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North Shore Animal League America's Tour For Life Mar 5, 2013

On Wednesday, March 6, 2013, North Shore Animal League America will launch its 13th annual Tour For Life (TFL), a national cooperative life-saving adoption event. More →

Alan Alda To Be Honored At Stars Of Stony Brook Gala Mar 5, 2013

Stony Brook University’s 2013 “Stars of Stony Brook” Gala will honor one of its own this year, actor-director-writer-educator and six-time Emmy and Golden Globe Award winner Alan Alda, on Wednesday, April 24 at Pier Sixty at Chelsea Piers in New York City. More →

Taylor Swift To Join Tim McGraw's Superstar Summer Night Mar 5, 2013

The Academy of Country Music and dick clark productions has announced that country music superstars Jason Aldean, Luke Bryan, Taylor Swift, and chart-topping R&B artist, Ne-Yo are the first to be added to the all-star lineup performing at the ACM Presents: Tim McGraw's Superstar Summer Night, taping Monday, April 8, 2013 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. More →

Stars Come Out For 4th Annual Cinemagic International Film and Television Festival Mar 5, 2013

The 4th Annual Cinemagic International Film and Television Festival for young people held their much-anticipated opening reception at the Fairmont Hotel and Bungalows in Santa Monica on Wednesday 20th February. More →

Stars Respond To SOS For Orangutans Mar 4, 2013

Celebrities from across the globe are responding to a charity’s SOS call to support critically endangered orangutans in Sumatra. More →

Ben Affleck Shares His Vision For The Eastern Congo Initiative Mar 4, 2013

A new short film takes a look at the vision, passion and purpose of the Eastern Congo Initiative in the words of its founder, Ben Affleck. More →

Black Sabbath's Geezer Butler Calls On Fans To Boycott Foie Gras Mar 4, 2013

Black Sabbath bassist Terence "Geezer" Butler has called on his fans to boycott Fortnum & Mason while it shamefully clings to sales of foie gras – a product so vile that it is illegal to produce in the UK and is banned from Royal menus. More →

NFL Star Nick Lowery's Imagine 100 Faces Event Mar 4, 2013

“The Bully Effect: An Anderson Cooper Special” aired last week and chronicled the journeys of a bullied child, a grieving parent, a victim of violence, and a filmmaker turned activist. More →

James Morrison Becomes Patron Of Lewis Mighty Fund Mar 4, 2013

Singer James Morrison performed to children suffering from cancer at Nottingham’s Queen’s Medical Centre last week in an event to mark the start of a new partnership for the Lewis Mighty Fund. More →

Brooke Kinsella Named As Victim Support Ambassador Mar 4, 2013

Victim Support in the UK has announced its new official ambassador, actress Brooke Kinsella MBE. More →

Uma Thurman Helps Kick Off Read Across America Day Mar 4, 2013

The National Education Association rolled out the red carpet last week for a star-studded read-in at the historic New York Public Library to kick off the 16th annual Read Across America Day. More →

Steven Spielberg Launches IWitness Video Challenge Mar 1, 2013

USC Shoah Foundation – The Institute for Visual History and Education today invited middle and high school students attending public, private or home schools in the U.S. and Canada to take up its IWitness Video Challenge. More →

Taraji P. Henson Is An Angel For Animals Mar 1, 2013

As winter’s cold temperatures continue across the U.S., award-winning actor Taraji P. Henson is heating things up with a steamy new PETA campaign, in which she appears dressed in a short gossamer gown and a pair of synthetic, cruelty-free wings next to the words “Be an Angel for Animals.” More →

A Sneak Peek At This Year's Celebrity Fight Night Auction Mar 1, 2013

Celebrity Fight Night, one of the nation’s most significant charity events, is offering a sneak peak at six of its exclusive live auction packages. More →

One Direction To Appear In BeanoMAX For Comic Relief Mar 1, 2013

This Red Nose Day, One Direction is to be immortalized in legendary magazine BeanoMAX, with superstars Jessie J, Olly Murs and David Tennant. More →

Trace Adkins Launches Hard Rock Limited Edition Red Cross Pin Mar 1, 2013

This week, country superstar and American Red Cross spokesman, Trace Adkins, visited Hard Rock Cafe in Hollywood, CA to reveal a new partnership between Hard Rock and the American Red Cross and Hard Rock’s limited-edition Red Cross pin. More →

Charity Celebrates Nathan Fillion's Birthday Mar 1, 2013

Nathan Fillion's birthday is on March 27th and as a co-founder of Kids Need to Read, he has made a birthday wish for the organization. More →

WWE Divas To Visit Refugee Camps In Rwanda Mar 1, 2013

WWE Divas Alicia Fox and Natalya will visit refugee camps in Rwanda this week as part of their alliance with the United Nations Foundation's Nothing But Nets campaign to help raise awareness and funds to fight malaria in sub-Saharan Africa. More →

Salma Hayek And Beyoncé Chime For Change Feb 28, 2013

At the TEDxWomen luncheon, Salma Hayek Pinault has announced CHIME FOR CHANGE, founded by Gucci, a new global campaign to raise funds and awareness for girls’ and women’s empowerment. More →

Stars Support Fairtrade Fortnight Feb 28, 2013

Jonathan Ross, Bruce Forsyth, Tulisa and Harry Hill are among a raft of celebrities supporting Fairtrade Foundation’s campaign calling for action to end trade injustice around the world, which will see three-inch versions of the stars join a march on Parliament during Fairtrade Fortnight (25th Feb-10th March).    More →

McFly's Earth Day Challenge Feb 28, 2013

During this year’s Earth Hour, which is taking place at 8.30pm on Saturday 23 March, boy band McFly will be doing something fun in the dark wearing their panda onesies! More →

Annie Lennox Issues Call Of Action Over Violence Towards Women In South Africa Feb 28, 2013

Annie Lennox has issued a call to action, in response to the epidemic of violence that has been taking place against women and girls in South Africa for years. More →

Miranda Hart To Help Charity By Doing... Something Feb 28, 2013

Miranda Hart has today announced that she will be taking part in The BT Red Nose Challenge: Miranda’s Mad March, becoming the latest in a long line of celebrities to put themselves through their paces to raise money for Comic Relief. More →

Looking Glass Wars Author Partners With Nathan Fillion's Charity Feb 28, 2013

It was announced today that Frank Beddor is partnering with actor Nathan Fillion's charity Kids Need To Read for a new initiative. More →

Prince Charles Visits Flood Victims In Devon Feb 28, 2013

The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall have showed their support for flood-hit communities during a visit to Devon. More →

Common Designs Smartphone Cases To Benefit Chicago's Youth Feb 28, 2013

Case-Mate, the international design company known for creating fashion-forward mobile accessories, announced it has created an exclusive portfolio of art-inspired smartphone cases for AT&T to help benefit Chicago’s youth. More →

Bill Gates And will.i.am Push For Computer Programming Education Feb 27, 2013

Code.org, a non-profit focused on computer programming education, launched this week with a short film starring Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, Twitter founder Jack Dorsey , Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh, Dropbox CEO Drew Houston, will.i.am of the Black Eyed Peas, Chris Bosh of the Miami Heat, and others. More →

Carly Rae Jepsen And Cody Simpson Help Fight Child Hunger Feb 27, 2013

More than one in five children and more than one in three Latino children in this country may not know where their next meal is coming from. Children who experience even intermittent struggles with hunger may suffer serious, long-term consequences to their health, well-being and educational achievement. More →