Three years ago, Michael Clarke Duncan, star of The Green Mile and The Finder, was eating a lot of meat—and he was feeling very sick. So when he turned 51, Duncan decided to try going vegetarian. He was so impressed by his improved health—and his lighter conscience—that the decision stuck. And now, Duncan is showing off his stronger-than-ever physique in a new ad campaign for PETA that proclaims, “I Am Michael Clarke Duncan, and I Am a Vegetarian.”
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Glee’s Naya Rivera and Cory Monteith hosted as the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) honored producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron (Chicago, Hairspray, Smash) and the best in television, film and journalism last night at the 23rd Annual GLAAD Media Awards in New York.
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PETA has announced Russell Simmons as its Person Of The Year 2011.
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Looking for a gift to top all gifts this holiday season? Leading charity auction site charitybuzz.com is offering access to hundreds of once-in-a-lifetime celebrity experiences.
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This holiday season, Pencils of Promise (PoP), a nonprofit whose mission is to build schools in the developing world, is launching their Made with Pencils campaign. The Made with Pencils campaign allows the world’s leading cultural curators and artistic minds to produce original works made from pencils that will be auctioned off to build new schools.
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A number of famous vegetarians are featuring on a limited edition sheet of US postage stamps launched by PETA.
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Here is your chance to bid on 2 VIP tickets to attend the LA Gala for the David Lynch Foundation, Change Begins Within, on Saturday, December 3, 2011, to be held at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA).
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On Thursday, October 20, Look To The Stars’ Allison DiLiberto and Scott Cable attended the Somaly Mam Foundation’s annual gala at Manhattan’s Espace (635 West 42nd Street), which honored The Body Shop Americas, Russell Simmons, Rush Communications, and U.S. Department of State Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women’s Issues, Melanne Verveer.
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The Thurgood Marshall College Fund’s (TMCF) 24th Anniversary Awards Dinner, themed “Developing Minds…Delivering Dreams” is scheduled for Monday, October 24, 2011 at The Sheraton New York Hotel & Towers in New York City.
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The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) will join millions of lesbian gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people and allies by participating in Spirit Day and wearing purple on October 20, 2011.
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The tenacious Occupy Wall Street movement that began on September 17 may have been ignored by mainstream media, but it caught the attention of many celebrities who have visited the New York city protest camp. Film maker Michael Moore and actor Susan Sarandon were in there early and, more recently, actor John Cusack and musicians Kanye West and Russell Simmons have lent their support.
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The Somaly Mam Foundation will honor Russell Simmons, The Body Shop Americas and Melanne Verveer, Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women’s Issues, at its annual charity gala on October 20.
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George Clooney, Martha Stewart and Russell Simmons will be in Sydney, Australia, in December as part of the 2011 Global Leadership Forum.
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The Somaly Mam Foundation will host a very special charity event in Santa Barbara this weekend that will see participants skydive from 18,000 feet to raise $18,000 towards the eradication of slavery.
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In mid-September, a thousand people marched into New York City’s financial district to occupy Liberty Plaza in defiance of the crimes of Wall Street bankers and America’s financial system abuses affecting the majority of the citizens for the benefit of the richest one percent.
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Look To The Stars’ Abhishek Seth recently got to talk with Nick Cannon about his charity work, making the world a better place… and socks.
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Angela Simmons – co-founder of Pastry, designer and star of MTV’s Run’s House – unveiled a daring new advertisement for PETA at the Paramount Hotel in Manhatten last night.
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On September 21, the state of Georgia is set to execute Troy Davis in the face of overwhelming evidence that he is innocent, and a number of celebrities are lending him their support through Amnesty USA.
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CharityBuzz.com is holding a special celebrity charity auction to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks.
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On Saturday, July 30, 2011, Russell Simmons’ Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation will celebrate the Twelfth Annual ART FOR LIFE East Hampton benefit event!
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Russell Simmons has shown his support for 50 Cent following the rapper’s charity wish to help Africa on Twitter.
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Justin Timberlake, one of the hottest stars in entertainment, has donated a once-in-a-lifetime experience to raise funds for Russell Simmons’ Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation through the 2012 Art for Life Online Auction at Charitybuzz.com.
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KISS legend Gene Simmons and his longtime partner, Shannon Tweed, have adopted a dog from the Saskatoon SPCA, and made a video urging people to follow their example.
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On Saturday night, GLAAD honored the media’s most outstanding images of the LGBT community at the GLAAD Media Awards in San Francisco, presented nationally by ROKK Vodka and locally by Southwest Airlines. Advocates, allies and celebrities joined host Naya Rivera (Glee) at the San Francisco Marriott Marquis to celebrate the people and stories that are moving Americans toward equality for all.
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Celebrities will mingle, legends will be honored, guests will be wowed, and all will be well fed at Farm Sanctuary’s 25th Anniversary Gala event on May 14 at New York City’s renowned Cipriani on Wall Street.
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Following yesterday’s announcement that Moby, John Salley, Bob Harper and Jennifer Coolidge are to host Farm Sanctuary’s 25th Anniversary Gala launch event, the organization will also hold two star-studded, black tie galas in May and September.
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Downtown LA saw some of Hollywood’s finest at the 22nd Annual GLAAD Media Awards at the Westin Bonaventure this week.
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GLAAD honored Ricky Martin at a special celebrity charity gala over the weekend for his work with gay rights in Latin America.
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Evidence, A Dance Company will present the 7th Annual Evidence Gala – A Breath of Spring – on Tuesday, April 12, 2011, at The Grand Ballroom at Manhattan Center hosted by actor, producer, director and star of Law & Order SVU Tamara Tunie and Jazz Vocalist Gregory Generet.
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Once again, actor/humanitarian Sean Penn is set to be honored by several noteworthy change-makers for his selfless work in Haiti.
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Save the Children
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Feeding America
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