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Eva Mendes Shows Kindness To Bunnies With Cruelty-Free Makeup Line May 27, 2015

For today’s leading ladies, glamour and compassion for animals go hand in hand — for proof, look at Eva Mendes, whose new makeup line, CIRCA, has just provided PETA with assurance that it does not conduct, commission, or pay for tests on animals anywhere in the world. More →

Mark Wahlberg To Be Honored With James Gandolfini Award May 27, 2015

The 10th annual Wounded Warrior Project (WWP) Courage Awards & Benefit Dinner presented by First Data Corporation and the Joe Plumeri Foundation, with the generous support of USAA, is being held on Thursday, May 28, 2015, at the Waldorf Astoria in New York City. More →

Susan Sarandon And Michelle Yeoh Visit Earthquake Victims In Nepal May 26, 2015

Susan Sarandon has arrived in Nepal to help victims of the devastating earthquakes that hit the country. More →

Katie Couric Honored By Scholarship America May 26, 2015

Scholarship America hosted their inaugural From Dreams to Degrees Education Dinner – honoring Katie Couric – on May 19, 2015 at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. More →

Viola Davis: Creativity Is The Only Way To Survive May 26, 2015

McCann Worldgroup & The Paley Center for Media are very proud to announce that the critically revered film, theater and TV actress Viola Davis will be joining the “Creativity is the Only Way to Survive” seminar they are hosting at the 2015 Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity on Monday, June 22, 2015 at 1pm. More →

Rob Riggle Stars In Easter Seals PSA May 26, 2015

Retired Marine Corps Lieutenant Colonel, actor and comedian Rob Riggle stars in the third installment of Easter Seals Dixon Center’s award-winning PSA series. More →

Prince William Asks World Bank For Help Against Poaching May 26, 2015

A Washington Post article this month stated that elephants, hippos, rhinos, gorillas and other large herbivores are disappearing at an alarming rate, but we already know that. The shocking part of the article was this statement: “The situation is so dire, according to a new study, that it threatens an ‘empty landscape’ in some ecosystems ‘across much of the planet Earth’.” More →

Wet Wet Wet Visit Nordoff Robbins Music Therapy May 26, 2015

Scottish band Wet Wet Wet were in London last week to help kick off Nordoff Robbins' 40th anniversary celebrations, and took the time to visit the music therapy charity’s centre. More →

Cinema Against AIDS Raises Over $30 Million May 25, 2015

The 22nd annual Cinema Against AIDS gala raised more than $30 million last week in support of amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research, and its pursuit of a cure for HIV/AIDS. More →

GLSEN To Honor Matthew Morrison With Inspiration Award May 25, 2015

GLSEN, the leading national education organization focused on ensuring safe and affirming schools for all students, has announced that it will honor Matthew Morrison, Jon Stryker, Johnson & Johnson, teacher Desiree Raught and the Nixa High School Gay-Straight Alliance (GSA) at GLSEN’s Respect Awards – New York to be held on Monday, June 1, at Cipriani 42nd Street. More →

Arsenal Foundation Raises £1 Million For Save The Children May 25, 2015

Arsenal players Kieran Gibbs, Olivier Giroud and Francis Coquelin have announced that The Arsenal Foundation has raised £1million for its global charity partner Save the Children in a new video. More →

Beth Stern To Take Part In Massive Animal Rescue Mission May 25, 2015

For some 150-200 dogs and a handful of cats in Virginia and Alabama, a second chance at life is just a road trip or flight away. More →

Tom Brady To Co-Chair Best Buddies Challenge May 25, 2015

Best Buddies International, a nonprofit dedicated to creating opportunities for friendship, employment and leadership training for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), is pleased to announce that the 16th Annual Best Buddies Challenge: Hyannis Port, will take place on May 29 – 30. More →

Kristen Bell Honored For Commitment To Improving Health Of Women Worldwide May 22, 2015

Jhpiego, an international health care non-profit and affiliate of Johns Hopkins University, honored actress-activist Kristen Bell and Los Angeles physician Howie Mandel for their selfless dedication to preventing the needless deaths of women and families worldwide. More →

Clive Davis To Honor Burt Bacharach And Charli XCX At City Of Hope Event May 22, 2015

Legendary music executive Clive Davis, singer/songwriter Burt Bacharach, contemporary music artist Charli XCX and film composer Christophe Beck (“Frozen”), along with top music and entertainment industry VIPs, will come together at the 11th annual Songs of Hope to celebrate the song and songwriter, and to raise funds for lifesaving cancer research at City of Hope. More →

Susan Sarandon Designs Limited Edition Rocky Horror Inspired T-Shirt May 22, 2015

Susan Sarandon has launched a fundraiser to support the upcoming documentary “Deep Run”, the story of a trans-male evangelical teen coming of age in the Bible Belt. More →

Stars To Take Part In Memorial Day Parade May 22, 2015

The 2015 National Memorial Day Parade will be well-attended by celebrities, singers, and special guests who will pay tribute to those who put on the uniform of the U.S. military. More →

Bill And Melinda Gates Honored With Spirit Of Helen Keller Award May 22, 2015

Helen Keller International (HKI), a leading global nonprofit organization dedicated to fighting the causes and consequences of preventable blindness and malnutrition, continued its year-long Centennial Celebration with the 2015 Spirit of Helen Keller Gala on Monday, May 18, 2015. More →

Stars Support Bay Area Lyme Foundation's LymeAid May 22, 2015

On Sunday, May 17, Bay Area Lyme Foundation, the leading national nonprofit funder of innovative Lyme disease research, hosted more than 400 celebrities, philanthropists and noteworthy scientists at the third annual LymeAid. More →

Hank Azaria Hosts Star-Studded Charity Poker May 22, 2015

Saturday’s sold out seventh annual Playing for Good poker event hosted by Hank Azaria, co-founder of Determined to Succeed (DTS), benefited two LA-based nonprofits: The Geffen Playhouse and Azaria’s DTS. More →

Bonnie-Jill Laflin Hosts Event For Military Wives May 22, 2015

TV personality and sportscaster, Bonnie-Jill Laflin hosted this year’s ‘Hounds and Heroes’ event in honor of eight military wives of wounded warriors. More →

Martina McBride Visits Food Bank Of Northwest Indiana May 21, 2015

Country music super star Martina McBride paid a visit to the Food Bank of Northwest Indiana last Friday, May 15, in Gary, Indiana. More →

Prince Harry Welcomes The Queen To Charity Garden May 21, 2015

The Queen congratulated Prince Harry on his work for an African charity as she toured a garden inspired by Sentebale at the Chelsea Flower Show. More →

Bono's Special Limerick For Mario Batali May 21, 2015

This June, thousands of restaurants, food trucks and bars worldwide are uniting with one shared goal: the fight for a world in which every child is born HIV free. More →

Nordoff Robbins To Honor James Bay And Jake Bugg May 21, 2015

Nordoff Robbins is delighted to announce two new winners of O2 Silver Clef Awards – James Bay and Jake Bugg. More →

Pamela Anderson Goes Psycho Over Meat Trade's Water Waste May 21, 2015

As the US debates water restrictions during a historic drought, Pamela Anderson appears in an Alfred Hitchcock–inspired PETA ad to declare that the solution isn’t just shorter showers but also turning off the tap on animal agriculture. More →

Bob Saget And John Mayer To Appear At Cool Comedy - Hot Cuisine Gala May 21, 2015

Bob Saget will once again host Cool Comedy – Hot Cuisine, the 34th gala to benefit the Scleroderma Research Foundation (SRF) on Friday, June 5 th at the Four Seasons Beverly Wilshire. More →

Marvel's Avengers Superpowers Meet Autism Superpowers May 21, 2015

Not all the heroes with superpowers are on the big screen in Marvel’s “Avengers: Age of Ultron,” the year’s most anticipated movie that opened in theaters this month. Some are behind the screen. More →

Steve Harvey Honors Celebrities Making A Difference May 20, 2015

On Saturday, Steve Harvey's foundation, The Steve and Marjorie Harvey Foundation ( SMHF), held its annual gala at the Hilton Chicago hotel. More →

Amy Carlson To Kick Off Hearts Of Gold Walk For Kids May 20, 2015

Hearts of Gold, a not-for-profit organization whose purpose is to “reimagine the future of homeless mothers and their children, together,” will hold its fifth annual “Walk for Kids” Fundraiser in New York City’s Riverside Park on Saturday, May 30, 2015 from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. More →