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Stars To Hit The Celebrity Catwalk For Animal Charities Aug 11, 2010

Every year in Hollywood, top celebrities lend their time and talent by hitting the catwalk for charity, raising funds and awareness for National Animal Rescue. More →

Ted Turner Puts Wealth To Work For A Better World Aug 11, 2010

United Nations Foundation Founder and Chairman Ted Turner is taking his example of global philanthropy one step further with a public call for the global community to address the world’s toughest challenges. More →

Gene Hackman Speaks Out Over Chimpanzee Experiments Aug 11, 2010

Gene Hackman, star of “The French Connection” and other films, is speaking out on behalf of about 200 chimpanzees who are in danger of being used in invasive experiments. More →

Bring Food For The Hungry To Tonight's Maroon 5 Concert Aug 11, 2010

Maroon 5 is performing this Wednesday, August 11th at 7:30pm at the Nikon Jones Beach Theatre in New York and Rock CAN Roll has teamed up with them. More →

Rosario Dawson Invites Celebrity Friends To Fight Immigration Laws Aug 10, 2010

Rosario Dawson has brought together stars such as Eva Longoria, Wilmer Valderrama, Jessica Alba, Common, Amy Smart and Carla Gugino for a new PSA campaign to fight Arizona’s new immigration laws. More →

Jackie Chan Buys King Kong Dinosaur At Charity Auction Aug 10, 2010

Jackie Chan was in Shanghai on Sunday to take part in a special charity auction. More →

Eva Longoria And Antonio Banderas Host Charity Event In Spain Aug 10, 2010

Eva Longoria and Antonio Banderas hosted a very special charity gala in Spain on August 7. More →

Jenson Button Raises Charity Cash In London Triathlon Aug 10, 2010

Formula 1 champion Jenson Button completed his second London Triathlon for the Make-A-Wish Foundation on Sunday. More →

Will.i.am Joins Grammy Charity Board Of Directors Aug 10, 2010

Black Eyed Peas artist will.i.am has announced he is a new director of the Grammy Foundation. More →

George Lucas Pledges Millions To Education Aug 10, 2010

Warren Buffett's Giving Pledge, which asks billionaires to donate the majority of their wealth to charity, has garnered some high-profile followers. More →

Jimmy Carter Wants To Eradicate Polio And Measles Aug 10, 2010

In an op-ed by former US president Jimmy Carter and former UN secretary-general Kofi Annan last month, the two laid out a troubling view of the Millennium Development Goal number four: to reduce under-five child mortality by two-thirds by 2015 will not be possible. More →

Leo Messi Scores A Goal For UNICEF Aug 10, 2010

Leo Messi, renowned FC Barcelona and Argentina national team soccer player, completed his first field visit for UNICEF last month to highlight the milestones and challenges children in Haiti face six months after the earthquake. More →

LTTS Exclusive: Blurred Vision Talks Charity, Pink Floyd And Peace In Iran Aug 9, 2010

Following the footsteps of other artists who’ve used music to influence change, Toronto-based band Blurred Vision has effectively harnessed the power of the Internet to start an on-line revolution promoting peace and change for the people of Iran via their version of the iconic Pink Floyd song, ‘Another Brick in the Wall’. And it seems to be working. More →

Dick Van Dyke Named As Charity's Celebrity Spokesperson Aug 9, 2010

Emmy-award winning actor Dick Van Dyke has been named the first-ever spokesperson of the Cell Therapy Foundation. More →

Celebrities To Make A Difference At We Promise Charity Gala Aug 9, 2010

The red carpet is being rolled out and the stars will be present in Virginia Beach on September 1, 2010, at the We Promise Foundation's Diamonds in the Sky Gala black tie fundraising event to benefit children with life-threatening illnesses. More →

Ashley Greene And Kelly Ripa Host Celebrity Charity Night For Ovarian Cancer Aug 9, 2010

Super Saturday 13, deemed as the “Rolls Royce of garage sales,” attracted a bounty of celebrities for its annual sale on Saturday, July 31 in the Hamptons to benefit the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund (OCRF). More →

Alex Lambert Visits Children's Hospital LA With Reality Cares Aug 9, 2010

American Idol Season 9 contestant Alex Lambert visited the Children's Hospital Los Angeles on Friday to meet and perform for patients, staff and families. More →

Kristen Bell Needs Your Help For Special Needs Animals Aug 9, 2010

Actress Kristen Bell has launched a charity initiative that supports The Humane Society on an up-and-coming social networking fundraising site for youth. More →

Early Punk Goes Cowboy With Kevin Costner For Gulf Coast Aid Aug 9, 2010

Almost 25 years after it was filmed, the Queen of L.A. Punk, X singer Exene Cervenka and music video director Modi Frank present their previously unreleased cowboy satire “Bad Day” featuring legendary X front man John Doe, Grammy Award winner Dave Alvin, Oscar-winning writer Michael Blake, and with a comedic performance by Academy Award winner, Kevin Costner. More →

Jack Johnson Announces Gulf Oil Spill Charity Initiatives Aug 8, 2010

Just days prior to kicking off the second leg of his new tour, Jack Johnson has announced he is donating $70,000 to aid in the Gulf oil spill clean-up. More →

Jackie Chan Wants You To Be A Good Citizen For The UN Aug 6, 2010

Jackie Chan, Stevie Wonder, Angélique Kidjo, Youssou N'Dour and Leo Messi are among the stars urging people to be Good Citizen Ambassadors for the United Nations. More →

Swizz Beatz And John Legend Auction Recording Session For Charity Aug 6, 2010

Last week at the Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation's star-studded Art for Life fundraiser at Russell Simmons' East Hampton estate, John Legend and Swizz Beatz teamed together to announce an incredible donation. More →

Sixpence None The Richer To Reunite At Charity Event Aug 6, 2010

Koffeehouse will present its fourth annual Evening Of Independence benefitting MusiCares on Aug. 7 at the Ford Amphitheatre in Hollywood, California. More →

Charity iPhone Application To Be Launched At Bee Gee Home Aug 6, 2010

Against Breast Cancer is launching its own iPhone App, the first of its kind to be created for a charity fundraising event. The App will showcase the ‘Splash of Pink Fashion Show and Couture Tea’ taking place at The Prebendal, the home of Bee Gee Robin Gibb and his wife Dwina Murphy-Gibb in Thame, Oxfordshire on 25th September. Dwina is a patron of the charity. More →

Charley Boorman Supports Dyslexia Action Poetry Competition Aug 6, 2010

Actor-turned-motorcycle enthusiast Charley Boorman has launched Dyslexia Action's new poetry competition. More →

More Stars Donate To Handbag Heaven Aug 6, 2010

More celebrities have donated handbags to the Handbag Heaven charity event reported by LookToTheStars.org last week. More →

Get Your Teeth Into True Blood For Charity Aug 6, 2010

Fans of True Blood, HBO’s vampire show starring Anna Paquin, Stephen Moyer and Alexander Skarsgård, will be excited by this charity auction being run by CharityBuzz.com. More →

Wyclef Jean Resigns As Chairman Of Yéle Haiti Charity Aug 5, 2010

Wyclef Jean, the founder and chairman of Yéle Haiti, announced last night that he will relinquish his leadership role in the organization, effective immediately. More →

Gorillaz And Refugee Children Refocus In Syria For Charity Aug 5, 2010

British band Gorillaz visited Syria last week, giving local refugee children the chance of a lifetime through UNICEF's Refocus program. More →

Kevin Costner Becomes Bodyguard For Dog Charity Aug 5, 2010

Kevin Costner is supporting a charity that rescues dogs from death row. More →