Look To The Stars News: Kara Tointon

Olympic Stars Join JLS For Sport Relief Video

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 12:30:00 +0000

The music video for JLS’s official Sport Relief single, Proud, sees three British Olympic medal winners join the UK’s hottest pop group to celebrate the UK’s biggest year of sport.

Swimmer and double gold medal winner Rebecca Adlington, triple jumper and silver medal winner Phillips Idowu and gymnast and bronze medal winner Louis Smith star in the music video alongside JLS.

Directed by Ben Winston, who directed and co-wrote the infamous Smithy sketches for Comic Relief, the video sees JLS performing in an empty Wembley Stadium as the stories of three gifted children unfold. One young boy displays a remarkable talent for leaping; another impresses with his acrobatic break dancing abilities; and a young girl dances triumphantly in the rain as others run for cover.

Stars Model Sport Relief T-Shirts

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:45:00 +0000

Sport Relief has launched its 2012 T-shirts, and have enlisted the help of stars such as Amy Childs, Olly Murs, Kara Tointon and Stacey Solomon to help model them.

Amy Childs

Stars Launch Sport Relief 2012

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 19:10:00 +0000

British stars Jimmy Carr and Fearne Cotton helped launch Sport Relief’s 2012 campaign today.

This year, over one million men, women and children are expected to pull up their socks and take part in the Sainsbury’s Sport Relief Mile in order to raise some serious cash for vulnerable people across the UK and the world’s poorest countries. The Sport Relief Weekend is taking place from Friday 23rd to Sunday 25th March and it’ll be three whole days of energy, entertainment and events to help the nation go the extra mile.

Celebrating the UK’s biggest year of sport, a whole host of famous faces from the world of sport and entertainment will be taking part in Sainsbury’s Sport Relief Mile events across the length and breadth of the country on Sunday 25th March including Olly Murs, Lorraine Kelly, Kara Tointon and James Cracknell among many others. The public can go the extra mile too by choosing to take on either 1, 3, or 6 miles and entering online at sportrelief.com/mile.

Stars Put Their Lipstick On For Prince Charles

Wed, 30 Mar 2011 15:30:00 +0000

Kara Tointon, KT Tunstall, Holly Valance and Jenni Falconer are some of the stars who have thrown their support behind a new lipstick to benefit the Prince’s Trust.

Kara Tointon

Celebrity Red Noses Raise Record Amount For Charity

Mon, 21 Mar 2011 15:30:00 +0000

Comic Relief delivered another spectacular evening of top TV treats in the UK on Friday, as Red Nose Day 2011 entertained the nation while raising an incredible sum of money to help poor and vulnerable people in the UK and Africa. The TV event raised £74,360,207 (US$118 million) – the highest total reached on the night in Red Nose Day’s 23 year history.

“This is more than we ever believed we would raise,” said organizer Richard Curtis. “The generosity of the British public is staggering.”

The TV extravaganza featured appearances by Justin Bieber, Paul McCartney, David Tennant and Susan Boyle.

Olly Murs To Take Part In Celebrity Charity Desert Trek

Tue, 08 Feb 2011 15:00:00 +0000

A bunch of British stars are about to embark on a hot and sweaty trek across a desert as part of a celebrity charity initiative for Comic Relief’s annual Red Nose Day.

Olly Murs, Craig David, Lorraine Kelly, Kara Tointon and X Factor presenter Dermot O’Leary will be joined by Ronni Ancona, radio DJ Scott Mills, Peter White and Nadia Sawalha to trek across the Kaisut Desert in Northern Kenya later this month.

The stars will walk over 100 kilometers across the barren land in temperatures that will soar to over 38C (100F).

Stars Make Wishes Come True In The UK

Sat, 19 Jun 2010 12:30:00 +0000

British actress Kara Tointon was one of a number of stars who helped raise £100,000 for the Make-A-Wish Foundation in the UK last weekend.

More than 300 guests attended the12th annual Make-A-Wish Summer Ball at the spectacular Blenheim Palace last Saturday, including actor Robert Powell, CBeebies’ Mr Tumble, Justin Fletcher MBE, singer Dionne Bromfield, ‘Secret Millionaire’ Caroline Marsh and Michelle Dewberry, winner of ‘The Apprentice’.

Guests were treated to a champagne reception in the Great Hall with its hand-painted murals and intricate tapestries before dinner was served in a special marquee in the palace grounds. Each year a celebrity supporter hosts the ball – warming up the crowd and recounting tales from just some of the wishes the charity grants annually to hundreds of deserving children. This year it was television presenter and Patron of Make-A-Wish, Keith “Cheggers” Chegwin.

Big Stars Honor The Little Stars For Charity

Wed, 02 Jun 2010 14:00:00 +0000

A host of British celebrities gathered at London Zoo last week to bring a bit of joy to sick children at Cancer Research UK’s Little Star Awards.

The Little Star Awards celebrate the courage of all children who have been diagnosed with cancer. Celebrities who attended include: X Factor finalist Stacey Solomon; former EastEnders star Kara Tointon; winner of Sky 1’s ‘Got to Dance’ Akai, and Blue Peter presenters past and present Konnie Huq and Andy Akinwolere.

British Celebrities To Run For Christian Aid

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 15:30:00 +0000

A host of British celebrities are set to take part in a run for fun being held in Newcastle, UK, this weekend.

Jerome Flynn (Soldier, Soldier), Tim Campbell (first ever winner of The Apprentice), Kara Tointon (most recently seen as EastEnders’ Dawn Swann) and boyfriend Joe Swash (Winner of I’m a Celebrity…2008) will dig out their training shoes and join Christian Aid’s team of 90 runners in this year’s Great North Run, to help raise vital funds for poor communities around the world.

British Soap Star Gets Quizzing For Christian Aid Week

Wed, 01 Apr 2009 11:30:00 +0000

British actress and Eastenders star Kara Tointon is helping put the fun into fundraising by backing this year’s nationwide Quizaid during Christian Aid Week (10 – 16 May 2009), which aims to raise vital funds for the world’s poorest communities.

Last year Quizaid raised a brain-busting £185,000 for Christian Aid’s overseas development work in 49 countries across Africa, Asia and Latin America. This year the charity is challenging the great British public to use its grey matter to raise £225,000.

Organizing Quizaid couldn’t be easier with the charity providing packs with all you need including question cards, posters, invites, answer sheets and a certificate for the winning team. All quiz organisers will be entered into a draw for a year’s supply of chocolate courtesy of the fair trade company, Divine Chocolate. There is a similar draw for those that participate in Quizaid.