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OneRepublic Supports Save The Children With New Single Aug 28, 2012

OneRepublic is backing Save the Children and the Ad Council’s new Every Beat Matters campaign for newborn and child survival, launching in mid-September, with the release of the band’s new single today. More →

Portishead To Play Celebrity Charity Football Aug 28, 2012

Members of alternative British band Portishead will once again pull on their football boots for a special charity match next weekend. More →

Jon Bon Jovi: What's On The Table For The Hungry Aug 28, 2012

On Saturday, August 25, Top Chef and restaurateur Tom Colicchio and his wife filmmaker Lori Silverbush, rocker Jon Bon Jovi his wife Dorothea Hurley, Susan Burden, and philanthropist Avis Richards and Marathon hedge fund co-founder Bruce Richards hosted the 2nd annual “What’s on the Table?”, an event to benefit the anti-hunger programs of the United Way of New York City. More →

Crosby, Stills And Nash To Celebrate 30 Years Of Midwives Alliance Aug 28, 2012

Crosby, Stills and Nash will perform a special concert, “FOR THE BENEFIT OF WOMEN: A Night of Music Supporting the Foundation for the Advancement of Midwifery and Celebrating 30 Years of the Midwives Alliance,” on Wednesday, September 26, 7:30PM at the Sunset Center in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA (San Carlos at Ninth Ave., 93921). More →

Flight Of The Conchords Raise Charity Cash With New Single Aug 28, 2012

New Zealand comedy duo Flight of the Conchords’ new single went straight to number one on iTunes on Friday, with proceeds going to a great cause. More →

Linkin Park Is Storm Ready Aug 28, 2012

The 2012 Linkin Park World Tour is the first concert tour to be deemed “Storm Ready” by the National Weather Service. More →

Yao Ming Helps Hearing Impaired Children In China Aug 27, 2012

Starkey Hearing Foundation and NBA Cares delivered the gift of hearing to almost 7,000 hearing impaired children and adults as part of a history-making hearing mission to China this week. More →

Pau Gasol Visits Drought Victims In Chad Aug 27, 2012

Pau Gasol, Silver Medalist at the 2012 Olympics, the two-time NBA champion and UNICEF Spain Ambassador since 2003, is in Chad visiting communities affected by the nutritional crisis in the Sahel. More →

Stars Rock End Of Summer Block Party For LA Mission Aug 27, 2012

Stars came out for the Los Angeles Mission End of Summer Block Party in the weekend. More →

Skateboarder Ryan Sheckler Teams With Boston Market For Charity Aug 27, 2012

Boston Market hosted an event last week at the company’s North Arlington, N.J., restaurant with professional skateboarder, television star and philanthropist Ryan Sheckler. More →

will.i.am To Broadcast Song From Mars Aug 27, 2012

NASA will hold an educational event to share findings about Mars with students and premiere a new song by musician will.i.am that will be broadcast from the surface of the Red Planet via the Curiosity rover. More →

Bryan Brothers Play Charity Ping Pong Aug 27, 2012

Identical twins and world champion tennis players Mike and Bob Bryan are recent gold medalists and have racked up 11 Men’s Doubles career Grand Slam Titles and 61 overall titles. And, during the weekend, they went head-to-head with a team of unlikely, but worthy, opponents … firefighters from FDNY’s esteemed units in all five boroughs. More →

Debra Messing Launches Post-It Campaign Aug 27, 2012

To support children as they head back-to-school, acclaimed actress and devoted mom Debra Messing, is teaming up with the Post-it Brand from 3M to unveil Post-it Your Words Stick With Them, a national campaign that highlights the power of a handwritten note and asks parents and teachers to show how their Post-it Notes encourage kids during the school year. More →

Paul McCartney And Pamela Anderson Help Free Sunder The Elephant Aug 24, 2012

Following a rigorous three-month campaign, which saw A-list celebrities, including Paul McCartney and Pamela Anderson, join tens of thousands of people in calling for the release of an elephant from a temple in India, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) UK can confirm that Sunder will soon be freed and on his way to a better life. More →

Stars To Gather For LA Mission End Of Summer Block Party Aug 24, 2012

The Los Angeles Mission has a serious reason for the End of Summer Block Party. But don’t tell the kids. They think it’s just for fun. More →

Train Launches Charity Chocolates Aug 24, 2012

On the heels of the hugely successful Save Me, San Francisco Wine Co, comes Grammy-winning multiplatinum act Train's “Save Me, San Francisco” Premium Chocolate Bars in partnership with renowned chocolatier and San Francisco icon, Ghirardelli Chocolate Company. More →

Alec Baldwin To Host Lang Lang Charity Concert Aug 24, 2012

The international megastar pianist Lang Lang will give a special one-night only concert, hosted by Emmy, Golden Globe and SAG Award-winning entertainer Alec Baldwin, at Carnegie Hall’s Stern Auditorium on Tuesday, October 30 at 6:30PM to raise funds for the Lang Lang International Music Foundation. More →

Eva Longoria To Host Charity Gala In Las Vegas Aug 24, 2012

On September 28th and 29th, 2012 Eva Longoria, will host Padres Contra el Cancer's (PADRES), 12th annual fund-raising gala, “EL SUENO DE ESPERANZA” at the ALL NEW Tropicana Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, NV. More →

Paralympians Record Video For Sightsavers Aug 24, 2012

A short film capturing the voices of some of the world’s top Paralympians competing in London 2012 has been launched today by Sightsavers International. More →

Celebrities Speak Out: Walmart Pork Is Cruelty On A Fork Aug 23, 2012

Hollywood stars are squealing mad over Walmart’s treatment of pigs after an undercover investigation exposed rampant cruelty to animals at a factory farm supplying pork to the retail giant. More →

Yao Ming To Take Gift Of Hearing To China Aug 23, 2012

In its continuing efforts to fit and give one million hearing aids this decade, Starkey Hearing Foundation will be visiting China as part of an ongoing partnership with NBA Cares to give the gift of hearing to more than 6,000 children and adults in need. More →

Kristin Bauer's True Blood Sweatsuit Auctioned To Finance Documentary Aug 23, 2012

The Walmart sweatsuit worn by Kristin Bauer on the first episode of True Blood’s fifth season is going under the hammer to help finance the documentary Out for Africa that Kristin and her husband Abri van Straten will shoot in Kenya this summer. More →

Darius Rucker To Perform At Cox Charities Benefit Concert Aug 23, 2012

Tickets are now on sale for the 3rd Annual Cox Charities Benefit Concert featuring country music star and former Hootie and the Blowfish singer Darius Rucker. More →

The Wanted To Join Tennis Greats At Arthur Ashe Kids Day Aug 23, 2012

The US Tennis Association (USTA) has announced that pop-vocal sensation The Wanted, chart-topping singer Carly Rae Jepsen, special guest performer Owl City, teen quartet Mindless Behavior and X Factor star Rachel Crow will team up with current world #1 Roger Federer, reigning US Open Champion Novak Djokovic, U.S. #1 men’s singles player John Isner, three-time US Open Champion Kim Clijsters and Mardy Fish – as well as Serena Williams – at the 17th Annual Arthur Ashe Kids’ Day Presented by Hess Saturday, August 25 at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing, N.Y., from 9:30 a.m. – 4p.m. More →

Slash Helps Steve Irwin's Father Launch Charity Aug 23, 2012

Guitar legend Slash is currently touring Australia, and recently helped Steve Irwin's father launch his own wildlife foundation. More →

Bid On The Chance To Meet Justin Bieber And Help Charity Aug 23, 2012

You love Justin Bieber's music, so what better way to show it personally – a new celebrity charity auction is offering an amazing package for 2 tickets to any show on his tour, along with a meet and greet. More →

Stars Announced For Stand Up To Cancer Television Special Aug 22, 2012

Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C) is proud to announce the Hollywood community is once again rallying together and lending its support to the third SU2C primetime television fundraising special on Friday, Sept. 7 (8:00-9:00 PM ET /PT). More →

Yao Ming Continues Fight Against Poaching In Africa Aug 22, 2012

NBA legend Yao Ming has continued blogging from Africa this week, as he travels with WildAid to document the poaching crisis currently decimating the populations of some of the world’s most majestic species. More →

Dick Van Dyke To Be Honored At Screen Actors Guild Awards Aug 22, 2012

Dick Van Dyke, beloved actor, singer, dancer, writer and comedian, will receive SAG-AFTRA's highest honor – the SAG Life Achievement Award for career achievement and humanitarian accomplishment. More →

Common To Headline Musicians On Call Event Aug 22, 2012

Musicians on Call has announced that Grammy award-winning artist Common will be the headline performing act at the organization’s Presidential Convention Charity Benefit at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C. on September 4. More →