Look To The Stars News: Diane Keaton

Meryl Streep Films PSAs For National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month

Thu, 14 Mar 2013 14:30:00 +0000

Academy Award-winning actress Meryl Streep encourages people to get screened for colon cancer in new broadcast public service announcements (PSAs) that launch in March, in conjunction with National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month.

The PSAs, which will premiere today on Katie!, are the latest collaboration between the Entertainment Industry Foundation's National Colorectal Cancer Research Alliance (EIF’s NCCRA), co-founded by Katie Couric, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for the CDC’s Screen for Life: National Colorectal Cancer Action Campaign. This initiative is a multi-year effort to educate Americans about the importance of regular colorectal cancer screening for men and women age 50 and over.

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Vote For PETA's Sexiest Vegetarian Celebrity 2012

Thu, 21 Jun 2012 12:15:00 +0000

Who will be named PETA's Sexiest Vegetarian Celebrity of 2012? Will it be a longtime vegetarian such as Jessica Chastain and Woody Harrelson, or will newly vegan husband-and-wife team Ben Stiller and Christine Taylor take top honors?

PETA asks visitors to cast their votes at PETA.org for the most sizzling man and woman out of a field of 100 of Hollywood’s hottest.

Chastain’s 15-year commitment to meat-free meals led her to chow down on vegan fried chicken during one scene in The Help—a tactic that the decades-long vegan Harrelson also adopted when he dined on vegan faux Twinkies during Zombieland. Joining these vintage vegetarians in the poll are Anne Hathaway, who has been moving toward a meat-free diet since she was 12, and 2011’s Sexiest Vegetarian, Russell Brand, who went vegetarian at age 14 and writes that he won’t eat fish “because it’s cruel to them, the lovely little things.”

More: http://www.looktothestars.org/news/8543-vote-for-petas-sexiest-vegetarian-celebrity-2012

Stars Support Children's Rights At RIGHT to LAUGH Event

Fri, 01 Jun 2012 15:58:00 +0000

The Alliance For Children's Rights, Los Angeles’ preeminent nonprofit dedicated to protecting the rights of at-risk children, is announcing the 3rd annual RIGHT to LAUGH comedy event.

This year’s event will honor the legendary comedy institution The Second City, with an all-star comedy performance line up including Martin Short, Fred Willard, Patricia Heaton, Rachael Harris and Jeff Garlin. Funds raised will benefit The Alliance for Children’s Rights in their quest to help impoverished and abused children in LA.

The RIGHT to LAUGH will take place at the Avalon Theatre, 1735 N. Vine Street, Hollywood, on Tuesday, June 12, 2012 starting with a red carpet cocktail reception at 6 p.m. The Second City, the world’s premier comedy theatre and school of improvisation, has launched some of the most prominent names in comedy from Alan Arkin, Gilda Radner, Steve Carell and Tina Fey to name a few. This year’s RIGHT to LAUGH Award will go to The Second City’s CEO Andrew Alexander.

More: http://www.looktothestars.org/news/8457-stars-support-childrens-rights-at-right-to-laugh-event

Diane Lane And Josh Brolin To Attend Celebrity Charity SeaChange Party

Wed, 28 Sep 2011 16:15:00 +0000

Diane Lane and Josh Brolin will be special guests at Oceana's 2011 SeaChange Summer Party this weekend.

The “Must Attend” SeaChange Summer Party is an Orange County, California benefit for Oceana that gives donors an opportunity to help bring back the sea’s bounty for ourselves and our children.

It is a sophisticated and fun star-studded affair garnering extensive local and national press. Last year’s sold-out SeaChange event was a wonderful summer garden party held at a breathtaking exclusive Laguna Beach villa overlooking the Southern California Riviera.

More: http://www.looktothestars.org/news/7021-diane-lane-and-josh-brolin-to-attend-celebrity-charity-seachange-party

Ben Affleck To Address Celebrities At Charity Event

Tue, 17 Feb 2009 15:00:00 +0000

This Wednesday, February 18, will see some of Hollywood’s biggest stars turn out at the House of Blues in Los Angeles to honor International Medical Corps (IMC) and support its life-saving work in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Expected to attend the event are George Clooney, Jennifer Aniston, Kevin Spacey, Diane Keaton, Felicity Huffman, Forest Whitaker, Tobey Maguire, Kate Walsh, Heather Graham and Brooke Shields, with entertainment to be provided by Sheryl Crow.

The evening is to be hosted by writer/producer Grant Heslov (“Good Night & Good Luck”) and his wife Lysa, who founded the arts exchange organization, Children Mending Hearts, and traveled to IMC’s programs in the Congo last month. A special humanitarian award will be presented to CNN’s Anderson Cooper for his reporting in Africa.

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Lance Armstrong Stands Up To Cancer Tonight

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 14:30:00 +0000

Don’t miss Stand Up To Cancer on ABC, CBS and NBC today, Friday, September 5, at 8 p.m. (EST).

A spectacular line up of talent including Jennifer Aniston, James Taylor, Scarlett Johansson, Meryl Streep, David Cook, Christina Applegate, Lance Armstrong, Jack Black, Kirsten Dunst, Charles Barkley, America Ferrera, Halle Berry, Hilary Swank, Forest Whitaker, Jimmy Fallon and Keanu Reeves will appear on the one-hour telecast. The celebrities are set to educate you, move you and entertain you, and will even be on hand to answer your calls in the celebrity phone bank.

The premiere TV performance of Just Stand Up – the star studded charitable single in support of Stand Up To Cancer – will be performed by legendary recording artists Mariah Carey, Beyoncé Knowles, Mary J. Blige, Rihanna, Fergie, Sheryl Crow, Miley Cyrus, Melissa Etheridge, Ashanti, Natasha Bedingfield, Keyshia Cole, Ciara, Leona Lewis, LeAnn Rimes, and Carrie Underwood.

More: http://www.looktothestars.org/news/1198-lance-armstrong-stands-up-to-cancer-tonight

Harrison Ford and Sam Waterston’s Water Awards

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 13:30:00 +0000

Orange County, California, kicked off this summer season with their largest fund raiser yet, The SeaChange Summer Party.

Held at a private estate on Laguna Beach, the event raised $1 million through ticket sales and auction to benefit Oceana, an organization that campaigns to protect and restore the world’s oceans. Actors Harrison Ford and Sam Waterston were honored at the event for their ongoing, significant ocean conservation efforts.

“We have done great things before in the human history,” said Ford. “We can do it again. Let’s not let this award be an empty vessel – let’s work for fundamental transformation – a real SeaChange in ocean policy.”

More: http://www.looktothestars.org/news/1070-harrison-ford-and-sam-waterstons-water-awards

Diane Keaton and Andie MacDowell Fight Cancer Together

Wed, 21 Nov 2007 15:28:32 +0000

On November 7th, Diane Keaton and Andie MacDowell co-hosted L’Oréal’s “A Night Of Hope” event at Murano in Los Angeles. A silent auction of exceptional photography, fabulous fashion, and accessories from big names including Chanel, Vuitton and De Beers raised money for the benefit of the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund (OCRF), a charity that L’Oréal has supported for a decade.

OCRF is dedicated to research and awareness for ovarian cancer, which claims over 15,000 lives in the US alone each year. The problem with this type of cancer is that there is no effective method of early detection, resulting in late diagnosis in 75 percent of cases, too often too late.

Says L’Oréal Paris president Carol J. Hamilton, “Since 1997, we have helped to raise over $13 million to fund life-saving research and to promote awareness building programs to help empower women to make educated choices about their health and well-being.”

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