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      <title>Celebrities Love 2 Love T-Shirts</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;small&gt;Written by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/contributor/14&quot;&gt;Tim Saunders&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Teen stars &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1056-miley-ray-cyrus&quot;&gt;Miley Cyrus&lt;/a&gt; and Vanessa Hudgens have designed T-shirts for a charity lifestyle brand.&lt;/p&gt;


	&lt;p&gt;Launched in 2003, &lt;a href=&quot;http://2lovecollection.com/v0/&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;2 &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;LOVE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; is an initiative that endorses &amp;#8220;a message of love while benefiting charities that elevate lives through a range of celebrity-designed products. The company inspires young women to love themselves, and in turn spread the love to others. Their unique marketing initiative &#8211; designed to empower women and promote philanthropy &#8211; has struck a chord among Hollywood&#8217;s A-listers, who have signed on in droves to join the &lt;em&gt;2 &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;LOVE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt; mission&amp;#8221;.&lt;/p&gt;


	&lt;p&gt;Those A-listers include &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1445-monique-cole&quot;&gt;Monique Coleman&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/738-alyssa-milano&quot;&gt;Alyssa Milano&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1567-ashanti&quot;&gt;Ashanti&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1062-molly-sims&quot;&gt;Molly Sims&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1376-mischa-barton&quot;&gt;Mischa Barton&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/95-jessica-alba&quot;&gt;Jessica Alba&lt;/a&gt;, Brittany Murphy, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/468-mariska-hargitay&quot;&gt;Mariska Hargitay&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1481-alison-sweeney&quot;&gt;Alison Sweeney&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/574-mena-suvari&quot;&gt;Mena Suvari&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1047-michelle-branch&quot;&gt;Michelle Branch&lt;/a&gt;, all of whom have designed products to raise money for charities such as &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/341-best-buddies-international&quot;&gt;Best Buddies International&lt;/a&gt;, the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/20-1736-family-crisis-center&quot;&gt;1736 Family Crisis Center&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/1-unicef&quot;&gt;UNICEF&lt;/a&gt;, the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/77-starlight-starbright-childrens-foundation&quot;&gt;Starlight Starbright Children&amp;#8217;s Foundation&lt;/a&gt;, the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/83-make-a-wish-foundation&quot;&gt;Make-A-Wish Foundation&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/476-joyful-heart-foundation&quot;&gt;Joyful Hearts&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/386-step-up&quot;&gt;Step Up&lt;/a&gt;, and more.&lt;/p&gt;


	&lt;p&gt;As well as celeb-designed T-shirts, &lt;em&gt;2 &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;LOVE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt; is also soon to launch celeb-designed cosmetics, and next year will feature a fashion collection designed by costume designers from &lt;em&gt;Ugly Betty&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;em&gt;Grey&#8217;s Anatomy&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;em&gt;Desperate Housewives&lt;/em&gt;, and many more hit shows.&lt;/p&gt;


	&lt;p&gt;To view the T-shirts currently on offer, visit the &lt;a href=&quot;http://2lovecollection.com/v0/&quot;&gt;2 &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;LOVE&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/1550-american-idol-gives-back-67-million&quot;&gt;American Idol Gives Back $67 Million&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
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      <pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 2008 11:30:00 -0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Tom Brady: International Best Buddy</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;small&gt;Written by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/contributor/23&quot;&gt;Delinda Lombardo&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Earlier this month, New England Patriots quarterback &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1361-tom-brady&quot;&gt;Tom Brady&lt;/a&gt; stepped up his support for &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/341-best-buddies-international&quot;&gt;Best Buddies International&lt;/a&gt; by reaching into his own pocket for a hefty donation. During the Audi Best Buddy cycling challenge fundraiser, Best Buddies founder Anthony Kennedy Shriver challenged the crowd to raise $50,000 in two minutes. Thankfully, Brady grabbed the microphone, worked his magic and rallied the crowd to donate $26,000. He then pledged to pay the remaining $24,000 himself.&lt;/p&gt;


	&lt;p&gt;&#8220;Anthony called and said, &amp;#8216;you know you&#8217;ve had some hard luck the last few years, what do you think of coming to Best Buddies for a ride?&amp;#8217;&#8221; commented Brady at the event. &#8220;I said &#8216;how can I turn that down?&#8217; So being the superstitious player that I am, I know you guys expect a great year, and Best Buddies has had a great year.&#8221;&lt;/p&gt;


	&lt;p&gt;The star-quarterback arrived at the event in his new Audi &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;RS4&lt;/span&gt;, courtesy of a partnership between Audi and Best Buddies.  As Brady drove the sports car into a tent set up adjacent to event at the &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;JFK&lt;/span&gt; Library, U2&amp;#8217;s &amp;#8220;Vertigo&amp;#8221; was playing on the PA.  &amp;#8220;I think I just passed a state trooper,&amp;#8221; joked Brady. He then generosly surprised his five Patriot linemen by giving each of them an Audi &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;Q7 SUV&lt;/span&gt;. &amp;#8220;These will keep you well-protected, just like you make me feel sometimes,&amp;#8221;  said Brady.&lt;/p&gt;


	&lt;p&gt;The Audi Best Buddy cycling challenge raises money for Best Buddies International, an organization that helps those with intellectual disabilities by promoting friendships and integrated employment.&lt;/p&gt;


	&lt;p&gt;Brady has been involved with Best Buddies since 2003, and recently announced that he&amp;#8217;ll be the honorary chairman for the next three years. Other celebrities supporters included former Olympic track star Carl Lewis, &lt;em&gt;Ally McBeal&lt;/em&gt; actor Greg Germann, and actress Maureen McCormick of &lt;em&gt;The Brady Bunch&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
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