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The Elders Call For Urgent Action On Political And Humanitarian Crises In DR Congo Feb 16, 2018

The Elders called on all political actors in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and the wider international community to take urgent action to address the political and humanitarian crises in the conflict-riven country. More →

The Elders Mourn The Death Of Asma Jahangir Feb 15, 2018

The Elders are deeply saddened at the untimely death of Pakistani lawyer and human rights defender Asma Jahangir. More →

Sport Relief Is Back With The Challenge Of All Challenges Feb 7, 2018

Sport Relief is back and for the first time ever is asking the entire nation to take on a huge collective challenge – beating a billion steps a day, every day, from 17th-23rd March. More →

Frank Lampard To Be Honoured With Nordoff Robbins Legends Of Football Award Feb 6, 2018

Nordoff Robbins has announced that this year’s recipient of the Nordoff Robbins Legends of Football Award will be former West Ham United, Chelsea and Manchester City midfielder Frank Lampard. More →

Major Leaguers Grant $50,000 To Water Mission In Support Of Puerto Rico Recovery Efforts Feb 5, 2018

The Major League Baseball Players Trust today announced it will provide a $50,000 grant to Water Mission in support of the nonprofit’s relief and recovery efforts in Puerto Rico. More →

AARP The Magazine Announces Presenters For 17th Annual Movies For Grownups Awards Feb 1, 2018

AARP announced today the official presenters for the 17th Annual Movies for Grownups Awards. More →

Sport Relief Returns For 2018 Jan 30, 2018

Sport Relief is back in March, and events are now being revealed. More →

Country Stars To Host First-Ever ACM Lifting Lives Topgolf Tee-Off Jan 29, 2018

The Academy of Country Music announced today that eleven-time ACM Award winner Charles Kelley of multi-platinum trio Lady Antebellum, and multi-platinum country music star Darius Rucker will host the first-ever ACM Lifting Lives Topgolf Tee-Off on Saturday, April 14, 2018 at Topgolf Las Vegas at MGM Grand Hotel & Casino during the highly-anticipated 6th Annual ACM Party for a Cause. More →

AARP The Magazine Announces Nominees For The 17th Annual Movies For Grownups Awards Jan 23, 2018

AARP The Magazine is pleased to announce the nominees for the upcoming 17th Annual Movies for Grownups Awards, with Get Out, Lady Bird, Star Wars: The Last Jedi, The Shape of Water and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri contending in the Best Picture/Best Movie for Grownups category. More →

Stars To Take Part In Women's March Los Angeles Jan 15, 2018

Women’s March Los Angeles has announced a powerful line-up of activists and celebrities for its January 20 event. More →

Hillary Clinton, Kamala Harris Address Over 10,000 At Girls Build Leadership Summit Dec 21, 2017

Last week, Hillary Clinton and Senator Kamala Harris joined over 10,000 girls from local public middle and high schools for the Girls Build Leadership Summit at the Los Angeles Convention Center. More →

The Elders Meet President Macron, Applaud French Climate Leadership Dec 15, 2017

The Elders visited Paris from 11-12 December to meet President Emmanuel Macron for a discussion on global challenges from climate change to conflicts across the Middle East, and to participate at the One Planet climate summit. More →

The Actors Fund Celebrates The 2017 Looking Ahead Awards In Hollywood Dec 15, 2017

The Actors Fund's Looking Ahead Program, which helps professional young performers and their families address the unique challenges of working in the entertainment industry, celebrated the 2017 Looking Ahead Awards with a star-studded gala on Tuesday, December 5, 2017 at the Taglyan Cultural Complex in Hollywood, CA. More →

Petra Nemcova Honored At BOVET Gala Dec 7, 2017

Petra Nemcova was honoured by BOVET and Artists for Peace and Justice at the Brilliant is Beautiful Gala in London on Friday, December 1st 2017. More →

The Elders Condemn US Recognition Of Jerusalem As Israeli Capital Dec 7, 2017

The Elders today condemned US President Donald Trump’s unilateral decision to recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel as a grave threat to peace across the Middle East. More →

The Elders Urge Indonesia To Take Bold Steps To Accelerate Progress Towards UHC Dec 6, 2017

The Elders concluded a two-day visit to Indonesia with a call for the government to take bolder fiscal, political and social measures to accelerate progress towards Universal Health Coverage (UHC), building on impressive achievements in recent years. More →

Kamala Harris To Join Hillary Clinton At LA Promise Fund's Girls Build Leadership Summit Dec 5, 2017

Ten thousand young women from public schools across Los Angeles County will come together to hear Hillary Rodham Clinton and Kamala Harris speak about activism and leadership on December 15th at the LA Promise Fund's Girls Build Leadership Summit held at the Los Angeles Convention Center. More →

Holly Robinson-Peete To Honor Her Mother At The Actors Fund's 2017 Looking Ahead Awards Dec 1, 2017

The Actors Fund announced today that actress Holly Robinson-Peete will honor her mother, Dolores Robinson, with the Judy & Hilary Swank Award for Parenting at the 2017 Looking Ahead Awards on Tuesday, December 5 at 6pm at Taglyan Complex in Hollywood. More →

Retired NBA Player Jason Collins Recounts Coming Out Experience Nov 29, 2017

Coming out and its impact on the sports industry was a career-defining moment, said Jason Collins, retired NBA Player and the first openly gay man to play in the NBA, at an event on Tuesday. More →

The Elders Call For Fair Elections And Inclusive, Peaceful Transition In Post-Mugabe Zimbabwe Nov 28, 2017

The Elders today called on all political, military and civil society leaders in Zimbabwe to work together towards free and fair elections and a peaceful, inclusive transition following the resignation of former President Robert Mugabe. More →

The Actors Fund's Looking Ahead Awards To Honor "Detroit," "This Is Us," Kellie Martin And Charlotte Rae Nov 24, 2017

The Actors Fund announced today that the ensemble cast of Kathryn Bigelow’s latest film DETROIT will be honored with the Looking Ahead Award for Community Service at the 2017 Looking Ahead Awards on Tuesday, December 5 at 6pm at Taglyan Complex in Hollywood. More →

The Elders Condemn Libya Slave Auctions, Demand Migrants' Rights Respected Nov 24, 2017

The Elders today strongly condemned “slave auctions” of African migrants in Libya and urged the international community to take all necessary steps to protect the rights and dignity of all people, especially vulnerable foreigners, in the conflict-wracked country. More →

Kathie Lee Gifford And Dean Cain To Host The 2017 National Christmas Tree Lighting Nov 23, 2017

Kathie Lee Gifford and Dean Cain will host the 2017 National Christmas Tree Lighting taking place November 30 on the Ellipse at President’s Park, home to the White House. More →

The Beach Boys And Wynonna Added to the 2017 National Christmas Tree Lighting Lineup Nov 22, 2017

The Beach Boys, Wynonna, and three-time Emmy Award winners, The Texas Tenors will perform at the 2017 National Christmas Tree Lighting taking place November 30 on the Ellipse at President’s Park, home to the White House. More →

The Elders Urge End Of Yemen Blockade To Avert Further Humanitarian Crisis Nov 14, 2017

The Elders today called on Saudi Arabia and its coalition partners to lift the land, sea, and air blockade of Yemen to avert an escalation of the humanitarian disaster in the war-stricken country. More →

The Elders Stand In Solidarity With Pope Francis On Peace, Refugees, Climate Nov 9, 2017

The Elders met His Holiness Pope Francis at the Vatican on Monday 6 November to express their appreciation and support for his work on global peace, refugees and migration, and climate change. More →

The Elders Call For Restraint And Reforms After Kenyan Elections Nov 8, 2017

The Elders expressed grave concern about the political crisis in Kenya that has erupted in the wake of the recent presidential election.

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Cedric The Entertainer Hosts 18th Annual Emmys Golf Classic Benefiting Television Academy Foundation Nov 3, 2017

The Television Academy Foundation raised a record breaking $330,000 at the star-studded 18th Annual Emmys Golf Classic on October 30. More →

Maria Shriver Presents A Women's Health Summit: It Starts With the Brain Oct 30, 2017

Award-winning journalist Maria Shriver and A+E Networks President & CEO Nancy Dubuc today announced that they will be joining forces on November 1, 2017, for an enlightening summit that will break new ground on the future of women’s brain health. More →

The Elders Call On Myanmar To Allow Return Of Displaced Rohingya Oct 27, 2017

The Elders today called on Myanmar’s government and military leaders to end all military operations in Rakhine State, and allow hundreds of thousands of displaced Rohingya in Bangladesh and other countries to return. More →