Look To The Stars News: June Sarpong

Alicia Keys Announces Celebrity Charity Black Ball

Thu, 26 May 2011 15:00:00 +0000

Alicia Keys and Mark Ronson will join forces in London next month to host the annual Keep A Child Alive Black Ball.

“Each year, Keep a Child Alive gathers extraordinary guests in a night promised to be filled with surprises and special moments,” said Keep a Child Alive Co-Founder, Alicia Keys. “I LOVE the Black Ball! I’m proud to raise awareness and funds for this most important cause to help families in Africa and India affected by AIDS and HIV. This issue is undeniable – how can we ignore it? It’s our responsibility as human beings to come together to save lives and care about each other.”

Joining the stars at the event will be Paloma Faith, Tinie Tempah and others yet to be announced.

Richard Branson To Attend BritWeek Charity Gala Tonight

Thu, 22 Apr 2010 14:00:00 +0000

Richard Branson will be guest of honor at tonight’s (April 22) BritWeek 2010 Charity Event in Beverly Hills.

The celebrity businessman will join stars such as Nigel Lythgoe as they enjoy an evening of fun and entertainment – including a live performance by David Archuleta – to benefit Save the Children and Virgin Unite.

Emceed by June Sarpong, the Gala Dinner will feature a plethora of surprise celebrity guests, as well as a live auction that includes some once-in-a-lifetime travel packages.

Jet Li And Natalie Portman Show Faith In Charity Short Film Competition

Wed, 24 Mar 2010 15:30:00 +0000

A stellar line-up of celebrities and world leaders are to judge a short film competition for a special foundation that aims to promote respect and understanding about the world’s major religions and show how faith is a powerful force for good in the world.

The Tony Blair Faith Foundation has announced a judging panel that consists of Tony Blair, Jet Li, Natalie Portman, Nik Powell, Queen Rania of Jordan, Jonathan Caplan, Amr Khaled, Wendi Murdoch, June Sarpong and Deepak Verma for the the competition.

The competition asks entrants “How does your faith inspire you?”, and the winning entries will be premiered at the BAFTAs. There are separate categories depending on whether you are a filmmaker with access to film making equipment or you just have a great story and want to send a pitch in for the chance to win a portable video camera to make your film.

LTTS Exclusive - An Interview With Jack Petchey: Philanthropist

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 15:30:00 +0000

Look To The Stars’ UK correspondent Richard Barker – nominated as Britain’s Most Inspiring Fundraiser – recently met with one of Britain’s top philanthropists and filed this report.

Jack Petchey is a British businessman and leading philanthropist, born and brought up in the East End of London. During the second world war, he served in the Royal Navy and used his Navy discharge pay to start a car hire and car sales business. This grew into a business empire worth close to half a billion pounds.

Get On The Virtual Catwalk With The Stars For Breast Cancer

Wed, 08 Apr 2009 13:00:00 +0000

Sarah Ferguson is one of a number of British celebrities who have taken part in a celebrity modelling campaign to raise money for breast cancer.

Singer and actor Duncan James, Radio One DJ Sara Cox, TV presenter June Sarpong, model Abigail Clancy – girlfriend to England footballer Peter Crouch – Olympic swimmer and Strictly Come Dancing contestant Mark Foster, Britain’s Next Top Model judge Gerry DeVeaux, Leah Wood, Jade Jagger, and singer Bryan Ferry have also signed on to support the Million Model Catwalk campaign of Fashion Targets Breast Cancer.

The campaign is a unique and exciting example of using cyberspace to raise awareness of a disease. Users can visit millionmodelcatwalk.com to watch themselves model on the virtual catwalk alongside the ten celebrities by simply uploading a photo and choosing clothes from the FTBC range. The actual clothes are also on sale.

Kylie Minogue Joins Filofax Charity Auction

Wed, 18 Feb 2009 15:00:00 +0000

Last month, Look To The Stars brought you news about a fantastic charity auction that offers Filofax pocket organizers personalized by celebrities. We can now announce that Kylie Minogue has joined the auction, and fans have a special opportunity to bid on her personally designed Filofax.

Filofax has been working with Breast Cancer Campaign since 2004 when they launched a pink pocket organizer to raise funds for the charity. Since then the range has expanded to include a pink pen, lizard print leather pocket organizer and a matching passport cover, purse and accessory case – Filofax has so far raised over £450,000 for the charity from the sale of these items. Bid for one of these unique celebrity organizers and help Filofax to reach its £500,000 fundraising target this year, which marks five years of fundraising for Breast Cancer Campaign.

Due to Kylie’s involvement, the auction has now been extended to April 13. Other stars to design Filofax’s for the auction include Lily Allen, T4’s June Sarpong, ER’s Alex Kingston, Dancing on Ice’s Holly Willoughby, The Bill’s Louisa Lytton, journalist Natasha Kaplinsky, Emmerdale’s Roxanne Pallett, Coronation Street’s Sue Cleaver, and ex-Atomic Kitten Liz McClarnon.

Get Organized With A Celebrity-Designed Filofax

Thu, 29 Jan 2009 13:00:00 +0000

A range of pink Filofax pocket organizers customized by some of Britain’s favorite celebrities are up for auction in time for Valentine’s Day.

Celebrities who have designed the special Filofax organizers for the auction include Lily Allen, T4’s June Sarpong, ER’s Alex Kingston, Dancing on Ice’s Holly Willoughby, The Bill’s Louisa Lytton, journalist Natasha Kaplinsky, Emmerdale’s Roxanne Pallett, Coronation Street’s Sue Cleaver, and ex-Atomic Kitten Liz McClarnon.

Big Wigs For A Big Cause

Tue, 21 Oct 2008 14:30:00 +0000

Singer Beverley Knight, former television host June Sarpong and model Naomi Campbell attended the Big Wigs Party last week in London, the annual costume ball/fantasy fashion show where every guest must don, at the very least, big headwear.

The best costumes were modeled on the catwalk and the designer wigs – meant to be works of art – are being auctioned on e-bay for charity. Proceeds from the ticket sales, donations and the auction – with a target of £55,000 – will go to Crusaid’s Point of Light Projects.

The “Points of Light” projects offer the desperate children of Zambia a safe place to go. With over 700,000 AIDS orphans whose daily battle of earning money just for food is often lost, these Projects offer havens with food, shelter, education access, grief counseling, life skills and a place to turn for support.