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  <title>Lebron James Donates to ONEXONE</title>
  <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;small&gt;Written by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/contributor/23-delinda-lombardo&quot;&gt;Delinda Lombardo&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;On the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/2801-matt-damon-joins-entourage-for-charity&quot;&gt;season finale&lt;/a&gt; of the &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;HBO&lt;/span&gt; hit show &amp;#8216;Entourage&amp;#8217;, &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;NBA&lt;/span&gt; star &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1975-lebron-james&quot;&gt;LeBron James&lt;/a&gt; appeared as himself alongside &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/231-matt-damon&quot;&gt;Matt Damon&lt;/a&gt; as they hounded Vinnie (played by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/617-adrian-grenier&quot;&gt;Adrian Grenier&lt;/a&gt;) to donate to Damon&amp;#8217;s &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/350-onexone&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;ONEXONE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Foundation. During the last few minutes of the show, LeBron told Vinnie that he donated &amp;#8220;$1 million&amp;#8221; to the foundation.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;But did he really?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Now, after months of speculation, LeBron James has confirmed that he did, in fact, donate one million to &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;ONEXONE&lt;/span&gt;. When asked if the donation he mentioned on Entourage &amp;#8220;was real,&amp;#8221; LeBron said &amp;#8220;Of course it&amp;#8217;s real.&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3323-matt-damons-persistent-efforts-to-supply-africa-with-clean-water&quot;&gt;Matt Damon&#8217;s Persistent Efforts To Supply Africa With Clean Water&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3301-charlize-theron-kisses-for-charity-cash&quot;&gt;Charlize Theron Kisses For Charity Cash&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3244-matt-damon-writes-on-the-importance-of-giving-back&quot;&gt;Matt Damon Writes On The Importance Of Giving Back&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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  <pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:30:00 -0000</pubDate>
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  <category>LeBron James</category>
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  <title>Matt Damon&#8217;s Persistent Efforts To Supply Africa With Clean Water</title>
  <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;small&gt;Written by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/contributor/17-elizabeth-willoughby&quot;&gt;Elizabeth Willoughby&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Taking a break from promoting his latest film at the Toronto International Film Festival last month, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/231-matt-damon&quot;&gt;Matt Damon&lt;/a&gt; squeezed in a side-line interview on completely different subject &#8211; charity &#8211; with the Toronto Star.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Toronto seems to be an annual escape for Damon. He is, after all, the most famous face regularly attached to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/350-onexone&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;ONEXONE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, a Canadian charity that works to improve the lives of children around the world. Keen to make a difference in the lives of the impoverished, Damon says that since he is finally in a position to do so, for him there is no question.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;[Growing up], we had a magnet on our refrigerator,&amp;#8221; he told the Star. &amp;#8220;It was a quote from Gandhi: &amp;#8216;No matter how insignificant what you do may seem, it is most important that you do it.&amp;#8217; I was raised to believe that and I still do. It&amp;#8217;s incumbent on us as citizens of the world to do the best we can within our sphere of influence to effect positive change.&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Recalling a recent trip to Ethiopia, he was disturbed to see children drink water that was so dirty it looked like chocolate milk. The alternative, though, would have been for them to not drink, and die faster.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;That kind of deprivation isn&amp;#8217;t even on our radar in North America,&amp;#8221; said Damon, &amp;#8220;but in Africa it&amp;#8217;s the central pre-occupation of many people&amp;#8217;s lives. Every 15 seconds a child dies because of lack of clean water. There&amp;#8217;s two and a half billion people in the world without any toilet facilities.&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Although he says he enjoys spending his time on these projects, such experiences are deeply affecting for Damon: &amp;#8220;When I get back from one of these trips, I sit with my wife and finally, after hours and hours of silence, I&amp;#8217;ll start talking about what I&amp;#8217;ve just seen and experienced. You see the need. You feel it. And it does mark you.&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3380-matt-damon-records-psa-for-global-hunger&quot;&gt;Matt Damon Records PSA For Global Hunger&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3301-charlize-theron-kisses-for-charity-cash&quot;&gt;Charlize Theron Kisses For Charity Cash&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3244-matt-damon-writes-on-the-importance-of-giving-back&quot;&gt;Matt Damon Writes On The Importance Of Giving Back&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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  <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:00:00 -0000</pubDate>
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  <title>Charlize Theron Kisses For Charity Cash</title>
  <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/350-onexone&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;ONEXONE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, the charitable organization committed to fighting health issues and preserving the lives of children locally and globally, hosted their 2nd Annual &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;ONEXONE&lt;/span&gt; Fundraiser at Bimbo&amp;#8217;s 365 Club in San Francisco, CA on Thursday, October 22.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Academy Award-winner &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/34-charlize-theron&quot;&gt;Charlize Theron&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/894-jeremy-piven&quot;&gt;Jeremy Piven&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1133-josh-groban&quot;&gt;Josh Groban&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/639-carlos-santana&quot;&gt;Carlos Santana&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/734-david-arquette&quot;&gt;David Arquette&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/540-mia-hamm&quot;&gt;Mia Hamm&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/989-nomar-garciaparra&quot;&gt;Nomar Garciaparra&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1730-laila-ali&quot;&gt;Laila Ali&lt;/a&gt; and more helped raise funds and awareness for charitable causes.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The evening featured keynote speaker Vicki Escarra, &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;CEO&lt;/span&gt; of &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/426-second-harvest&quot;&gt;Feeding America&lt;/a&gt;, along with a special headline performance from &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/842-snow-patrol&quot;&gt;Snow Patrol&lt;/a&gt;. Additional entertainment included performances by Josh Groban, Carlos Santana, Spencer Day, the local jazz vocalist from San Francisco, and Ethan Bortnick, the 8-year old pianist and composer who wrote his own song &amp;#8220;It&amp;#8217;s For the Kids&amp;#8221; in honor of the event. &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;ONEXONE&lt;/span&gt; also welcomed back Jay Bilas for his second year as Master of Ceremonies.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Academy Award-winner Charlize Theron, on behalf of the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/929-charlize-theron-african-outreach-project&quot;&gt;Charlize Theron African Outreach Project&lt;/a&gt;, and 2-time World Cup Champion and Olympic Gold Medalist Mia Hamm also announced the latest initiative &amp;#8220;Home Field Advantage&amp;#8221; in partnership with &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;ONEXONE&lt;/span&gt; and Academy Award-winner &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/231-matt-damon&quot;&gt;Matt Damon&lt;/a&gt; which will bring soccer fields and clean water to the children of South Africa by 2010. The Charlize Theron Africa Outreach Project and the &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;ONEXONE&lt;/span&gt; Foundation will work together on this initiative to bolster impoverished rural South African communities with plans to break ground by the 2010 &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;FIFA&lt;/span&gt; World Cup.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The highlight of the evening came during the live auction when Charlize Theron helped auction off a two-week trip to South Africa for the World Cup plus a kiss from her for $140,000. Jeremy Piven also jumped onstage during the live auction and encouraged two guests to bid $140,000 each for a walk-on roll on the hit &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;HBO&lt;/span&gt; show &amp;#8220;Entourage&amp;#8221; for a total of $280,000.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;The night was a huge success and we&amp;#8217;d like to thank the generous people of San Francisco for their continued support,&amp;#8221; said Marc Joubert, President of &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;ONEXONE&lt;/span&gt; U.S.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;ONEXONE&lt;/span&gt; event in San Francisco focuses not only on raising funds and awareness for the issues, but also on producing a top-notch show that entertains and educates the audience at the same time. &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;ONEXONE&lt;/span&gt; was founded in 2005 by Diesel Canada President, Joelle Berdugo Adler, and has raised more than $9 million for children around the world since that time.&lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3437-lebron-james-donates-to-onexone&quot;&gt;Lebron James Donates to ONEXONE&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3414-jon-lovitz-leads-silly-walks-for-charity&quot;&gt;Jon Lovitz Leads Silly Walks For Charity&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3386-take-that-and-friends-to-rock-children-in-need-tonight&quot;&gt;Take That And Friends To Rock Children In Need Tonight&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3380-matt-damon-records-psa-for-global-hunger&quot;&gt;Matt Damon Records PSA For Global Hunger&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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  <pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:00:00 -0000</pubDate>
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  <title>ONEXONE Prepares For Star-Studded Fundraiser</title>
  <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/350-onexone&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;ONEXONE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, a charitable organization committed to fighting health issues and preserving the lives of children locally and globally, will host the 2nd Annual &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;ONEXONE&lt;/span&gt; Fundraiser at Bimbo&amp;#8217;s 365 Club in San Francisco, CA on Thursday, October 22.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Academy Award-winner &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/231-matt-damon&quot;&gt;Matt Damon&lt;/a&gt; will be the ambassador for the evening, which features keynote speaker Vicki Escarra, &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;CEO&lt;/span&gt; of &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/426-second-harvest&quot;&gt;Feeding America&lt;/a&gt; and Master of Ceremonies Jay Bilas. The annual fundraiser will announce details surrounding the organization&amp;#8217;s latest program in partnership with &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;ONEXONE&lt;/span&gt; Ambassadors Matt Damon and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/540-mia-hamm&quot;&gt;Mia Hamm&lt;/a&gt;, and Academy-Award winner &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/34-charlize-theron&quot;&gt;Charlize Theron&lt;/a&gt; and the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/929-charlize-theron-african-outreach-project&quot;&gt;Charlize Theron African Outreach Project&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The evening will include a special headline performance by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/842-snow-patrol&quot;&gt;Snow Patrol&lt;/a&gt;, along with musical performances by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1133-josh-groban&quot;&gt;Josh Groban&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/639-carlos-santana&quot;&gt;Carlos Santana&lt;/a&gt;, local San Francisco jazz musician Spencer Day and 8-year old pianist and composer Ethan Bortnick, along with other special guests.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;ONEXONE&lt;/span&gt; is a unique umbrella organization that partners with talented and dedicated NGOs to implement specific programs which align with its mission statement &#8211; the alleviation of suffering of children locally and globally &#8211; and important programs targeted to health, education, self-esteem and dignity. Through its ongoing campaigns, the &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;ONEXONE&lt;/span&gt; foundation is committed to supporting, preserving and improving the lives of children at home and around the world. &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;ONEXONE&lt;/span&gt; was founded in 2005 by Diesel Canada President, Joelle Berdugo Adler.&lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3414-jon-lovitz-leads-silly-walks-for-charity&quot;&gt;Jon Lovitz Leads Silly Walks For Charity&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3386-take-that-and-friends-to-rock-children-in-need-tonight&quot;&gt;Take That And Friends To Rock Children In Need Tonight&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3380-matt-damon-records-psa-for-global-hunger&quot;&gt;Matt Damon Records PSA For Global Hunger&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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  <pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:00:00 -0000</pubDate>
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  <title>Matt Damon Announces 2nd Annual ONEXONE Fundraiser In San Francisco</title>
  <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/350-onexone&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;ONEXONE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &amp;#8211; the charitable organization committed to fighting health issues and preserving the lives of children locally and globally &amp;#8211; along with Academy Award-winner &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/231-matt-damon&quot;&gt;Matt Damon&lt;/a&gt;, will host their 2nd Annual &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;ONEXONE&lt;/span&gt; Fundraiser at Bimbo&amp;#8217;s 365 Club in San Francisco, CA on Thursday, October 22.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The evening will feature keynote speaker Vicki Escarra, &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;CEO&lt;/span&gt; of &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/426-second-harvest&quot;&gt;Feeding America&lt;/a&gt;, along with a special headline performance from &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/842-snow-patrol&quot;&gt;Snow Patrol&lt;/a&gt;, who is coming off their highly successful solo tour in the U.S. and recent sold-out tour with &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/245-u2&quot;&gt;U2&lt;/a&gt;. Additional speakers and entertainment include &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/639-carlos-santana&quot;&gt;Carlos Santana&lt;/a&gt; on behalf of The &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/647-milagro-foundation&quot;&gt;Milagro Foundation&lt;/a&gt;, Spencer Day, a local jazz vocalist from San Francisco, and Ethan Bortnick, the 8-year old pianist and composer. &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;ONEXONE&lt;/span&gt; will also welcome back Jay Bilas for his second year as Master of Ceremonies.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In addition, the annual fundraiser will announce details surrounding the organizations latest program in partnership with &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;ONEXONE&lt;/span&gt; Ambassadors Matt Damon and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/540-mia-hamm&quot;&gt;Mia Hamm&lt;/a&gt;, and Academy-Award winner &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/34-charlize-theron&quot;&gt;Charlize Theron&lt;/a&gt; and the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/929-charlize-theron-african-outreach-project&quot;&gt;Charlize Theron African Outreach Project&lt;/a&gt;. The partnership between &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;ONEXONE&lt;/span&gt; and the Charlize Theron African Outreach Project pools their resources and combines their dedications in a new and unique charitable initiative that will be unveiled at the October 22 fete.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;We feel lucky to be able to bring this event back to San Francisco after such a successful launch last year,&amp;#8221; said Marc Joubert, President of &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;ONEXONE&lt;/span&gt; U.S. &amp;#8220;It&amp;#8217;s a great city and the people of San Francisco are so generous, they genuinely care about the issues and are committed to helping make a difference. We&amp;#8217;re also excited to come back and unveil a brand new initiative that will make this year&amp;#8217;s event even bigger and better than last year&amp;#8217;s.&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;ONEXONE&lt;/span&gt; event in San Francisco focuses not only on raising funds and awareness for the issues, but also on producing a top-notch show that entertains and educates the audience at the same time. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/1459-matt-damon-hosts-one-x-one-gala-in-san-francisco&quot;&gt;Last year&amp;#8217;s inaugural event to celebrate the launch of their U.S. operation&lt;/a&gt;, and the international charity&amp;#8217;s first American home, did just that while raising more than $1 million for the organization. &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;ONEXONE&lt;/span&gt; was founded in 2005 by Diesel Canada President, Joelle Berdugo Adler, and has raised more than $7 million for children around the world since that time.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;For more information on &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;ONEXONE&lt;/span&gt; please visit www.onexone.org.&lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3437-lebron-james-donates-to-onexone&quot;&gt;Lebron James Donates to ONEXONE&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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  <pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 15:00:00 -0000</pubDate>
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  <title>Matt Damon Hosts ONE X ONE Gala In San Francisco</title>
  <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;small&gt;Written by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/contributor/14-tim-saunders&quot;&gt;Tim Saunders&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/231-matt-damon&quot;&gt;Matt Damon&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/490-wyclef-jean&quot;&gt;Wyclef Jean&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/639-carlos-santana&quot;&gt;Carlos Santana&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1133-josh-groban&quot;&gt;Josh Groban&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/734-david-arquette&quot;&gt;David Arquette&lt;/a&gt;, and the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/356-african-childrens-choir&quot;&gt;African Children&amp;#8217;s Choir&lt;/a&gt; came together in San Francisco on Thursday night for a fundraising extravaganza to benefit &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/350-onexone&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;ONEXONE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The evening raised money to be distributed between organizations such as &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/634-h2o-africa&quot;&gt;H2O Africa&lt;/a&gt;, Feeding America, Water Partners, and the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/491-yele-haiti-foundation&quot;&gt;Y&#233;le Haiti Foundation&lt;/a&gt;, and featured an auction that included lots such as the chance to feature Damon on the set of his next movie, &lt;em&gt;The Human Factor&lt;/em&gt;. The film &amp;#8211; which will be directed by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1571-clint-eastwood&quot;&gt;Clint Eastwood&lt;/a&gt; &amp;#8211; will tell the story of &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/543-nelson-mandela&quot;&gt;Nelson Mandela&amp;#8217;s&lt;/a&gt; struggle for freedom, and three people paid $20,000 for the opportunity to visit the set.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;If Eastwood doesn&amp;#8217;t like the idea of having a lot of people around the set,&amp;#8221; Damon said, &amp;#8220;I guess my trailer&amp;#8217;s going to be pretty crowded with a lot of people playing video games.&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Damon, Arquette, and Jean also took the time to visit the San Francisco Food Bank and help out by filling bags and boxes of food for the city&amp;#8217;s underprivileged.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Damon&amp;#8217;s philanthropic attitude is something he is interested in passing on to his own children: &amp;#8220;It&amp;#8217;s a hard thing to explain to a kid,&amp;#8221; he told People Magazine, referring to poverty. &amp;#8220;And it is also unbelievable the way other kids are forced to live. The way you have to parent them is to show them the world. Explaining the world can only go so far. You can read about devastation every morning &#8211; it&amp;#8217;s on the front page of the newspaper &#8211; but when you actually go there and see it, you realize this isn&amp;#8217;t something you can turn the page on.&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3448-nelson-mandela-wins-childrens-rights-award&quot;&gt;Nelson Mandela Wins Children's Rights Award&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3440-wyclef-jean-and-bono-receive-ripple-of-hope-award&quot;&gt;Wyclef Jean And Bono Receive &#8216;Ripple Of Hope Award&#8217;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3437-lebron-james-donates-to-onexone&quot;&gt;Lebron James Donates to ONEXONE&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3434-annie-lennox-to-receive-freedom-of-london-award&quot;&gt;Annie Lennox To Receive Freedom Of London Award&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3398-annie-lennox-awarded-as-woman-of-peace&quot;&gt;Annie Lennox Awarded As Woman Of Peace&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
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  <pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2008 14:00:00 -0000</pubDate>
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  <title>Matt Damon And Wyclef Jean Witness Storm Destruction</title>
  <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;small&gt;Written by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/contributor/14-tim-saunders&quot;&gt;Tim Saunders&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Fresh from appearing at the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/1214-matt-damon-hosts-one-x-one-awards&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;ONEXONE&lt;/span&gt; Difference Awards in Toronto&lt;/a&gt; last Monday, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/231-matt-damon&quot;&gt;Matt Damon&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/490-wyclef-jean&quot;&gt;Wyclef Jean&lt;/a&gt; spent the weekend visiting the flood-ravaged city of Gonaives in Haiti following destruction caused by Tropical Storm Hanna and Hurricane Ike.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The pair hope to encourage people to help the United Nations raise more than $100 million to help over 800,000 Haitians after four devastating tropical storms and hurricanes since mid-August, and the visit was organized by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/350-onexone&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;ONEXONE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, a Canadian charity that provides aid to children in need around the world.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Wading through knee-deep flood waters, the pair visited a school shelter to drop off cooking oil from &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;USAID&lt;/span&gt; and bags of beans from the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/182-world-food-programme&quot;&gt;World Food Program&lt;/a&gt;. Jean &#8211; a native of Haiti &#8211; sang for the crowd, and both stars were overwhelmed by the humanitarian crisis.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;It&amp;#8217;s inhumane,&amp;#8221; said Jean. &amp;#8220;I wish there was a word in the dictionary. No human should be living like this.&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;I&amp;#8217;m speechless,&amp;#8221; added Damon. &amp;#8220;I can&amp;#8217;t believe it.&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Gonaives police have buried dozens of unidentified corpses in the last few weeks, and Aid agencies are working at supplying medical supplies for mobile clinics to treat infections from people walking in flooded streets.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;It&amp;#8217;s obvious that this country was absolutely flattened with these hurricanes,&amp;#8221; said &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;ONEXONE&lt;/span&gt; chairman Frank McKenna. &amp;#8220;Huge portions of the crops of the nation were wiped out, which means there will be food shortages. You just wonder how people can survive.&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h6&gt;Related past articles&lt;/h6&gt;
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  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3440-wyclef-jean-and-bono-receive-ripple-of-hope-award&quot;&gt;Wyclef Jean And Bono Receive &#8216;Ripple Of Hope Award&#8217;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3437-lebron-james-donates-to-onexone&quot;&gt;Lebron James Donates to ONEXONE&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3380-matt-damon-records-psa-for-global-hunger&quot;&gt;Matt Damon Records PSA For Global Hunger&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3369-christmas-charity-singles-hit-the-market&quot;&gt;Christmas Charity Singles Hit The Market&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3323-matt-damons-persistent-efforts-to-supply-africa-with-clean-water&quot;&gt;Matt Damon&#8217;s Persistent Efforts To Supply Africa With Clean Water&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
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  <pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2008 15:30:00 -0000</pubDate>
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  <title>Matt Damon Hosts ONE X ONE Awards</title>
  <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;small&gt;Written by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/contributor/14-tim-saunders&quot;&gt;Tim Saunders&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/231-matt-damon&quot;&gt;Matt Damon&lt;/a&gt; returned to Toronto on Monday to host his &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/1025-matt-damon-heads-back-to-toronto-for-one-x-one&quot;&gt;third consecutive Difference Awards ceremony&lt;/a&gt; for &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/350-onexone&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;ONEXONE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Over 500 guest attended the gala, which featured performances from &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/490-wyclef-jean&quot;&gt;Wyclef Jean&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/766-john-legend&quot;&gt;John Legend&lt;/a&gt;, Nikki Yanofsky, and the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/356-african-childrens-choir&quot;&gt;African Children&amp;#8217;s Choir&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;ONEXONE&lt;/span&gt; is a non-profit organization that supports children in Canada and abroad. Established less than four years ago by Joelle Adler, it has already raised over $5 million and created partnerships with major corporations and foundations, such as &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/634-h2o-africa&quot;&gt;H2O Africa&lt;/a&gt;, the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/491-yele-haiti-foundation&quot;&gt;Y&#233;le Haiti Foundation&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/351-millennium-promise-alliance&quot;&gt;Millennium Promise&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/298-war-child&quot;&gt;War Child&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/1121-spread-the-net&quot;&gt;Spread the Net&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;This is stupid poverty we&amp;#8217;re talking about,&amp;#8221; said Damon, during his speech about helping people in Africa. &amp;#8220;Every day, malaria claims thousands of lives that we didn&amp;#8217;t need to lose.&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Damon also revealed that he credits becoming a parent for his commitment to helping children through charity work: &amp;#8220;At a certain point it becomes difficult to look at other children and not see your own. Something does change in you once you become a parent&amp;#8230; There definitely is a shift there that makes you, I think, a little more obsessed about helping children &amp;#8211; But it&amp;#8217;s not like before I had kids, I was like: &amp;#8216;to heck with those kids!&amp;#8217;&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;ONEXONE&lt;/span&gt; will launch in the US in October, with an event featuring &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/639-carlos-santana&quot;&gt;Carlos Santana&lt;/a&gt; planned for San Francisco. And Damon is proud to announce that next year &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/467-eddie-vedder&quot;&gt;Eddie Vedder&lt;/a&gt; has been confirmed to perform for the organization.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;A lot of my friends and a lot of the people I admire in the business choose to spend their celebrity capital trying to raise awareness about things and improve the conditions in people&amp;#8217;s lives,&amp;#8221; said Damon. &amp;#8220;We&amp;#8217;ll all be lying on that bed one day, and you have to make your peace with who you&amp;#8217;ve been.&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3437-lebron-james-donates-to-onexone&quot;&gt;Lebron James Donates to ONEXONE&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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  <pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2008 14:30:00 -0000</pubDate>
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  <title>Matt Damon Returns For ONE X ONE</title>
  <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;small&gt;Written by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/contributor/17-elizabeth-willoughby&quot;&gt;Elizabeth Willoughby&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;For the third year in a row, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/231-matt-damon&quot;&gt;Matt Damon&lt;/a&gt; will host &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/350-onexone&quot;&gt;ONEXONE&amp;#8217;s&lt;/a&gt; annual charity benefit gala, where celebrities and activists will gather for an evening of musical performances, words from key speakers, fundraising and entertainment.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;ONEXONE&amp;#8217;s Difference Awards will also be presented at the gala, recognizing individuals for their extraordinary efforts in fighting child poverty and suffering. One of &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/302-damon-is-back-for-one-x-one&quot;&gt;last year&amp;#8217;s honorees&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/490-wyclef-jean&quot;&gt;Wyclef Jean&lt;/a&gt;, is returning this year as musical director and performer. Other entertainment will include &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/766-john-legend&quot;&gt;John Legend&lt;/a&gt; and the African Children&amp;#8217;s Choir, which is raising awareness of the needs of Africa&amp;#8217;s orphans and destitute children.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;A fairly young organization, &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;ONEXONE&lt;/span&gt; raises millions of dollars each year for projects within Canada and abroad for partners such as &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/634-h2o-africa&quot;&gt;H2O Africa&lt;/a&gt;, the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/491-yele-haiti-foundation&quot;&gt;Y&#233;le Haiti Foundation&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/351-millennium-promise-alliance&quot;&gt;Millennium Promise&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/298-war-child&quot;&gt;War Child&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/1121-spread-the-net&quot;&gt;Spread the Net&lt;/a&gt; to &amp;#8220;directly impact children in need around the world &#8211; one by one.&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;There is an old biblical adage that says &amp;#8216;You save one life, you save the universe,&amp;#8217;&amp;#8221; said Joelle Adler, ONEXONE&amp;#8217;s founder. &amp;#8220;That should be our motto. We cannot look across the water and pretend it is not our responsibility because together we can change the world.&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The gala and concert will be held at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto on September 8 and a second gala will take place at Exhibition Centre in San Francisco on October 23 honoring &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/639-carlos-santana&quot;&gt;Carlos Santana&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
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  <pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 15:30:00 -0000</pubDate>
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  <title>Matt Damon Heads Back To Toronto For ONE X ONE</title>
  <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;small&gt;Written by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/contributor/14-tim-saunders&quot;&gt;Tim Saunders&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Actor &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/231-matt-damon&quot;&gt;Matt Damon&lt;/a&gt; will host the annual &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/350-onexone&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;ONEXONE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Difference Awards for the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/302-damon-is-back-for-one-x-one&quot;&gt;third year&lt;/a&gt; in a row.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Also returning this year is &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/490-wyclef-jean&quot;&gt;Wyclef Jean&lt;/a&gt;, who appeared at last year&amp;#8217;s event when &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/124-richard-gere&quot;&gt;Richard Gere&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1418-sarah-duchess-of-york&quot;&gt;Sarah Ferguson&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/569-petra-nemcova&quot;&gt;Petra Nemcova&lt;/a&gt; were all honored for their humanitarian work.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The ceremony, which raises money for domestic and global charities, will take place on September 8 at the Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto. &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;ONEXONE&lt;/span&gt; is a non-profit organization that supports children in Canada and around the world, and has raised over $5 million to fight child poverty. Last year&amp;#8217;s fundraiser netted a massive $3.2 million for the foundation, with more than $7 million being raised since the first awards ceremony in 2005.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Earlier this year, the foundation &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/905-ben-affleck-attends-one-x-one-fundraiser&quot;&gt;held its inaugural benefit gala in Calgary&lt;/a&gt;, hosted by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/17-ben-affleck&quot;&gt;Ben Affleck&lt;/a&gt;. The organization now plans to expand to the US, with its first benefit gala there to be held in San Francisco on October 23.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The recipients of this year&amp;#8217;s Difference Awards are yet to be named, but are guaranteed to be people who have dedicated their lives to fighting child poverty and suffering around the world.&lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3437-lebron-james-donates-to-onexone&quot;&gt;Lebron James Donates to ONEXONE&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3380-matt-damon-records-psa-for-global-hunger&quot;&gt;Matt Damon Records PSA For Global Hunger&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3301-charlize-theron-kisses-for-charity-cash&quot;&gt;Charlize Theron Kisses For Charity Cash&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
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  <pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 12:30:00 -0000</pubDate>
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  <title>Ben Affleck Attends One X One Fundraiser</title>
  <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;small&gt;Written by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/contributor/14-tim-saunders&quot;&gt;Tim Saunders&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Celebrity crusader &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/17-ben-affleck&quot;&gt;Ben Affleck&lt;/a&gt; was among the stars at the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/350-onexone&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;ONEXONE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; fundraising gala in Calgary, Canada, on Saturday night.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Over 300 people attended the event to raise funds for various children&amp;#8217;s charities and recognize the OneXOne 2008 Difference Award recipients: Canadian hockey star Hayley Wickenheiser, the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1014-calgary-flames&quot;&gt;Calgary Flames&lt;/a&gt;, and five-year-old Jack Yeilding, who raised $14,000 for ailing children. And despite a few mishaps earlier in the night &#8211; the sponsorship backdrops fell onto the red carpet and caused chaos prior to the guests arriving &#8211; the event was a resounding success.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;You have to extend your hand to those who have fallen down,&amp;#8221; joked Affleck. &amp;#8220;Like our backdrop that keeps falling down, you see the good people from OneXOne continue to raise it back up. All of this [work for &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;ONEXONE&lt;/span&gt;] has kind of served to remind me of how lucky that I have been, how much I&amp;#8217;ve kind of benefited and how much I owe . . . to the world to try to give back as much as I can.&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Affleck also said he was &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/760-ben-affleck-to-host-one-x-one-fundraiser&quot;&gt;throwing his support behind the charity&lt;/a&gt; &amp;#8211; which raises money and awareness for impoverished children &#8211; because he is impressed with the work they have been doing. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/302-damon-is-back-for-one-x-one&quot;&gt;Last year&amp;#8217;s benefit function&lt;/a&gt; in Toronto raised $3.2 million for the charity.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;I&amp;#8217;ve spent a lot of time working in Africa and actually met up with &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;ONEXONE&lt;/span&gt; a couple of months ago in Rwanda,&amp;#8221; said Affleck. &amp;#8220;They said &amp;#8216;Hey, we&amp;#8217;re doing this event in Calgary, would you come do this? Whether it&amp;#8217;s being a father, or just feeling connected to people, or having a sense of maturity, I&amp;#8217;ve been spending a lot of time trying to learn about Africa and the developing world.&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;ONEXONE&lt;/span&gt; founder Joelle Berdugo Adler was also in attendance, and was more than pleased with the evening.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;When you see what&amp;#8217;s going in this world and you see the problems in this world you want to shake people sometimes and make them understand,&amp;#8221; she said. &amp;#8220;You have to be patient and understand everybody has different things going on in their lives.&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
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  <pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 11:34:00 -0000</pubDate>
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  <title>Ben Affleck To Host One-X-One Fundraiser</title>
  <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;small&gt;Written by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/contributor/23-delinda-lombardo&quot;&gt;Delinda Lombardo&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;For the past three years, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/17-ben-affleck&quot;&gt;Ben Affleck&lt;/a&gt; has watched his buddy &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/231-matt-damon&quot;&gt;Matt Damon&lt;/a&gt; host the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/350-onexone&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;ONEXONE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; fundraiser in Toronto. This year, the Oscar-winning activist actor will take centre stage as he hosts the OneXOne Gala (June 14) from a new location &amp;#8211; Commonwealth Hall in Calgary.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;We are delighted to add an additional gala to our schedule this year, and look forward to bringing the &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;ONEXONE&lt;/span&gt; message to Calgary,&amp;#8221; said Joelle Berdugo Adler, founder of OneXOne, in a statement. &amp;#8220;Our objective is to improve children&amp;#8217;s lives here and abroad, and we have been deeply touched by the support and dedication of our guests, sponsors, and award recipients.&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The addition of a second event in a new location reflects a growing awareness of the charity.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;When they asked if I&amp;#8217;d do Calgary, I said, &amp;#8217;Sure. As long as Matt is not dragging me down!&amp;#8221; said Affleck, referring to the fact Damon will be serving as the evening&amp;#8217;s ambassador.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Now in its fourth year, the children&amp;#8217;s charity has raised roughly $7 million for impoverished children around the globe. Their September 8 fundraiser, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/302-damon-is-back-for-one-x-one&quot;&gt;hosted by Damon&lt;/a&gt; in Toronto, is already one of the most coveted tickets during the Toronto Film Festival.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;They&amp;#8217;re a great organization that is not pinned down by huge overhead,&amp;#8221; said Affleck. &amp;#8220;When &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;ONEXONE&lt;/span&gt; sees something they feel deserves their merit, they move quickly. You can tell a lot about an organization by the people they&amp;#8217;ve cultivated to come back and work with them over and over again. I was struck by the energy and drive of this group.&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;ONEXONE&lt;/span&gt; Calgary will also feature Grammy winner George Benson, the African Children&amp;#8217;s Choir, and the Canadian Tenors.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In the fall, &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;ONEXONE&lt;/span&gt; will add a third benefit to its 2008 schedule, with a gala in San Francisco on Oct. 23.&lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3437-lebron-james-donates-to-onexone&quot;&gt;Lebron James Donates to ONEXONE&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3380-matt-damon-records-psa-for-global-hunger&quot;&gt;Matt Damon Records PSA For Global Hunger&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3323-matt-damons-persistent-efforts-to-supply-africa-with-clean-water&quot;&gt;Matt Damon&#8217;s Persistent Efforts To Supply Africa With Clean Water&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3301-charlize-theron-kisses-for-charity-cash&quot;&gt;Charlize Theron Kisses For Charity Cash&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3244-matt-damon-writes-on-the-importance-of-giving-back&quot;&gt;Matt Damon Writes On The Importance Of Giving Back&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
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  <pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 10:59:00 -0000</pubDate>
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  <title>Damon and Affleck Travel to Africa</title>
  <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;small&gt;Written by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/contributor/14-tim-saunders&quot;&gt;Tim Saunders&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;September has already turned into a busy month for actor &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/231-matt-damon&quot;&gt;Matt Damon&lt;/a&gt;, and has seen him hosting a major children&amp;#8217;s gala event, attending a screening of the documentary he produced to bring awareness to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/634-h2o-africa&quot;&gt;H2O Africa&lt;/a&gt;, and now flying to Africa.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;September 10 saw Damon and long time friend, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/17-ben-affleck&quot;&gt;Ben Affleck&lt;/a&gt;, traveling to Tanzania to learn about the aid work being carried out in the country.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;We&amp;#8217;re just going to observe these programs,&amp;#8221; said Damon, who visited Zambia on a similar trip in 2006. &amp;#8220;Our job is just to be quiet and take notes and meet people and listen to peoples&amp;#8217; stories.&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The Academy Award winning actor and screenwriter also hoped to spend time in the troubled region of Darfur, but that part of the trip was cancelled due to increasing security alerts.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;I&amp;#8217;m still open to going, and I hope to go,&amp;#8221; said Damon, who has already raised over $10 million this year for the region with &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/447-don-cheadle&quot;&gt;Don Cheadle&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/68-george-clooney&quot;&gt;George Clooney&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/27-brad-pitt&quot;&gt;Brad Pitt&lt;/a&gt;. &amp;#8220;There&amp;#8217;s clearly an appetite back at home for what the issues are there, but also it&amp;#8217;s a very complicated situation there&amp;#8230; and it keeps changing.&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Damon also hosted the annual &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/350-onexone&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;ONEXONE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; benefit gala on September 9, the night before flying to Tanzania. The event, held at the Four Seasons Centre For Performing Arts in Toronto, followed the actor&amp;#8217;s appearance at a screening of &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nationalgeographic.com/runningthesahara/&quot;&gt;Running The Sahara&lt;/a&gt;, a film he produced and narrated, and which hopes to gather support for clean water supply programs in Africa.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;I&amp;#8217;ve seen solutions to these very real problems,&amp;#8221; said the actor, referring to his work with the film, which screened as part of the Toronto Film Festival. &amp;#8220;I&amp;#8217;ve seen these things working, and it&amp;#8217;s exciting for me.&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The OneXOne gala aimed to raise money to improve the lives of children in Canada and around the world. The event featured a performance by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/141-shakira&quot;&gt;Shakira&lt;/a&gt;, and honored singer &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/490-wyclef-jean&quot;&gt;Wyclef Jean&lt;/a&gt; for his work in Haiti with the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/491-yele-haiti-foundation&quot;&gt;Y&#233;le Haiti Foundation&lt;/a&gt;, as well as model &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/569-petra-nemcova&quot;&gt;Petra Nemcova&lt;/a&gt;, who was seriously injured in the devastating 2004 tsunami, and used her experience to raise funds for other tsunami survivors. Sarah Fergusson and actor &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/124-richard-gere&quot;&gt;Richard Gere&lt;/a&gt; were also honored.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;This event is so great, and it&amp;#8217;s such a huge fundraiser,&amp;#8221; said Matt Damon. &amp;#8220;The people that show up&amp;#8230; they&amp;#8217;re there to make an impact.&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Matt Damon and Ben Affleck are scheduled to remain in Africa for a week.&lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3437-lebron-james-donates-to-onexone&quot;&gt;Lebron James Donates to ONEXONE&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3398-annie-lennox-awarded-as-woman-of-peace&quot;&gt;Annie Lennox Awarded As Woman Of Peace&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
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  <pubDate>Mon, 10 Sep 2007 18:53:00 -0000</pubDate>
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  <title>Damon Is Back for ONE X ONE</title>
  <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;small&gt;Written by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/contributor/17-elizabeth-willoughby&quot;&gt;Elizabeth Willoughby&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/231-matt-damon&quot;&gt;Matt Damon&lt;/a&gt; will once again host &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/350-onexone&quot;&gt;ONEXONE&amp;#8217;s&lt;/a&gt; annual Difference Awards ceremony on September 9. Among those being recognized this year for their extraordinary efforts towards fighting child poverty and suffering will be &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/124-richard-gere&quot;&gt;Richard Gere&lt;/a&gt;, Duchess of York &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1418-sarah-duchess-of-york&quot;&gt;Sarah Ferguson&lt;/a&gt;, Assembly of First Nations National Chief Phil Fontaine and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/569-petra-nemcova&quot;&gt;Petra Nemcova&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;ONEXONE&lt;/span&gt; is a non-profit organization that supports children in Canada and abroad. Established less than three years ago, it has already raised over $5 million and created partnerships with major corporations and foundations.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The charity&amp;#8217;s projects include providing first-nations kids with breakfast every day, and a &amp;#8216;doctor exchange&amp;#8217; in which doctors from Haiti and Rwanda will train at Toronto&amp;#8217;s Hospital for Sick Children; in turn, Toronto doctors will travel to Rwanda to repair the heart valves of children damaged by water-borne illnesses.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;ONEXONE&lt;/span&gt; is also helping 12,000 children attend school in a Rwandan village, and has created a basket-weaving co-op. &amp;#8220;If you&amp;#8217;re trying to take people out of poverty,&amp;#8221; says charity founder Joelle Berdugo Adler, &amp;#8220;you have to give them tools, not handouts.&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The awards will be given at the gala in the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, where &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/141-shakira&quot;&gt;Shakira&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/490-wyclef-jean&quot;&gt;Wyclef Jean&lt;/a&gt; of the Fugees, Nikki Yanofsky, the African Children&amp;#8217;s Choir and others will perform. Wyclef Jean is also to be honoured for his &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/491-yele-haiti-foundation&quot;&gt;Y&#233;le Haiti Foundation&lt;/a&gt; (Cry Haiti), as are Charlie Engle, Ray Zahab and Kevin Lin, who ran cross the Sahara Dessert earlier this year to raise awareness for &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/634-h2o-africa&quot;&gt;H2O Africa&lt;/a&gt;, the clean-water initiative founded by Damon and his partners at LivePlanet. Their documentary film of the run, which Damon narrates, will be screened at the Toronto International Film Festival.&lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3440-wyclef-jean-and-bono-receive-ripple-of-hope-award&quot;&gt;Wyclef Jean And Bono Receive &#8216;Ripple Of Hope Award&#8217;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3437-lebron-james-donates-to-onexone&quot;&gt;Lebron James Donates to ONEXONE&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3380-matt-damon-records-psa-for-global-hunger&quot;&gt;Matt Damon Records PSA For Global Hunger&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
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  <pubDate>Sun, 29 Jul 2007 16:50:00 -0000</pubDate>
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  <title>Sachs Appeal - Who is Jeffrey Sachs?</title>
  <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;small&gt;Written by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/contributor/2-myrlia-purcell&quot;&gt;Myrlia Purcell&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/27-brad-pitt&quot;&gt;Brad Pitt&lt;/a&gt; sang his praises at the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/350-onexone&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;ONEXONE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; fundraiser, and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/275-george-soros&quot;&gt;George Soros&lt;/a&gt; donated $50 million to the program which he directs, the UN Millennium Project. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/26-bono&quot;&gt;Bono&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/201-madonna&quot;&gt;Madonna&lt;/a&gt; are also big supporters, and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/2-angelina-jolie&quot;&gt;Angelina Jolie&lt;/a&gt; has filmed an &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;MTV&lt;/span&gt; special promoting his work.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;So who is this man that so many stars are looking up to? &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/609-jeffrey-sachs&quot;&gt;Jeffrey Sachs&lt;/a&gt; is considered the leading economic advisor of his generation; he has been called &amp;#8220;the most important economist in the world&amp;#8221; by The New York Times Magazine. He is Special Advisor to United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan regarding the Millennium Development Goals; has worked as an economic advisor to governments in Latin America, Eastern Europe, the former Yugoslavia, the former Soviet Union, Asia, and Africa; and has advised organizations such as the &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;IMF&lt;/span&gt;, the World Bank, the &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;OECD&lt;/span&gt;, the World Health Organization, and the United Nations Development Programme. He is the Director of The &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/354-earth-institute&quot;&gt;Earth Institute&lt;/a&gt;, and President and Co-Founder of &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/351-millennium-promise-alliance&quot;&gt;Millennium Promise Alliance&lt;/a&gt;, a nonprofit organization aimed at ending extreme global poverty.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;But what really has people talking is the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/353-millennium-villages&quot;&gt;Millennium Villages&lt;/a&gt; he is helping to create as part of the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/charity/352-un-millennium-project&quot;&gt;UN Millennium Project&lt;/a&gt;. In 2004 the project implemented a plan to greatly reduce poverty by using practical, affordable means and empowering the people most affected by the condition.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The most impoverished know what help they require, making the key principle for each Village community empowerment, participation and leadership. Together they aim to create an African Green Revolution working with the environment to increase food production to a secure level, so that the people can then focus on non-agricultural endeavors.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;There are currently 12 Millennium Villages, with the hope of creating 66 more in the next year. The first Millennium Village began in Sauri,Kenya, with a village consisting of little more than 5,200 people with the strong desire to improve their own lives. The funding for the project came mostly from the Kenyan government and the village, with under half of the funds coming from international aid.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;At the start of the project most of Sauri&amp;#8217;s farmers were harvesting less than a ton of maize per hectare &amp;#8211; not enough to feed a household from one season to the next &amp;#8211; so two maize hybrids were introduced to the village by the UN Millennium Project Hunger Task Force. The villagers received fertilizer, were taught fallow farming techniques and shown how to use leguminous crops to help enrich the soil. This new knowledge combined with a season of good rains to create a bumper crop of four tons per hectare, four times what they had previously grown.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Producing food is just one step that the project has taken. It provides for improved food storage facilities, bed-nets to stop malaria-carrying mosquitoes, free clinics with &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;AIDS&lt;/span&gt; antiretroviral therapies and vaccinations to fight diseases, agro-forestry education, sinking of wells for safe drinking water, and bringing in generators for village electricity. The cost per person is $110 per year.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;All of this is hard to imagine, but a video of Angelina Jolie at the Sauri village available on &lt;a href=&quot;http://youtube.com/watch?v=cGqRGr-lmk4&quot;&gt;YouTube&lt;/a&gt; clearly illustrates what is happening. In fact, Jolie is so impressed with what she has seen that she and Brad Pitt plan to build a Millennium Village in Cambodia.&lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3437-lebron-james-donates-to-onexone&quot;&gt;Lebron James Donates to ONEXONE&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3410-brad-and-angelina-design-jewelry-for-children-of-conflict&quot;&gt;Brad And Angelina Design Jewelry For Children Of Conflict&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3398-annie-lennox-awarded-as-woman-of-peace&quot;&gt;Annie Lennox Awarded As Woman Of Peace&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3395-all-you-need-is-love-at-starbucks-for-charity&quot;&gt;All You Need Is Love At Starbucks For Charity&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
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