UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie today voiced deep concern for the tens of thousands of civilians caught up in two separate and fast-unfolding emergencies: Côte d’Ivoire and Libya.
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The official Climate Week (21-27 March) t-shirt has been unveiled featuring an exclusive, limited edition design by the ‘patron saints of print’, Eley Kishimoto, in aid of the Environmental Justice Foundation.
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Phil Keoghan – host of The Amazing Race – is currently in New Zealand in an effort to raise worldwide awareness of the country’s recent devastating earthquake.
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International aid agency Oxfam has joined voices from around the world to congratulate Colin Firth, a global ambassador for the charity, on his outstanding successes at this season’s award ceremonies.
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Three Amazon indigenous leaders have travelled to London to rally public, press and government support of their communities’ fight against socially and environmentally destructive mega-dams planned for the Amazon basin – gaining the support of Sting and Bianca Jagger.
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Continuing his commitment to helping gay youth, celebrity blogger Perez Hilton has announced an innovative way he’s raising money for the Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network (GLSEN).
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Talk show host Ellen DeGeneres and partner Portia de Rossi are big fans of an amazing organization called The Gentle Barn, which rescues and rehabilitates farm animals in need of help.
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Justin Bieber's birthday wish has come true. The teenage star announced earlier this week that he wanted his fans to donate $17,000 to charity – so far the total of gifts that have poured in exceeds $31,000.
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Actress Emily Deschanel says the National Institutes of Health is committing a “real-life crime against animals” by putting 14 aging chimpanzees back into painful and invasive research at a Texas laboratory with a track record of animal abuse.
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Celebrities from the worlds of drama, comedy, conservation, television, sport, fashion and journalism will be burning bright at the year’s most exotic fundraising event for wild tiger conservation in London on Thursday (March 3).
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Women In Film, LA (WIF) raised glasses of Perrier-Jouët Grand Brut Champagne to honor and celebrate all of the women nominated for a 2011 Academy Award – those who have excelled both in front of and behind the camera – on Friday, February 25.
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Hundreds of homeless men and women stood in line on Friday afternoon at the Los Angeles Mission, to receive free shoes. And they were not any ordinary shoes. The latest designs from Los Angeles based lifestyle footwear brand Creative Recreation were gracing the feet of Skid Row residents by the end of the day.
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On the eve of the 2011 Oscars, stars lined up to condemn the unsafe and unfair control order scheme, repackaged as Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures by the Coalition Government in Britain.
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Sting has spoken out about the violence taking place in Libya, saying that, “Things like this should be handled just like in Egypt and Tunisia.”
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Actors Zachary Levi (‘Chuck’), Ben McKenzie (‘Southland’), Jason Ritter (‘The Event’), and Josh Radnor (‘How I Met Your Mother’) will host the Bohemian Dream Party to benefit the Young Storytellers Foundation, a nonprofit arts-education organization, on March 6th.
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Academy Award-winner Jodie Foster recently spoke with the National Alliance on Mental Illness about depression and hope, and what she learned while filming her upcoming film, The Beaver.
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Global Green USA celebrated its 8th Annual Pre-Oscar party on Wednesday night at the Avalon Hollywood, raising funds and awareness for Global Green’s national initiatives to fight climate change.
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George Lopez, comedian, actor and host of late-night talk show Lopez Tonight, pledged $20,000 to MALDEF from the proceeds of his January 29 concert in Phoenix, Arizona.
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