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Madonna Announces Art For Freedom Grants Program Oct 3, 2013

Madonna has announced a grants program in coordination with Art For Freedom, the global digital initiative designed to fuel free speech, to address, respond and protest persecution around the world. More →

Madonna Announces secretprojectrevolution, An Art For Freedom Project Sep 18, 2013

Madonna's secretprojectrevolution, the 17-minute film she co-directed with Steven Klein, will be unveiled on September 24th, 2013. More →

Hang Out With The Stars And Help Charity Aug 2, 2013

E-commerce startup Traina Interactive Corp. today announced the launch of IfOnly, an online charitable platform that connects users with their favorite luminaries in a way never dreamt possible, while benefitting trusted charities. More →

Stars Call For Russian Authorities To Release Pussy Riot Jul 23, 2013

More than 100 internationally renowned musicians have joined a worldwide call for the release of the two jailed members of the Russian feminist punk group Pussy Riot ahead of their parole appeal hearings this week. More →

Chime For Change Funds 210 Projects In 81 Countries Jul 19, 2013

CHIME FOR CHANGE, the global campaign for girls’ and women’s empowerment founded by Gucci, is pleased to announce that THE SOUND OF CHANGE LIVE concert event has helped raise funds to support 210 projects for girls and women across the globe. More →

Chime For Change Launches Powerful Stories Of Women Around The World Jul 10, 2013

CHIME FOR CHANGE, the global campaign for girls’ and women’s empowerment founded by Gucci, has announced the launch of its storytelling platform, designed to shine a light on stories celebrating and spotlighting courageous girls and women around the world. More →

Glastonbury Stars Donate Shoes To Celebrity Charity Auction Jul 9, 2013

The Small Steps Project may have been the smallest charity at this year’s Glastonbury Festival, but they still managed to get shoes from Rita Ora, Professor Green, Kate Nash, Kenny Rogers, B. Traits and Seasick Steve for their annual celebrity shoe auction. More →

Rolling Stones To Donate Glastonbury Shoes To Charity Auction Jun 26, 2013

The Small Steps Project – whose mission is to deliver shoes, aid and medical care to children surviving on rubbish dumps all over the world – has announced that some of the major artists performing at Glastonbury 2013 will donate the shoes they wear on stage to a very special charity auction. More →

Cinema Against AIDS XX Raises Almost $25 Million Jun 4, 2013

A trip to space with Leonardo DiCaprio, a private performance by legendary rock icons Duran Duran, and a family portrait sitting with Annie Leibovitz: these were just a few of the items sold at amfAR's most successful benefit event to date. More →

Madonna To Auction Painting For Charity Apr 3, 2013

Madonna is to auction a Fernand Léger Cubist painting for charity. More →

Madonna Visits New Classrooms In Malawi Apr 3, 2013

Madonna is in Malawi this week, where she has opened new classrooms at schools she has helped fund. More →

Madonna Announces Completion Of Ten Schools In Malawi Dec 28, 2012

As part of Madonna's ongoing commitment to support orphans and vulnerable children in poverty stricken Malawi, ten primary schools have been completed that will serve to educate 4,871 children. More →

A Very Special Christmas: 25 Years Of Bringing Joy To The World Nov 29, 2012

GMC TV, America’s favorite channel for uplifting family entertainment, presents the original GMC World Premiere Music Special “A Very Special Christmas: 25 Years of Bringing Joy to the World,” a landmark documentary that celebrates a quarter-century of star-studded Christmas albums in support of Special Olympics. More →

Paul McCartney Supports Pussy Riot Aug 16, 2012

Sir Paul McCartney is the latest star to send his support to the Russian band Pussy Riot. More →

Madonna Asks Ukraine Fans About Jailed Politician Aug 14, 2012

Madonna rallied support for the jailed former prime minister of the Ukraine last week after quizzing the crowd at her concert soundcheck about the circumstances surrounding her incarceration. More →

Madonna Tickets Sell For $100,000 To Help Charity Aug 14, 2012

Two longtime supporters of a Pennsylvania animal shelter have successfully bid $100,000 for four tickets to Madonna's Philadelphia concert on August 28. More →

Music Industry Stands Against The Kremlin Aug 13, 2012

One night last February, five members of a feminist punk band called Pussy Riot entered Christ the Saviour Cathedral in Moscow to film a brief (40 seconds), mimed performance behind the iconostasis, where women are not allowed, and left when church orderlies asked them to. Outside, police took the names of three of the women and then let them go. More →

Special Olympics To Benefit From A Very Special Christmas Aug 7, 2012

The ‘A Very Special Christmas’ holiday music series, benefiting Special Olympics, will celebrate its 25th anniversary this holiday season with the first ever release of two new albums on October 16, each on a different label. More →

Bono And Sting Included On Christy Turlington's Charity Album Apr 12, 2012

Christy Turlington is once again teaming up with Starbucks to release Every Mother Counts 2012, the second album to benefit her Every Mother Counts organization. More →

Madonna Announces Concert For Peace In Tel Aviv Mar 21, 2012

Madonna and Live Nation Entertainment announced today that they will be adding a second show at Ramat Gan Stadium in Tel Aviv on May 31st. The added show has been declared by Madonna as a “Concert for Peace.” More →

Madonna To Build Schools In Malawi Jan 31, 2012

Madonna has not forgotten her commitment to help the children of Malawi and has announced plans to build ten new schools in Malawi with buildOn, a deeply respected non-profit organization that has an unparalleled track record of school construction in Malawi. More →

LTTS Exclusive: Dancing With The Stars' Louis Van Amstel Talks Charity Jan 27, 2012

Misty Schwartz of Look To The Stars recently caught up with Dancing With the Stars pro Louis Van Amstel, who is on tour to promote his lifestyle brand (and just-released 5-disc workout DVD set) called LaBlast Fitness. More →

Meet Leonardo DiCaprio For Charity Jan 20, 2012

Acclaimed actor and hollywood heartthrob Leonardo DiCaprio has partnered with leading charity auction site charitybuzz.com to auction the chance for a winning bidder and guest to meet him at one of his upcoming film premieres, with VIP seats and access to an excluisve after party. More →

Meet Madonna And Help Sean Penn's Charity In Haiti Jan 13, 2012

Since her rise to super celebrity status, Madonna has auctioned everything from her gold-embellished tassled bustier to autographed Chanel boots to penned love letters. Now, the pop queen and living legend is putting herself on the online auction block for the first time ever to raise funds for a cause close to her heart. More →

Songs For Japan Raises $10 Million For Earthquake Victims Nov 9, 2011

Songs For Japan, the unique, star-studded album collection created to help raise money for victims of Japan’s 2011 earthquake and tsunami disasters, continues to benefit the survivors through Japanese Red Cross Society. More →

Stars Step Up For Save The Children East Africa Appeal Aug 10, 2011

Yesterday saw the launch of a ground-breaking celebrity charity social media campaign, ’I’m Gonna Be Your Friend’ supported by many of the world’s most famous names in entertainment and their fans, including Beyoncé Knowles, Annie Lennox and Sting. More →

Celebrity Guests To Hit Cannes For AIDS Charity May 18, 2011

The annual amfAR Cinema Against AIDS Gala will hit Cannes tomorrow, May 19, with some very special guests. More →

Celebrity Guests Announced For Charity Cannes Gala Apr 22, 2011

Janet Jackson, Brooke Shields, Gwen Stefani, Freida Pinto, Michelle Yeoh, Milla Jovovich, Patrick Dempsey and Harvey Weinstein are among those who will travel to Cannes to raise funds for AIDS research at amfAR's annual Cinema Against AIDS gala, to be held on May 19 during the 64th annual Cannes International Film Festival. More →

Starbucks To Release Celebrity Charity CD For Maternal Health Apr 1, 2011

Starbucks is to release an exclusive companion CD inspired by a new documentary produced and directed by Christy Turlington on April 12, featuring tracks by Madonna, Rosanne Cash, Sheryl Crow, the Dixie Chicks, Gwyneth Paltrow, Patti Scialfa and Bruce Springsteen, Martha Wainwright, Jennifer Lopez and others. More →

Songs For Japan: Stars Donate Tracks To Charity Album Mar 27, 2011

In what stands as a major global music relief effort to benefit those affected by the earthquake and tsunami in Japan, over 30 of the biggest names in contemporary music have joined together for the worldwide release of “Songs for Japan,” an unprecedented compilation of 38 chart-topping hits and classic tracks. More →