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Linkin Park To Perform Secret Charity Show For Japan Aug 5, 2011

On August 31, Linkin Park and Japan’s best-selling artist B’z will perform at a small intimate show at a secret venue in Los Angeles to benefit Music for Relief and their work with Save the Children to provide much needed earthquake and tsunami relief in Japan. More →

Ewan McGregor To Sail In Celebrity Charity Race Aug 4, 2011

Ewan McGregor is set to tackle a sailing race for charity in the UK this month. More →

Harry Chapin's Charity Legacy Lives On Aug 2, 2011

July marked the 30th anniversary of musician and social activist Harry Chapin's untimely death. More →

Forty Years Ago Today - George Harrison's Concert For Bangladesh Aug 1, 2011

Forty years ago today, George Harrison took to the stage with a host of his celebrity friends for what is regarded as the first large scale multi-artist benefit concert – The Concert For Bangladesh. Look To The Stars Feature Editor Tim Saunders looks back at the climatic and political events that led up to the concert, and the on-going effects the show has had on celebrity charity events. More →

Christina Aguilera Gives Hunger A Powerful Voice Jul 28, 2011

Yum! Brands, the world’s largest restaurant company and parent of KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell, announced today that multi-Grammy Award winner and pop superstar Christina Aguilera is giving hunger a powerful voice by filming a new PSA for the Company’s World Hunger Relief effort that benefits the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and other hunger relief agencies. More →

David Beckham Makes Charity Plea For East African Children Jul 28, 2011

UNICEF and David Beckham have launched an appeal in The Mirror newspaper, in aid of the charity’s East Africa Children’s Crisis appeal. More →

UNICEF Celebrates George Harrison's Charity Concert For Bangladesh Jul 27, 2011

On the 40th anniversary of George Harrison's groundbreaking Concert for Bangladesh, the first major celebrity charity concert for a humanitarian cause, the music community is coming together yet again for UNICEF, this time to help provide emergency relief for children in famine and drought-affected regions in the Horn of Africa. More →

Celebrities Support Celtic Vs Manchester United For Charity Jul 27, 2011

Oxfam's East Africa famine appeal has been announced as the main beneficiary of The Legends Celtic vs Manchester United charity match on August 9. More →

Amy Winehouse To Be Honored With Charity Jul 27, 2011

Amy Winehouse's father, Mitch, announced plans for a charity to be set up for addicts at the late singer’s funeral yesterday. More →

Celebrities Call On World Leaders For Urgent Horn Of Africa Funds Jul 26, 2011

A group of global artists, activists and business leaders have signed a joint letter urging world leaders to step up their response to the famine in the Horn of Africa. They call on them to act “without reservation, prevarication or equivocation” when they meet at an emergency summit in Rome. More →

Audrey Hepburn Named Most Stylish Celebrity In Charity Poll Jul 26, 2011

Audrey Hepburn has beaten modern celebrities, including Cheryl Cole and Kate Moss, to be named most stylish woman in a new poll by Oxfam. More →

Cat Deeley Launches Marks And Spencer UNICEF Campaign Jul 25, 2011

UNICEF UK Ambassador Cat Deeley is calling on Marks & Spencer customers to support UNICEF by not taking hangers home when they buy clothes. More →

Amy Winehouse's Charity Legacy Jul 24, 2011

British singer Amy Winehouse passed away this weekend at the age of 27, leaving behind an unsurpassed musical and charity legacy. More →

Mena Suvari Urges Fans To Help The Hungry In East Africa Jul 22, 2011

Mena Suvari is urging her fans to donate to UNICEF's campaign to end the famine in East Africa. More →

NBA Star To Visit Congo With UNICEF Jul 22, 2011

UNICEF Brazzaville will host National Basketball Association star and Oklahoma City Thunder Forward Serge Ibaka, in a visit to the Republic of the Congo from July 22 to 24. More →

Make Your Mark On The World With M. Night Shyamalan Jul 21, 2011

M. Night Shyamalan will be part of a very special charity event later this month, and Look To The Stars is giving you the chance to be there. More →

British Stars Born To Shine For Charity Jul 21, 2011

A number of well known British faces are taking part in a new campaign for Save the Children by following the dreams of what they wanted to do when they grew up. More →

Shakira Blogs About Israel Trip Jul 18, 2011

Shakira has blogged about her trip to Jerusalem last month, where she took part in the Israeli Presidential Conference. More →

Ewan McGregor Speaks Up For Starving Children In East Africa Jul 15, 2011

UNICEF ambassador Ewan McGregor has made a heartfelt plea for the victims of what has been called the worst food crisis of this century in East Africa. More →

Roger Federer's Charity Initiative For Malawi Jul 15, 2011

Tennis champion Roger Federer has launched a $3.3 million initiative to build schools in Malawi through his Roger Federer Foundation. More →

Warren Buffett's Busy Month For Charity Jul 12, 2011

At June’s twelfth annual charity auction, an anonymous winner paid over two and a half million dollars to have lunch for eight with billionaire Warren Buffett. More →

Emma Watson Is Painted For Charity Jul 12, 2011

Harry Potter star Emma Watson recently collaborated with artist Mark Demsteader to create beautiful paintings for charity. More →

Kristin Davis Sees Food Crisis In Kenya Jul 11, 2011

Kristin Davis has been visiting the Dadaab refugee camp in Kenya with Oxfam, to see the devastating impact of the drought. More →

Prince Harry Plays Polo For Charity Jul 11, 2011

On Saturday 2nd July, Prince Harry took part in a quintessentially British day of polo that took place on the grounds of Lord and Lady Lloyd Webber’s Berkshire Estate, Watership Down, to host The British Polo Day Charity Cup where watchmakers Richard Mille were one of the title sponsors. More →

Celebrities Sign Letter About Worst Food Crisis Of This Century Jul 8, 2011

Celebrities including Peter Gabriel, Lauren Laverne, Annie Lennox and Michael Morpugo have signed an open letter about the worst food crisis of the 21st century. More →

Lang Lang Uses Star Power To Raise AIDS Awareness In New York Jul 8, 2011

UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador and world renowned pianist Lang Lang is using his star power to help raise awareness of the urgency to do more in addressing the devastating impact of HIV and AIDS – especially on the world’s most vulnerable children. More →

War Correspondent To Talk About Southern Sudan Jul 8, 2011

UNICEF UK Ambassador and former BBC war correspondent Martin Bell will share his account of a recent trip to Southern Sudan at a special event at UNICEF’s London offices on 8 July, just a day before South Sudan’s independence from the north. More →

Youssou N'Dour Celebrates 20 Years As UNICEF Ambassador Jul 1, 2011

Grammy Award-winning musician Youssou N'Dour marked his 20th anniversary as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador this week by calling for a continued push to help save and improve the lives of the most vulnerable children around the world. More →

John Legend To Front Education Campaign Jul 1, 2011

John Legend is set to front a new initiative to help lower the rate of high school dropouts. More →

Roger Federer's Wimbledon Defeat Costly For Charity Jun 30, 2011

Roger Federer's defeat at Wimbledon today has proved doubly costly – not only has the six-time champion been defeated, but Oxfam have been denied a windfall of more than £100,000 due thanks to a bet placed placed by a man who left his estate to the charity when he died. More →