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  <title>Charitable Celebrities To Receive 21st Century Leaders Awards</title>
  <description>&lt;p&gt;Celebrities will be out in abundance in Doha, Qatar, next week for the Whatever It Takes Experience presented by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/514-21st-century-leaders&quot;&gt;21st Century Leaders&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/497-whatever-it-takes&quot;&gt;Whatever It Takes&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;As well as a private art experience and gala dinner, several stars will be honored with 21st Century Leaders Awards at this massive charity event.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The Doha 21st Century Leaders&#8217; Awards are granted to individuals who, whilst being leaders in their own fields, have also made a serious commitment and significant impact on their chosen cause.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The award is given to individuals who have used their influence to raise awareness, their celebrated status to raise funds, and the respect and notoriety which they have gained from successes in their chosen profession, to make positive policy changes to progress either environmental or humanitarian concerns.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Friday, October 30, will see Sir Ben Kingsley &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;CBE&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1693-venus-williams&quot;&gt;Venus&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/300-serena-williams&quot;&gt;Serena Williams&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/501-josh-hartnett&quot;&gt;Josh Hartnett&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1645-danny-boyle&quot;&gt;Danny Boyle&lt;/a&gt; and Christian Colson honored for their outstanding charity and humanitarian work. A surprise guest will open the event, and an art exhibition will also take place featuring original artworks by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/68-george-clooney&quot;&gt;George Clooney&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1767-stella-mccartney&quot;&gt;Stella McCartney&lt;/a&gt;, Sir &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/143-roger-moore&quot;&gt;Roger Moore&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;KBE&lt;/span&gt;, Sir &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/627-michael-caine&quot;&gt;Michael Caine&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;CBE&lt;/span&gt;, and Lady Shakira Caine, Sir &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/454-ian-mckellen&quot;&gt;Ian McKellen&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/121-samuel-l-jackson&quot;&gt;Samuel L. Jackson&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/185-nicole-kidman&quot;&gt;Nicole Kidman&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/65-ewan-mcgregor&quot;&gt;Ewan McGregor&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/796-laurence-fishburne&quot;&gt;Laurence Fishburne&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/111-john-travolta&quot;&gt;John Travolta&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/128-pierce-brosnan&quot;&gt;Pierce Brosnan&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;OBE&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/246-morgan-freeman&quot;&gt;Morgan Freeman&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/34-charlize-theron&quot;&gt;Charlize Theron&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/160-minnie-driver&quot;&gt;Minnie Driver&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/163-lucy-liu&quot;&gt;Lucy Liu&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/491-susan-sarandon&quot;&gt;Susan Sarandon&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/44-courteney-cox&quot;&gt;Courteney Cox&lt;/a&gt; &amp;amp; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/734-david-arquette&quot;&gt;David Arquette&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/312-whoopi-goldberg&quot;&gt;Whoopi Goldberg&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/281-penelope-cruz&quot;&gt;Penelope Cruz&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/365-benicio-del-toro&quot;&gt;Benicio del Toro&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/129-joseph-fiennes&quot;&gt;Joseph Fiennes&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1469-anjelica-huston&quot;&gt;Anjelica Huston&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1046-christian-slater&quot;&gt;Christian Slater&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/634-harvey-keitel&quot;&gt;Harvey Keitel&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/6-alan-rickman&quot;&gt;Alan Rickman&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/48-liam-neeson&quot;&gt;Liam Neeson&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/383-gillian-anderson&quot;&gt;Gillian Anderson&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/76-hilary-duff&quot;&gt;Hilary Duff&lt;/a&gt;, Adrien Brody, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1656-mickey-rourke&quot;&gt;Mickey Rourke&lt;/a&gt;, Robin Wright Penn, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1093-patrick-stewart&quot;&gt;Patrick Stewart&lt;/a&gt;, Lauren Bacall, Stephanie Powers, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/604-toni-collette&quot;&gt;Toni Collette&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/388-daniel-craig&quot;&gt;Daniel Craig&lt;/a&gt; and many more.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;An active supporter and patron of charities such as the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/116-princes-trust&quot;&gt;Prince&amp;#8217;s Trust&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/97-teenage-cancer-trust&quot;&gt;Teenage Cancer Trust&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/569-first-star&quot;&gt;First Star&lt;/a&gt;, English actor Sir Ben Kingsley &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;CBE&lt;/span&gt; is very much devoted to helping disadvantaged young people and children. In 2008, Kingsley was awarded the &amp;#8220;Cinema for Peace Honorary Award&amp;#8221;, for the portrayal of the humanitarian role-models Simon Wiesenthal, Itzhak Stern and Gandhi.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In April 2009, following the success of Slumdog Millionaire, filmmakers Danny Boyle and Christian Colson announced a commitment of &#163;500,000 to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/946-plan&quot;&gt;Plan&lt;/a&gt;, an international children&amp;#8217;s development organization. The money will be spent on a five-year program focusing on education and sanitation, designed to improve the lives of children in Mumbai&amp;#8217;s slum communities. In consultation with Plan, the filmmakers have also founded the Jai Ho Trust, an independent trust which aims to ensure that Rubina Ali (who played the youngest Latika in the film) and Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail (youngest Salim) receive an education, housing and social support. The trust will also hold a sum of money for the two children until they reach adulthood.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;American actor and film producer Josh Hartnett supports a number of worthy causes and has backed &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/439-global-cool&quot;&gt;Global Cool&lt;/a&gt;, a charity focused on climate change since its inception. Launching with a reception at No.10 Downing Street in London in 2007, Josh Hartnett met with former Prime Minister &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/285-tony-blair&quot;&gt;Tony Blair&lt;/a&gt; on behalf of the group and has since taken the message of greenhouse gas reduction far and wide, to let people know that they really can make a difference to the environmental health of our planet.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Professional women&#8217;s tennis players whom have won a combined 12 Grand Slam titles. The Williams sisters have demonstrated an immense amount of charitable work off the court. The &amp;#8220;Williams Sister&amp;#8217;s Tour&amp;#8221; set out to raise money for the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/983-ronald-mcdonald-house-charities&quot;&gt;Ronald McDonald House Charities&lt;/a&gt; which provides housing for families of seriously ill children. In addition, Serena started The Serena Williams Foundation which focuses on education, and helping underprivileged children in Africa who cannot afford to go to school or college to do so.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;WhateverItTakes.org is a unique charity artwork project which inspires hope by gathering artworks from leaders in all fields; royalty, film, music, Nobel Peace Prize laureates, sports, literature etc. The artworks are used to ethically produce Whatever It Takes products which are then sold to raise funds for charitable causes chosen by each contributing leader. 21st Century Leaders Foundation&#8217;s mission is to assist and encourage a generation of influencers &#8211; royalty, Nobel peace prize laureates and well-known leaders in the fields of film, music, fashion, art and literature &#8211; to raise awareness and funds for international development causes, thereby leading the way in promoting positive environmental sustainable development. 21st Century Leaders was founded in May 2003 when Charlotte di Vita was made a Goodwill Ambassador to the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/294-nelson-mandela-childrens-fund&quot;&gt;Nelson Mandela Children&amp;#8217;s Fund&lt;/a&gt;. 21st Century Leaders was also the 10th Anniversary celebration of Trade plus Aid, the foundation for which Charlotte had received an &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;MBE&lt;/span&gt; from Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;To find out more about this event &amp;#8211; to be held at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Doha on October 30/31 &amp;#8211; click &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.blog.whateverittakes.org/&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h6&gt;Related past articles&lt;/h6&gt;
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  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3364-roger-moore-steps-up-battle-against-foie-gras&quot;&gt;Roger Moore Steps Up Battle Against Foie Gras&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3363-nicole-kidman-takes-anti-violence-message-to-kenya&quot;&gt;Nicole Kidman Takes Anti-Violence Message To Kenya&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3356-courteney-cox-and-david-arquette-design-jewelry-for-charity&quot;&gt;Courteney Cox And David Arquette Design Jewelry For Charity&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3354-send-personalized-messages-from-hilary-duff-for-charity&quot;&gt;Send Personalized Messages From Hilary Duff For Charity&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3348-elton-john-aids-foundation-to-honor-sharon-stone-and-bill-clinton&quot;&gt;Elton John AIDS Foundation To Honor Sharon Stone And Bill Clinton&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
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  <title>Taylor Swift Signs Elephant For Family Health International</title>
  <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;small&gt;Written by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/contributor/14-tim-saunders&quot;&gt;Tim Saunders&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;As &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3100-family-health-international-to-benefit-from-charity-elephant-auction&quot;&gt;reported earlier by &lt;em&gt;Look To The Stars&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/542-family-health-international&quot;&gt;Family Health International&lt;/a&gt; is one of many charities to benefit from the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3064-celebrities-sign-elephants-for-project-zambi&quot;&gt;current auction of celebrity-signed toy elephants&lt;/a&gt; organized by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/1402-project-zambi&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;PROJECT&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;ZAMBI&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Among those who have signed the elephants specifically for &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;FHI&lt;/span&gt; are &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/970-taylor-swift&quot;&gt;Taylor Swift&lt;/a&gt; (pictured below), the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1316-jonas-brothers&quot;&gt;Jonas Brothers&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1529-hugh-jackman&quot;&gt;Hugh Jackman&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/573-heidi-klum&quot;&gt;Heidi Klum&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/61-ellen-degeneres&quot;&gt;Ellen DeGeneres&lt;/a&gt; &amp;amp; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1916-portia-de-rossi&quot;&gt;Portia de Rossi&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Photo: Taylor Swift, Project Zambi&quot; class=&quot;photo story_wide&quot; src=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/photo/2888-taylor-swift-project-zambi/story_wide.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Taylor Swift, Project Zambi&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&#8220;Family Health International is deeply grateful to these celebrities for lending their names to help address one of the world&#8217;s most serious problems. Their support raises awareness of the crisis and brings real help to children orphaned by &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;AIDS&lt;/span&gt; in Africa&#8212;not just help to survive but to thrive,&#8221; said Al Siemens, &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;CEO&lt;/span&gt; of Family Health International.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;A number of other celebrities have also chosen charities to support through the auction, including &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/68-george-clooney&quot;&gt;George Clooney&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/308-global-action-for-children&quot;&gt;Global Action for Children&lt;/a&gt;), &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/409-alicia-keys&quot;&gt;Alicia Keys&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/202-brooke-shields&quot;&gt;Brooke Shields&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/161-keep-a-child-alive&quot;&gt;Keep A Child Alive&lt;/a&gt;), &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/195-jessica-biel&quot;&gt;Jessica Biel&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/99-justin-timberlake&quot;&gt;Justin Timberlake&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/356-african-childrens-choir&quot;&gt;African Children&amp;#8217;s Choir&lt;/a&gt;), &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/96-jessica-simpson&quot;&gt;Jessica Simpson&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/162-operation-smile&quot;&gt;Operation Smile&lt;/a&gt;), &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/117-scarlett-johansson&quot;&gt;Scarlett Johansson&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/231-global-fund&quot;&gt;The Global Fund&lt;/a&gt;), &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/280-leonardo-dicaprio&quot;&gt;Leonardo DiCaprio&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/366-sos-childrens-village&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;SOS&lt;/span&gt; Children&amp;#8217;s Villages&lt;/a&gt;), &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/735-naomi-watts&quot;&gt;Naomi Watts&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;CIDRZ&lt;/span&gt; Foundation), &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1312-james-taylor&quot;&gt;James Taylor&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/230-hole-in-the-wall-camps&quot;&gt;Hole in the Wall Gang&lt;/a&gt;), &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/491-susan-sarandon&quot;&gt;Susan Sarandon&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;UNAID&lt;/span&gt;), &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/565-danny-devito&quot;&gt;Danny DeVito&lt;/a&gt;, Joely Fisher and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1648-brad-garrett&quot;&gt;Brad Garrett&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/192-save-the-children&quot;&gt;Save the Children&lt;/a&gt;), &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1031-jennie-garth&quot;&gt;Jennie Garth&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1924-peter-facinelli&quot;&gt;Peter Facinelli&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/632-glenn-close&quot;&gt;Glenn Close&lt;/a&gt; (Children of Uganda), and Barbara Walters and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/53-denzel-washington&quot;&gt;Denzel Washington&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/293-save-africas-children&quot;&gt;Save Africa&amp;#8217;s Children&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;To take part in the auction &amp;#8211; which runs until October 15 &amp;#8211; click &lt;a href=&quot;http://cgi3.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewUserPage&amp;amp;userid=project_zambi&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h6&gt;Related past articles&lt;/h6&gt;
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  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3361-jackie-chan-attends-operation-smile-event-in-vietnam&quot;&gt;Jackie Chan Attends Operation Smile Event In Vietnam&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3351-giving-back-fund-releases-2009s-top-celebrity-givers&quot;&gt;Giving Back Fund Releases 2009's Top Celebrity Givers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3350-bruce-springsteen-to-rock-autism-concert&quot;&gt;Bruce Springsteen To Rock Autism Concert&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3331-miley-cyrus-and-friends-hit-the-concert-for-hope&quot;&gt;Miley Cyrus And Friends Hit The Concert For Hope&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3324-glenn-close-is-removing-the-shame-that-shadows-mental-illness&quot;&gt;Glenn Close Is Removing The Shame That Shadows Mental Illness&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
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  <pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 15:29:00 -0000</pubDate>
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  <category>Family Health International</category>
  <category>PROJECT ZAMBI</category>
  <category>Taylor Swift</category>
  <category>Jonas Brothers</category>
  <category>Hugh Jackman</category>
  <category>Heidi Klum</category>
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  <category>Alicia Keys</category>
  <category>Brooke Shields</category>
  <category>Keep A Child Alive</category>
  <category>Jessica Biel</category>
  <category>Justin Timberlake</category>
  <category>African Children's Choir</category>
  <category>Jessica Simpson</category>
  <category>Operation Smile</category>
  <category>Scarlett Johansson</category>
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  <category>Leonardo DiCaprio</category>
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  <category>Naomi Watts</category>
  <category>CIDRZ Foundation</category>
  <category>James Taylor</category>
  <category>Hole in the Wall Gang</category>
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  <category>Danny DeVito</category>
  <category>Joely Fisher</category>
  <category>Brad Garrett</category>
  <category>Save the Children</category>
  <category>Jennie Garth</category>
  <category>Peter Facinelli</category>
  <category>Glenn Close</category>
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  <title>Will Smith's Children Support Charity Initiative</title>
  <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;small&gt;Written by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/contributor/14-tim-saunders&quot;&gt;Tim Saunders&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Jaden and Willow Smith &amp;#8211; the actor children of &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/150-will-smith&quot;&gt;Will Smith&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/81-jada-pinkett-smith&quot;&gt;Jada Pinkett Smith&lt;/a&gt; &amp;#8211; have spoken about their support for &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/1402-project-zambi&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;PROJECT&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;ZAMBI&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, a charity initiative started by a group of Hasbro employees to help raise awareness and funds for the estimated 15 million children who have lost parents and relatives to the &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;AIDS&lt;/span&gt; epidemic in Africa.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;Willow and I joined Project Zambi to represent all the kids out there who want to make the world a better place,&amp;#8221; said Jaden. &amp;#8220;We want to encourage kids everywhere to lend a hand and join us in spreading the word about how much children who have been orphaned by &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;AIDS&lt;/span&gt; in Africa need our help.&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The children have joined a host of stars &amp;#8211; including &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/195-jessica-biel&quot;&gt;Jessica Biel&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/68-george-clooney&quot;&gt;George Clooney&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/632-glenn-close&quot;&gt;Glenn Close&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/61-ellen-degeneres&quot;&gt;Ellen DeGeneres&lt;/a&gt; &amp;amp; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1916-portia-de-rossi&quot;&gt;Portia de Rossi&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/280-leonardo-dicaprio&quot;&gt;Leonardo DiCaprio&lt;/a&gt;, Joely Fisher &amp;amp; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1648-brad-garrett&quot;&gt;Brad Garrett&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1031-jennie-garth&quot;&gt;Jennie Garth&lt;/a&gt; &amp;amp; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1924-peter-facinelli&quot;&gt;Peter Facinelli&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1529-hugh-jackman&quot;&gt;Hugh Jackman&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/117-scarlett-johansson&quot;&gt;Scarlett Johansson&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1316-jonas-brothers&quot;&gt;Jonas Brothers&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/409-alicia-keys&quot;&gt;Alicia Keys&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/573-heidi-klum&quot;&gt;Heidi Klum&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/517-kathy-najimy&quot;&gt;Kathy Najimy&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/563-rhea-perlman&quot;&gt;Rhea Perlman&lt;/a&gt; &amp;amp; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/565-danny-devito&quot;&gt;Danny DeVito&lt;/a&gt;, Graham Rahal, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/491-susan-sarandon&quot;&gt;Susan Sarandon&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/202-brooke-shields&quot;&gt;Brooke Shields&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/970-taylor-swift&quot;&gt;Taylor Swift&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1312-james-taylor&quot;&gt;James Taylor&lt;/a&gt;, Barbara Walters, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/53-denzel-washington&quot;&gt;Denzel Washington&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/735-naomi-watts&quot;&gt;Naomi Watts&lt;/a&gt; &amp;#8211; in &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3064-celebrities-sign-elephants-for-project-zambi&quot;&gt;signing toy elephants to benefit charities&lt;/a&gt; such as &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/161-keep-a-child-alive&quot;&gt;Keep A Child Alive&lt;/a&gt;, the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/356-african-childrens-choir&quot;&gt;African Children&amp;#8217;s Choir&lt;/a&gt;, the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/230-hole-in-the-wall-camps&quot;&gt;Hole in the Wall Gang&lt;/a&gt; Camps, the Chikumbuso Women and Orphans Project, the Children of Uganda, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/308-global-action-for-children&quot;&gt;Global Action for Children&lt;/a&gt;, the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/231-global-fund&quot;&gt;Global Fund&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/192-save-the-children&quot;&gt;Save the Children&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/366-sos-childrens-village&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;SOS&lt;/span&gt; Children&amp;#8217;s Villages&lt;/a&gt; and many more.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;Project Zambi is about kids and for kids, and it&amp;#8217;s so important that we all learn to take care of each other,&amp;#8221; said Willow. &amp;#8220;Even from the other side of the world, kids in Africa will know they have friends who care about them.&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The 10-day Project Zambi Celebrity Charity Auction is being held online via eBay beginning October 5 with bidding closing on October 15. Visitors will be able to log on to www.ebay.com/projectzambi.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h6&gt;Related past articles&lt;/h6&gt;
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  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3351-giving-back-fund-releases-2009s-top-celebrity-givers&quot;&gt;Giving Back Fund Releases 2009's Top Celebrity Givers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3350-bruce-springsteen-to-rock-autism-concert&quot;&gt;Bruce Springsteen To Rock Autism Concert&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3331-miley-cyrus-and-friends-hit-the-concert-for-hope&quot;&gt;Miley Cyrus And Friends Hit The Concert For Hope&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3324-glenn-close-is-removing-the-shame-that-shadows-mental-illness&quot;&gt;Glenn Close Is Removing The Shame That Shadows Mental Illness&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3314-jennifer-garner-makes-time-for-change&quot;&gt;Jennifer Garner Makes Time For CHANGE&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
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  <pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 12:00:00 -0000</pubDate>
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  <category>Jaden Smith</category>
  <category>Willow Smith</category>
  <category>Will Smith</category>
  <category>Jada Pinkett Smith</category>
  <category>PROJECT ZAMBI</category>
  <category>Jessica Biel</category>
  <category>George Clooney</category>
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  <title>George Clooney Asks YouTubers For Answers</title>
  <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;small&gt;Written by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/contributor/17-elizabeth-willoughby&quot;&gt;Elizabeth Willoughby&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Actor, activist and United Nations Ambassador of Peace, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/68-george-clooney&quot;&gt;George Clooney&lt;/a&gt;, wants to know, &#8220;If you had the opportunity to speak to the world leaders, what would you say?&#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Leading up to the next UN Assembly in New York, people can post their own short videos onto YouTube with their thoughts on how to make the world a better and safer place. After the October 10 deadline, the five best videos will be chosen and their producers will be invited to the UN&#8217;s New York headquarters.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&#8220;Be a citizen ambassador to the UN,&#8221; says George. &#8220;Go on. Speak to the world.&#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;To watch a video featuring George Clooney speaking about the competition and find out more, visit YouTube &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/user/unitednations&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h6&gt;Related past articles&lt;/h6&gt;
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  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3297-charitable-celebrities-to-receive-21st-century-leaders-awards&quot;&gt;Charitable Celebrities To Receive 21st Century Leaders Awards&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3217-taylor-swift-signs-elephant-for-family-health-international&quot;&gt;Taylor Swift Signs Elephant For Family Health International&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3207-will-smiths-children-support-charity-initiative&quot;&gt;Will Smith's Children Support Charity Initiative&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3102-lisa-snowdon-completes-charity-parachute-jump&quot;&gt;Lisa Snowdon Completes Charity Parachute Jump&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3070-george-clooney-donates-to-exs-charity-parachute-jump&quot;&gt;George Clooney Donates To Ex's Charity Parachute Jump&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
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  <pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 15:00:00 -0000</pubDate>
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  <title>Lisa Snowdon Completes Charity Parachute Jump</title>
  <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;small&gt;Written by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/contributor/14-tim-saunders&quot;&gt;Tim Saunders&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Model and TV and radio presenter &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1912-lisa-snowdon&quot;&gt;Lisa Snowdon&lt;/a&gt; has completed her first parachute jump for charity &#8211; with the support of former boyfriend &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/68-george-clooney&quot;&gt;George Clooney&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Snowdon jumped from 13,000 feet to raise money for the Help A London Child scheme and the Shooting Star Hospice earlier this week. Last week, Look To The Stars revealed that &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3070-george-clooney-donates-to-exs-charity-parachute-jump&quot;&gt;George Clooney had donated $19,000 to the initiative&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;What a feeling,&amp;#8221; said Snowdon. &amp;quot;When I got to the skydiving centre I was really nervous, it looked so high up. I don&amp;#8217;t think I realized how high it was. My nerves were building when we went up in the plane and I felt really sick &amp;#8211; it seemed to take forever to get up there. When we got up to 13,000ft the red light went on, then the yellow light which means it&amp;#8217;s time to go and I freaked out.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;I had my legs dangling out of the plane and it felt so unnatural then suddenly we were out. We did this crazy back double somersault and I could see the bottom of the plane, it was the most surreal thing I&amp;#8217;ve ever done. It happened so quickly I didn&amp;#8217;t worry about the parachute. The freefalling was wild, it was just brilliant.&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Snowdon also took part &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3074-lady-gaga-to-take-part-in-bgc-charity-day&quot;&gt;in last week&#8217;s &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;BGC&lt;/span&gt; Charity Day&lt;/a&gt;, which raised money for charities such as &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/56-barnardos&quot;&gt;Barnardo&amp;#8217;s&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/163-breast-cancer-care&quot;&gt;Breast Cancer Care&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/984-help-for-heroes&quot;&gt;Help for Heroes&lt;/a&gt; and The &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/710-variety-club&quot;&gt;Variety Club&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h6&gt;Related past articles&lt;/h6&gt;
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  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3297-charitable-celebrities-to-receive-21st-century-leaders-awards&quot;&gt;Charitable Celebrities To Receive 21st Century Leaders Awards&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3284-barry-manilow-to-play-concerts-for-25-charities&quot;&gt;Barry Manilow To Play Concerts For 25 Charities&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3218-ltts-exclusive-an-interview-with-bond&quot;&gt;LTTS Exclusive - An Interview With Bond&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3217-taylor-swift-signs-elephant-for-family-health-international&quot;&gt;Taylor Swift Signs Elephant For Family Health International&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3207-will-smiths-children-support-charity-initiative&quot;&gt;Will Smith's Children Support Charity Initiative&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
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  <pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 11:30:00 -0000</pubDate>
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  <category>Lisa Snowdon</category>
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  <category>Shooting Star Hospice</category>
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  <title>George Clooney Donates To Ex's Charity Parachute Jump</title>
  <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;small&gt;Written by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/contributor/14-tim-saunders&quot;&gt;Tim Saunders&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/68-george-clooney&quot;&gt;George Clooney&lt;/a&gt; has made a generous donation to a charity initiative featuring his former girlfriend.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The star has donated US$19,000 for a charity parachute jump featuring radio presenter &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1912-lisa-snowdon&quot;&gt;Lisa Snowdon&lt;/a&gt;, which will benefit the Help A London Child scheme and the Shooting Star Hospice.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;George was so impressed with Lisa&amp;#8217;s guts and determination that he wanted to help,&#8221; a source told Britain&#8217;s Daily Mail newspaper. &#8220;Lisa had no idea how generous he would be until she logged on to her website and saw how much he had put down.&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;To find out how you can support the jump, click &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.capitalradio.co.uk/charity/Parachute-Jump-Help-a-London-Child/&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h6&gt;Related past articles&lt;/h6&gt;
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  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3297-charitable-celebrities-to-receive-21st-century-leaders-awards&quot;&gt;Charitable Celebrities To Receive 21st Century Leaders Awards&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3217-taylor-swift-signs-elephant-for-family-health-international&quot;&gt;Taylor Swift Signs Elephant For Family Health International&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3207-will-smiths-children-support-charity-initiative&quot;&gt;Will Smith's Children Support Charity Initiative&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3200-george-clooney-asks-youtubers-for-answers&quot;&gt;George Clooney Asks YouTubers For Answers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3102-lisa-snowdon-completes-charity-parachute-jump&quot;&gt;Lisa Snowdon Completes Charity Parachute Jump&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
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  <pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 12:30:00 -0000</pubDate>
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  <category>George Clooney</category>
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  <title>Celebrities Sign Elephants For Project Zambi</title>
  <description>&lt;p&gt;A host of celebrities have come together to be part of an online auction that features one-of-a-kind collectible elephant models.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/195-jessica-biel&quot;&gt;Jessica Biel&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/68-george-clooney&quot;&gt;George Clooney&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/632-glenn-close&quot;&gt;Glenn Close&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/61-ellen-degeneres&quot;&gt;Ellen DeGeneres&lt;/a&gt; &amp;amp; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1916-portia-de-rossi&quot;&gt;Portia de Rossi&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/280-leonardo-dicaprio&quot;&gt;Leonardo DiCaprio&lt;/a&gt;, Joely Fisher &amp;amp; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1648-brad-garrett&quot;&gt;Brad Garrett&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1031-jennie-garth&quot;&gt;Jennie Garth&lt;/a&gt; &amp;amp; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1924-peter-facinelli&quot;&gt;Peter Facinelli&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1529-hugh-jackman&quot;&gt;Hugh Jackman&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/117-scarlett-johansson&quot;&gt;Scarlett Johansson&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1316-jonas-brothers&quot;&gt;Jonas Brothers&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/409-alicia-keys&quot;&gt;Alicia Keys&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/573-heidi-klum&quot;&gt;Heidi Klum&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/517-kathy-najimy&quot;&gt;Kathy Najimy&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/563-rhea-perlman&quot;&gt;Rhea Perlman&lt;/a&gt; &amp;amp; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/565-danny-devito&quot;&gt;Danny DeVito&lt;/a&gt;, Graham Rahal, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/491-susan-sarandon&quot;&gt;Susan Sarandon&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/202-brooke-shields&quot;&gt;Brooke Shields&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/970-taylor-swift&quot;&gt;Taylor Swift&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1312-james-taylor&quot;&gt;James Taylor&lt;/a&gt;, Barbara Walters, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/53-denzel-washington&quot;&gt;Denzel Washington&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/735-naomi-watts&quot;&gt;Naomi Watts&lt;/a&gt; are some of the stars who have signed the elephant toys for Project Zambi, a charity initiative started by a group of Hasbro employees to help raise awareness and funds for the estimated 15 million children who have lost parents and relatives to the &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;AIDS&lt;/span&gt; epidemic in Africa.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&#8220;It is encouraging to see that companies such as Hasbro are developing initiatives to support global health issues,&#8221; said Alicia Keys. &#8220;Through my involvement in this project, I&#8217;m proud to support &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/161-keep-a-child-alive&quot;&gt;Keep A Child Alive&lt;/a&gt;, an organization dedicated to providing care and support to children and families whose lives have been affected by &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;HIV&lt;/span&gt;/&lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;AIDS&lt;/span&gt; in Africa and India by directly engaging the global public in the fight against &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;AIDS&lt;/span&gt;.&#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;One hundred percent of the sale of each auctioned elephant will be donated to the organization of the celebrity&#8217;s choice that supports children orphaned by &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;AIDS&lt;/span&gt; in Africa including the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/356-african-childrens-choir&quot;&gt;African Children&amp;#8217;s Choir&lt;/a&gt;, the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/230-hole-in-the-wall-camps&quot;&gt;Hole in the Wall Gang&lt;/a&gt; Camps, the Chikumbuso Women and Orphans Project, the Children of Uganda, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/308-global-action-for-children&quot;&gt;Global Action for Children&lt;/a&gt;, the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/231-global-fund&quot;&gt;Global Fund&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/192-save-the-children&quot;&gt;Save the Children&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/366-sos-childrens-village&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;SOS&lt;/span&gt; Children&amp;#8217;s Villages&lt;/a&gt; and many more.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&#8220;The wonderful support that we&#8217;ve received from the celebrities participating in the &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;PROJECT&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;ZAMBI&lt;/span&gt; auction is a moving example of the deep concern surrounding the issue of caring for children orphaned by &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;AIDS&lt;/span&gt;,&#8221; said Brian Goldner, President and Chief Executive Officer of Hasbro, Inc. &#8220;We are very hopeful and optimistic that this auction will be successful in raising awareness and generating funds that will support some of the many dedicated organizations working to make a better future for these children.&#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Earlier this year, Hasbro launched &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/1402-project-zambi&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;PROJECT&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;ZAMBI&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, a global cause initiative tied to the new special edition &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;FURREAL&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;FRIENDS&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;ZAMBI&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;THE&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;BABY&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;ELEPHANT&lt;/span&gt; toy that is dedicated to raising awareness and benefiting programs caring for children orphaned by &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;AIDS&lt;/span&gt; in Africa.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Hasbro has committed to donate 50 percent of the net profits from &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;ZAMBI&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;THE&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;BABY&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;ELEPHANT&lt;/span&gt; &amp;#8212; a minimum of $500,000 (in U.S. dollars) &amp;#8212; to the &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;PROJECT&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;ZAMBI&lt;/span&gt; Fund, part of the Hasbro Children&#8217;s Fund, beginning in 2009, and hopes to expand this global campaign to include additional Hasbro products and brands in the years to come. By purchasing &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;ZAMBI&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;THE&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;BABY&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;ELEPHANT&lt;/span&gt;, consumers will be supporting programs that work directly with children orphaned by &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;AIDS&lt;/span&gt; in Africa.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This latest initiative is a part of the work Hasbro conducts in the U.S. and around the world to help children in need through the Hasbro Children&#8217;s Fund and product donations. In 2008, Hasbro impacted approximately four million children through its charitable programs and product donations.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;For more information about the &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;PROJECT&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;ZAMBI&lt;/span&gt; Celebrity Charity Auction, &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;PROJECT&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;ZAMBI&lt;/span&gt; and &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;ZAMBI&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;THE&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;BABY&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;ELEPHANT&lt;/span&gt;, please visit www.projectzambi.com.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The 10-day &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;PROJECT&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;ZAMBI&lt;/span&gt; Celebrity Charity Auction will be held online via eBay beginning October 5 with bidding closing on October 15. Visitors will be able to log on to www.ebay.com/projectzambi.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h6&gt;Related past articles&lt;/h6&gt;
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  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3351-giving-back-fund-releases-2009s-top-celebrity-givers&quot;&gt;Giving Back Fund Releases 2009's Top Celebrity Givers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3350-bruce-springsteen-to-rock-autism-concert&quot;&gt;Bruce Springsteen To Rock Autism Concert&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3331-miley-cyrus-and-friends-hit-the-concert-for-hope&quot;&gt;Miley Cyrus And Friends Hit The Concert For Hope&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3324-glenn-close-is-removing-the-shame-that-shadows-mental-illness&quot;&gt;Glenn Close Is Removing The Shame That Shadows Mental Illness&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3314-jennifer-garner-makes-time-for-change&quot;&gt;Jennifer Garner Makes Time For CHANGE&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
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  <pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 12:00:00 -0000</pubDate>
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  <category>Jessica Biel</category>
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  <category>Portia de Rossi</category>
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  <title>Toronto Film Festival To Host Cinema Against AIDS</title>
  <description>&lt;p&gt;On September 15, 2009, amfAR &amp;#8211; The &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/108-american-foundation-for-aids-research&quot;&gt;American Foundation for &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;AIDS&lt;/span&gt; Research&lt;/a&gt; &amp;#8211; and Dignitas International will partner on the first-ever Cinema Against &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;AIDS&lt;/span&gt; event during the Toronto International Film Festival.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1418-sarah-duchess-of-york&quot;&gt;Sarah Ferguson&lt;/a&gt;, Duchess of York, and amfAR Ambassador &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/283-michelle-yeoh&quot;&gt;Michelle Yeoh&lt;/a&gt; will serve as chairs of the evening, along with amfAR Chairman Kenneth Cole, John Demsey, Milutin Gatsby, Trudy Grant, amfAR Founding Chairman Dr. Mathilde Krim, Dignitas co-founder Dr. James Orbinski, and Kevin Sullivan. Grammy Award-winning musical artist &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/162-sarah-mclachlan&quot;&gt;Sarah McLachlan&lt;/a&gt; will deliver a special performance.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The black-tie gala will take place at the acclaimed Carlu in Toronto, and will include cocktails, dinner prepared by renowned Canadian chef Jamie Kennedy, and a luxury live auction. amfAR and Dignitas will share all proceeds from the event, funding that will benefit crucial &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;AIDS&lt;/span&gt; research initiatives and efforts to improve quality of life for those affected by &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;HIV&lt;/span&gt;/&lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;AIDS&lt;/span&gt;. Over the years, amfAR has awarded 52 grants to &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;HIV&lt;/span&gt;/&lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;AIDS&lt;/span&gt; organizations in Canada, totaling more than US$2.6 million, making Canada the recipient of more amfAR funding than any countries except the U.S. and Australia.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;amfAR&#8217;s first Cinema Against &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;AIDS&lt;/span&gt; benefit was held in Cannes during the 1993 Cannes International Film Festival and was hosted by Dame &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/45-elizabeth-taylor&quot;&gt;Elizabeth Taylor&lt;/a&gt;, amfAR&#8217;s Founding International Chairman. Since then, this annual black-tie gala has established itself as the most consistently exciting and well-publicized party held during the Cannes festival. In addition to Dame Elizabeth, who has hosted the benefit on seven occasions, amfAR Global Fundraising Chairman &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/155-sharon-stone&quot;&gt;Sharon Stone&lt;/a&gt; has been a chair and auctioneer since 1995.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Cinema Against &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;AIDS&lt;/span&gt; has also been held on various occasions during the Venice, Sundance, Rome, and Dubai film festivals, and in all cases these events have attracted a stunning guest list of top celebrities, entertainment industry elite, and international society. Traditionally, celebrities in the room assist with the live auction. Participants have included &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/17-ben-affleck&quot;&gt;Ben Affleck&lt;/a&gt;, Prince Albert of Monaco, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/480-lance-armstrong&quot;&gt;Lance Armstrong&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1330-mary-j-blige&quot;&gt;Mary J. Blige&lt;/a&gt;, Adrien Brody, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1606-carla-bruni&quot;&gt;Carla Bruni&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1008-naomi-campbell&quot;&gt;Naomi Campbell&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/447-don-cheadle&quot;&gt;Don Cheadle&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/68-george-clooney&quot;&gt;George Clooney&lt;/a&gt;, Sofia Coppola, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/281-penelope-cruz&quot;&gt;Penelope Cruz&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/231-matt-damon&quot;&gt;Matt Damon&lt;/a&gt;, Catherine Deneuve, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/126-johnny-depp&quot;&gt;Johnny Depp&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/280-leonardo-dicaprio&quot;&gt;Leonardo DiCaprio&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/267-sheryl-crow&quot;&gt;Sheryl Crow&lt;/a&gt;, Carla Fendi, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1160-andy-garcia&quot;&gt;Andy Garcia&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/124-richard-gere&quot;&gt;Richard Gere&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/78-hugh-grant&quot;&gt;Hugh Grant&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/116-salma-hayek&quot;&gt;Salma Hayek&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1469-anjelica-huston&quot;&gt;Anjelica Huston&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/60-elizabeth-hurley&quot;&gt;Elizabeth Hurley&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/412-iman&quot;&gt;Iman&lt;/a&gt;, Jeremy Irons, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/121-samuel-l-jackson&quot;&gt;Samuel L. Jackson&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/490-wyclef-jean&quot;&gt;Wyclef Jean&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/117-scarlett-johansson&quot;&gt;Scarlett Johansson&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/707-milla-jovovich&quot;&gt;Milla Jovovich&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/185-nicole-kidman&quot;&gt;Nicole Kidman&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/964-kevin-kline&quot;&gt;Kevin Kline&lt;/a&gt;, Diane Kruger, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/739-diego-luna&quot;&gt;Diego Luna&lt;/a&gt;, David Lynch, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/201-madonna&quot;&gt;Madonna&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/191-sienna-miller&quot;&gt;Sienna Miller&lt;/a&gt;, Liza Minnelli, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/406-kylie-minogue&quot;&gt;Kylie Minogue&lt;/a&gt;, Clive Owen, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1818-robert-pattinson&quot;&gt;Robert Pattinson&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/112-sean-penn&quot;&gt;Sean Penn&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1760-vanessa-redgrave&quot;&gt;Vanessa Redgrave&lt;/a&gt;, Natasha Richardson, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1822-lionel-richie&quot;&gt;Lionel Richie&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1467-tim-robbins&quot;&gt;Tim Robbins&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/835-meg-ryan&quot;&gt;Meg Ryan&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/957-kurt-russell&quot;&gt;Kurt Russell&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/42-claudia-schiffer&quot;&gt;Claudia Schiffer&lt;/a&gt;, Julian Schnabel, Monica Seles, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/394-mira-sorvino&quot;&gt;Mira Sorvino&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/342-sylvester-stallone&quot;&gt;Sylvester Stallone&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/217-rod-stewart&quot;&gt;Rod Stewart&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1840-quentin-tarantino&quot;&gt;Quentin Tarantino&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/34-charlize-theron&quot;&gt;Charlize Theron&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1386-sigourney-weaver&quot;&gt;Sigourney Weaver&lt;/a&gt;, Harvey Weinstein and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/157-robin-williams&quot;&gt;Robin Williams&lt;/a&gt;, among others.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The film and entertainment communities have been committed and generous supporters of amfAR and the fight against &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;AIDS&lt;/span&gt; since the start of the epidemic, and the Cinema Against &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;AIDS&lt;/span&gt; galas have proven to be among the most high-profile and successful &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;AIDS&lt;/span&gt; benefits worldwide. Since 1993, these signature amfAR events have played a pivotal role in focusing attention on the continued fight against &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;AIDS&lt;/span&gt;, and have generated more than US$48 million in support of the foundation&#8217;s &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;AIDS&lt;/span&gt; research programs.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Ticket info can be found &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.amfar.org/spotlight/event.aspx?id=7434&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3351-giving-back-fund-releases-2009s-top-celebrity-givers&quot;&gt;Giving Back Fund Releases 2009's Top Celebrity Givers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3349-kevin-spacey-donates-shoes-to-charity-auction&quot;&gt;Kevin Spacey Donates Shoes To Charity Auction&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3348-elton-john-aids-foundation-to-honor-sharon-stone-and-bill-clinton&quot;&gt;Elton John AIDS Foundation To Honor Sharon Stone And Bill Clinton&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
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  <pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2009 15:00:00 -0000</pubDate>
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  <title>Room 23 Opens The Lives Of Celebrities For Human Rights</title>
  <description>&lt;p&gt;A new book featuring photos of over 100 celebrities will raise money for a human rights project.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Room 23&lt;/em&gt; is the brainchild of entrepreneur and philanthropist Diana Jenkins and depicts a year in the life of a Beverly Hills penthouse suite. Stars to take part in the project and allow themselves to be intimately revealed include &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/68-george-clooney&quot;&gt;George Clooney&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/373-cindy-crawford&quot;&gt;Cindy Crawford&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/62-elton-john&quot;&gt;Elton John&lt;/a&gt;, Dennis Hopper, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/196-larry-king&quot;&gt;Larry King&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/573-heidi-klum&quot;&gt;Heidi Klum&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1100-kid-rock&quot;&gt;Kid Rock&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/187-lindsay-lohan&quot;&gt;Lindsay Lohan&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/869-ludacris&quot;&gt;Ludacris&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/407-moby&quot;&gt;Moby&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/931-hayden-panettiere&quot;&gt;Hayden Panettiere&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1046-christian-slater&quot;&gt;Christian Slater&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/155-sharon-stone&quot;&gt;Sharon Stone&lt;/a&gt; and many more.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The book &#8211; to be released in 120 countries on September 8 &amp;#8211; will benefit the Sanela Diana Jenkins International Human Rights Project, a non-profit entity at the &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;UCLA&lt;/span&gt; School of Law that brings war criminals to justice through legal resources and technology. Established by Bosnian-born Diana Jenkins, the project aims at developing groundbreaking approaches to advancing human rights and to training the next generation of human rights lawyers and advocates.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;When good things happen for me, I pay it forward by helping my country,&#8220; said Jenkins. &amp;quot;In the Bosnian-Serbian War, people lost homes, cars and money, but the greatest casualty was the loss of family and friends. No one should ever have to be a victim of human rights violations, so that is why I founded the Sanela Diana Jenkins International Human Rights Project.&#8220;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Other stars to feature in the book include &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/762-james-blunt&quot;&gt;James Blunt&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/844-rachel-hunter&quot;&gt;Rachel Hunter&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/769-peter-wentz&quot;&gt;Peter Wentz&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1121-jerry-weintraub&quot;&gt;Jerry Weintraub&lt;/a&gt; and many more.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;To find out more, visit the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.room23thebook.com/&quot;&gt;official website&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
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  <title>Walter Cronkite's Charitable Life</title>
  <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;small&gt;Written by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/contributor/14-tim-saunders&quot;&gt;Tim Saunders&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Television legend &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/395-walter-cronkite&quot;&gt;Walter Cronkite&lt;/a&gt; passed away after a long illness on Friday, July 17.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The 92-year-old fronted the evening news for American TV network &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;CBS&lt;/span&gt; from 1962 to 1981. He was well known for his charity work &#8211; he &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/168-clooney-and-others-auction-dreams-for-martin-luther-king-iii-f&quot;&gt;frequently donated lunches&lt;/a&gt; and trips on his private yacht to charities such as &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/421-realizing-the-dream&quot;&gt;Realizing the Dream&lt;/a&gt; (a charity overseen by Martin Luther King &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;III&lt;/span&gt;, eldest son of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and co-founded by former United Nations Ambassador Andrew Young), &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/1201-waterston-and-madigan-support-national-parks&quot;&gt;recorded PSAs&lt;/a&gt; for the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/1168-national-parks-conservation-association&quot;&gt;National Parks Conservation Association&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/1113-sports-stars-to-raise-money-to-cure-paralysis&quot;&gt;was honored by&lt;/a&gt;  the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/1024-buoniconti-fund-to-cure-paralysis&quot;&gt;Buoniconti Fund To Cure Paralysis&lt;/a&gt;, a nonprofit organization that serves as the national fundraising arm of the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/1025-the-miami-project&quot;&gt;Miami Project to Cure Paralysis&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;He was the most important voice in our lives for thirty years,&#8220; said &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/68-george-clooney&quot;&gt;George Clooney&lt;/a&gt; in tribute. &amp;#8220;And that voice made people reach for the stars. I hate the world without Walter Cronkite.&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3200-george-clooney-asks-youtubers-for-answers&quot;&gt;George Clooney Asks YouTubers For Answers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3102-lisa-snowdon-completes-charity-parachute-jump&quot;&gt;Lisa Snowdon Completes Charity Parachute Jump&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
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  <title>George Clooney Puts Star Power To Work</title>
  <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;small&gt;Written by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/contributor/43-catrina-k-sally&quot;&gt;Catrina K. Sally&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/68-george-clooney&quot;&gt;George Clooney&lt;/a&gt; is using his box office appeal to garner a financial boost for the people of L&#8217;Aquila, Italy.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In April 2009 the Italian city was devastated by an earthquake that left more than 300 people dead.  Clooney hopes to film a movie in the town, and thinks that the movie will revamp the city&#8217;s economy and aid those left destitute by the natural disaster.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The people of L&#8217; Aquila are not the only beneficiaries of Clooney&#8217;s humanitarian efforts.  The &lt;em&gt;Ocean&#8217;s Eleven&lt;/em&gt; star is also a supporter of &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/614-ante-up-for-africa&quot;&gt;Ante Up For Africa&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/360-rock-for-darfur&quot;&gt;Rock For Darfur&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/540-not-on-our-watch&quot;&gt;Not On Our Watch&lt;/a&gt;, and the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/182-world-food-programme&quot;&gt;World Food Programme&lt;/a&gt;.  Hopefully, Clooney&#8217;s efforts in Italy will harvest the same rewards as his previous charity work.&lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3297-charitable-celebrities-to-receive-21st-century-leaders-awards&quot;&gt;Charitable Celebrities To Receive 21st Century Leaders Awards&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3244-matt-damon-writes-on-the-importance-of-giving-back&quot;&gt;Matt Damon Writes On The Importance Of Giving Back&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3217-taylor-swift-signs-elephant-for-family-health-international&quot;&gt;Taylor Swift Signs Elephant For Family Health International&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3207-will-smiths-children-support-charity-initiative&quot;&gt;Will Smith's Children Support Charity Initiative&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3200-george-clooney-asks-youtubers-for-answers&quot;&gt;George Clooney Asks YouTubers For Answers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
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  <pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 11:30:00 -0000</pubDate>
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  <title>George Clooney Leads UNICEF Donation</title>
  <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/540-not-on-our-watch&quot;&gt;Not On Our Watch&lt;/a&gt;, the international advocacy and aid organization founded by actors &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/68-george-clooney&quot;&gt;George Clooney&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/447-don-cheadle&quot;&gt;Don Cheadle&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/231-matt-damon&quot;&gt;Matt Damon&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/27-brad-pitt&quot;&gt;Brad Pitt&lt;/a&gt;, producer &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1121-jerry-weintraub&quot;&gt;Jerry Weintraub&lt;/a&gt; and human rights lawyer David Pressman, has awarded the U.S. Fund for &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/1-unicef&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;UNICEF&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; a grant of $438,000 to assist at-risk Zimbabwean refugee children living on the South Africa-Zimbabwe border.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The grant will provide critical support for child protection and welfare services for 1,500 unaccompanied and vulnerable children in the border town of Musina, South Africa.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;I&amp;#8217;ve seen first-hand how dire the situation is for Zimbabwean refugees in South Africa. Women are being raped, orphaned children have no protection, and thousands of people are without even the most basic supplies. Every-day survival has become a harrowing task,&amp;#8221; said Not On Our Watch board member Matt Damon. &amp;#8220;As the situation in Zimbabwe remains unresolved, the international community must stop sitting on the sidelines and instead take action to help those who need it most. Not On Our Watch is proud to support UNICEF&amp;#8217;s work in this critical time.&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;While the formation of a new coalition government in Zimbabwe signals hope for the Zimbabwean people, the situation for women and children in-country remains at crisis levels. In the last six months, unstable economic conditions, coupled with a severe cholera outbreak have contributed to a dramatic increase in the number of Zimbabweans undertaking the dangerous journey of fleeing to neighboring South Africa, particularly children.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Once in South Africa, refugee children live in extreme situations of risk, including physical and sexual abuse, child labor, and psychosocial trauma, with only limited access to basic necessities such as health services, shelter, education, food and clothing. In addition, their lack of documentation and poorly understood legal status in South Africa places many children in danger of detention and deportation, and forces them to lead &amp;#8220;underground&amp;#8221; lives.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;UNICEF&lt;/span&gt; and its partners are supporting the South African government&amp;#8217;s efforts to improve the care and protection of migrant children. The support from Not On Our Watch will allow &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;UNICEF&lt;/span&gt; to provide emergency assistance, prevent and respond to exploitation and gender-based violence, and strengthen the capacity of the South African Department of Social Development to respond to children&amp;#8217;s complex needs.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;&lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;UNICEF&lt;/span&gt; gratefully acknowledges the vital support of Not On Our Watch, which will contribute to the survival needs of Zimbabwean children in Musina,&amp;#8221; said Caryl Stern, President and &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;CEO&lt;/span&gt; of the U.S. Fund for &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;UNICEF&lt;/span&gt;. &amp;#8220;This charitable donation will impact the lives of 1,500 Zimbabwean children, by providing them with the emergency care they desperately need. Services also help us to achieve our ultimate goal of reducing the number of children around the world who die each day of preventable causes from 25,000 to zero.&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
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  <pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 15:00:00 -0000</pubDate>
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  <title>Stars Speak Out Over Prop 8 Decision</title>
  <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;small&gt;Written by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/contributor/14-tim-saunders&quot;&gt;Tim Saunders&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The celebrity world has shown its disappointment at yesterday&#8217;s Prop 8 decision, in which the Californian Supreme Court ruled that same-sex marriages should remain outlawed.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;This just should invigorate people to get it back on the ballot in 2010 and 2012 and every two years until all people are allowed a basic civil right,&#8220; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/68-george-clooney&quot;&gt;George Clooney&lt;/a&gt; told E Online.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;This really makes me sad,&amp;#8221; said &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1366-kim-kardashian&quot;&gt;Kim Kardashian&lt;/a&gt;, who also expressed disbelief at the decision. &amp;quot;I thought we were more forward thinking than this, and I&amp;#8217;m disappointed in the Supreme Court for being so close-minded.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;Everyone &amp;#8211; gay, straight, bisexual, transgendered &amp;#8212; &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;EVERYONE&lt;/span&gt; should have equal rights to marry who they want to. I have many gay friends, and all I want is for them to be happy, yet this is just another obstacle in their way. Now they must continue fighting to be granted a basic civil right that many people take for granted. Shame on you, California! We must all continue to fight the h8!&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Former Star Trek actor George Takei &#8211; who married Brad Altman in September last year &amp;#8211; expressed his hope that another ballot will overturn the decision: &amp;quot;I am confident that if we go through this again, we will ultimately prevail and our [State] Supreme Court will go into the dust of history.&#8220;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Many celebrities chose Twitter to air their grievances about the decision. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/738-alyssa-milano&quot;&gt;Alyssa Milano&lt;/a&gt; called it &amp;quot;a sad day for equality,&#8220; while &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1698-eliza-dushku&quot;&gt;Eliza Dushku&lt;/a&gt; wrote &amp;#8220;Shame on California Supreme Court!&amp;#8221; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/436-kelly-osbourne&quot;&gt;Kelly Osbourne&lt;/a&gt; is &amp;quot;sick to think that people cant have equal rights,&#8220; and Holly Montag wrote: &amp;#8220;&lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;BOO&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;CALI&lt;/span&gt;! Our Bill of Rights and Constitution intended equal rights for &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;ALL&lt;/span&gt; regardless of race, gender, &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;SEXUAL&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;ORIENTATION&lt;/span&gt;, age or creed!&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Other stars to indicate their disappointment included &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/770-fall-out-boy&quot;&gt;Fall Out Boy&#8217;s&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/769-peter-wentz&quot;&gt;Peter Wentz&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1045-sophia-bush&quot;&gt;Sophia Bush&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/503-kathy-griffin&quot;&gt;Kathy Griffin&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/678-fran-drescher&quot;&gt;Fran Drescher&lt;/a&gt;, Adrianne Curry, Emmy Rossum, Bryan Greenberg, Diablo Cody, Meghan McCain and many more.&lt;/p&gt;
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  <pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 15:30:00 -0000</pubDate>
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  <title>George Clooney Makes Statement Against Imprisonment Of Nobel Prize Winner</title>
  <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;small&gt;Written by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/contributor/14-tim-saunders&quot;&gt;Tim Saunders&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/68-george-clooney&quot;&gt;George Clooney&lt;/a&gt; joined &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/27-brad-pitt&quot;&gt;Brad Pitt&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/231-matt-damon&quot;&gt;Matt Damon&lt;/a&gt; and many others on Friday in calling for the immediate release from prison of Myanmar&amp;#8217;s opposition leader &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1319-aung-san-suu-kyi&quot;&gt;Aung San Suu Kyi&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Along with &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/26-bono&quot;&gt;Bono&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/201-madonna&quot;&gt;Madonna&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/109-steven-spielberg&quot;&gt;Steven Spielberg&lt;/a&gt;, Nobel Laureates professor Elie Wiesel and Archbishop &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/580-desmond-tutu&quot;&gt;Desmond Tutu&lt;/a&gt;, former US secretary of state Madeleine Albright and US Senator John McCain, the group released a statement protesting about the fact that Aung San Suu Kyi &#8211; who has been under house arrest for 19 years &#8211; has now been moved to a prison facility.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The only Nobel Peace Prize recipient currently imprisoned, and leader of the National League for Democracy in Burma, Suu Kyi is a noted prisoner of conscience and advocate of nonviolent resistance.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;Yesterday Suu Kyi was taken to Burma&amp;#8217;s Insein prison to face criminal charges as part of a concerted plan to deny her freedom,&#8220; said the statement. &amp;#8220;We must not stand by as she is silenced once again. Now is the time for the United Nations and the entire international community to speak clearly, and with one voice: Free Aung San Suu Kyi.&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Aung San Suu Kyi is a remarkable woman &#8211; immortalized in the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/245-u2&quot;&gt;U2&lt;/a&gt; song &#8220;Walk On&#8221; and the only Nobel Peace Prize winner kept imprisoned anywhere in the world &#8211; her crime was her desire to see her people free.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Other stars to sign their name to the statement included &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/57-drew-barrymore&quot;&gt;Drew Barrymore&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/174-sandra-bullock&quot;&gt;Sandra Bullock&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/388-daniel-craig&quot;&gt;Daniel Craig&lt;/a&gt;, Matthew Broderick, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/117-scarlett-johansson&quot;&gt;Scarlett Johansson&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/185-nicole-kidman&quot;&gt;Nicole Kidman&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/15-ashton-kutcher&quot;&gt;Ashton Kutcher&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/835-meg-ryan&quot;&gt;Meg Ryan&lt;/a&gt; and many more.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;To read more about Aung San Suu Kyi&#8217;s plight, click &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/917-aung-san-suu-kyi-birthday-wishes-that-cant-be-heard&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; or visit the &lt;a href=&quot;http://notonourwatchproject.org/&quot;&gt;Not On Our Watch website&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
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  <pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 13:00:00 -0000</pubDate>
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  <title>Richard Branson Takes Over Hunger Strike For Darfur</title>
  <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;small&gt;Written by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/contributor/14-tim-saunders&quot;&gt;Tim Saunders&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Actress and activist &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/933-mia-farrow&quot;&gt;Mia Farrow&lt;/a&gt; has &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/2420-mia-farrow-to-hunger-strike-for-darfur&quot;&gt;ended her hunger strike to raise awareness over atrocities in Darfur&lt;/a&gt;, but is passing the torch to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/243-richard-branson&quot;&gt;Richard Branson&lt;/a&gt;, who has taken over her fast for three days.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;A spokesman for the actress said her health had deteriorated after 12 days, and her doctor requested that she end her liquids-only fast. But she asked British billionaire Branson to take over the fast for three days over the weekend.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;We all need to stand up and demand that international aid is restored and that the people of Darfur are protected and given the chance to live in peace,&#8220; said Branson.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Farrow&#8217;s hunger strike was part of Genocide Prevention Month, and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/2466-george-clooney-supports-mia-farrows-hunger-strike-for-darfur&quot;&gt;attracted the support&lt;/a&gt; of &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/68-george-clooney&quot;&gt;George Clooney&lt;/a&gt;. The 64-year-old said the strike was &#8220;a personal expression of outrage at a world that is somehow able to stand by and watch innocent men, women and children needlessly die of starvation, thirst and disease.&#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&#8220;I&#8217;m honored to be taking over the fast for the next three days from Mia Farrow in her courageous stance to support the people of Darfur,&#8220; said Branson. &amp;quot;Over a year and a half ago, I traveled to Darfur and was horrified by the stories that people of all ages shared with us. Young children had watched their entire family get killed and then had to survive on their own in unimaginable conditions. I was humbled and inspired by the courage of the Darfuri people and the commitment of the aid organizations that were working on the frontlines. Now, with 13 aid organizations expelled from the country, over 1m people are at grave risk. We cannot stand and watch as 1m people suffer.&#8220;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;To follow the hunger strike and lend your support, visit the &lt;a href=&quot;http://fastdarfur.org/&quot;&gt;Fast For Darfur website&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
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  <pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 11:30:00 -0000</pubDate>
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  <title>Bono Questions George Clooney On Darfur</title>
  <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;small&gt;Written by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/contributor/17-elizabeth-willoughby&quot;&gt;Elizabeth Willoughby&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Rocker &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/26-bono&quot;&gt;Bono&lt;/a&gt; interviewed &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/68-george-clooney&quot;&gt;George Clooney&lt;/a&gt; last week on &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;CNN&lt;/span&gt; and discussed, among other things, the actor&#8217;s role as activist and the problems facing Darfur.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Although one might wonder what qualified the singer to conduct the interview, Bono&#8217;s long-time experience as an activist brought much insight into the conversation.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;During the discussion Clooney noted that, because he is not a politician, his hands are less tied to say and do what he wants. Bono, equally unrestrained, asked: &#8220;What went through your mind the first time you saw the squandering of human life that&#8217;s an everyday experience in Darfur and Sudan or in Chad? You&#8217;ve seen life slip away. Were you angry, were you upset, were you embarrassed because the West looks liked it&#8217;s turning its back on another genocide?&#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Clooney recalled how shocking it was to find such a completely different world only a plane flight away, &#8220;where the average life expectancy is 38 years old. Well that&#8217;s insane to me, coming from a place where the average age is 80. And it&#8217;s not just disease that&#8217;s killing them. It&#8217;s murder and rape and genocide.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&#8220;First you&#8217;re really angry and you want a bunch of planes that say UN on them to come in with bombs and just take out all the bad guys. That&#8217;s the first reaction you have. And then you go through these phases of trying to figure out who are the bad guys. Why are they the bad guys? &#8230;There has to be a reason why [they&#8217;re] doing these things. And you find that it&#8217;s almost always oil. Strangely. It&#8217;s oil in the Sudan for the most part.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&#8220;&#8230;It comes down to those sort of issues where you think the people who need to take the lead have no vested interest in taking the lead. China needs to take the lead. They&#8217;re the ones who are taking oil out. But they need oil. Badly. So, there&#8217;s no great interest in it being settled. You walk out of there with them saying all of the important first steps that are needed. But they&#8217;re not really doing any of them. There is no great urgency. And unfortunately, there is no reason for it to stop.&#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The pair also discussed diplomacy, politics, strategies and the effects that outside influence might have in Darfur. Actions taken, like the International Criminal Court indicting the president of Sudan, don&#8217;t always have universal approval.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Clooney says, &#8220;You could ask anyone there, a father of six, and three have been killed and three of them are alive and you ask, &#8216;Do you want to avenge those three kids&#8217; lives or do you want to save those three kids&#8217; lives?&#8217; They&#8217;ll take saving &#8211; safety first. &#8230;[Yet] at some point someone has to be held responsible.&#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;You can find the full interview under Entertainment at the &lt;a href=&quot;http://edition.cnn.com/video/&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;CNN&lt;/span&gt; website&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3243-idol-gives-back-is-back&quot;&gt;Idol Gives Back Is Back!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3217-taylor-swift-signs-elephant-for-family-health-international&quot;&gt;Taylor Swift Signs Elephant For Family Health International&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3209-bono-and-friends-rock-carnegie-hall-for-charity&quot;&gt;Bono And Friends Rock Carnegie Hall For Charity&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3207-will-smiths-children-support-charity-initiative&quot;&gt;Will Smith's Children Support Charity Initiative&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
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  <pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 15:00:00 -0000</pubDate>
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  <title>George Clooney Supports Mia Farrow's Hunger Strike For Darfur</title>
  <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;small&gt;Written by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/contributor/17-elizabeth-willoughby&quot;&gt;Elizabeth Willoughby&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Actress &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/933-mia-farrow&quot;&gt;Mia Farrow&lt;/a&gt; began a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/2420-mia-farrow-to-hunger-strike-for-darfur&quot;&gt;21-day hunger strike on 27 April&lt;/a&gt; to force the spotlight on the dire situation in Dafur.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Frustrated at the continued inattention to the plight of millions, she stated that she began her fast of water &#8220;in solidarity with the people of Darfur and as a personal expression of outrage at a world that is somehow able to stand by and watch innocent men, women and children needlessly die of starvation, thirst and disease.&#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Actor &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/68-george-clooney&quot;&gt;George Clooney&lt;/a&gt;, who has also campaigned for a political solution to the Dafur situation, supports Farrow&#8217;s attempt to bring some serious attention to it. So far, Farrow is feeling hungry but good, and is still able to post daily reports on her &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.miafarrow.org&quot;&gt;website&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&#8220;I have a doctor coming to see me on Monday,&#8221; she says on her Day Four video blog. &#8220;The people [in Darfur refugee camps] have no doctors because &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/208-doctors-without-borders&quot;&gt;Doctors Without Borders&lt;/a&gt; has been expelled. I have clean water that I can drink, and people there don&#8217;t have clean water because &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/93-oxfam&quot;&gt;Oxfam&lt;/a&gt; isn&#8217;t there to repair the well pumps and the well pumps are breaking.&#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;She is concerned that camp food stores are dwindling, that aid workers are unable to deliver what there is from Port Sudan to some camps and that latrines are overflowing, which could lead to disease.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;However, she is grateful for the support she has been getting: &#8220;Some people are interested in how I am doing, but we need to be thinking of Darfur&#8217;s people.  If my hunger brings focus to where it belongs, if more people know what is happening in Darfur and will raise their voices, then what I am going through now is well worth it.&#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3217-taylor-swift-signs-elephant-for-family-health-international&quot;&gt;Taylor Swift Signs Elephant For Family Health International&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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  <title>BBC Interviews LookToTheStars.org Founder</title>
  <description>&lt;p&gt;LookToTheStars.org founder Myrlia Purcell was invited by the BBC&amp;#8217;s World Today show to take part in a radio interview on the subject of celebrity philanthropy.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/contributor/2&quot;&gt;Myrlia&lt;/a&gt; explains what the site is trying to accomplish, and responds to the suggestion that celebrities undertake charity work mainly for publicity.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The segment includes soundbites from &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/68-george-clooney&quot;&gt;George Clooney&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/2-angelina-jolie&quot;&gt;Angelina Jolie&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/933-mia-farrow&quot;&gt;Mia Farrow&lt;/a&gt;, and other celebrities mentioned include &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/719-paris-hilton&quot;&gt;Paris Hilton&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/496-forest-whitaker&quot;&gt;Forest Whitaker&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/147-john-hurt&quot;&gt;John Hurt&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/225-natalie-portman&quot;&gt;Natalie Portman&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/121-samuel-l-jackson&quot;&gt;Samuel L. Jackson&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/163-lucy-liu&quot;&gt;Lucy Liu&lt;/a&gt;, and Run &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;DMC&lt;/span&gt; frontman &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/591-darryl-mcdaniels&quot;&gt;Darryl McDaniels&lt;/a&gt; and his &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/587-felix-organization&quot;&gt;Felix Organization&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;media&quot; href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/files/world-today-interview.mp3&quot;&gt;Audio: &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;BBC&lt;/span&gt; World Today interview (approx. 4 mins).&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3297-charitable-celebrities-to-receive-21st-century-leaders-awards&quot;&gt;Charitable Celebrities To Receive 21st Century Leaders Awards&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3240-orlando-bloom-becomes-unicef-ambassador&quot;&gt;Orlando Bloom Becomes UNICEF Ambassador&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
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  <pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2009 15:45:00 -0000</pubDate>
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  <title>George Clooney Blogs About Darfur</title>
  <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;small&gt;Written by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/contributor/41-isra-shah&quot;&gt;Isra Shah&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/68-george-clooney&quot;&gt;George Clooney&lt;/a&gt; has long been a vocal advocate for the victims of genocide in Darfur.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;After a recent trip to the Chad-Darfur border and meetings with both President &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/998-barack-obama&quot;&gt;Obama&lt;/a&gt; and Vice President Joe Biden regarding the new administration&#8217;s policy for the region, the actor gave his insights and opinions about what has and has not changed in the region since his last visit and what he thinks of the International Criminal Court&#8217;s decision to issue a warrant for Sudanese President Omar Hassan Al-Bashir last week.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In a blog the actor wrote for the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-03-04/nothing-new-to-report/full/&quot;&gt;The Daily Beast&lt;/a&gt;, Clooney remarked that the &#8220;most disturbing [thing] about the place was how little it had changed&#8221; in the three years since he had last been there.  Despite the efforts of aid organizations dispatched to assist the needy, the norm that Clooney observed included &#8220;800 calories a day, sickness, threats of rebel violence, or just crime.&#8221;  Where three years ago, the general atmosphere had an aura of hope that help was on its way, &#8220;there&#8217;s too little&#8221; of that now, evidenced only by a few moments, such as when village children followed Clooney around, chanting &#8220;Obama,&#8221; putting an entirely different twist on the President&#8217;s campaign themes of hope and change.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The implication of the lack of change Clooney found on his return trip to the region, he wrote, is that &#8220;the secret seems to be that the longer it goes on, the more tolerant all of us become of it.&#8221;  Media, aware that &#8220;finding a new outrage is the only way to catch the world&#8217;s attention&#8221; presses on to find the most atrocious or the most touching personal story within a sea of tragic experiences that go &#8220;beyond the pale of what is acceptable&#8230;beyond our understanding of how much a person can take.&#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In an interview with &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;CNN&lt;/span&gt; International, Clooney elaborated on the world&#8217;s complacency in demanding more than a static status quo.  He said, &#8220;I think the world has become too tolerant of all of these outrages.&#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&#8220;The world is tolerant of the Congo and the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/2157-matt-damon-visits-zimbabwean-refugee-camp-urges-answer-to-humanitarian-crisis&quot;&gt;world is tolerant of Zimbabwe&lt;/a&gt;.  And the truth of the matter is, two or three times, you know &amp;#8211; the world is tolerant of Burma &amp;#8211; two or three times you can get that story out, and then it becomes a story we&amp;#8217;ve seen before. It&amp;#8217;s just as tragic, and we go away and we have a rally and everyone will feel like, well, we&amp;#8217;ve accomplished something.  And you&amp;#8217;ll do something, you&amp;#8217;ll put a Band-Aid on a gunshot wound, basically, and at the end of the day, these people are still there and they&amp;#8217;re still living in this tragedy.  And it&amp;#8217;s not fixed.&#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&#8220;We are too tolerant.  And we are &amp;#8211; we become more tolerant the longer it goes on.&#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The recent decision by the &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;ICC&lt;/span&gt; to issue an arrest warrant for President Al-Bashir last week is an opportunity to break out of our complacency and demand justice.  Clooney explained that although the decision to issue the charges against Al-Bashir of crimes against humanity mark the first time a sitting head of state has been charged by the Hague, it is still unlikely that the Sudanese government will simply hand over its president to face the international community, or that the United Nations will attempt to go after him.  Indeed, in the days following the warrant, Al-Bashir retaliated against the news of the charges by expelling thirteen relief organizations from the Darfur region, which has already left 200,000 people without medical assistance and will most likely leave hundreds of thousands of others without water or access to any other type of aid within days.  The UN Security Council deadlocked on taking action, again reinforcing a continuation of the status quo in Darfur.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;According to Clooney, this moment is crucial.  It is an opportunity for action and &#8220;it tells the 300,000 brutally killed and 2.5 million displaced and raped and maimed that justice must always prevail. That the rest of the world sees their struggle and stands up and demands justice.&#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&#8220;This is the moment. And if the UN can&#8217;t use it to insist on tougher sanctions, and the United States can&#8217;t use it to pressure China, and China can&#8217;t feel the eyes of the world looking to them for leadership in the country that they profit so greatly from, then the court and the rule of international law is lost.&#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;George Clooney was designated by the United Nations as a Messenger of Peace in 2006.  He has visited the Darfur/Chad region six times in his efforts to increase humanitarian aid to the region, and is a co-founder and board member of the international advocacy group &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/540-not-on-our-watch&quot;&gt;Not On Our Watch&lt;/a&gt;.  Visit the official website and learn how to get involved &lt;a href=&quot;http://notonourwatchproject.org/&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
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  <pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2009 15:30:00 -0000</pubDate>
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  <title>Matt Damon Visits Zimbabwean Refugee Camp, Urges Answer to Humanitarian Crisis</title>
  <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;small&gt;Written by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/contributor/41-isra-shah&quot;&gt;Isra Shah&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/231-matt-damon&quot;&gt;Matt Damon&lt;/a&gt; visited a Zimbabwean refugee camp in the South African border town of Musina on Tuesday.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The actor and board member of the human rights organization &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/540-not-on-our-watch&quot;&gt;Not On Our Watch&lt;/a&gt; invited members of the Associated Press to join him on his trip as a part of a high profile effort to raise awareness about the region&#8217;s ongoing humanitarian crises.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Nearly three million people have fled Zimbabwe as a result of the seemingly endless series of catastrophes that have occurred in the country.  Political upheaval, state-sponsored violence, and a chronic &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;AIDS&lt;/span&gt; epidemic have long plagued Zimbabwe; now an outbreak of cholera and crippling inflation due to the economic crisis have made life nearly impossible for millions of its citizens.&#8232;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Making the illegal and dangerous journey across the border to South Africa does not mean the end of one&#8217;s hardships, however.  While it is estimated that 6,000 people flee the country on a daily basis, many make a return trip within days with groceries and other necessities for their families; the United Nations World Food Programme estimates that nearly half the population, seven million people, are in need of food assistance.  For those seeking permanent escape from their native land, the journey means paying exorbitant fees to guides, crossing the crocodile-infested Limpopo River and entering South Africa through holes in the fence that marks the border between the two nations.  Aid agencies are reporting an increase in sexual violence against women and are raising concerns over the growing trend of unaccompanied children making the trek into South Africa.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;At the crowded camp center that Damon visited in Musina, 5,000 of these refugees have camped out across a sandy strip of land.  Some have managed to house themselves in makeshift plastic structures, while others simply sleep on cardboard pieces with their personal belongings scattered about them.  The camp is equipped with only a dozen toilets and a few taps to provide running water.  Calling the living conditions &#8220;untenable,&#8221; Damon added that observing camp life at the refugee center was a &#8220;testament of the situation across the border in Zimbabwe.&#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;After listening to a story of a woman who was raped at the home of a taxi driver who promised her a job and a boy who had obtained legal asylum in South Africa but had nowhere to go, Damon emphasized that &#8220;action has to be taken&#8221; by the world community.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;To know that there are these kids who should be in school, who deserve to be, who didn&amp;#8217;t create any of this mess is shocking and sad,&amp;#8221; he said.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;To this end, Damon has pledged his support by using his &#8220;celebrity capital&#8221; to raise awareness about the situation in Zimbabwe.  Not On Our Watch &amp;#8211; the international advocacy group that Damon founded along with &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/68-george-clooney&quot;&gt;George Clooney&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/447-don-cheadle&quot;&gt;Don Cheadle&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/27-brad-pitt&quot;&gt;Brad Pitt&lt;/a&gt;, David Pressman, and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1121-jerry-weintraub&quot;&gt;Jerry Weintraub&lt;/a&gt; &amp;#8211; has a declared mission of &#8220;drawing upon the powerful voices of artists, activists, and cultural leaders&#8221; to protect the vulnerable, marginalized, and displaced.&#8232;&#8232;&amp;quot;I feel it is morally incumbent, (that) if we who can get coverage, get coverage for something like this, than for the latest shampoo,&amp;quot; Damon said.  He hopes that his latest efforts will help put public pressure on state leaders to provide support for Zimbabwe to resolve its issues.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Get informed on the latest efforts of Damon&#8217;s organization, Not on Our Watch, and learn how to get involved at the &lt;a href=&quot;http://notonourwatchproject.org/news?features_page=1&amp;amp;news_page=1&quot;&gt;official website&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;
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  <pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2009 15:30:00 -0000</pubDate>
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  <title>Clooney and Obama Meet For Darfur</title>
  <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;small&gt;Written by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/contributor/17-elizabeth-willoughby&quot;&gt;Elizabeth Willoughby&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Actor &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/68-george-clooney&quot;&gt;George Clooney&#8217;s&lt;/a&gt; much anticipated meeting with American President &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/998-barack-obama&quot;&gt;Barack Obama&lt;/a&gt; took place this week, with great success.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Though Clooney has been campaigning about the genocide occurring in Darfur for years and founded the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/540-not-on-our-watch&quot;&gt;Not On Our Watch&lt;/a&gt; campaign to raise awareness, he has said that the situation is not getting better; in fact it&#8217;s getting worse.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Undeterred, Clooney said: &#8220;Of course it&#8217;s complex, but when you see entire villages raped and killed, wells poisoned and then filled with the bodies of its villagers, then all complexities disappear and it comes down simply to right and wrong.&#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Still, because Clooney has seen little improvement in the region over the past few years, he says Darfur is in dire need of real and effective measures. Leading up to his meeting with Obama, Clooney said, &#8220;The status quo is unacceptable. We want [Obama] to appoint a high-level, fulltime diplomat to negotiate and work hard every day for a peace treaty.&#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;And that may be what he just got &#8211; a long-term envoy reporting directly to the White House, &#8220;working on this every day &amp;#8211; getting up every morning with their sole job to find peace in the area.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&#8220;We talked about this being an opportunity,&#8221; Clooney said on CNN&#8217;s Larry King Live about the meeting with US President Barak Obama and Vice President Joe Biden. &#8220;Not just for the United States, but all of us together to work with the international community in a real diplomatic effort to try and bring some sort of peace to this region.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&#8232;&#8232;&#8220;I think somehow we should all know that these people are hanging on by the skin of their teeth.&#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
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  <title>Stars Come Out For Charity The Night Before</title>
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&lt;p&gt;The 7th annual &lt;em&gt;The Night Before&lt;/em&gt; event will take place on Saturday, February 21, at the iconic Beverly Hills Hotel, and aims to help provide charitable health and community services to entertainment industry people in need.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The first &lt;em&gt;Night Before&lt;/em&gt; event was held in 2003 and instantly became one of the most coveted invitations in town kicking off what is now a much-anticipated awards season tradition.  Since its inception, the Night Before fundraiser has raised more than $30 million for &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;MPTF&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&#8220;This event raises more money to help the entertainment industry than any other single event we do,&#8221; said Ken Scherer, &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;CEO&lt;/span&gt; of the Motion Picture &amp;amp; Television Fund Foundation.  &#8220;The money raised here during the past six years has changed the lives of countless people in the entertainment industry, through the various services and programs offered by &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;MPTF&lt;/span&gt;.&#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;MPTF&lt;/span&gt; Chairman Jeffrey Katzenberg added: &#8220;This year, more than any other, we are asking the entertainment industry to come out and help those in the business who are facing some type of hardship, financial or otherwise.  There are people who are losing their cars and homes; the need has never been greater.  The money raised from this event will enable &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;MPTF&lt;/span&gt; to keep up with the increasing requests for help and hopefully we wont have to have to say &#8216;no&#8217; to anyone.&#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Celebrities on this year&#8217;s hosting committee include: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/92-jennifer-aniston&quot;&gt;Jennifer Aniston&lt;/a&gt;, Tanya Haden Black &amp;amp; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/286-jack-black&quot;&gt;Jack Black&lt;/a&gt;, Kate Capshaw &amp;amp; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/109-steven-spielberg&quot;&gt;Steven Spielberg&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/447-don-cheadle&quot;&gt;Don Cheadle&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/68-george-clooney&quot;&gt;George Clooney&lt;/a&gt;, Luciana &amp;amp; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/231-matt-damon&quot;&gt;Matt Damon&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/32-cameron-diaz&quot;&gt;Cameron Diaz&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/280-leonardo-dicaprio&quot;&gt;Leonardo DiCaprio&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/85-jamie-foxx&quot;&gt;Jamie Foxx&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/82-jake-gyllenhaal&quot;&gt;Jake Gyllenhaal&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1617-katie-holmes&quot;&gt;Katie Holmes&lt;/a&gt; &amp;amp; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/114-tom-cruise&quot;&gt;Tom Cruise&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/2-angelina-jolie&quot;&gt;Angelina Jolie&lt;/a&gt; &amp;amp; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/27-brad-pitt&quot;&gt;Brad Pitt&lt;/a&gt;, Jennifer &amp;amp; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/920-tobey-maguire&quot;&gt;Tobey Maguire&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/81-jada-pinkett-smith&quot;&gt;Jada Pinkett Smith&lt;/a&gt; &amp;amp; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/150-will-smith&quot;&gt;Will Smith&lt;/a&gt;, Christine Taylor &amp;amp; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/18-ben-stiller&quot;&gt;Ben Stiller&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/99-justin-timberlake&quot;&gt;Justin Timberlake&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/266-rachel-weisz&quot;&gt;Rachel Weisz&lt;/a&gt;, Rita Wilson &amp;amp; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/188-tom-hanks&quot;&gt;Tom Hanks&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/165-kate-winslet&quot;&gt;Kate Winslet&lt;/a&gt; &amp;amp; Sam Mendes, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/184-reese-witherspoon&quot;&gt;Reese Witherspoon&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1757-renee-zellweger&quot;&gt;Renee Zellweger&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/33-catherine-zeta-jones&quot;&gt;Catherine Zeta Jones&lt;/a&gt; &amp;amp; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/380-michael-douglas&quot;&gt;Michael Douglas&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The non-profit Motion Picture &amp;amp; Television Fund, headquartered in Woodland Hills, Calif., was founded in 1921 to provide &#8220;relief&amp;quot; for those in the film industry who had fallen on hard times.  Today, 85 years later, &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;MPTF&lt;/span&gt; is a major service provider supporting the health and well being of the entertainment community.  Healthcare, childcare, retirement living and social/charitable services are offered with compassion and respect for the dignity of the whole person.  Care is offered through the &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;MPTF&lt;/span&gt; 250-bed hospital, five outpatient health centers, charitable financial assistance and community outreach programs, a full-scale retirement community and a children&#8217;s day care center.  More information is available &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mptvfund.org/cm/Home.html&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3350-bruce-springsteen-to-rock-autism-concert&quot;&gt;Bruce Springsteen To Rock Autism Concert&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3347-steven-spielberg-to-receive-human-rights-award&quot;&gt;Steven Spielberg To Receive Human Rights Award&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3323-matt-damons-persistent-efforts-to-supply-africa-with-clean-water&quot;&gt;Matt Damon&#8217;s Persistent Efforts To Supply Africa With Clean Water&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3317-fergie-headlines-avon-foundation-for-women-gala&quot;&gt;Fergie Headlines Avon Foundation For Women Gala&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
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  <pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 13:00:00 -0000</pubDate>
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  <title>Ben Affleck To Address Celebrities At Charity Event</title>
  <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;small&gt;Written by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/contributor/14-tim-saunders&quot;&gt;Tim Saunders&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This Wednesday, February 18, will see some of Hollywood&#8217;s biggest stars turn out at the House of Blues in Los Angeles to honor &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/1294-international-medical-corps&quot;&gt;International Medical Corps&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;IMC&lt;/span&gt;) and support its life-saving work in the Democratic Republic of Congo.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Expected to attend the event are &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/68-george-clooney&quot;&gt;George Clooney&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/92-jennifer-aniston&quot;&gt;Jennifer Aniston&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/118-kevin-spacey&quot;&gt;Kevin Spacey&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/426-diane-keaton&quot;&gt;Diane Keaton&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/963-felicity-huffman&quot;&gt;Felicity Huffman&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/496-forest-whitaker&quot;&gt;Forest Whitaker&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/920-tobey-maguire&quot;&gt;Tobey Maguire&lt;/a&gt;, Kate Walsh, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1951-heather-graham&quot;&gt;Heather Graham&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/202-brooke-shields&quot;&gt;Brooke Shields&lt;/a&gt;, with entertainment to be provided by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/267-sheryl-crow&quot;&gt;Sheryl Crow&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The evening is to be hosted by writer/producer Grant Heslov (&#8220;Good Night &amp;amp; Good Luck&#8221;) and his wife Lysa, who founded the arts exchange organization, Children Mending Hearts, and traveled to IMC&#8217;s programs in the Congo last month. A special humanitarian award will be presented to CNN&#8217;s &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1589-anderson-cooper&quot;&gt;Anderson Cooper&lt;/a&gt; for his reporting in Africa.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Featured speaker at the event will be &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/17-ben-affleck&quot;&gt;Ben Affleck&lt;/a&gt;, who has made several trips to the Congo and this week &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1878855,00.html&quot;&gt;published an article he wrote about his experiences in &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;TIME&lt;/span&gt; Magazine&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&#8220;I&amp;#8217;ve been traveling to Congo since 2007,&#8220; he wrote in the article, titled &lt;em&gt;A Glimmer Of Hope In Africa&lt;/em&gt;. &#8220;The picture of the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of Congo has grown tragically familiar: a region with great natural wealth, riven by war, racked with hunger and traumatized by a long history of colonial abuse, postcolonial kleptocracy and plunder. In the past 10 years alone, millions have died here, and more die each day as a result of the conflict. Most die not from war wounds but from starvation or disease. A lack of infrastructure means there is little medical care in the cities and none in rural communities, so any infection can be a death sentence. The most vulnerable suffer the worst. One in five children in Congo will die before reaching the age of 5 &#8212; and will do so out of sight of the world, in places that camera crews cannot reach, deep in a vast landscape and concealed under a canopy of bucolic jungle.&#8220;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Established in 1984, International Medical Corps is a global, humanitarian, nonprofit organization dedicated to saving lives and relieving suffering through health care training and relief and development programs.&lt;/p&gt;
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  <pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2009 15:00:00 -0000</pubDate>
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  <title>Signed Movie Posters For Sale In Charity Auction</title>
  <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;small&gt;Written by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/contributor/14-tim-saunders&quot;&gt;Tim Saunders&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;A selection of movie posters signed by the original stars is up for sale on eBay to raise money for charity.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Each week, from now until February 27th, a new round of autographed movie posters will be unveiled and put up for bids, with &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;ALL&lt;/span&gt; proceeds benefiting the American Cinematheque, an independent, non-profit cultural organization in Los Angeles dedicated exclusively to the public presentation of the Moving Image in all its forms.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;To mark the release of the all new step-by-step movie making guide &#8220;Filmmaking for Dummies&#8221; and to celebrate the movies we know and love, Wiley Publishing will be auctioning off autographed movie posters ranging from hilarious comedies, classic dramas, and every movie in between.  Fill your living room with posters signed by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/68-george-clooney&quot;&gt;George Clooney&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/608-julia-roberts&quot;&gt;Julia Roberts&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/111-john-travolta&quot;&gt;John Travolta&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/188-tom-hanks&quot;&gt;Tom Hanks&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/184-reese-witherspoon&quot;&gt;Reese Witherspoon&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/27-brad-pitt&quot;&gt;Brad Pitt&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/149-heath-ledger&quot;&gt;Heath Ledger&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/281-penelope-cruz&quot;&gt;Penelope Cruz&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/280-leonardo-dicaprio&quot;&gt;Leonardo DiCaprio&lt;/a&gt;, the cast of &lt;em&gt;Lord of the Rings&lt;/em&gt; and many more.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The auction can be accessed &lt;a href=&quot;http://cgi3.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewUserPage&amp;amp;userid=for*dummies&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3297-charitable-celebrities-to-receive-21st-century-leaders-awards&quot;&gt;Charitable Celebrities To Receive 21st Century Leaders Awards&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3252-the-stars-on-climate-change-what-do-they-think&quot;&gt;The Stars On Climate Change - What Do They Think?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3243-idol-gives-back-is-back&quot;&gt;Idol Gives Back Is Back!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
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  <title>Not On Our Watch Donates To Oxfam</title>
  <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/540-not-on-our-watch&quot;&gt;Not On Our Watch&lt;/a&gt; has announced a $500,000 grant to international aid agency &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/93-oxfam&quot;&gt;Oxfam America&lt;/a&gt; to support their humanitarian response in eastern Chad, for victims of the violence in the Chad-Darfur region.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Founded by actors &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/447-don-cheadle&quot;&gt;Don Cheadle&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/68-george-clooney&quot;&gt;George Clooney&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/231-matt-damon&quot;&gt;Matt Damon&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/27-brad-pitt&quot;&gt;Brad Pitt&lt;/a&gt;, producer &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1121-jerry-weintraub&quot;&gt;Jerry Weintraub&lt;/a&gt;, and human rights lawyer David Pressman, Not On Our Watch works to focus global attention and resources towards putting an end to mass atrocities around the world. This timely gift supports Oxfam&amp;#8217;s lifesaving work on health, hunger and poverty initiatives as the dry season approaches.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;As the conflict in Chad and Darfur continues, victims of violence remain desperately in need of basic support systems. Now more than ever it is critical that the international community work towards putting an end to this crisis,&amp;#8221; said Not On Our Watch co-founder Matt Damon.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The grant allows for Oxfam to serve over 200,000 vulnerable people at a time of desperate need. Plagued with continuing violence, a lack of basic services, and depleted food rations, refugees and displaced persons are becoming more vulnerable to hunger, disease and poverty every day.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The funding provided to Oxfam will support immediate action to avert future hunger and provide access to clean water for some of the region&amp;#8217;s most vulnerable citizens&#8212;displaced families and their host communities. The programs include:&lt;/p&gt;
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	&lt;li&gt;Providing clean water: Communities will have safe access to water for drinking, cooking, cleaning and bathing. They will have access to sanitary facilities and learn safe hygiene practices.&lt;/li&gt;
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	&lt;li&gt;Improving access to land and farming technique: Distributing tools, high yield seeds and fertilizers and improving people&amp;#8217;s access to cultivable land, as well as new cultivation techniques to increase agricultural production.&lt;/li&gt;
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	&lt;li&gt;Income generation: Implementing small income generation projects such as mills, rickshaws, handicrafts, and soap making.&lt;br /&gt;
Also, providing technical support for more efficient livestock rearing and organizing markets where farmers can sell their goods.&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;These actions will better equip communities to deal with upcoming challenges. With improved water, sanitation, agriculture and income, more resources will be available in times of need.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Oxfam continues to provide vital assistance to more than 500,000 people affected by the crisis, both in Darfur and eastern Chad. The agency provides essential access to clean water and sanitation, public health education, and livelihoods opportunities and training.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;Living on the brink of disaster, any additional factor could result in a sudden crisis for the people of Chad,&amp;#8221; said Raymond C. Offenheiser, president of Oxfam America. &amp;#8220;The funding from Not On Our Watch helps Oxfam to plan for the future, and will help thousands of people to provide for themselves during lean times.&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/719-paris-hilton&quot;&gt;Paris Hilton&#8217;s&lt;/a&gt; mother, Kathy, held her annual Christmas auction to benefit the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/83-make-a-wish-foundation&quot;&gt;Make-A-Wish Foundation&lt;/a&gt; on Saturday, December 20.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The auction was broadcast live on the internet and featured over 200 items, such as a meet-and-greet with the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1316-jonas-brothers&quot;&gt;Jonas Brothers&lt;/a&gt;, shoes and a necklace donated by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/45-elizabeth-taylor&quot;&gt;Elizabeth Taylor&lt;/a&gt;, autographed guitars from &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/381-melissa-etheridge&quot;&gt;Melissa Etheridge&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/16-avril-lavigne&quot;&gt;Avril Lavigne&lt;/a&gt;, a tambourine signed by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1311-brian-wilson&quot;&gt;Brian Wilson&lt;/a&gt; and designer clothes taken from the closets of Paris and Nicky Hilton.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Kathy Hilton held &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/482-celebrities-festive-giving&quot;&gt;her first celebrity auction last year&lt;/a&gt;, and raised over $27,000 with items such as &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/193-mel-gibson&quot;&gt;Mel Gibson&#8217;s&lt;/a&gt; jeans, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/114-tom-cruise&quot;&gt;Tom Cruise&#8217;s&lt;/a&gt; sunglasses, and an Ocean&#8217;s Thirteen script signed by the movie&amp;#8217;s stars, including &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/68-george-clooney&quot;&gt;George Clooney&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/27-brad-pitt&quot;&gt;Brad Pitt&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The auction isn&#8217;t the only good thing Paris and Nicky are doing this Holiday Season. Last week they were spotted distributing toys to disadvantaged children at the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/811-union-rescue-mission&quot;&gt;Union Rescue Mission&lt;/a&gt; in downtown Los Angeles.&lt;/p&gt;
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