Look To The Stars News: Hear The World

Amy Winehouse's Charity Legacy

Sun, 24 Jul 2011 03:45:00 +0000

British singer Amy Winehouse passed away this weekend at the age of 27, leaving behind an unsurpassed musical and charity legacy.

Best known for her albums Frank and Back To Black, the soul singer shot to fame in 2003 with a series of amazing singles highlighting her unique talents, as well as her incomparable style.

In 2008, she appeared naked in Easy Living magazine to raise awareness of breast cancer, a cause she supported throughout her career. She performed her hits Rehab and Valerie later that year at Nelson Mandela’s 90th birthday concert in London.

Joey McIntyre Is A New Kid On The Block For Charity

Tue, 22 Mar 2011 12:00:00 +0000

New Kids On The Block’s Joey McIntyre has been busy helping spread the word about pediatric hearing loss.

The singer is the latest famous face to lend his support to Hear The World, a global initiative launched by hearing instrument manufacturer Phonak to raise awareness about the importance of hearing and the consequences of hearing loss. McIntyre also appears in the Hear the World public service announcement around the importance of pediatric hearing testing and early diagnosis.

After his son Rhys was born with severe hearing loss, McIntyre made it his mission to educate the public about the importance of early diagnosis, as well as solutions available to treat hearing loss in children.

Celebrity Women Awarded For Charity Work

Wed, 03 Nov 2010 12:00:00 +0000

A number of famous females were honored at the Harper’s Bazaar Women of the Year Awards in London on Monday night.

Among those to be honored were Emma Thompson, who was named Role Model of the Year for her work campaigning for victims of abuse and rape. Model Natalia Vodianova was awarded Inspiration of the Year, for her work with the Naked Heart Foundation, an organization she founded to provide safe play environments for children in Russia. She is also an ambassador for Hear The World.

Singer Annie Lennox was also honored at the event: “Annie Lennox was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award for her extraordinary musical career which has seen her sell more than 80 million albums worldwide. The award, presented by Jools Holland, also recognised Annie’s tireless work for Aids awareness. Lennox has shown a longterm dedication that is not always apparent elsewhere in celebrity charity endorsements, such as founding the charity, Sing, which has raised more than two million dollars in support of HIV prevention and treatment in South Africa.”

Amy Winehouse To Help Young Musicians

Wed, 10 Jun 2009 12:00:00 +0000

British singer Amy Winehouse reportedly wants to do community work in the Caribbean.

The 25-year-old has lived on the island of St Lucia for most of this year, and now wants to help budding young musicians find a outlet for their art.

“There are community works planned in St Lucia that Amy will be involved in, but they will be music-based projects for the island’s youth,” said a spokesman for the singer.

Dave Dobbyn Promotes Hearing Awareness In Fiji

Mon, 22 Sep 2008 11:30:00 +0000

You may have heard of Heal The World – well, now some of the world’s greatest musicians are taking part in a campaign to raise awareness of hearing loss called Hear The World.

Hear the World is an initiative by Phonak – a leading manufacturer of hearing aids – that aims to raise awareness of the topic of hearing and hearing loss and to promote good hearing all over the world, and musician Dave Dobbyn spent the weekend in Fiji doing exactly that.

“I see other people who support ‘Hear the World’ like Harry Belafonte, Annie Lennox, Placido Domingo,” said 51-year-old Dobbyn, whose new album, Anotherland, has just been released. “I’m in great company when we’re all thinking about our ears and our health. Your ears get fatigued like every organ in your body so to treat them with respect and keep the volume down.”