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The Les Paul Foundation Announces Advisory Council Mar 3, 2022

The Les Paul Foundation, whose mission is to honor the legacy of Les Paul, has announced the appointment of a new Advisory Council. More →

Artists, Musicians, Actors, Authors Join Fonda, Morgan, Steinem To Support WMC Auction Nov 9, 2020

WOMEN'S MEDIA CENTER Co-Founders Jane Fonda, Robin Morgan, and Gloria Steinem, announced today that THE WOMEN’S MEDIA CENTER will celebrate its 15th anniversary by hosting the first-ever WOMEN’S MEDIA CENTER BENEFIT AUCTION. The auction will be launched on November 9th and will continue until November 15th. More →

Alzheimer’s Association Unveils Star-Studded Compilation Album and Video Series Mar 19, 2020

Today the Alzheimer's Association released “Music Moments,” a collection of new recordings and unreleased tracks by award-winning artists honoring the personal, emotional connection between music and life’s most important moments that we would never want to lose to Alzheimer’s and all other dementia. More →

Joan Jett Meets W.O.L.F. Sanctuary Staff And Volunteers Sep 4, 2019

Joan Jett donated tickets to her Denver, Colorado show this past Saturday for nonprofit W.O.L.F. Sanctuary Staff and Volunteers to attend and meet her backstage to thank the organization for their work. More →

PETA Asks Flo Rida And Others To Not Perform At SeaWorld Feb 15, 2019

After SeaWorld announced the musical lineup for its annual Seven Seas Food Festival, PETA began targeting the performers set to play (including Flo Rida, 98 Degrees, Lifehouse, Sugar Ray, and The Fray) with a series of memes featuring the artists’ own song lyrics — with a slight twist. More →

North Shore Animal League America's Get Your Rescue On Gala Rocks New York City Dec 4, 2018

North Shore Animal League America, the world’s largest no-kill animal rescue and adoption organization, celebrated another year of animal rescue work at its annual Get Your Rescue On Gala on Friday, November 30th at Pier 60 At Chelsea Piers. More →

Little Kids Rock Hosts 10th Annual Benefit Concert Presented By Hot Topic Foundation Nov 14, 2018

Little Kids Rock hosted its 10th annual benefit event to advance its mission of transforming lives by restoring, expanding and innovating music education in schools. More →

Stars To Attend North Shore Animal League America’s Annual Get Your Rescue On Gala Oct 31, 2018

North Shore Animal League America’s Annual Get your Rescue on Gala on Friday November 30th at Pier Sixty at Chelsea Piers will be highlighted by animal lovers and advocates including Honorary Gala Chairs Howard and Beth Stern, Elvis Duran, Joe Gatto, and Joan Jett and the Blackhearts. More →

Stars Attend 2018 Farm Sanctuary On The Hudson Gala Oct 9, 2018

Farm Sanctuary, the organization dedicated to combating the abuses of factory farming and encouraging a new awareness and understanding about farm animals last night hosted their 2018 Gala “Farm Sanctuary On the Hudson” in New York City. More →

Joan Jett: Please Send Lone Bear to Reputable Sanctuary Aug 22, 2018

Legendary musician Joan Jett has sent a letter to the owner of Pymatuning Deer Park urging her to send a 23-year-old bear named Bosco to a comfortable, reputable sanctuary, noting that after the death of the facility’s only other bear last year, Bosco doesn’t even have the comfort of a companion. More →

Pink Questions SeaWorld Executives on PETA’s Behalf at Annual Meeting Jun 14, 2018

Grammy winner P!nk spoke out against SeaWorld during its online annual shareholder meeting this week by calling on the company to build coastal sanctuaries for the long-suffering orcas it holds captive. More →

Little Kids Rock To Honor Elvis Costello And Bonnie Raitt Aug 16, 2017

Little Kids Rock, the national nonprofit dedicated to transforming lives by restoring, expanding, and innovating music education in public schools announced the honorees for its annual benefit being held Wednesday, October 18th at PlayStation Theater in New York. More →

Join Tom Brady At The 18th Annual Best Buddies Challenge: Hyannis Port Jun 1, 2017

Best Buddies International, a nonprofit dedicated to creating opportunities for friendship, employment and leadership development for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), is pleased to announce that the 18th Annual Best Buddies Challenge: Hyannis Port, presented by Pepsi-Cola, Shaw’s Foundation and Star Market Foundation, will take place June 2-3. More →

GRAMMY Foundation and MusiCares Announce Giving Tuesday Online Auction Dec 2, 2016

The GRAMMY Foundation and MusiCares launched a special eBay Auction this week that offers more than 150 exclusive items, including signed memorabilia, buy-it-now steals and VIP experiences. More →

Joan Jett Voices Support For Chimpanzees Abandoned By New York Blood Center Sep 12, 2016

Rock music icon Joan Jett has voiced her support for the more than 60 chimpanzees the New York Blood Center abandoned in Liberia after exploiting the animals for decades in harmful biomedical research. More →

Krysten Ritter Breaks The Tanks In PETA’s New Anti-SeaWorld Ad Aug 11, 2016

Jessica Jones star Krysten Ritter has proved that she’s a real-life superhero for animals by starring in a new PETA campaign urging SeaWorld to free the orcas imprisoned in its tiny tanks. More →

Alan Cumming Is Not A Dairy Queen Jun 10, 2016

This year, PETA will take its outreach campaign promoting vegan eating to gay-pride events across the UK. More →

Macy Gray To Perform At Los Angeles LGBT Center's An Evening With Women May 6, 2016

The Los Angeles LGBT Center announced this week that legendary artist Macy Gray and comedian Fortune Feimster will perform at its annual An Evening with Women benefit on Saturday, May 21 at the Hollywood Palladium. More →

Paul Shaffer, Graham Nash And Steve Miller To Be Honored By Little Kids Rock Sep 18, 2015

Steve Miller, Paul Shaffer, Graham Nash, Darlene Love and Jake Clemons are just some of the names that will make up an all-star musical roster at nonprofit organization Little Kids Rock's annual benefit, which will take place on Tuesday, October 20 at 6:30 pm at the Grand Ballroom at The Manhattan Center (311 W. 34th St.), a longstanding supporter of Little Kids Rock and a 2015 event sponsor. More →

Your Chance To Meet Joan Jett And Help Charity Aug 10, 2015

Here’s your chance to bid on two tickets to an upcoming mutually agreed upon Joan Jett & The Blackhearts concert and have the opportunity to meet Joan Jett in person after the show. More →

Stars Appeal To US Fish And Wildlife Service Over Killing Of Cecil The Lion Aug 3, 2015

Appalled by the tragedy surrounding Cecil the lion, who was killed by an American trophy hunter in Zimbabwe, celebrities from around the world are urging the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to finalize its proposed rule to protect African lions under the Endangered Species Act. More →

Joanna Krupa Goes Naked To Protest Against SeaWorld Jul 31, 2015

Supermodel Joanna Krupa bares it all in a new PETA ad in which the star wears only black and white bodypaint to look like an orca floating in a tiny, confining fishbowl beside the words “Captive Orcas: Sad. Lonely. A Long Way From Home” as a large human hand menaces her cramped prison from above. More →

No Doubt And Sia To Perform At Los Angeles LGBT Center's An Evening With Women Mar 18, 2015

The Los Angeles LGBT Center announced today that international music superstars No Doubt and Sia will both perform intimate acoustic sets and Emmy Award-winning actress and comedian Sarah Silverman will perform a stand-up routine at the annual An Evening with Women celebration on Saturday, May 16 at the Hollywood Palladium. More →

Joan Jett Joined By Steve Van Zandt And Alice Cooper At Little Kids Rock Event Oct 27, 2014

Last week, non-profit organization Little Kids Rock hosted its sixth annual benefit at Hammerstein Ballroom at The Manhattan Center, which generated approximately $1.5 million in donations to help support students and music teachers in public schools with donated instruments, curricular resources and training. More →

Celebrity Guests Announced For Long Island Music Hall Of Fame Fundraising Gala Oct 22, 2014

The Long Island Music Hall of Fame (LIMHoF) will celebrate its 2014, and fifth Class of Honorees, at its star-studded red carpet Award Ceremony and Fundraising Gala this Thursday, October 23, 2014, at The Paramount in Huntington, NY. More →

More Acts Added To Little Kids Rock Benefit Oct 14, 2014

Cheap Trick, Social Distortion’s Mike Ness, and Bikini Kill’s Kathleen Hanna with Beastie Boys' Adam “Ad-Rock” Horovitz, have been added to an all-star roster paying tribute to Joan Jett at nonprofit organization, Little Kids Rock's sixth annual Little Kids Rock Benefit. More →

Joan Jett Urges Maryland Renaissance Festival to End Elephant Rides Oct 1, 2014

As the Maryland Renaissance Festival continues to offer elephant and camel rides, rock icon Joan Jett, who grew up in the Old Line State, has fired off a letter calling on fair organizers to nix the rides. More →

Joan Jett To Be Honored At Little Kids Rock Benefit Aug 28, 2014

Little Kids Rock will honor Joan Jett at the 6th annual Little Kids Rock Benefit on October 23 in New York. More →

Lucy Pinder Signs Final Issue Of NUTS For TigerTime Jul 28, 2014

Model and actress Lucy Pinder has donated the ONLY final issue of ’lad’s mag’ NUTS that she has signed to help support tigers in the wild through the TigerTime campaign. More →

Jason Biggs Loves SeaWorld So Much! May 19, 2014

It’s got sex, nudity, and violence, and it’s available to stream this week — but it’s not season two of Orange Is the New Black. Instead, it’s series star Jason Biggs' brand-new PETA video, which reveals what might happen if Biggs ever sat down to shoot a SeaWorld commercial. More →