In response to CareerBuilder’s Super Bowl ad that uses a chimpanzee, actor Anjelica Huston has just fired off a letter on PETA’s behalf to express her dismay that the company has used a trained chimpanzee for its most recent ad—despite having received copies of Huston’s video exposé that reveals how great-ape “actors,” without exception, are torn from their mothers as babies, violently trained, and then left to languish in cramped cages after they grow too large to control.
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AARP The Magazine has announced the recipients of its tenth annual Inspire Awards, featuring some famous faces.
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AARP today announced it will bring its Movies for Grownups Film Festival to Los Angeles, CA, as part of the organization’s annual National Event & Expo, Life@50+.
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An open letter to UK Prime Minister, David Cameron, has been signed by a host of politicians, primatologists, scientists, academics, wildlife experts and celebrities. The letter calls on the UK Government to dissociate itself from the cruel trade in wild-caught primates for research.
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Eastman Kodak Company has announced the beginning of its celebrity charity auction benefitting the Alzheimer’s Association.
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The Jane Goodall Institute (JGI) has announced the start of an online auction to further the mission of renowned primatologist and conservationist Dr. Jane Goodall, DBE, UN Messenger of Peace.
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Local members of Jane Goodall’s Roots & Shoots environmental and humanitarian youth program joined members of the Skirball Cultural Center, USC Anthropology Department, Urban Arts Crew, TreePeople and the Ocean Institute, as well as students and members of the general public to celebrate the annual 2010 International Day of Peace on Sunday, September 19, in Los Angeles.
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The United Nations Foundation will premiere today “A New Picture of Health,” a groundbreaking documentary about the work of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria and its ongoing impact in saving millions of lives – particularly those of women and children – across the developing world.
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The United Nations Foundation announced a milestone documentary examining the work of the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria and its ongoing impact in saving millions of lives, particularly of women and children, across the developing world.
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United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has designated Grammy Award-winning songwriter and musician Stevie Wonder as a United Nations Messenger of Peace with a special focus on people with disabilities.
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Sir David Attenborough, Britain’s best-known natural history film-maker, has joined a campaign to encourage people to voluntarily lower the world’s population by limiting the size of their families.
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Oscar award winning actress Charlize Theron’s next role will be that of a United Nations Messenger of Peace.
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Anderson Cooper will host the “CNN Heroes – An All-Star Tribute” event this weekend to find ordinary people who have accomplished extraordinary deeds.
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Former James Bond star Pierce Brosnan has been honored for his charity work in a special ceremony in Washington DC.
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Let loose the dogs of charity this Monday, October 13, as 25 life-sized fiberglass canines decorated by celebrities are paraded through the streets of New York.
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Police have stopped actress Mia Farrow from holding a rally in Cambodia as part of a campaign to end atrocities in Darfur.
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