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Bill Oddie Supports Complaint Against Badger Slaughter Feb 29, 2012

British conservationist and broadcaster Bill Oddie and MPs from all sides of the House of Commons are showing their support for a formal complaint to the Bern Convention against the British government’s proposed slaughter of badgers. More →

Stars To Give Kids A Shot At Meningitis Charity Gala Feb 29, 2012

James Naughton – Tony & Drama Desk Award winning star of stage and screen better known as William van der Bilt on Gossip Girls – will lend his talents once again to the National Meningitis Association Give Kids a Shot! Gala 2012. More →

Feliciano dos Santos Says Let’s Wash Our Hands Feb 29, 2012

Musician and environmental activist Feliciano dos Santos has been using his band Massukos as a teaching tool. More →

Lady Gaga's Charity Launch To Be Streamed Live Feb 28, 2012

The Born This Way Foundation (BTWF) launch event featuring Lady Gaga and her mother, Cynthia Germanotta, at Harvard University will be streamed live to the BTWF website on Wednesday, February 29th, 2012 from 4:00-5:30pm EST. More →

Bill Cosby To Host Charity Awards Dinner Feb 28, 2012

The Jackie Robinson Foundation (JRF) has announced the presenters of the 2012 ROBIE Awards for its Annual Awards Dinner hosted by Bill Cosby on Monday, March 5 at 6:30p.m. at New York’s Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. More →

Prince Charles And Cheryl Cole Attend Futures Gala Dinner Feb 28, 2012

Prince Charles was joined by Cheryl Cole, Jools Holland, Lulu, Michael McIntyre and Alison Moyet to raise vital funds for The Prince's Trust last week, at one of the most important fundraising events in The Prince’s Trust calendar. More →

Ne-Yo Encourages Attendance And Education During School Visit Feb 28, 2012

Grammy Award winner Ne-Yo surprised 588 students with a mini-concert and acted as the “Principal for the Day” at Aki Kurose Middle School Academy in south Seattle, the most diverse zip code in the country, yesterday. More →

Boyz II Men To Join Rascal Flatts At Charity Concert Feb 28, 2012

Boyz II Men will join country stars Rascal Flatts to perform at Music for Champions, a memorable concert event supporting the battle against cancer. More →

Shaq O'Neal To Be Honored As Father Of The Year Feb 28, 2012

The National Father’s Day/Mother’s Day Council announced today that it has named 2012 honorees for its 34th Annual Outstanding Mother Awards and 71st Annual Father of the Year Awards luncheons. Proceeds for both events will benefit Save the Children's U.S. Programs. More →

John Mayer Tour Tickets Benefit Veterans Charity Feb 28, 2012

Seven-time Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter and musician John Mayer is launching his first U.S. tour in two years on April 9, stopping in 18 cities through May 6. The tour leads into Mayer’s upcoming fifth album Born and Raised, which will be released soon thereafter. More →

Train To Donate Portion Of Ticket Sales To Charity Feb 28, 2012

Grammy Award-winning band Train is gearing up for the group’s San Francisco 2012 Tour, a special hometown run of club shows, in expectation of the upcoming album CALIFORNIA 37, out April 17 on Columbia Records. More →

Elton John's Oscar Viewing Party Raises $5.25 Million For Charity Feb 27, 2012

The 20th annual Elton John AIDS Foundation Academy Awards Viewing Party hosted by Sir Elton John and David Furnish raised $5.25 million for the fight against HIV/AIDS. More →

Eva Longoria Hosts Star-Studded Charity Event Feb 27, 2012

On February 23, 2012, philanthropist Eva Longoria, along with Vanity Fair and the Chrysler brand, hosted an invitation-only cocktail party at her Hollywood restaurant, Beso, to support The Eva Longoria Foundation. The Eva Longoria Foundation helps Latinas build better futures for themselves and their families through education and entrepreneurship. More →

LTTS Exclusive: Sheila E. Talks Charity Feb 27, 2012

Sheila E. is known for her fantastic music, stunning looks and heart of gold. LookToTheStars.org’s Misty Schwartz recently spoke to the icon – who founded the Elevate Hope Foundation to provide abused and abandoned children an alternative method of therapy through music and the arts – about her charity work with Global Green. More →

Martin Scorsese Honored At Campaign Hollywood Charity Event Feb 27, 2012

On February 24, 2012, Vanity Fair and Richard Mille hosted an exclusive cocktail reception honoring Academy Award–winning director Martin Scorsese at Hotel Bel-Air in support of The Film Foundation. More →

Stars Sign Up For Michael Jordan's Charity Golf Tournament Feb 27, 2012

Hosted by ARIA Resort & Casino, the 11th Annual Michael Jordan Celebrity Invitational golf tournament (MJCI) returns to Las Vegas’ Shadow Creek March 29 – April 1 with new participants including current NFL MVP Aaron Rodgers and comedic genius Joel McHale of NBC’s ‘Community’ and E! Entertainment Television’s ‘The Soup.’ More →

Estelle Hosts Charity Beauty Lounge Feb 27, 2012

Grammy award-winning R&B singer Estelle raised over $25,000 for her youth-dedicated All of Me Foundation this month. More →

Blair Underwood Launches Charity Initiative With Ancestry.com Feb 27, 2012

Ancestry.com, the world’s largest online family history resource, has teamed up with one of its high-profile celebrity customers to support a national non-profit organization that helps youth overcome what are too often generational cycles of adversity. More →

Amy Smart Honors Riverside As Green Community Feb 27, 2012

The City of Riverside, which for years has been a leader among Southern California cities embracing a more sustainable way of living, got a dose of “star power” recently when it was honored for being the first city to become a California Green Community. More →

Lucy Lawless Arrested Following Environmental Protest Feb 27, 2012

The occupation of an Arctic-bound Shell drillship by six Greenpeace activists in New Zealand – including actor Lucy Lawless – ended this morning after police climbed the ship’s drilling tower and arrested the group. More →

Elton John To Join Sting For Rainforest Fund Concert Feb 26, 2012

The Rainforest Fund has announced its 2012 benefit concert on April 3rd, 2012 at the world renowned Carnegie Hall’s Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage followed by a gala dinner. More →

Help Richard Branson Screw Business As Usual Feb 24, 2012

Richard Branson is on the hunt for an ethical entrepreneur to help him Screw Business as Usual! More →

Stephen Fry And Coldplay Push The Envelope For Charity Feb 24, 2012

An eclectic mix of prominent names from the fields of art, design, fashion, television, theatre, film, sport and literature are getting creative this year by designing envelopes that will be sold to the public to help raise money for the National Literacy Trust. More →

Stars Get Behind New World Poker Tour Charity Feb 24, 2012

World Poker Tour (WPT), the premier name in internationally televised poker and entertainment, has announced the launch of the WPT Foundation, an organization dedicated to utilizing WPT’s unmatched platform to influence positive change in the world. More →

Duchess Of Cambridge Visits The Art Room Feb 24, 2012

The Duchess of Cambridge joined a group of schoolchildren with behavioral problems this week as she visited one of her charities for the first time. More →

Colin Firth Hosts Star-Studded Charity Dinner For Oxfam America Feb 24, 2012

On February 22, 2012 Vanity Fair and Ermenegildo Zegna, along with Colin and Livia Firth and Anna Zegna, hosted an intimate dinner at Chateau Marmont to benefit Oxfam America, the international relief and development organization that creates lasting solutions to poverty, hunger, and injustice. More →

Bill Gates: Investments In Agriculture Are Best Weapons Against Hunger Feb 24, 2012

Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, has told the international agricultural community it had fallen short of delivering the help small farmers in developing countries need, when they need it. More →

Roger Daltrey To Rock For Teenage Cancer Trust Feb 24, 2012

The Teenage Cancer Trust has added another concert to its roster of shows at the Royal Albert Hall at the end of next month. More →

Pierce Brosnan To Attend Star-Studded Charity Oscar Viewing Dinner Feb 24, 2012

Pierce Brosnan, Wyclef Jean, Radha Mitchell and Jane Seymour are expected to attend the Children Uniting Nations Oscar Viewing Dinner and Celebration this weekend. More →

Lucy Lawless Occupies Arctic Drilling Ship Feb 24, 2012

Lucy Lawless has joined Greenpeace New Zealand activists in stopping a Shell-contracted drillship from departing the port of Taranaki for the remote Arctic, where its exploratory oil drilling program threatens to devastate the Alaskan coastline. More →