Look To The Stars News: Montel Williams

Montel Williams Cooks For Wounded Warriors At Military Medical Center

Tue, 06 Dec 2011 14:00:00 +0000

Montel Williams, Emmy Award-winning talk-show host, decorated former naval intelligence officer, entrepreneur, motivational speaker and philanthropist, visited the Fisher House last week to cook a Holiday meal for the families of wounded warriors receiving medical treatment at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.

Jennifer Tilly Hosts All-Star Charity Poker

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

The 2nd Annual All In for ‘Cerebral Palsy’ Celebrity Poker Tournament took place at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas last weekend, where a host of celebrities gathered to play Texas Hold ’Em and raise money for the One Step Closer Foundation.

Hosted by Jennifer Tilly, the event attracted actors Dean Cain, Shannon Elizabeth, Glenn Morshower and TV personality Montel Williams, as well as Anthrax guitarist Scott Ian, Napster creator Shawn Fanning and poker professionals Jamie Gold, Barry Greenstein, Pam and Todd Brunson, and Phil Laak among many others.

The tournament, created by Jacob Zalewski, aims to help those who, like himself, suffer from Cerebral Palsy.

Montel Williams' Daughter Speaks Up For Nutrition

Tue, 25 Aug 2009 11:30:00 +0000

As students across America head back to class, the daughter of Montel Williams is calling for healthy vegetarian school lunch options in a new television commercial. Fourteen-year-old Wyntergrace Williams is asking Congress to amend the Child Nutrition Act to help schools serve more fruits, vegetables, and vegetarian meals.

“Some of us don’t eat right,” Wyntergrace says in the commercial produced by the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM). “Fast food, junk food—sometimes, even our school lunches have too much fat and cholesterol.”

More than 80 percent of Americans believe that vegetarian meals should be available in schools to children who want them, according to a recent survey conducted by Opinion Research Corporation.

Tobey Maguire Wants Healthy Lunches Served In Schools

Fri, 14 Aug 2009 15:00:00 +0000

Actor Tobey Maguire has joined America’s Healthy School Lunch Campaign by writing letters to congressional leaders about the Child Nutrition Act.

“I am deeply concerned that unhealthy school lunches are contributing to our nation’s childhood obesity epidemic,” wrote Maguire. “School is tough enough already – students shouldn’t have to put up with lunches swimming in fat and cholesterol. It’s time for healthier options. The upcoming reauthorization of the Child Nutrition Act offers a golden opportunity to help school lunch programs serve more fruits, vegetables and low-fat vegetarian meals.”

Current federal school lunch policies are somewhat disturbing as they encourage surplus beef ending up in schools across the country, resulting in daily servings of high-fat meals to millions of young children. This is deeply troubling to Maguire.

Soap Stars To Join Celebrity Charity Trip To Kenya

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:00:00 +0000

Three of Daytime TV’s biggest stars – Susan Lucci (“All My Children”), Anthony Geary (“General Hospital”) and Kelly Monaco (“General Hospital)” – will travel to Kenya next month with Feed the Children, an international, non-profit relief organization that supports more than 100,000 children in Kenya’s slums.

The three will document their journey with their own cameras as they aid Feed the Children founders Larry and Frances Jones in delivering food and items to the needy and accompany them on visits to local schools as well as an abandoned baby center built by Feed the Children. Part of the footage they shoot while over there will air as a segment entitled “Daytime Gives Back” during the Daytime Entertainment Emmy Awards, airing Sunday, August 30th at 8:00p.m. ET/PT on the CW Television Network.

“All My Children” will also incorporate the trip in to their show, in a yet to be determined storyline involving Lucci’s character Erica Kane.

Affleck, Damon and More To Ante Up For Africa

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 16:30:00 +0000

Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Brad Garrett, Mekhi Phifer, and top poker professional Phil Hellmuth have joined the growing list of celebrities who plan to play in the Ante Up For Africa charity tournament July 2 at the 40th annual World Series of Poker.

Some of Hollywood’s biggest stars are expected to go all in for the 3rd Ante Up For Africa (AUFA) Celebrity-Charity poker tournament.

Stars Play Poker For Paralyzed Veterans

Fri, 09 Jan 2009 12:00:00 +0000

Some of the biggest names in poker and entertainment have been invited to participate in two-charity poker tournement benefiting the Paralyzed Veterans of America.

The ‘All In’ events will take place at the Rio All Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas on February 26, and the Hyatt Regency Washington on Capital Hill, Washington D.C. on March 25. Invited guests include Committee Chairs: Ben Affleck, Andy Bloch, Lee Childs, Senator Alfonse D’Amato, Richard and Kyle Petty, Mike Sexton, and Montel Williams.

Both events include an opening reception, poker clinic and silent auctions, as well as prizes such as a seat at the World Poker Tour Celebrity Invitational or a VIP Race Weekend with Richard Petty.

World Magic Awards To Feed The Children

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 14:30:00 +0000

You can help make the problem of starving children disappear by attending the 2008 World Magic Awards this Saturday, October 11.

Hosted by Neil Patrick Harris at the Barker Hanger in Santa Monica, the show will benefit Feed the Children, an organization that provides food, medicine, clothing and other necessities to individuals, children and families who lack these essentials due to famine, war, poverty, or natural disaster.

Featuring a host of the world’s best magicians – including Hans Klok – the World Magic Awards will attract John Schneider, Corbin Bernsen, Melora Hardin, Jonathan Schaech, Debbie Matenopolous, Ernie Hudson, Buzz Aldrin, Cristian de la Fuente, Ashley Jones and many others.

Bid For Signed Coffee Cups For Charity

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 13:30:00 +0000

Fancy sitting down for a cup of coffee and helping to fight breast cancer at the same time? Now you can, with the launch of the Second Annual Nonni’s Biscotti Celebrity Mug Auction.

The auction launches today, October 1, and features over 90 pink Nonni’s mugs signed by some of your favorite stars. 100% of the proceeds will go to Susan G. Komen for the Cure as part of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and the auction features cups signed by Barbara Walters, Montel Williams, Zachary Levi, Jason Mewes, Joel Madden, Debra Messing, Cameron Mathison, Daniel Goddard, Julianne Hough, Shannon Elizabeth, Susan Lucci, and many more.

Nancy Brinker created Susan G. Komen for the Cure in honor of her dying sister’s wish to speed up research and make the treatment process a little more esthetic and feminine friendly. A global breast cancer movement was launched, “fighting to save lives, empower people, ensure quality care for all and energize science to find the cures.”

Affleck Tops Charity Stars in Denver

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 13:30:00 +0000

Denver saw an outpouring of celebrity love during last week’s DNC, with Ben Affleck leading the philanthropic pack.

On the Tuesday night, Affleck took part in a poker tournament, along with Richard Dreyfuss and Montel Williams, which ultimately raised over $60,000 for the Paralyzed Veterans of America.

“A lot of important organizations use this environment and the people who are here, celebrities, members of Congress, to try and raise money. This is not a Democratic or Republican group, this is a group serving our veterans,” Affleck said of the charity.

Montel Williams Steadfast In Battle Against MS

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 15:30:00 +0000

Earlier this month, Montel Williams took over the Golden Nuggets’ newly renovated pavilion in Las Vegas to host his charity poker tournament to benefit the Montel Williams MS Foundation.

60 players donated $1,080 each to play the charity event, including noted poker professionals Jennifer Tilly, Phil Laak, Jamie Gold, Marsha Waggoner and Robert Williamson III. John Colville, Poker Operations Manager, also presented a generous donation of $25,000 to the MS Foundation.

The Montel Williams MS Foundation directs its research towards new treatments and ways to make them available to everyone. Montel said, “I’m going to keep on having these fundraisers until a cure is found. Technology is advancing and so are the treatments. One day a cure is going to happen!”

Montel Williams To Play Poker For Multiple Sclerosis

Thu, 13 Mar 2008 14:52:07 +0000

After reading our recent Montel Williams article, Look To The Stars reader Dan Ciranny wrote in to tell us something our readers can do today to make a real difference in the lives of people with Multiple Sclerosis (MS):

First of all, let me tell you about MS, because I admit I never really understood what it was about.

Multiple Sclerosis leads its victims down a long decline in every vital system of the body. It attacks systems in the body randomly by deteriorating the protective sheaths of the nerve connections that send signals to that part of the body.

Clay Walker And Montel Williams Team Up Against Multiple Sclerosis

Fri, 29 Feb 2008 10:05:21 +0000

Country music star Clay Walker and his charity, the Band Against MS Foundation (BAMS), have just donated another $25,000 to multiple sclerosis (MS) research.

Last Fall, $25,000 went to the Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee. This time BAMS has donated to the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis. The money will be put towards continued research into the cause of and cure for MS, a disease that interrupts the flow of information from the brain to the body, and causes symptoms from numbness and tingling to blindness and paralysis.

Walker, who was diagnosed with MS in ’96, created BAMS in an effort to provide information to the public and to fund research on the disease.

Coffee and Cookies to Cure Cancer

Tue, 23 Oct 2007 15:28:19 +0000

Nonni’s Biscotti, maker of traditional Italian biscotti, has taken up cause with Susan G. Komen for the Cure, the world’s largest grassroots network of breast cancer survivors and activists. Nonni’s will auction over 50 coffee mugs, each autographed by a different celebrity, and donate the total proceeds to Komen for the Cure.

Celebrities such as Andie MacDowell, Mimi Rogers, Jennifer Tilly, Montel Williams, James Woods, Sacha Baron Cohen and Lil’ Kim have given their signatures to the mugs for auction. Now, during National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the eBay Giving Works site has posted the auction items.

Nancy Brinker created Susan G. Komen for the Cure in honor of her dying sister’s wish to speed up research and, meanwhile, make the treatment process a little more esthetic and feminine friendly. A global breast cancer movement was launched, “fighting to save lives, empower people, ensure quality care for all and energize science to find the cures.”