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Stars and More Honored At 2020 Global Citizen Prize Awards Dec 21, 2020

International advocacy organization Global Citizen on Saturday, December 19, honored the winners of the 2020 Global Citizen Prize. More →

Stars to be Recognized at the 2020 Global Citizen Prize Awards Dec 16, 2020

International advocacy organization Global Citizen today announced the winners of the 2020 Global Citizen Prize. More →

John Legend To Host Star-Studded Global Citizen Prize Awards Dec 14, 2020

International advocacy organization Global Citizen has announced that Alessia Cara, Carrie Underwood, Common, Gwen Stefani, John Legend, JoJo, and Tori Kelly will perform at the Global Citizen Prize award special on December 19, 2020, with appearances by John Oliver, Nick Jonas, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau and Priyanka Chopra Jonas. More →

Sheryl Crow and Bruce Springsteen Stand Up For Heroes Nov 7, 2019

This week at the Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden, Ronny Chieng, Sheryl Crow, Chloe Flower, Hasan Minhaj, John Oliver, Bruce Springsteen, Jon Stewart, and Frédéric Yonnet took to the stage at Stand Up for Heroes for a once-in-a-lifetime evening of comedy and music to raise funds and awareness in support of the Bob Woodruff Foundation. More →

Stars To Perform At 2019 Stand Up For Heroes Event Oct 31, 2019

The New York Comedy Festival (NYCF) and the Bob Woodruff Foundation will present the 13th Annual Stand Up For Heroes (SUFH) event to honor the nation’s impacted veterans and their families. More →

Sesame Workshop to Honor First Lady Michelle Obama at 50th Anniversary Gala Mar 29, 2019

Sesame Workshop today announced that former First Lady Michelle Obama will accept the Joan Ganz Cooney Award, named for Sesame Street’s creator, at the nonprofit organization’s annual benefit dinner on May 29. More →

Seth Meyers to Host Star-Studded Night of Comedy to Benefit NRDC this Earth Month Mar 22, 2019

This Earth month, an all-star cast of comedians will come together for the Natural Resources Defense Council's (NRDC) Night of Comedy event, offering welcome comic relief in support of the organization’s work to protect public health and the environment in the face of ongoing assault from the Trump administration. More →

Star-Studded Cool Comedy - Hot Cuisine Event Raises Over $1 Million For Scleroderma Research Dec 20, 2018

At the annual Cool Comedy – Hot Cuisine New York gala, comedians, celebrities and supporters raised over $1 million for scleroderma research, a complex autoimmune disease that disproportionately affects women, usually striking in the prime of their lives. More →

Bob Saget, Andy Cohen, John Oliver And Jackson Browne To Bring Cool Comedy - Hot Cuisine To New York Nov 12, 2018

Bob Saget will host Cool Comedy – Hot Cuisine, in New York to benefit the Scleroderma Research Foundation (SRF) on, Tuesday, December 11th at Carolines on Broadway. More →

Monica Lewinsky Launches #DefyTheName Campaign with Star-Studded PSA for Anti-Bullying Month Oct 11, 2018

Social activist, public speaker, and Vanity Fair Contributing Editor Monica Lewinsky announces today the launch of #DefyTheName – the campaign for 2018’s National Bullying Prevention Month. More →

Stand Up To Cancer 2018 Telecast Raises $123.6 Million So Far Sep 11, 2018

Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C) today announced more than $123.6 million has been pledged collectively so far in connection with the star-studded Sept. 7 “roadblock” fundraising telecast in the United States and Canada. More →

The Clooneys to Join Students At March For Our Lives Feb 21, 2018

Celebrities across the US have spoken out in support of the Parkland students who are taking bold action to prevent further school massacres. More →

Imagine Dragons' Singer Honored At 2017 TrevorLIVE New York Gala Jun 22, 2017

Earlier this week, The Trevor Project hosted its 2017 TrevorLIVE New York gala at the Marriott Marquis in Times Square. More →

John Oliver Grants Once-In-A-Lifetime Experience To Ohio Wish Kid Jan 11, 2017

National children’s charity Kids Wish Network (KWN) recently partnered with comedian, political satire expert, and host of HBO’s Last Week Tonight John Oliver to grant a once in a lifetime experience for an Ohio boy diagnosed with a life threatening illness, autoimmune enteropathy. More →

Bob Saget To Bring Cool Comedy - Hot Cuisine To New York On December 12 Dec 9, 2016

Bob Saget will host Cool Comedy – Hot Cuisine, the 12th Annual New York gala to benefit the Scleroderma Research Foundation (SRF) on, Mon., December 12 at Carolines on Broadway. More →

Bob Woodruff Foundation Announces Dine Out For Heroes Sep 1, 2015

The Bob Woodruff Foundation (BWF) announced today the upcoming launch of the second annual ‘Dine Out for Heroes,’ a dining event experience benefiting BWF. More →

John Oliver Hosts Storytellers Event For Veterans Nov 12, 2014

National veteran campaign Got Your 6 held their second annual Storytellers event featuring comedian John Oliver (“Last Week Tonight,” “The Daily Show”) at HBO in NYC on November 6. More →

John Oliver And Bruce Springsteen To Stand Up For Heroes Sep 18, 2014

Stand Up for Heroes, New York’s most impactful night of comedy and music, returns to the Theater at Madison Square Garden, Wednesday, Nov. 5, at 8 p.m. More →

John Oliver And Jennifer Hudson To Attend Fulfillment Fund Gala Jul 29, 2014

The Fulfillment Fund, a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping Los Angeles students overcome obstacles to achieve a college education, will honor Ryan Kavanaugh, Founder and CEO of Relativity, with the Tom Sherak Award at the Stars 2014 Benefit Gala on October 14th at The Beverly Hilton Hotel. More →

Bob Saget To Join John Stamos For Cool Comedy And Hot Cuisine Oct 30, 2013

Actor/Comedian/Director Bob Saget will host Cool Comedy – Hot Cuisine, the signature event of the Scleroderma Research Foundation (SRF) on Monday, November 4 at Carolines on Broadway. More →

A Night Of Too Many Stars For Autism This Weekend Oct 19, 2012

A star-studded line-up of performers will join host Jon Stewart during COMEDY CENTRAL’s biennial autism benefit, Night of Too Many Stars: America Comes Together for Autism Programs. More →

Bob Saget To Host Cool Comedy - Hot Cuisine For Charity Oct 12, 2012

Bob Saget will host Cool Comedy – Hot Cuisine, the Scleroderma Research Foundation's (SRF) signature event on Monday, October 22 at Carolines on Broadway. More →

Stars Imagine A World With No Math For Charity Jun 21, 2012

Imagine a world with no math. What a wacky place it would be. But that is exactly what a team who work at “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart” pondered in a volunteer project for a new Save the Children video starring Michael Boatman (“Anger Management”), Julie Bowen (“Modern Family”), Simon Helberg (“The Big Bang Theory”) and John Oliver (“The Daily Show with Jon Stewart”). More →

Richard Branson Blogs Secret Policeman's Ball Mar 7, 2012

Sir Richard Branson has blogged about the Secret Policeman’s Ball concert held in New York during the weekend to benefit Amnesty International. More →

Comedians Join Secret Policeman's Ball For Amnesty International Feb 17, 2012

Amnesty International has announced that some of the top comedic talent in the U.S. and U.K. will be joining the Secret Policeman’s Ball line-up at New York City’s Radio City Music Hall on Sunday, March 4, 2012. More →

George Clooney And Friends To Appear On Comedy Central Charity Special Oct 20, 2010

Over 50 amazing performers will show their support and lend their comedy chops to “Night Of Too Many Stars: An Overbooked Concert For Autism Education,” the biennial/bi-coastal event which raises funds to help ease the severe shortage of effective schools and education programs for autistic children and adults. More →

John Oliver Gives A Touch Of Laughter Mar 19, 2009

John Oliver, Daily Show regular, headlined at New York’s Comix Comedy Club to raise money for the training of desperately needed health workers in Tanzania on March 5. More →

The Daily Show's John Oliver To Headline Charity Comedy Show Mar 5, 2009

A special event featuring John Oliver from The Daily Show will take place in New York tonight, March 5, to raise money for an organization that trains doctors, nurses and other health care workers in Tanzania. More →

Tom Cruise Shops For Needy Children Dec 11, 2008

Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes were spotted out and about in New York with daughter Suri earlier this week doing some Christmas shopping – for underprivileged children. More →

John Oliver Questions Fair Trade May 6, 2008

Amidst the growing confusion between fair trade products – there’s fair trade, fairer trade, fair and organic, fair and local, fair and non global warming, fair to the last drop, etc. – political humourist John Oliver may have found a much easier way to determine what product to buy. More →