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Novak Djokovic And UNIQLO To Release Charity Tees May 24, 2012

UNIQLO has announced that it has appointed Novak Djokovic, the world’s top-ranked male professional tennis player, as its global brand ambassador. More →

Damon Hill Comes Out Of Retirement For Charity May 24, 2012

Just two weeks after taking part in the first leg of a mammoth cycle ride which raised over £40,000 for his charity, Damon Hill took to four wheels for the first time in 13 years at Brands Hatch this weekend! More →

Stars Sign Letter To Presidents On Behalf Of Women In Afghanistan May 23, 2012

A plethora of stars have signed an open letter from Amnesty International to President Obama and Afghan President Karzai in support of Women’s Rights. More →

MusiCares Hosts Ticket Giveaway For MAP Fund Benefit May 23, 2012

MusiCares will host a ticket giveaway for the eighth annual MusiCares MAP Fund benefit honoring Alice in Chains' Jerry Cantrell and Neil Lasher on May 31 in Los Angeles. More →

Carey Mulligan Named As Alzheimer's Society Ambassador May 23, 2012

The Alzheimer's Society in the UK has announced actress Carey Mulligan as its newest ambassador. More →

National Memorial Day Concert To Feature Big Stars May 23, 2012

On the eve of Memorial Day, a star-studded line-up will grace the stage for one of PBS’s highest-rated programs, the NATIONAL MEMORIAL DAY CONCERT. More →

Liza Minnelli To Be Honored At Fred And Adele Astaire Awards May 23, 2012

On June 4th at the Skirball Center for the Performing Arts at New York University, the 30th Annual Fred & Adele Astaire Awards will honor Liza Minnelli with its Douglas Watt Lifetime Achievement Award. More →

Dean Koontz Donates Proceeds From Ebook To Charity May 23, 2012

Auryn, Inc., the most award-winning digital publisher of interactive children’s stories for the iPad and other tablet devices, has announced the availability of Trixie and Jinx, the second ebook app by blockbuster author Dean Koontz. More →

Jenny McCarthy's Autism Charity To Benefit From Wine May 23, 2012

Jenny McCarthy is a mother, model, actress, author of a series of New York Times Best-selling books and relentless activist for autism through her charity Generation Rescue. Starting today and through May 26, she’s being honored with a custom wine made exclusively for Generation Rescue available only through online wine company Cellar Angels. More →

David Beckham Honored At Sports Spectacular May 22, 2012

The greatest names in sports and entertainment came together on Sunday, May 20th at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza to celebrate the 27th anniversary of Sports Spectacular, raising more than $1.3 million to benefit the world-renowned Medical Genetics Institute at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. More →

Bill And Chelsea Clinton To Attend Millennium Network Event In Chicago May 22, 2012

Bill and Chelsea Clinton will both attend the upcoming Millennium Network event on June 7 in Chicago to benefit the Clinton Foundation. More →

Ewan McGregor Calls For Aid In The Sahel May 22, 2012

Ewan McGregor is the latest star to record a PSA calling for aid in the Sahel region of West Africa. More →

John Bishop: Chicks Love A Vegetarian May 22, 2012

British comedian John Bishop is starring in a new ad for PETA with the tagline “Chicks Love A Vegetarian”. More →

Tim Tebow Foundation Partners With Mattress Company For Orphans May 22, 2012

National furniture retailer Furniture Row’s Denver Mattress Company and the Tim Tebow Foundation have announced a charity collaboration to raise funds in support of orphanage services. More →

Local Family Farms Supported At John Mellencamp Show May 22, 2012

Farm Aid co-founder John Mellencamp performed at Houchens Smith Stadium on Saturday, May 19, at an event produced by Independence Bank. The concert benefited Farm Aid while promoting local family farms with HOMEGROWN food. More →

Courtney Love Attends An Evening With Women May 22, 2012

The L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center raised more than $445,000 during “An Evening with Women” on Saturday, May 19 in the International Ballroom of the Beverly Hilton Hotel. More →

Stevie Wonder Performs At Race To Erase MS May 21, 2012

On Friday, May 18, host, MS survivor and advocate Nancy Davis welcomed guests to the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza for the 19th Annual Race to Erase MS themed “Glam Rock to Erase MS.” More →

Jenny McCarthy To Attend Rescue Our Angels Autism Fundraiser May 21, 2012

Rockit Bar & Grill, located at 22 W. Hubbard, will host the 5th annual “Rescue Our Angels” Fundraiser benefiting Generation Rescue, a non-profit organization that provides assistance for families affected by autism, on Thursday, May 24 from 6:30 p.m. to 10:00 p.m., featuring special guest and Chicago native: comedian, actress and president of Generation Rescue, Jenny McCarthy. More →

Stars To Take Part In 24 Hour Plays Benefit May 21, 2012

Montblanc and Urban Arts Partnership have announced the highly anticipated return of THE 24 HOUR PLAYS BENEFIT, now in its second year in Los Angeles, on Saturday June 16, 2012. More →

Pau Gasol Honored For Charity Work May 21, 2012

UNICEF has offered its congratulations to UNICEF Ambassador and LA Laker Pau Gasol for winning the 2011-2012 J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award. More →

Bill Clinton And George W. Bush Remember United Flight 93 May 21, 2012

Last week, nearly 400 guests joined the National Park Foundation, the official charity of America’s national parks, and co-hosts President Bill Clinton, President and Mrs. George W. Bush and Speaker of the House John Boehner at the Newseum in Washington, D.C. for “An Evening of Remembrance” honoring the 40 passengers and crew of United Flight 93 who fought back against their hijackers on September 11, 2001, ultimately crashing their plane and preventing a second aerial attack on Washington D.C. More →

Debbie Gibson And Dee Snider To Perform At Charity Gala May 21, 2012

Debbie Gibson will co-host and perform at the Gibson Girl Foundation Gala 2012 tonight in Huntington, New York. More →

Robin Gibb's Charity Legacy May 21, 2012

Bee Gees legend Robin Gibb has passed away, leaving a vast legacy in the worlds of music and charity. More →

Selena Gomez And Mia Farrow Urge Support For Sahel May 18, 2012

Actor and UNICEF ambassador Selena Gomez has been bringing attention to a rising crisis in the Sahel region in west and central Africa, where drought-caused crop failure across several countries means a severe scarcity of food. More →

Barcelona's Messi To Pay Medical Bills For Sick Boy May 18, 2012

Soccer stud and Barcelona star Lionel Messi has pledged to pay the medical bills for a 12 year-old boy who was diagnosed with a growth hormone deficiency (GHD), the same illness Messi experienced as a child. More →

Stars Want Guitars Made From Sustainable Wood May 18, 2012

Some of the biggest names in music have joined the movement to ensure their guitars and other instruments are made from sustainable, legally harvested wood. More →

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. More →

Stephanie Drapeau Talks Charity May 18, 2012

LookToTheStars.org’s Misty Schwartz recently talked with actress/producer Stephanie Drapeau – writer of the 2011 short film Wish Wizard, featuring Ed Begley Jr and Morgan Freeman – about some of the charities and causes she supports. More →

David Beckham Joins Five Young People To Bring The Olympic Flame To The UK May 18, 2012

The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) has confirmed that London 2012 ambassador David Beckham will attend the Olympic Flame Handover Ceremony in Athens and bring the Flame back to the UK ahead of its 70 day journey, presented by Coca-Cola, Lloyds TSB and Samsung. More →

In a Perfect World Contributes To Successful Beach Cleanup May 18, 2012

In a Perfect World, founded by Manuela Testolini, participated in Heal the Bay's Earth Month Nothin’ But Sand beach cleanup in support of Earth Day efforts on April 21, 2012 at Santa Monica Beach. More →