Look To The Stars News: Adrian Grenier

Celebrities Take Part In I AM Campaign To Stop Rising Sea Levels

Wed, 21 Sep 2011 19:30:00 +0000

Global Green USA today launched the I AM Campaign to raise awareness about the serious threats Americans face from rising sea levels, and challenge citizens to take action in their communities.

Joined by actors, athletes and musicians – such as Mark Ruffalo, Adrian Grenier, Orlando Bloom, Serena Williams, James Cameron, Billy Morrison, Mark McGrath, Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick among others – I AM highlights coastal cities in the U.S. and the world from New Orleans to New York City, from Tokyo to Jakarta, from San Francisco to Boston; that are in danger due to sea level rise.

Ted Danson And Adrian Grenier Attend Oceana Hamptons Splash Party

Tue, 02 Aug 2011 16:00:00 +0000

On July 30, international ocean conservation organization Oceana welcomed Ted Danson and Adrian Grenier and the Honey Brothers at the 2nd annual Hamptons Splash party.

Adrian Grenier and Ted Danson – Photo: Seth Browarnik/WorldRedEye.com

Ted Danson And Adrian Grenier To Bring Celebrity Power To Oceana Charity Party

Wed, 29 Jun 2011 14:00:00 +0000

Oceana will hold its second annual Hamptons Splash Party on July 30, 2011 at the beachfront home of Margie and Michael Loeb in Southampton, NY, with guests including Ted Danson and Adrian Grenier.

Oceana returns to the Hamptons after receiving an outpouring of support surrounding last year’s inaugural celebration.

Stars Attend 15th Annual Global Green Millennium Awards

Tue, 07 Jun 2011 15:30:00 +0000

Global Green USA celebrated its 15th Annual Millennium Awards at a star-studded fundraising gala at the Fairmont Miramar Hotel & Bungalows in Santa Monica, California on Saturday, June 4, 2011. More than 350 guests enjoyed the reception and dinner program that included a featured musical performance by Rocky Dawuni.

Celebrity guests and presenters including Kyra Sedgwick, Kevin Bacon, Jamie Lee Curtis, Christopher Guest, Orlando Bloom, Miranda Kerr, Adrian Grenier, Armyan Bernstein, Sharon Lawrence and more also had the opportunity to check out a new ECOtality Commercial Electric car charger with network support by Sprint along with the new ecofriendly Samsung Replenish phone. Sprint was the featured VIP Reception sponsor for the event and highlighted their longtime commitment to sustainability during the cocktail reception.  

Stars Karaoke For UNICEF At Celebrity Charity Event

Thu, 19 May 2011 15:30:00 +0000

On Tuesday, May 17, UNICEF hosted the first-ever Playlist with the A-List celebrity charity karaoke benefit at the El Rey Theatre in Los Angeles. The evening raised $275,000 for UNICEF’s ‘Schools for Africa’ campaign.

Jack Black performs War Pigs

Join The Cast Of Entourage For Charity

Thu, 05 May 2011 14:00:00 +0000

The Noreen Fraser Foundation is continuing their tradition of entertainment-tied fundraising via Variety’s Power of Comedy initiative, offering a day on the set of Entourage during the filming of their final season, including lunch, pictures with the cast, and a tour!

As the lucky winner of this truly incredible once-in-a-lifetime experience, you will pick the date you would like to attend the set of the final season of Entourage. Do you have a certain character you would like to see? Not to worry, you can attend the set visit on the day they are filming a scene with him or her in it! You will also grab lunch with the Entourage cast available that day! The best part, is that you can stay on set as long as you’d like for the day. You’ll receive a tour of the studio, take pictures with the cast, meet the director, wear headphones and watch the filming alongside the producers, ask questions, and mingle with the crew. Do not miss out on this opportunity to get a complete behind the scenes experience of what Entourage is all about!

Selena Gomez Fills Her Bottles For UNICEF

Fri, 22 Apr 2011 14:00:00 +0000

Selena Gomez has given her fans a glimpse into her home in a new video promoting UNICEF’s Celebrity Tap Project.

The UNICEF Tap Project is a public service campaign that aims to draw attention to this serious issue and encourage the public to take action to reduce the numbers of children dying daily from waterborne illnesses, the second-highest cause of preventable childhood deaths in the world.

“As you know, I’m part of this year’s Celebrity Tap Project for UNICEF,” she says on the video. “Myself and many others are collecting our tap water and putting it in these fancy bottles for you guys to win. So I wanna make a quick video to show you guys that we are filling up these bottles with my tap water – this is my home – and I want to thank you guys so much for helping kids all over the world.”

Selena Gomez Joins UNICEF Celebrity Charity Tap Project

Mon, 14 Mar 2011 15:30:00 +0000

Celebrities from the worlds of music, film, television and sport have joined with the U.S. Fund for UNICEF to engage consumers in a conversation about the lack of access to safe, clean water for nearly 900 million children and adults across the globe.

Celebrity supporters – UNICEF Ambassador Selena Gomez, along with Adrian Grenier, Dwight Howard, Rihanna, Taylor Swift and Robin Williams – will bottle their own tap water from their homes for a sweepstakes benefiting the UNICEF Tap Project. Supporters of the UNICEF Tap Project can enter to win a limited-edition “Celebrity Tap Pack,” a one-of-a-kind case of custom-made water bottles featuring tap water from the homes of each celebrity advocate, all the while raising vital funds for UNICEF’s clean water and sanitation programs.

Susan Sarandon To Host Celebrity Charity Ping-Pong Ball

Mon, 14 Mar 2011 15:00:00 +0000

Susan Sarandon will join Mary-Louise Parker as host of a very special night of celebrity charity ping-pong and live music in New York later this month.

The Ping-Pong Ball will benefit Hope North – a 40-acre campus in northern Uganda where refugees, orphans and escaped child soldiers find a place to call home – and will feature live music from Rufus Wainwright, Josh Ritter, Jesse Malin, Martha Wainwright, Charlie Mars and Hope North founder Okello Kelo Sam. There will also be an auction hosted by Ryan Willard.

The host committee for the event includes Forest Whitaker, Chris Rock, Malaak Compton-Rock, Julianne Moore, Adrian Grenier and many more.

Global Green's Annual Pre-Oscar Party Not to Be Missed

Fri, 21 Jan 2011 15:02:00 +0000

Celebrities will be walking quite a few red carpets during ‘Oscar’ week in Los Angeles next month, but perhaps the most important carpet they’ll walk will be Global Green’s ‘green carpet.’

The Annual Global Green Pre-Oscar Party is where celebrities and other eco-luminaries are treated to the best in eco-products at the green products showcase and an organic bar. The evening culminates with stellar musical performances that help drive home Global Green’s message.

Only 1,500 guests are invited to the Feb 23rd event, where media and press will gather to hear the latest green messages from some of Hollywood’s biggest stars as they walk the ‘green carpet.’

Adrian Grenier To Return As Charity:Water Ball Host

Thu, 25 Nov 2010 13:00:00 +0000

Adrian Grenier will host the 5th annual charity ball to benefit charity:water on December 13.

The star has hosted the event for the last few years, and will resume his MC duties at the Metropolitan Pavilion in New York next month.

Charity:Water was established by Scott Harrison, a Manhattan party promoter, in 2006. While on a freelance photography trip in Africa, Harrison was shocked to see victims of contaminated water suffering long and painful deaths.

Oceana To Celebrate Endless Summer At Celebrity Charity Event

Thu, 11 Nov 2010 15:00:00 +0000

Oceana will celebrate ten years of their tireless and successful efforts to save the oceans with an event at Esquire House LA on November 13.

The Endless Summer event will feature intimate performances by The Honey Brothers with Oceana Ambassador Adrian Grenier, as well as Jeff Goldblum & The Mildred Snitzer Orchestra. Also slated to appear are Anthony LaPaglia, Christine Woods, Daphne Zuniga, Jenna Ushkowitz, Lake Bell, Leonor Varela, Liam Hemsworth, Max Burkholder, Sally Pressman, Simon Helberg, Tim DeKay, Troian Bellisario and many more.

Adrian Grenier Designs T-Shirt For Charity

Mon, 11 Oct 2010 14:00:00 +0000

The star of HBO’s ‘Entourage’, Adrian Grenier, has made quite a name for himself as an eco-activist and has designed a new limited-edition t-shirt with the help of Nautica and GQ’s The Gentlemen’s Fund to benefit Oceana.

100% of the $25 organic cotton tee will go directly to Oceana — the ocean conservation organization supported by the actor.

“I think its important to constantly be updating and evolving with the changing philosophies, the changing science and team up with Oceana and Nautica and actually going out and seeing firsthand what’s happening,” says Grenier, " A lot of people don’t have the opportunity to actually see how we and our consumption [are] affecting the ocean and I find it to be a really fulfilling experiencing when you’re getting your hands dirty , when you’re participating, as opposed to sitting by idly and watching it all go by you."

Eva Longoria To Launch TwitChange Celebrity Charity Auction

Mon, 13 Sep 2010 13:00:00 +0000

Eva Longoria has taken to Twitter to encourage her celebrity friends to support charity.

The Desperate Housewives superstar has enlisted the help of the stars to launch TwitChange, a massive online auction that will hit the Net on September 15. The idea is simple: TwitChange is the only global celebrity auction where Twitter users can bid to get three things: be followed by their favorite celebrity on Twitter, retweeted, or mentioned by them in a special tweet!

All proceeds from the TwitChange celebrity auction will provide AHomeInHaiti.org the means to ﬁnish rebuilding the Miriam Center. The Miriam Center houses, educates and loves on Haitian children with cerebral palsy, severe autism, and other major life challenges and is one of the only facilities of its kind in Haiti. The current facility houses children in the earthquakeʼs aftermath and is extremely overcrowded. These kids need and deserve a permanent home.

Adrian Grenier Wants You To Help Save Bluefin Tuna

Wed, 30 Jun 2010 14:00:00 +0000

It takes an “Entourage” to save the world’s bluefin tuna.

Nylon Studios has created the engaging music for a new call to action PSA for Oceana, featuring HBO’s Entourage star Adrian Grenier.

“Bluefin Tuna are one of the fastest fish in the ocean, but even they can’t escape our appetites,” says the star of the PSA. “We’re eating them to the brink of extinction. Go to oceana.org. Help save Bluefin before they’re gone for good.”

Stars Come Out On Earth Day

Mon, 26 Apr 2010 11:30:00 +0000

Stars and Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa of Los Angeles came out to celebrate the 40th Anniversary of Earth Day with James Cameron at JW Marriott in downtown Los Angeles as part of the Avatar Home Tree Event.

Many celebrities shared their various media platform programs at the event. While on the green carpet sporting green attire, former NBA Star, talk show host and vegan John Salley announced he is the new executive producer of the documentary film Simply Raw: Reversing Diabetes in 30 Days. The documentary centers around a raw food challenge to reverse cases of diabetes.

Adrien Grenier Swims With The Bluefin For Conservation

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:00:00 +0000

Entourage star Adrian Grenier is working with conservation organization Oceana to help save bluefin tuna.

According to the charity, the star went swimming with the bluefin yesterday to record a special PSA calling for their protection.

“Kinda nervous,” he wrote on his Twitter page prior to the swim. “If you could swim in virtually, bottomless, open ocean an hour off shore, with a school of 2000lb blue fine tuna, would you?”

Global Green To Host Star-Studded Pre-Oscar Party

Mon, 15 Feb 2010 13:30:00 +0000

Global Green USA will host its 7th Annual Pre-Oscar Party with CEO Matt Petersen and celebrity co-hosts including Suzy Amis Cameron & James Cameron, Sebastian Copeland, Roland Emmerich, Adrian Grenier, Neil Patrick Harris, Salma Hayek and Zachary Quinto.

The evening will feature special musical performances from Benji & Joel Madden of Good Charlotte, and Mia Maestro.

The theme for this year’s event is “Greener Cities for a Cooler Planet” and will benefit Global Green’s initiatives to promote smart solutions to climate change by creating healthy, green communities. The spectacular show will be held at the Avalon Hollywood on Vine Street on Wednesday, March 3.

Adrian Grenier Resumes Hosting Duties At Charity Ball

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 15:00:00 +0000

Adrian Grenier will once again host the charity:water Ball this December.

Last year’s event was a huge success, raising over $500,000 and featuring guests such as Matthew Modine and auction lots from Dustin Hoffman.

Lebron James Donates to ONEXONE

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:30:00 +0000

On the season finale of the HBO hit show ‘Entourage’, NBA star LeBron James appeared as himself alongside Matt Damon as they hounded Vinnie (played by Adrian Grenier) to donate to Damon’s ONEXONE Foundation. During the last few minutes of the show, LeBron told Vinnie that he donated “$1 million” to the foundation.

But did he really?

Now, after months of speculation, LeBron James has confirmed that he did, in fact, donate one million to ONEXONE. When asked if the donation he mentioned on Entourage “was real,” LeBron said “Of course it’s real.”

Stars Gather For Brent Shapiro Foundation Event

Fri, 11 Sep 2009 15:00:00 +0000

The Brent Shapiro Foundation for Drug and Alcohol Awareness will hold a star-studded benefit in Hollywood tomorrow night, September 12.

The private party at an undisclosed residence will be attended by many of the celebrity supporters of the charity, including Larry King, Jessica Alba, Sean Combs, Denzel Washington, Barry Bonds, Rod Stewart, Paula Abdul, Simon Cowell, Randy Jackson, Ryan Seacrest, Paris Hilton, Nicole Richie, Joel Madden, Lindsay Lohan, Brody Jenner, Maksim Chmerkovskiy, Karina Smirnoff, Lionel Richie, Sylvester Stallone, Brent Bolthouse, Danny Masterson, Adrian Grenier, Kim, Khloe and Kourtney Kardashian, Bruce and Kris Jenner, Warren Beatty and Annette Bening, Cheryl Tiegs, Jayde Nicole, Jacquelyn Smith, Nicky Hilton, Carolina Bacardi, Esai Morales, Ashley Hamilton and many others.

Brent Shapiro was the son of Robert Shapiro, who was an attorney on OJ Simpson’s defense team in 1995. Brent – who had battled with addictions most of his life – died in 2005 at the age of 25. It is the vision of the Brent Shapiro Foundation to fight the stigma of addictions through education, and help parents communicate with their children on addiction issues.

Stars Sign Balls For Little League

Wed, 19 Aug 2009 15:30:00 +0000

Fans will soon be able to catch a series of baseballs signed by their favorite stars for charity.

On Friday, August 21, Little League Baseball will launch a very special online auction featuring over 40 balls signed by stars such as Zac Efron, Drew Barrymore, Billy Crystal, James Earl Jones, Charlie Sheen, Adrian Grenier, Kevin Connolly, Larry King, the Kardashian family (Kim, Khloe & Kourtney), James Denton and Milo Ventimiglia. Additional balls have been signed by athletes including Michael Phelps, Jeff Gordon, Michael Strahan, Ryan Howard, Barry Sanders, Dave Winfield, Blake Griffin, Albert Pujols and others.

The auction will kick off on Friday on eBay.com, and fans will be able to access it by searching for “Baseball Design Across America.” The auction will last 10 days (concludes Aug. 30) and all the proceeds benefit Little League. Little League Baseball involves more than 2.8 million children and 1 million volunteers, and over 30 million people have played in Little League programs.

Mark Wahlberg Launches Charity Auction

Tue, 18 Aug 2009 12:30:00 +0000

Actor Mark Wahlberg is to launch a fantastic new online auction today, August 18, to raise money for The Mark Wahlberg Youth Foundation.

The auction will feature three lots: the chance for two people to play a round of golf with Wahlberg at a top golf course; the opportunity to join Entourage’s Adrian Grenier for a round of golf in Los Angeles; and a private batting lesson with baseball legend David Ortiz.

The Mark Wahlberg Youth Foundation aims to improve the quality of life for inner city youth through a working partnership with other youth organizations. The Foundation provides financial and community support to assist in making the dreams and ultimate potential of inner city youth become a reality.

Matt Damon Joins Entourage For Charity

Tue, 14 Jul 2009 13:00:00 +0000

Matt Damon will make a cameo appearance on the latest season of Entourage to promote a charity he is involved with.

“It wasn’t hard to get him,” Entourage executive producer Doug Elin told TV Guide. “Matt came on the phone with me and wanted to do something that focused on his charity, ONEXONE, which helps kids all over the world.”

Damon will join NBA star LeBron James in the episode, which features Damon forcing Adrian Grenier’s character to donate more to the charity than he intended to.

Want To Mingle With The "Entourage" Cast For Charity?

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 11:38:00 +0000

Fans of Entourage won’t want to miss the auction currently happening over at CharityFolks!

The auction is giving fans the chance to join Vince, Drama, Turtle, Eric, Ari, Mrs. Ari and the gang with two VIP tickets to the Season 6 Premiere of HBO’s Entourage at the Paramount Theatre in Los Angeles on July 9, 2009!

Proceeds will benefit the Felix Organization, started by Run DMC’s Darryl McDaniels to help children growing up without parents experience fuller lives.