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LTTS Exclusive: Sheila E. Talks Charity Feb 27, 2012

Sheila E. is known for her fantastic music, stunning looks and heart of gold. LookToTheStars.org’s Misty Schwartz recently spoke to the icon – who founded the Elevate Hope Foundation to provide abused and abandoned children an alternative method of therapy through music and the arts – about her charity work with Global Green. More →

Martin Scorsese Honored At Campaign Hollywood Charity Event Feb 27, 2012

On February 24, 2012, Vanity Fair and Richard Mille hosted an exclusive cocktail reception honoring Academy Award–winning director Martin Scorsese at Hotel Bel-Air in support of The Film Foundation. More →

Stars Sign Up For Michael Jordan's Charity Golf Tournament Feb 27, 2012

Hosted by ARIA Resort & Casino, the 11th Annual Michael Jordan Celebrity Invitational golf tournament (MJCI) returns to Las Vegas’ Shadow Creek March 29 – April 1 with new participants including current NFL MVP Aaron Rodgers and comedic genius Joel McHale of NBC’s ‘Community’ and E! Entertainment Television’s ‘The Soup.’ More →

Estelle Hosts Charity Beauty Lounge Feb 27, 2012

Grammy award-winning R&B singer Estelle raised over $25,000 for her youth-dedicated All of Me Foundation this month. More →

Blair Underwood Launches Charity Initiative With Ancestry.com Feb 27, 2012

Ancestry.com, the world’s largest online family history resource, has teamed up with one of its high-profile celebrity customers to support a national non-profit organization that helps youth overcome what are too often generational cycles of adversity. More →

Amy Smart Honors Riverside As Green Community Feb 27, 2012

The City of Riverside, which for years has been a leader among Southern California cities embracing a more sustainable way of living, got a dose of “star power” recently when it was honored for being the first city to become a California Green Community. More →

Lucy Lawless Arrested Following Environmental Protest Feb 27, 2012

The occupation of an Arctic-bound Shell drillship by six Greenpeace activists in New Zealand – including actor Lucy Lawless – ended this morning after police climbed the ship’s drilling tower and arrested the group. More →

Elton John To Join Sting For Rainforest Fund Concert Feb 26, 2012

The Rainforest Fund has announced its 2012 benefit concert on April 3rd, 2012 at the world renowned Carnegie Hall’s Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage followed by a gala dinner. More →

Help Richard Branson Screw Business As Usual Feb 24, 2012

Richard Branson is on the hunt for an ethical entrepreneur to help him Screw Business as Usual! More →

Stephen Fry And Coldplay Push The Envelope For Charity Feb 24, 2012

An eclectic mix of prominent names from the fields of art, design, fashion, television, theatre, film, sport and literature are getting creative this year by designing envelopes that will be sold to the public to help raise money for the National Literacy Trust. More →

Stars Get Behind New World Poker Tour Charity Feb 24, 2012

World Poker Tour (WPT), the premier name in internationally televised poker and entertainment, has announced the launch of the WPT Foundation, an organization dedicated to utilizing WPT’s unmatched platform to influence positive change in the world. More →

Duchess Of Cambridge Visits The Art Room Feb 24, 2012

The Duchess of Cambridge joined a group of schoolchildren with behavioral problems this week as she visited one of her charities for the first time. More →

Colin Firth Hosts Star-Studded Charity Dinner For Oxfam America Feb 24, 2012

On February 22, 2012 Vanity Fair and Ermenegildo Zegna, along with Colin and Livia Firth and Anna Zegna, hosted an intimate dinner at Chateau Marmont to benefit Oxfam America, the international relief and development organization that creates lasting solutions to poverty, hunger, and injustice. More →

Bill Gates: Investments In Agriculture Are Best Weapons Against Hunger Feb 24, 2012

Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, has told the international agricultural community it had fallen short of delivering the help small farmers in developing countries need, when they need it. More →

Roger Daltrey To Rock For Teenage Cancer Trust Feb 24, 2012

The Teenage Cancer Trust has added another concert to its roster of shows at the Royal Albert Hall at the end of next month. More →

Pierce Brosnan To Attend Star-Studded Charity Oscar Viewing Dinner Feb 24, 2012

Pierce Brosnan, Wyclef Jean, Radha Mitchell and Jane Seymour are expected to attend the Children Uniting Nations Oscar Viewing Dinner and Celebration this weekend. More →

Lucy Lawless Occupies Arctic Drilling Ship Feb 24, 2012

Lucy Lawless has joined Greenpeace New Zealand activists in stopping a Shell-contracted drillship from departing the port of Taranaki for the remote Arctic, where its exploratory oil drilling program threatens to devastate the Alaskan coastline. More →

The Hunger Games Stars Team With Charity To Fight Hunger Feb 23, 2012

One month before the release of the much-anticipated film The Hunger Games, the cast and producers are teaming up with the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and Feeding America to raise awareness about hunger in the United States and around the world, with the launch of a video public service announcement and a new website wfp.org/hungergames. More →

Sir Richard Branson Blogs Saving The Whales With OceanElders Feb 23, 2012

Richard Branson has blogged about saving whales as he travels on his luxury catamaran, as part of his OceanElders initiative. More →

Stars Doodle For Epilepsy Charity Feb 23, 2012

A host of celebrities have been showing their artistic side for charity by taking part in this year’s National Doodle Day. More →

Hugh Laurie Joins Glee Stars In Signing Bike For Charity Feb 23, 2012

Hugh Laurie from House, Lea Michele and Cory Monteith from Glee, and John Noble from Fringe, are just a few of the celebrities that signed a first edition Schwinn beach cruiser for the world’s largest conservation organization, The Nature Conservancy. More →

Eric Clapton To Join Guitar Legends At Jazz Foundation Of America Gig Feb 23, 2012

Eric Clapton and Keith Richards will perform at “Howlin’ For Hubert,” a celebration of the musical legacy of the late Hubert Sumlin and his influence on every guitar hero of today, on February 24 at New York’s legendary Apollo Theater. The evening will benefit the Jazz Foundation of America. More →

Mia Farrow: Conflict Robs Children Of Their Childhood Feb 23, 2012

UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Mia Farrow wrapped up her visit to the Democratic Republic of the Congo yesterday with an urgent plea for better vaccination campaigns and protection for children to stamp out polio and save and improve the lives of especially the most vulnerable children, whose communities continue to be ravaged by poverty and conflict. More →

Actress To Wear Red Carpet Green Dress At Oscars Feb 23, 2012

Suzy Amis Cameron, founder of the Red Carpet Green Dress design contest, has announced the winning dress and surprise actress who will wear the sustainable gown to the 84th Academy Awards. More →

Annie Lennox Leads Tributes For Journalist Killed In Syria Feb 23, 2012

Annie Lennox has paid tribute to veteran American war correspondent Marie Colvin, who was killed – along with a French photojournalist, Remi Ochlik – in Syria earlier this week. More →

Female Stars Host Charity Jumble Sale For Oxfam Feb 23, 2012

Elbows out for a jumble sale with a difference. On Sunday 26 February Dawn Porter and Gemma Cairney are hosting a jumble sale with their celebrity girlfriends to raise money for Oxfam's Get-together campaign to celebrate International Women’s Day – and we all are invited! More →

Daniel Radcliffe Launches PSA For The Trevor Project Feb 22, 2012

The Trevor Project's new life-saving, life-affirming public service announcement featuring Daniel Radcliffe has premiered on FOX during the network’s hit series “Glee.” More →

Stars To Take Part In Annual BTIG Charity Day Feb 22, 2012

BTIG, a global financial services firm specializing in institutional trading and related brokerage services, will hold its 10th Commissions for Charity Day on April 18, 2012. More →

Susan Boyle Flips Pancakes For Charity Feb 22, 2012

Susan Boyle flipped pancakes for charity during the weekend. More →

Shailene Woodley Launches Charity At Vanities Feb 22, 2012

On February 20, 2012, Vanity Fair and Juicy Couture, along with Vanity Fair West Coast Editor Krista Smith and The Descendants actress Shailene Woodley, kicked off “Campaign Hollywood” week by hosting the “Vanities” 20th Anniversary in support of All It Takes at Siren Studios. More →