, Dr. Lisa Masterson, Shaun Robinson, Matt Sorum, Raven Symone, Lea Thompson, Sela Ward and many more. After celebrities made their way down the red carpet, they stopped by the Windows Phone Booth to take photos and record videos to tweet. For each celebrity video tweeted Windows Phone donated $500 to the cause.

Celebrity Women Deliver At Empowerment Conference

Mon, 07 Jun 2010 14:30:00 +0000

Ashley Judd, Annie Lennox and Christy Turlington will be featured celebrity speakers at this year’s Women Deliver conference in Washington.

Women Deliver 2010, an international conference that starts June 5 and runs until Wednesday June 9, will host the world’s most influential leaders to address women’s health issues. Women Deliver is expected to be the highest-profile and largest ever event to focus on maternal and women’s health and catalyze global action on the issue. The theme of the conference is: “Delivering solutions for girls and women.”

Expected to attend the event are United Nations Foundation special guests Ali Larter, Jennifer Beals and Rachael Leigh Cook, and VIP participants include Melinda Gates (co-chair, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation); UN leader Ban Ki-moon; Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (tentative); Michelle Bachelet (former Chile President); Valerie Jarrett, Senior Advisor and Assistant to the President for Intergovernmental Affairs and Public Engagement, US; Cecile Richards (President, Planned Parenthood Federation of America); Arianna Huffington (Huffington Post); Nicholas Kristof (NY Times); Christiane Amanpour (CNN); Nancy Gibbs (Time Magazine); Tina Brown (The Daily Beast); Andrew Jack (Financial Times); Joan Walsh (Salon.com); Kathleen Sibelius (Secretary, US Department of Health & Human Services); Melanne Verveer (US Ambassador-at-Large, Global Women’s Issues); 12 International First Ladies; top NGO, UN, USAID and Administration leaders.

Stars Support PETA Anti-Seal Hunting Campaign

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:00:00 +0000

PETA has recruited some big names for support of its latest anti-seal hunting campaign and has launched an ad campaign with their help.

Stars such as Jennie Garth, Rachael Leigh Cook, Kelly Osbourne, Jorja Fox, Tricia Helfer, Perez Hilton, Shane Mosley and many more are featured in the new ads.

“Each year, the Canadian government allows sealers to beat and skin hundreds of thousands of seals,” states PETA on its website. “Baby seals, some merely weeks old, have their skulls smashed in or are shot for their fur. Many of these gentle animals may not even have eaten their first solid meals or taken their first swim before they are slaughtered.”

Charitable Stars Shine For Obama

Thu, 22 Jan 2009 13:00:00 +0000

Celebrities were out and about in droves on Tuesday to celebrate Barack Obama’s inauguration by attending several charity balls.

One of the largest was the Creative Coalition Ball at the Harman Center for the Arts in Washington DC. The sold-out event cost between $10,000 and $100,000 to attend, and attracted appearances by Ashley Judd, Anne Hathaway, Susan Sarandon, Kerry Washington, Samuel L. Jackson, Rachael Leigh Cook, Ron Howard, Heather Graham, Forest Whitaker, Magic Johnson and many more. Entertainment was provided by Elvis Costello, Sam Moore and Sting.

The Creative Coalition is a nonprofit public charity organized by the creative community to learn about pressing issues so they can better inform and influence the community and nation.

Heather Mills Hosts 2008 Farm Sanctuary Gala

Mon, 05 May 2008 12:51:00 +0000

Heather Mills is giving hope to animal-lovers everywhere by returning to host this year’s Farm Sanctuary Gala on May 17th, with emcee Melissa Rivers.

Heather and Melissa will be joined by many caring people and well-known celebrities, such as Kristen Bell and Kevin Nealon, who share their dream of bringing public awareness and compassion to the safety of farm animals. This will be a night to remember, full of exquisite vegan cuisine and sensational entertainment provided by Shawn Colvin.

Gift bags featuring vegan foods, cruelty-free items and other unique farm animal-related gifts are to be given out at the event to educate Gala guests about compassionate living, and an auction featuring original paintings, photography, gift baskets, jewelry and more will help to raise funds for the charity.