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Teri Hatcher To Hold Her Annual Celebrity Yard Sale For Charity   Apr 26, 2013

Teri Hatcher will hold her annual Celebrity Yard Sale this weekend, with proceeds benefiting the Juvenile Arthritis Association.

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Shelter Me Film Proceeds To Go To Charity   Apr 24, 2013

Every year, 3 to 4 million dogs and cats are euthanized in the United States. But groups across the country are working with their local shelters to get more people involved to help these homeless animals. Their stories are told in the inspiring film, SHELTER ME, which premieres at Redbox kiosks this week.

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Bid On Justin Bieber's Underwear For Charity   Apr 24, 2013

Justin Bieber has donated a pair of his underwear for charity – and they could be yours! The underwear benefit Give2Live, a charity set up by Ellen DeGeneres’s friend Hélène Campbell.

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GLAAD To Honor Bill Clinton As Advocate For Change   Apr 5, 2013

GLAAD, the nation’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) media advocacy organization, has announced it will honor former President Bill Clinton at the 24th Annual GLAAD Media Awards in Los Angeles.

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Russell Brand And David Lynch Bring Meditation To At-Risk Youth   Apr 4, 2013

David Lynch and Russell Brand joined forces to help bring Transcendental Meditation to 1,000,000 at-risk youth at the U.S. premiere of Meditation Creativity Peace at the Hammer Museum’s Billy Wilder Theater in Los Angeles on Tuesday, April 2.

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Stars To Help Kick Off Fifth Annual Hillsides Foster Soles   Apr 2, 2013

Celebrities such as Elton John, Carson Daly, and the members of the rock band No Doubt will kick off the Fifth Annual Hillsides Foster Soles, an online auction of celebrity autographed shoes, accessories, and other personal items along with their signed headshots.

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Humane Society Genesis Awards Honor Movers And Shakers For Animals   Mar 25, 2013

The Drew Barrymore all-star cast feature film “Big Miracle,” Stephen Colbert’s satirical “The Colbert Report,” David E. Kelley’s “Harry’s Law,” “Rock Center with Brian Williams,” Discovery Channel’s “Ivory Wars,” ABC’s “Nightline,” and global pop icon Ke$ha took home the honors in major news and entertainment media categories presented at The Humane Society of the United States’ Genesis Awards Benefit Gala on Saturday, March 23, at The Beverly Hilton, Beverly Hills, Calif.

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Rose McGowan Visits The Gentle Barn For Spring Celebration   Mar 20, 2013

This past weekend, actress Rose McGowan joined Ellie Laks and Jay Weiner of The Gentle Barn for a Spring Celebration hosted by The Gentle Barn at their new second location, the Sun Chlorella Healing Center in Agua Dulce, California.

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Stars Respond To SOS For Orangutans   Mar 4, 2013

Celebrities from across the globe are responding to a charity’s SOS call to support critically endangered orangutans in Sumatra.

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Ke$ha To Be Honored By Humane Society Of The United States   Feb 15, 2013

Global pop icon and committed animal advocate Ke$ha will receive the prestigious Wyler Award at The Humane Society of the United States’ 2013 Genesis Awards Benefit Gala on Saturday, March 23, at The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills.

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Ewan McGregor Climbs A Beanstalk For Charity   Feb 14, 2013

Actor and UNICEF Ambassador Ewan McGregor was on the Ellen Show last Friday, talking not only about his latest movie, but also about UNICEF.

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Anjelica Huston Named PETA's 2012 Person Of The Year   Jan 1, 2013

In 2012, Anjelica Huston’s volunteer work accomplished a goal first set in 2008, when Huston filmed PETA’s hard-hitting video exposé of how great apes suffer in the entertainment industry: All of the top 10 advertising agencies in the U.S. have now adopted policies stating that they will not use chimpanzees and other great apes in their commercials.

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Colbie Caillat To Be Honored By Humane Society Of The United States   Dec 17, 2012

The Humane Society of the United States presents To the Rescue! New York to support of the life-saving work of The HSUS’ Animal Rescue Team.

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Pamela Anderson To Enjoy Vegan Thanksgiving Meal   Nov 22, 2012

On Thanksgiving afternoon, Pamela Anderson will join Ellie Laks and Jay Weiner of The Gentle Barn for a vegan meal and gratitude circle hosted by The Gentle Barn at their six-acre sanctuary in beautiful Santa Clarita, California.

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Katy Perry Urges Fans To Support Meditation Charity For Her Birthday   Oct 22, 2012

For her birthday, Katy Perry has tweeted fans to support Transcendental Meditation for school kids and veterans.

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Humane Society To Honor Animal Rescue Team   Oct 10, 2012

The Humane Society of the United States invites you to join them at Cipriani 42nd Street on November 2 for To The Rescue New York, a gala to celebrate the life-saving work of their Animal Rescue Team.

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Stars Sing Hey Jude For Childhood Cancer Awareness Month   Sep 26, 2012

To highlight National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month and honor 50 years of finding cures and saving children, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital released today an inspiring new star-studded video set to the iconic song “Hey Jude.”

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Stand Up To Cancer Raises Over $81 Million   Sep 10, 2012

Stand Up To Cancer has announced that more than $81 million has been pledged so far in connection with its star-studded September 7 roadblock fundraising telecast to accelerate ground-breaking research and bring new treatments to patients as quickly as possible, including pediatric cancer patients through the creation of a new pediatric cancer research “Dream Team.”

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Paul McCartney Supports Global Tolerance   Jul 30, 2012

Sir Paul McCartney has joined the new Global Tolerance “Don’t Judge” campaign – adding his voice to Nicole Kidman, Ellen DeGeneres, Daniel Craig, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Natalie Portman and Dame Judi Dench.

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Stand Up To Cancer Telecast Returns In September   Jul 11, 2012

Building on two historic fundraising telecasts in 2008 and 2010, groundbreaking grassroots movement Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C), a program of the Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF), will return to primetime television on Friday, September 7 (8:00-9:00 PM ET & PT).

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Woody Harrelson And Jessica Chastain Named As Sexiest Vegetarians   Jul 2, 2012

Their combined 45 years of meat-free eating may have given Woody Harrelson and Jessica Chastain the edge they needed to vault to the top of PETA’s annual Sexiest Vegetarian Celebrities contest.

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Vote For PETA's Sexiest Vegetarian Celebrity 2012   Jun 21, 2012

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

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Mariah Carey And Nick Cannon Bid $21,000 In Charity Auction   May 18, 2012

Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon bid $21,000 for a pair of Project C.A.N.V.A.S shoes and a diver’s watch designed by Audemars Piguet at an art fundraising auction to benefit the Urban Arts Partnership at the Opera Gallery in New York City last weekend.

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GLAAD Honors Chaz Bono And Josh Hutcherson   Apr 23, 2012

The GLAAD Media Awards hit Los Angeles in the weekend, honoring the media for their fair, accurate and inclusive representations of the LGBT community and the issues that affect their lives.

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New York Yankees Support Bully Film   Apr 13, 2012

The Weinstein Company (TWC) has announced that the New York Yankees are the latest group in a long list of celebrities and public figures who are stepping out to support BULLY, which is expanding to theaters nationwide Friday, April 13th, with a recent PSA they shot during spring training in Tampa, Florida.

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Justin Bieber Lends Support To Bully Film   Apr 10, 2012

The Weinstein Company has announced that Justin Bieber continues to lend his support to the fight against bullying with use of his song “Born To Be Somebody” in BULLY’s newest TV spot.

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Stars Honored By Humane Society At Genesis Awards   Mar 26, 2012

Rise of the Planet of the Apes triumphed, The Colbert Report’s satire hit the right comedic note, and Ellen DeGeneres outshone her talk show rivals to be among the 22 major wins at The Humane Society of the United States’ 26th Genesis Awards during the weekend.

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Steve-O And Monica Seles Stand Up For Chimps   Mar 12, 2012

Steve-O may be known for tough stunts but he recently revealed a soft spot for chimpanzees: the star is asking Sen. Barbara Boxer to support legislation that will spare chimpanzees in the United States from painful, invasive experiments and release hundreds of chimpanzees to sanctuaries.

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Humane Society To Honor Vampire Diaries' Ian Somerhalder   Feb 16, 2012

Ian Somerhalder, passionate animal advocate and star of international hit TV series The Vampire Diaries, will receive the prestigious Wyler Award at The Humane Society of the United States’ upcoming 26th Genesis Awards on Saturday, March 24, at The Beverly Hilton, Beverly Hills.

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Rose McGowan Visits The Gentle Barn   Feb 7, 2012

Actress Rose McGowan experienced a special trip to The Gentle Barn this weekend, the same day the organization received a Toyota Highlander Hybrid as part of Toyota’s 100 Cars for Good program.

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