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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 →

The Hunger Games Stars Team With Charity To Fight Hunger Feb 23, 2012

One month before the release of the much-anticipated film The Hunger Games, the cast and producers are teaming up with the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and Feeding America to raise awareness about hunger in the United States and around the world, with the launch of a video public service announcement and a new website wfp.org/hungergames. More →

Sir Richard Branson Blogs Saving The Whales With OceanElders Feb 23, 2012

Richard Branson has blogged about saving whales as he travels on his luxury catamaran, as part of his OceanElders initiative. More →

Stars Doodle For Epilepsy Charity Feb 23, 2012

A host of celebrities have been showing their artistic side for charity by taking part in this year’s National Doodle Day. More →

Hugh Laurie Joins Glee Stars In Signing Bike For Charity Feb 23, 2012

Hugh Laurie from House, Lea Michele and Cory Monteith from Glee, and John Noble from Fringe, are just a few of the celebrities that signed a first edition Schwinn beach cruiser for the world’s largest conservation organization, The Nature Conservancy. More →

Eric Clapton To Join Guitar Legends At Jazz Foundation Of America Gig Feb 23, 2012

Eric Clapton and Keith Richards will perform at “Howlin’ For Hubert,” a celebration of the musical legacy of the late Hubert Sumlin and his influence on every guitar hero of today, on February 24 at New York’s legendary Apollo Theater. The evening will benefit the Jazz Foundation of America. More →

Mia Farrow: Conflict Robs Children Of Their Childhood Feb 23, 2012

UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Mia Farrow wrapped up her visit to the Democratic Republic of the Congo yesterday with an urgent plea for better vaccination campaigns and protection for children to stamp out polio and save and improve the lives of especially the most vulnerable children, whose communities continue to be ravaged by poverty and conflict. More →

Actress To Wear Red Carpet Green Dress At Oscars Feb 23, 2012

Suzy Amis Cameron, founder of the Red Carpet Green Dress design contest, has announced the winning dress and surprise actress who will wear the sustainable gown to the 84th Academy Awards. More →

Annie Lennox Leads Tributes For Journalist Killed In Syria Feb 23, 2012

Annie Lennox has paid tribute to veteran American war correspondent Marie Colvin, who was killed – along with a French photojournalist, Remi Ochlik – in Syria earlier this week. More →

Female Stars Host Charity Jumble Sale For Oxfam Feb 23, 2012

Elbows out for a jumble sale with a difference. On Sunday 26 February Dawn Porter and Gemma Cairney are hosting a jumble sale with their celebrity girlfriends to raise money for Oxfam's Get-together campaign to celebrate International Women’s Day – and we all are invited! More →

Daniel Radcliffe Launches PSA For The Trevor Project Feb 22, 2012

The Trevor Project's new life-saving, life-affirming public service announcement featuring Daniel Radcliffe has premiered on FOX during the network’s hit series “Glee.” More →

Stars To Take Part In Annual BTIG Charity Day Feb 22, 2012

BTIG, a global financial services firm specializing in institutional trading and related brokerage services, will hold its 10th Commissions for Charity Day on April 18, 2012. More →

Susan Boyle Flips Pancakes For Charity Feb 22, 2012

Susan Boyle flipped pancakes for charity during the weekend. More →

Shailene Woodley Launches Charity At Vanities Feb 22, 2012

On February 20, 2012, Vanity Fair and Juicy Couture, along with Vanity Fair West Coast Editor Krista Smith and The Descendants actress Shailene Woodley, kicked off “Campaign Hollywood” week by hosting the “Vanities” 20th Anniversary in support of All It Takes at Siren Studios. More →

Mia Farrow Launches Polio Vaccination Campaign In Chad Feb 22, 2012

UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Mia Farrow has participated in the launching ceremony of the national polio campaign in Chad, a country that registered the second highest number of polio cases in the world. More →

Bill Clinton Attends Job Initiative Graduation Feb 22, 2012

Building on their longstanding commitment to Colombia, President Bill Clinton and Canadian philanthropist Frank Giustra recently attended a commencement ceremony for over 900 graduates of two Clinton Giustra Sustainable Growth Initiative (CGSGI) job training programs in Colombia. The projects include retail skills and construction skills training projects targeted at Bogotá and Soacha residents. More →

Bill Gates Asks Governments To Continue Aid Programs Feb 22, 2012

As the world economic crisis seeps into its fifth year, philanthropist Bill Gates is more worried about government financial support for developing country programs today than he was after the crash. More →

Natalie Merchant To Perform Against Fracking In New York Feb 22, 2012

Natalie Merchant is to perform a special benefit concert, lending her voice in song to defend New York’s waters in support of a ban on shale gas hydrofracking in New York State and beyond. More →

Stars Honor Muhammad Ali's 70th Birthday At Charity Event Feb 21, 2012

Keep Memory Alive's 16th annual Power of Love Gala on Saturday, Feb. 18, at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas brought out some of the biggest names in sports and entertainment to celebrate Muhammad Ali's 70th birthday and raise funds for the Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health and the Muhammad Ali Center. More →

Mia Farrow Blogs From Africa Feb 21, 2012

Mia Farrow has blogged from Moundou, near the border with the Central African Republic, where she is visiting with UNICEF in an effort to make polio a thing of the past. More →