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Angelina Jolie Awarded At Cinema For Peace Gala In Berlin   Feb 14, 2012

  • Dalai Lama's charity work and causes
  • Angelina Jolie's charity work and causes
  • Bob Geldof's charity work and causes
  • Aung San Suu Kyi's charity work and causes
  • Amnesty International's celebrity supporters
  • Mikhail Gorbachev's charity work and causes
  • Leonardo DiCaprio's charity work and causes
  • Katie Melua's charity work and causes
  • Christopher Lee's charity work and causes
  • Bianca Jagger's charity work and causes

“10 Years of Cinema For Peace” was the theme of the Cinema for Peace Gala on February 13 at Berlin’s famous Gendarmenmarkt Concert Hall under the patronage of His Holiness the XIV Dalai Lama, featuring guests of honor Angelina Jolie and Bob Geldof.

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Stars Line Up For The Return Of The Secret Policeman's Ball   Jan 25, 2012

  • Amnesty International's celebrity supporters
  • Coldplay's charity work and causes
  • Russell Brand's charity work and causes
  • Stephen Colbert's charity work and causes
  • Jon Stewart's charity work and causes
  • Chris Martin's charity work and causes
  • John Cleese's charity work and causes
  • The Who's charity work and causes
  • Pete Townshend's charity work and causes
  • Billy Connolly's charity work and causes
  • Rowan Atkinson's charity work and causes
  • Sting's charity work and causes
  • Eric Clapton's charity work and causes
  • Bob Geldof's charity work and causes
  • Phil Collins's charity work and causes
  • Pamela Stephenson's charity work and causes
  • Mark Knopfler's charity work and causes
  • David Gilmour's charity work and causes
  • Stephen Fry's charity work and causes
  • Hugh Laurie's charity work and causes
  • Joan Armatrading's charity work and causes
  • Duran Duran's charity work and causes
  • Bono's charity work and causes
  • Graham Norton's charity work and causes
  • Alan Carr's charity work and causes
  • Fearne Cotton's charity work and causes

The Secret Policeman’s Ball is back – and it’s heading for America!

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Glee Stars Cover Do They Know It's Christmas For Charity   Dec 12, 2011

  • Bob Geldof's charity work and causes
  • Midge Ure's charity work and causes
  • ONE Campaign's celebrity supporters
  • Live 8's celebrity supporters

In the spirit of the holiday season, Glee will donate 100% of the net monies from the sales of their version of Band Aid’s 1984 hit “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” to The Band Aid Trust.

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Chimes Of Freedom: Stars Cover Bob Dylan For Charity   Nov 24, 2011

  • Amnesty International's celebrity supporters
  • Bob Dylan's charity work and causes
  • Miley Cyrus's charity work and causes
  • Pete Seeger's charity work and causes
  • Pete Townshend's charity work and causes
  • Sting's charity work and causes
  • Eric Clapton's charity work and causes
  • Bob Geldof's charity work and causes
  • Patti Smith's charity work and causes
  • Rise Against's charity work and causes
  • Tom Morello's charity work and causes
  • Diana Krall's charity work and causes
  • Ziggy Marley's charity work and causes
  • Mark Knopfler's charity work and causes
  • Lenny Kravitz's charity work and causes
  • Steve Earle's charity work and causes
  • Billy Bragg's charity work and causes
  • Elvis Costello's charity work and causes
  • Angélique Kidjo's charity work and causes
  • Natasha Bedingfield's charity work and causes
  • Jackson Browne's charity work and causes
  • Joan Baez's charity work and causes
  • Adele's charity work and causes
  • K'naan's charity work and causes
  • Neil Finn's charity work and causes
  • Bryan Ferry's charity work and causes
  • Carly Simon's charity work and causes
  • My Chemical Romance's charity work and causes
  • Paul Rodgers's charity work and causes
  • Darren Criss's charity work and causes
  • Sinead O'Connor's charity work and causes
  • Ke$ha's charity work and causes
  • Maroon 5's charity work and causes
  • Seal's charity work and causes
  • Dierks Bentley's charity work and causes
  • Mick Hucknall's charity work and causes
  • State Radio's charity work and causes
  • Dave Matthews Band's charity work and causes
  • Michael Franti's charity work and causes
  • Daniel Bedingfield's charity work and causes

Two iconic forces that have impacted the past 50 years – the life-saving human rights activism of Nobel Peace Prize-winning Amnesty International and the incomparable artistry of Bob Dylan – are being saluted by 80 musicians who contributed new or previously unreleased recordings to Chimes of Freedom: The Songs of Bob Dylan Honoring 50 Years of Amnesty International.

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Celebrities Call On World Leaders For Urgent Horn Of Africa Funds   Jul 26, 2011

  • Annie Lennox's charity work and causes
  • Bob Geldof's charity work and causes
  • Simon Cowell's charity work and causes
  • Richard Curtis's charity work and causes
  • Stephen Fry's charity work and causes
  • Eddie Izzard's charity work and causes
  • Oxfam's celebrity supporters
  • ONE Campaign's celebrity supporters
  • Comic Relief's celebrity supporters
  • CAFOD's celebrity supporters
  • ActionAid's celebrity supporters
  • Save the Children's celebrity supporters

A group of global artists, activists and business leaders have signed a joint letter urging world leaders to step up their response to the famine in the Horn of Africa. They call on them to act “without reservation, prevarication or equivocation” when they meet at an emergency summit in Rome.

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Elton John To Host Annual Celebrity Charity Ball Next Week   Jun 17, 2011

  • Elton John's charity work and causes
  • Elton John AIDS Foundation's celebrity supporters
  • Diana Ross's charity work and causes
  • Sharon Stone's charity work and causes
  • Michael Douglas's charity work and causes
  • Catherine Zeta Jones's charity work and causes
  • Dionne Warwick's charity work and causes
  • Sean Connery's charity work and causes
  • Joss Stone's charity work and causes
  • P. Diddy's charity work and causes
  • Boris Becker's charity work and causes
  • Joan Collins's charity work and causes
  • Joan Rivers's charity work and causes
  • Kevin Spacey's charity work and causes
  • Kate Winslet's charity work and causes
  • Elizabeth Hurley's charity work and causes
  • Hugh Grant's charity work and causes
  • Victoria Beckham's charity work and causes
  • David Beckham's charity work and causes
  • Elle Macpherson's charity work and causes
  • Mick Jagger's charity work and causes
  • Jerry Hall's charity work and causes
  • Kylie Minogue's charity work and causes
  • Pierce Brosnan's charity work and causes
  • Anastacia's charity work and causes
  • Spice Girls's charity work and causes
  • Roger Federer's charity work and causes
  • Lenny Henry's charity work and causes
  • Ronan Keating's charity work and causes
  • George Michael's charity work and causes
  • Trudie Styler's charity work and causes
  • Jane Seymour's charity work and causes
  • Bob Geldof's charity work and causes
  • Sophie Dahl's charity work and causes
  • Diana Krall's charity work and causes
  • Andrew Lloyd-Webber's charity work and causes
  • Nigella Lawson's charity work and causes
  • Richard E. Grant's charity work and causes

Sir Elton John will once again host his annual White Tie and Tiara Ball at his home in the UK next week to benefit the Elton John AIDS Foundation.

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Bob Geldof To Play Charity Concert For Australia, New Zealand And Japan   Apr 11, 2011

  • Bob Geldof's charity work and causes
  • Red Cross's celebrity supporters
  • Russell Crowe's charity work and causes

Bob Geldof is to play a special concert in Sydney next month to raise money for recent natural disasters in Australia, New Zealand and Japan.

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Elton John To Host Celebrity Charity Ball In June   Jan 11, 2011

  • Elton John's charity work and causes
  • Elton John AIDS Foundation's celebrity supporters
  • Diana Ross's charity work and causes
  • Sharon Stone's charity work and causes
  • Michael Douglas's charity work and causes
  • Catherine Zeta Jones's charity work and causes
  • Dionne Warwick's charity work and causes
  • Sean Connery's charity work and causes
  • Joss Stone's charity work and causes
  • P. Diddy's charity work and causes
  • Boris Becker's charity work and causes
  • Joan Collins's charity work and causes
  • Joan Rivers's charity work and causes
  • Kevin Spacey's charity work and causes
  • Kate Winslet's charity work and causes
  • Elizabeth Hurley's charity work and causes
  • Hugh Grant's charity work and causes
  • Victoria Beckham's charity work and causes
  • David Beckham's charity work and causes
  • Elle Macpherson's charity work and causes
  • Mick Jagger's charity work and causes
  • Jerry Hall's charity work and causes
  • Kylie Minogue's charity work and causes
  • Pierce Brosnan's charity work and causes
  • Anastacia's charity work and causes
  • Spice Girls's charity work and causes
  • Roger Federer's charity work and causes
  • Lenny Henry's charity work and causes
  • Ronan Keating's charity work and causes
  • George Michael's charity work and causes
  • Trudie Styler's charity work and causes
  • Jane Seymour's charity work and causes
  • Bob Geldof's charity work and causes
  • Sophie Dahl's charity work and causes
  • Diana Krall's charity work and causes
  • Andrew Lloyd-Webber's charity work and causes
  • Nigella Lawson's charity work and causes
  • Richard E. Grant's charity work and causes
  • Sting's charity work and causes
  • Tracey Emin's charity work and causes
  • Craig David's charity work and causes
  • Patti LaBelle's charity work and causes
  • Barry Manilow's charity work and causes
  • Take That's charity work and causes
  • Shirley Bassey's charity work and causes
  • Tom Jones's charity work and causes
  • Brian Wilson's charity work and causes

In July 1999, Sir Elton John and David Furnish opened the doors of their Old Windsor home for the first White Tie & Tiara Ball, and the tradition will continue in 2011 on June 23..

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Indie Bands Unite For Charity Supergroup   Dec 14, 2010

  • Arctic Monkeys's charity work and causes
  • Fatboy Slim's charity work and causes
  • Bob Geldof's charity work and causes
  • Eliza Doolittle's charity work and causes

Arctic Monkeys drummer Matt Helders has joined fellow indie artists such as The Libertines’ Carl Barat, Super Furry Animals’ Gruff Rhys and Babyshambles’ Drew McConnell to form a charity supergroup.

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Nobel Peace Laureates Gather In Hiroshima For World Summit   Nov 17, 2010

  • Mikhail Gorbachev's charity work and causes
  • Dalai Lama's charity work and causes
  • UNHCR's celebrity supporters
  • UNICEF's celebrity supporters
  • Red Cross's celebrity supporters
  • Doctors Without Borders's celebrity supporters
  • Amnesty International's celebrity supporters
  • Barack Obama's charity work and causes
  • Annie Lennox's charity work and causes
  • Bono's charity work and causes
  • George Clooney's charity work and causes
  • Don Cheadle's charity work and causes
  • Peter Gabriel's charity work and causes
  • Bob Geldof's charity work and causes
  • Yusuf's charity work and causes

The 11th Edition of the World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates was held in Hiroshima on November 12th-14th, 2010.

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Bono Interviews Barack Obama   May 18, 2010

  • ONE Campaign's celebrity supporters
  • Bono's charity work and causes
  • Bob Geldof's charity work and causes
  • Barack Obama's charity work and causes

Will the 21st century be the African century? This is the question ONE’s founders Bono and Bob Geldof examined by guest editing one of Canada’s top newspapers, the Globe and Mail, as part of a month of Africa content on the Globe’s website.

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Status Quo Honored For Charity Work   Jan 4, 2010

  • Status Quo's charity work and causes
  • Nordoff Robbins's celebrity supporters
  • Prince's Trust's celebrity supporters
  • Bob Geldof's charity work and causes
  • Brian Wilson's charity work and causes
  • Rolf Harris's charity work and causes
  • Alice Cooper's charity work and causes
  • Brian May's charity work and causes
  • Chris Tarrant's charity work and causes
  • Jamie Cullum's charity work and causes
  • Katie Melua's charity work and causes

Veteran British rockers Status Quo have been honored by the Queen for their services to charity and music.

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Bob Geldof Talks Climate Change In Copenhagen   Dec 16, 2009

  • Bob Geldof's charity work and causes
  • ONE Campaign's celebrity supporters

Veteran campaigner Bob Geldof is spearheading a petition for the ONE Campaign to be delivered to top members of the US delegation to the Copenhagen climate summit.

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Win Dave Stewart's New Book From Nelson Mandela's Charity   Dec 9, 2009

  • 46664's celebrity supporters
  • Dave Stewart's charity work and causes
  • Annie Lennox's charity work and causes
  • Bono's charity work and causes
  • Mick Jagger's charity work and causes
  • Jon Bon Jovi's charity work and causes
  • Gwen Stefani's charity work and causes
  • Bob Geldof's charity work and causes
  • Nelson Mandela's charity work and causes
  • Bob Dylan's charity work and causes

46664 Ambassador Dave Stewart has just released his new book “The Dave Stewart Songbook” and the charity has a signed copy to give away.

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Beds Are Burning For Climate Change   Oct 2, 2009

  • Mélanie Laurent's charity work and causes
  • Duran Duran's charity work and causes
  • Mark Ronson's charity work and causes
  • Jamie Cullum's charity work and causes
  • Marion Cotillard's charity work and causes
  • Milla Jovovich's charity work and causes
  • Fergie's charity work and causes
  • Lily Allen's charity work and causes
  • Bob Geldof's charity work and causes

Kofi Annan, President of the Global Humanitarian Forum, was yesterday joined by Mélanie Laurent (star of Quentin Tarantino’s ‘Inglourious Basterds’) and David Jones (Global CEO, Havas Worldwide) for the launch of a specially re-recorded version of Midnight Oil’s Beds are Burning as a global musical petition to demand climate justice at the UN’s Copenhagen Climate Change Summit in December.

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Duran Duran Join All-Star Recording For Climate Awareness   Sep 24, 2009

  • Duran Duran's charity work and causes
  • Marion Cotillard's charity work and causes
  • Bob Geldof's charity work and causes
  • Desmond Tutu's charity work and causes

Some of the biggest selling singers and groups of all time – and even a Nobel laureate – are lending their voices to a new song to raise awareness of global warming.

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Bob Geldof Launches One Campaign Report On G8   Jun 12, 2009

  • ONE Campaign's celebrity supporters
  • Bill Gates's charity work and causes
  • Desmond Tutu's charity work and causes
  • Bob Geldof's charity work and causes

A host of leaders and stars helped launch the ONE Campaign’s DATA Report in London yesterday.

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Bob Geldof Explains His Turning Points   Jun 5, 2009

  • Bob Geldof's charity work and causes
  • Midge Ure's charity work and causes
  • Live 8's celebrity supporters
  • U2's charity work and causes

Sir Bob Geldof has revealed some of the turning points in his life that led to his charity work.

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Bob Geldof To Meet With IMF Over Gold Sale Funds   Apr 23, 2009

  • Bob Geldof's charity work and causes
  • ONE Campaign's celebrity supporters

Sir Bob Geldof will today meet with Dominic Strauss-Khan, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), on behalf of the ONE Campaign to deliver the organization’s message that the IMF must make gold sale funds available to developing countries without harmful conditions and without creating new debts.

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Annie Lennox Supports Bottletop Initiative   Apr 6, 2009

  • Annie Lennox's charity work and causes
  • Bottletop's celebrity supporters
  • Bill Clinton's charity work and causes
  • Paris Hilton's charity work and causes
  • Bob Geldof's charity work and causes
  • Peaches Geldof's charity work and causes
  • Angélique Kidjo's charity work and causes
  • Youssou N'Dour's charity work and causes

Singer Annie Lennox is one of a group of stars who supports a charity initiative that funds projects that have a positive impact on the health and well-being of young people world-wide.

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Celebrities Paint Masks For African Education   Mar 30, 2009

  • Education Africa's celebrity supporters
  • Paris Hilton's charity work and causes
  • Bob Geldof's charity work and causes
  • Stefanie Graf's charity work and causes
  • Andre Agassi's charity work and causes
  • Lily Cole's charity work and causes
  • Amanda Holden's charity work and causes
  • Annie Lennox's charity work and causes
  • Piers Morgan's charity work and causes
  • Jude Law's charity work and causes
  • Simon Cowell's charity work and causes
  • Melanie Brown's charity work and causes
  • Lewis Hamilton's charity work and causes

Twenty of the biggest celebrities from music, film, sport and business have painted face masks for a new charity auction on eBay.

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Classic Rockers Join Led Zep Guitarist For Charity   Mar 11, 2009

  • Task Brazil's celebrity supporters
  • Led Zeppelin's charity work and causes
  • Jimmy Page's charity work and causes
  • Slash's charity work and causes
  • Eagles's charity work and causes
  • Joe Walsh's charity work and causes
  • Phil Collins's charity work and causes
  • Bob Geldof's charity work and causes
  • Iron Maiden's charity work and causes

Some of the biggest names in classic rock have donated items to an auction that benefits a charity supported by one of their contemporaries.

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Peaches Geldof Gets Second-Hand Makeover   Feb 25, 2009

  • Peaches Geldof's charity work and causes
  • Bob Geldof's charity work and causes
  • Save the Children's celebrity supporters
  • Barnardo's's celebrity supporters
  • Erin O'Connor's charity work and causes

Celebrity Peaches Geldof – known for her sense of style and love of labels – has been given a makeover with a difference from a group of elderly women who work in second-hand clothing stores.

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Band Aid Founder Awarded Honorary Degree   Nov 27, 2008

  • Midge Ure's charity work and causes
  • Bob Geldof's charity work and causes
  • Live 8's celebrity supporters

Midge Ure – the musician who helped Bob Geldof organize Band Aid and co-wrote Do They Know It’s Christmas? – has received an honorary doctorate for his humanitarian work.

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Nicole Kidman Delivers Anti-Violence Petition To UN   Nov 26, 2008

  • Nicole Kidman's charity work and causes
  • UNIFEM's celebrity supporters
  • Hilary Swank's charity work and causes
  • Bob Geldof's charity work and causes

Nicole Kidman has presented U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon with a petition that calls on world leaders to end impunity for perpetrators of violence against women, provide services for survivors and, most importantly, invest in prevention.

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All Saints Get Naked For Charity Auction   Nov 24, 2008

  • All Saints's charity work and causes
  • Bob Wilson's charity work and causes
  • Willow Foundation's celebrity supporters
  • Matt Damon's charity work and causes
  • Jude Law's charity work and causes
  • Gordon Ramsay's charity work and causes
  • James Morrison's charity work and causes
  • Bob Geldof's charity work and causes
  • Matt Lucas's charity work and causes
  • Beverley Knight's charity work and causes
  • Martin Johnson's charity work and causes
  • Wendy Richard's charity work and causes
  • Vernon Kay's charity work and causes

British girl band the All Saints have donated a drawing of themselves naked to a new charity auction.

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Bob Geldof To Give Charity Talk Down Under   Nov 13, 2008

  • Bob Geldof's charity work and causes
  • All Blacks's charity work and causes

Sir Bob Geldof is to be keynote speaker at a special charity evening in Auckland, New Zealand, tomorrow night, November 14.

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Whatever It Takes For Christmas   Oct 31, 2008

  • CARE's celebrity supporters
  • Children's Medical Research Institute's celebrity supporters
  • Comic Relief's celebrity supporters
  • Great Ormond Street Hospital's celebrity supporters
  • Greenpeace's celebrity supporters
  • Kaiser Chiefs's charity work and causes
  • Robbie Williams's charity work and causes
  • Ozzy Osbourne's charity work and causes
  • Snoop Dogg's charity work and causes
  • George Clooney's charity work and causes
  • Nicole Kidman's charity work and causes
  • Coldplay's charity work and causes
  • Joss Stone's charity work and causes
  • Bob Geldof's charity work and causes
  • Paul McCartney's charity work and causes
  • Ewan McGregor's charity work and causes

Whatever It Takes – the charity that offers artworks and clothing designed by celebrities – have some great gift ideas for the coming holiday season.

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Sir Bob Geldof Honored For Music And Humanitarian Work   Oct 28, 2008

  • Bob Geldof's charity work and causes
  • Live 8's celebrity supporters

Sir Bob Geldof has been awarded an honorary doctorate for his contribution to music and humanitarian causes.

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The Stars On Poverty - What Do They Think?   Oct 15, 2008

  • Bono's charity work and causes
  • Brad Pitt's charity work and causes
  • Angelina Jolie's charity work and causes
  • George Clooney's charity work and causes
  • Nelson Mandela's charity work and causes
  • Annie Lennox's charity work and causes
  • Shakira's charity work and causes
  • Jackie Chan's charity work and causes
  • Roger Moore's charity work and causes
  • Bob Geldof's charity work and causes
  • Scarlett Johansson's charity work and causes
  • Bill Clinton's charity work and causes

October 15 marks the second annual Blog Action Day, when bloggers around the world focus on discuss one prominent issue through individual ideas, actions, and thoughts.

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