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Miranda Cosgrove Named As Ambassador For Leukemia And Lymphoma Walks May 10, 2012

Actress and singer-songwriter Miranda Cosgrove has been named The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's National Ambassador for its 2012 Light The Night Walks and appears in a new public service announcement to promote this important fundraising campaign. More →

Prince Harry Honored For Humanitarian Work May 10, 2012

Prince Harry was this week awarded the Atlantic Council’s 2012 Award for Distinguished Humanitarian Leadership in recognition of his charitable and humanitarian work supporting servicemen and women. More →

Spend A Day With Lady Gaga On Tour For Charity May 10, 2012

Ever dreamed of being a pop star? Touring the country? Performing for sold-out arenas? Here is your chance to experience the tour of international sensation Lady Gaga! More →

Aimee Teegarden Swims With Sea Lion Pups For Oceana PSA May 10, 2012

Oceana has released its latest public service announcement starring actress and ocean lover, Aimee Teegarden of Friday Night Lights. More →

Bill Clinton Announces Second Annual CGI America Meeting May 10, 2012

Bill Clinton has announced the program for the second Clinton Global Initiative America (CGI America) meeting to be held in Chicago, June 7-8, 2012 at the Sheraton Hotel and Towers. More →

An Evening With Josh Groban For Charity May 10, 2012

Josh Groban is to perform a benefit concert to raise support for the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts (LACHSA), and his own Find Your Light Foundation. More →

Exclusive: Young People From Usher's New Look Foundation Have Their Say May 9, 2012

In 1999, superstar Usher established the Usher's New Look Foundation to empower young people from under-served communities around the world. LookToTheStars.org is proud to share some of the stories of the kids he has helped. More →

Phil Keoghan Gets On His Bike For MS May 9, 2012

Phil Keoghan, host of “The Amazing Race,” and the women cyclists of the professional “NOW and Novartis for MS” team are joining with Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation for a second year in a row to raise awareness of MS. More →

Lenny Kravitz And Woody Harrelson Join RFK Annual Spring Charity Auction May 9, 2012

The Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights' 5th Annual Spring Auction is open with proceeds going to the RFK Center, founded in 1968 as a living memorial to the assassinated politician’s vision of a more just and peaceful world. More →

Michael Moore Sings For Occupy Album May 9, 2012

When producers of the Occupy This Album CD asked activist Michael Moore if he would be willing to contribute to it, they had his mighty pen or his film making talents in mind. A poem, perhaps, or a music video. More →

Stars Adopt Failing Schools May 9, 2012

Turnaround Arts is a new initiative by the US Department of Education to inject arts education into the eight worst failing schools in the country. The two-year pilot project will be funded publicly and privately, and is also drawing on America’s professional arts community for support. More →

Macy Gray Supports Darfur United May 9, 2012

Grammy Award winning artist Macy Gray has been quietly lending her support to Darfur United in efforts to spread the word about this amazing team. More →

All Eyes Are On The Fate Of Mr Chen May 9, 2012

Chinese civil rights activist Chen Guangcheng made headlines last week when he arrived at the American Embassy in Beijing. He had escaped house arrest in the dead of night on 22 April and then travelled 500 kilometres to the embassy for refuge. It was days after his escape that his house guards noticed he was missing. His coup is made even more remarkable in that he is blind. More →

Robbie Williams Visits Mexico With UNICEF May 8, 2012

Robbie Williams was in Mexico with UNICEF recently, making a short film about some of the city’s most vulnerable children that will be shown during Soccer Aid on ITV 1, on 27 May 2012. More →

Henry Winkler To Be Honored At Fearless Caregiver Conference May 8, 2012

Today’s Caregiver magazine and Caregiver.com, the nation’s foremost print magazine and Web community educating, training and supporting family and professional caregivers since 1995, will present the Robert M. Barg Memorial Achievement Award to actor, director, author and producer, Henry Winkler during the May 24th Western Connecticut Fearless Caregiver Conference in Southbury Connecticut. More →

Join Charley Boorman On Charity Adventure In India May 8, 2012

Actor and adventurer Charley Boorman is set to motorcycle through India this December for UNICEF, and you can join him. More →

Cyndi Lauper To Be Honored For Charity On Wednesday May 8, 2012

Cyndi Lauper will join the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) to celebrate the seventh annual National Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day (Awareness Day) at the “Heroes of Hope” Tribute event on May 9 in Washington, D.C. More →

Sandra Bullock To Be Honored For Charity Donations May 8, 2012

Oscar winning actress Sandra Bullock is to be honored for her charitable donations to Warren Eason Charter High School which was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina in 2005. More →

Olympia Dukakis To Play King Lear For HERO Theatre May 8, 2012

HERO Theatre has announced that the cast of the “King Lear” benefit staged reading starring Olympia Dukakis and directed by Austin Pendleton will also include a plethora of theatre notables. More →

Morrissey Urges Uniqlo To Say No To Sheep Abuse May 8, 2012

As music legend Morrissey nears the end of his Japanese tour, the former Smiths frontman is joining the international outcry against the Australian wool industry’s abuse of sheep. More →

Dave Grohl To Give Away Signed Guitar For ALS Awareness Month May 8, 2012

Dave Grohl has announced via Twitter that he will give away a signed guitar to a lucky fan who helps him spread the word about ALS Awareness Month. More →

Kristin Davis Supports Oxfam Mother's Day Campaign May 7, 2012

International relief and development organization Oxfam America is teaming up with Kristin Davis this Mother’s Day to show appreciation of moms in our lives by giving back to others with a gift from Oxfam America Unwrapped. More →

George Clooney Takes Part In Brilliant Lecture Series May 7, 2012

Oscar-winning actor, producer, director and humanitarian George Clooney wowed an audience of over 2,500 at the Wortham Center as the guest speaker of The Brilliant Lecture Series, Conversations with Brilliance in downtown Houston on May 3, 2012. More →

Chris Martin Admits Hearing Problem In Charity Campaign May 7, 2012

Chris Martin and Plan B have admitted for the first time to suffering from tinnitus in support of a campaign to make people aware of the dangers of listening to loud music for too long. More →

Kate Moss Topless Pic To Be Auctioned For Charity May 7, 2012

38-year-old supermodel Kate Moss has donated a topless picture of herself to raise funds for the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC). More →

Jennifer Connelly Named As Save The Children Ambassador May 7, 2012

Academy Award-winning actress Jennifer Connelly is joining Save the Children as an Artist Ambassador to advocate for children in need in the United States and around the world, the global humanitarian agency announced at its fourth biennial Celebration of Hope charity event in Greenwich, Conn. More →

Donna Karan To Co-Host Spring Celebration For Charity May 7, 2012

Donna Karan will be among the hosts of the third annual Spring Celebration for Solving Kids’ Cancer on May 9. More →

Stars Join Concern Worldwide's Your Dollar Our Future Campaign May 7, 2012

Gabriel Byrne, Stanley Tucci, Brendan Fraser, Olympic Gold Medalist and “fastest man in the world” Usain Bolt, Giuliana Rancic, and a galaxy of other stars have joined Concern Worldwide's Your Dollar Our Future campaign to help get Haiti’s children into school and out of poverty. More →

Exclusive: Ian McKellen On Stage With Shakespeare, Tolkien And You May 6, 2012

Magic and laughs, soliloquies and memories of a life spent on stage abounded when Sir Ian McKellen trod the boards of the Centrepoint Theatre in Palmerston North on Sunday, May 6, as part of his solo tour of New Zealand to raise money for the earthquake-damaged Isaac Theatre Royal, and Look To The Stars’ Feature Editor Tim Saunders was lucky enough to be in the audience. More →

Stars Suggest Charity Gifts For Mother's Day May 4, 2012

A number of celebrities are promoting alternative Mother’s Day gifts to benefit good causes. More →