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Dolly Parton Launches New Charity Partnership May 22, 2009

Country legend Dolly Parton announced this week that her literacy charity will team up with the United Way of America to double the amount of books the program currently provides. More →

U2's Guitarist Becomes Charity Ambassador Apr 7, 2009

U2 guitarist The Edge has been made a Mencap ambassador. More →

Anil Kapoor And The Real Slumdog Millionaire Support India’s Children Mar 24, 2009

Actor Anil Kapoor has pledged to donate his earnings from Oscar-winning movie Slumdog Millionaire to Plan India, a charity that supports vulnerable children in India. More →

Sir Edmund Hillary's House On Display For Charity Mar 2, 2009

Thousands of New Zealanders flocked to a charity open home on Sunday, March 1, to raise money for the Himalayan Trust. More →

Ludacris Gives Children A LudaCrismas Dec 31, 2008

Rapper Ludacris spread some Christmas cheer last week when he helped the American Civil Rights Educational Society hold their annual Christmas Lunch. More →

John Lennon Imagines From Beyond The Grave Dec 29, 2008

“Imagine every child, no matter where in the world they were, could access a universe of knowledge,” says John Lennon in a new TV advertisment. “They would have a chance to learn, to dream, to achieve anything they want. I tried to do it through my music. But now, you can do it in a very different way. You can give a child a laptop and more than imagine. You can change the world.” More →

Yao Foundation and the Bush & Clinton Fund Are This Year’s Rocket Recipients Dec 25, 2008

The Rocket’s 13th annual Tux & Tennies Charity Gala, coming in February, will award the event’s proceeds to the Bush Clinton Coastal Recovery Fund and the Yao Ming Foundation. More →

Nicole Richie Wants To Give You A Fruitcake For Christmas Dec 4, 2008

Tony Hawk, Nicole Richie and Fall Out Boy are on a mission to “re-gift” the classic fruitcake this Christmas with a new charity application on Facebook. More →

Mencap Gains New Celebrity Ambassador Nov 25, 2008

UK charity Mencap – which works with people with learning disabilities – has just acquired a new ambassador, the English comedian and actor Mathew Horne, who will help promote awareness of learning disabilities. More →

Simon Cowell Attends Charity Dinner Nov 21, 2008

British TV stars Simon Cowell and Piers Morgan helped raise millions of dollars for a UK-based family support charity this week. More →

The Killers Play Surprise Charity Gig Nov 10, 2008

The Killers played an unannounced acoustic set at the first of Mencap's Little Noise Sessions in London on Saturday night. More →

Santana Tells Kids To Value Themselves Oct 17, 2008

Guitarist Carlos Santana paid a visit to a school near San Francisco on Thursday with words of wisdom for the students. More →

British Rockers To Go Acoustic For Mencap Oct 3, 2008

Kasabian, Stereophonics, Keane, and Razorlight have all signed up to perform at this year’s Mencap Little Noise Sessions which take place across eleven days in November. More →

Rapper To Host Common Ground Concert Aug 27, 2008

The Common Ground Foundation is to host the first annual “Common’s Start the Show n’ Bowl” and “Common & Friends Concert” to raise over $350,000 for charity. More →

Dolly Parton Plays Benefit Concerts Aug 20, 2008

Country music legend Dolly Parton hosted three sold-out benefit concerts at her Dollywood theme park over the weekend. More →

Chris Webber’s Bada Bling Celebrity Weekend Jul 29, 2008

Former NBA star and all-around good guy Chris Webber has hosted a sensational weekend in Las Vegas for his third annual Celebrity Bada Bling Weekend at Planet Hollywood. More →

Charity Choices Of The Royal Grandchildren Jul 17, 2008

Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie, Queen Elizabeth’s first granddaughters bearing the HRH title, are taking up the charitable responsibilities that come with their station. More →

Yao Ming To Raffle Olympic Tickets For Earthquake Relief Jul 7, 2008

Houston Rockets center Yao Ming is raffling a trip to the Beijing Olympics to raise money for the Yao Ming Foundation, which he launched to help victims of the May 12 earthquake in China. More →

Yao Ming To Build Schools In China Jul 1, 2008

Following the devastating earthquakes last month in China’s Sichuan and Gansu provinces, Yao Ming – Chinese center for the Houston Rockets basketball team – felt compelled to do something and to do it quickly… so he created the Yao Ming Foundation. More →

Santana Plays Four Seasons Of Hope Jun 18, 2008

Guitarist and music legend Carlos Santana gave a special live performance to 650 guests at the seventh annual Four Seasons of Hope charity gala in New York on Sunday night. More →

Harry Potter Prequel Casts Its Charity Magic Jun 11, 2008

JK Rowling's 800 word Harry Potter prequel has sold for $48,858, with the proceeds going to charity. More →

David Walliams Splashes Out For Charity Mar 12, 2008

British comedian David Walliams has completed his second epic charity swim… and swallowed some water at the same time. More →

A Game, A Dress, And A Brawl For Charity Mar 11, 2008

A special surprise for Look to the Stars readers More →

Stars Sell Out For Charity Jan 29, 2008

Celebrities old and new are backing sales to benefit good causes this month, with one young starlet opening her closet for charity in a bid to help save some of the most endangered species on the planet, and a well-known actor auctioning radios for Africa. More →

Orlando Bloom Visits Nepal Jan 14, 2008

Actor and heartthrob Orlando Bloom has just returned from a trip to Nepal, where he visited several UNICEF programs working to help the impoverished nation and its children. More →

Sir Edmund Hillary - The Passing Of A Legend Jan 11, 2008

Sir Edmund Hillary – adventurer, explorer, and philanthropist – has died of a heart attack, age 88. More →

Natalie Portman - Beauty, Brains, And Heart Jan 4, 2008

She may have made her name as Luke Skywalker’s mother in Star Wars, and has since gone on to make some of the most interesting art-house films produced in the last five years, but young starlet Natalie Portman is more than just another Hollywood bimbo. Under the beauty lies a brain and heart many people only dream of possessing. More →

Celebrities Listen For Disadvantaged Children Jan 3, 2008

A huge and exciting new global media campaign has kicked off to raise awareness and funds for some of the world’s most disadvantaged children. More →

U2 Plays Surprise Charity Gig Nov 26, 2007

Over 250 people were glad they braved the freezing London weather last week to attend one of the Mencap Little Noise Sessions charity concerts. Those who traipsed through the drizzle on Friday, November 23, were treated to a once-in-a-lifetime show when two members of U2 played unannounced as a warm up act at the gig. More →

Goldberg, Keitel Trading for Charity Sep 11, 2007

On Tuesday, September 11th, celebrity guests will join brokerage firm BGC’s third annual Charity Day, assisting the brokers to raise money for good causes. Stars such as Whoopi Goldberg, Harvey Keitel, Eli Wallach and Yogi Berra will join brokers in conducting real, live trades. 100% of the commissions raised on the day will go to charities such as Blythedale Children’s Hospital, Books for Kids Foundation, Cancer Research Institute, NARSAD Mental Health Research, Project FIND and the Wounded Warrior Project. More →