02:18 PM EDT 11/11/2009
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Rachael Ray, Nick Lachey Feed a City
Originally posted 11/09/2009 09:30AM
If it's true that a full belly makes for a happy soul, Rachael Ray has put smiles on enough souls to fill a good part of heaven, thanks to her good deed for the city of Cincinnati.
The TV cooking-show and award-winning talk-show host and walking name brand unveiled a makeover for a soup kitchen in the struggling city, with help from native Nick Lachey on Saturday.
"This town has been devastated," Ray said, according to the Cincinnati Enquirer. "We want to do something for them that will last much longer than one meal, one day."
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Slumdog Kids' Truancy Puts Funds at Risk
Originally posted 11/06/2009 01:45PM
Following recent reports that the Jai Ho Trust – established by Slumdog Millionaire director Danny Boyle for two of the movie's child actors, Azharuddin Ismail and Rubina Ali – was the subject of controversy when the kids' families reportedly wanted more money, Boyle tells PEOPLE that the real issue centers on the young stars spending more time in school.
"We were in Mumbai last week and we were very clear that the attendance of the kids at school was not good enough," the Oscar-winning director said at the BAFTA/LA Brittania Awards, where he received John Schlesinger Britannia Award for Artistic Excellence in Directing. "They've had a lot of distractions."
During his visit Boyle says he insisted that "unless school attendance improves, then everything else is jeopardized, because that was the whole starting point of the way the film could benefit the kids."
Boyle said the whole point of the child stars' trust is to "set them up so that they wouldn't feel like prisoners within their economic cycle which wasn't very helpful to them, that they would have a bit of an ability to step out and make some decisions about their own life and to back it with a bit of cash and a nice education and a place to live, things like that."
– Scott Huver
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Kim Kardashian Takes a Punch to the Face
Originally posted 11/04/2009 09:25AM
There are plenty of reality-TV stars with a long line of people who want to pummel them senseless, but how many celebrities would actually give someone the chance to take a swing?
Kim Kardashian would.
"This boxing match was crazy! Lots of action. I got banged up a bit but it was all for a good cause," she tells PEOPLE.
On Tuesday, the gluteally gifted socialite, who recently turned 29, donned boxing gloves and stepped into the ring to engage in fisticuffs with a female, um, fan – all for charity, of course. But her all-pink outfit did little to distract her opponent, and Kim went down in a flurry of blows.
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Stars Run for Fun ... and Good Causes
Originally posted 11/02/2009 09:00AM
Of the 43,741 people who ran the New York City Marathon on Sunday, a handful stood out, both for having claims to fame and for their reasons for running.
Alanis Morrissette, former ER doc Anthony Edwards, The Incredible Hulk's Edward Norton and Christopher Reeve's son Matthew battled through the sweat and determination on the streets of the Big Apple, all for a good cause.
"It was such a thrill but I'm burnt," Edwards told PEOPLE moments after crossing the finish line. "I'm totally tired! But that's the point. I'm just so happy that I finished. But tomorrow I'm going to feel happier."
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Miley Cyrus Sings of Hope to Grateful Fan
Originally posted 10/26/2009 01:35PM
If one picture is worth 1,000 words, then one music video must be worth a trillion. Clearly that's the case as Miley Cyrus sings "The Climb" to a most appreciative fan at the second annual Concert for Hope, which took place Sunday night in Los Angeles.
This year's event, held at the Staples Center, also starred Demi Lovato and Jesse McCartney. The sold-out 2008 Concert for Hope raised more than $1.2 million for City of Hope's cancer research efforts, according to the medical facility's Web site.
In addition to her performance Sunday, Cyrus is donating $1 from every ticket sold during her current Wonder World Tour. On her previous tour, she raised more than $2 million for City of Hope.
– Stephen M. Silverman
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Patrick Swayze's Widow to Break Her Silence
Originally posted 10/23/2009 09:30AM
Six weeks after Patrick Swayze lost his battle with pancreatic cancer at age 57, his widow Lisa Niemi will participate in a roundtable discussion on Grief, Healing and Resilience at the Women's Conference 2009 in Long Beach, Calif., next Tuesday, Oct. 27.
In her first interview since Swayze's Sept. 14 death, Niemi, 53, who was married to the actor for 34 years, will join Elizabeth Edwards and Susan St. James, both of whom suffered the loss of children in accidents.
The discussion will be moderated by California First Lady and Women's Conference host Maria Shriver, who this summer lost her mother Eunice Shriver and uncle Ted Kennedy.
Swayze and Niemi, who met as teenagers while they were both students at his mom's dance studio, shared one of Hollywood's most enduring romances.
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Nicole Richie and Joel Madden Build a Playground
Originally posted 10/23/2009 06:30AM
They may have their hands full with newborn Sparrow and 21-month old Harlow, but Nicole Richie and Joel Madden took time away from home on Thursday to take care of some less privileged kids: After 13 months of fundraising, the couple broke ground on a new playground at a homeless shelter in downtown Los Angeles.
"It's so rewarding to see the smile on these kids faces," Richie, 28, tells PEOPLE.
Several of the pint-sized inhabitants of Beyond Shelter's Broadway Village 2, a shelter in an L.A. neighborhood with the highest concentration of crime and poverty, turned out to celebrate the happy news that they would soon have a place to play.
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Justin Timberlake's Mom Beats Him at Golf
Originally posted 10/16/2009 10:00AM
Justin Timberlake has golfed with professionals, friends and fellow celebrities, but there is one loss on the links that he won't soon forget – he was outdone by his mother!
"I have, on occasion, actually beaten him straight up," Timberlake's mother Lynn Harless told PEOPLE Thursday as she hosted the Wives Luncheon, an event she coordinated for the better halves of professional golfers as part of the week-long Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open in Las Vegas.
"He took my husband [Paul Harless] and me on a golf trip one time and they were surprised at the end when they added up the scores and I was one up on them," Harless said. "I have bragging rights for life."
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Barack Obama Wins Nobel Peace Prize
Originally posted 10/09/2009 06:05AM
Barack Obama has won this year's Nobel Peace Prize "for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples," the annual award's committee announced Friday morning in Oslo. "He has created a new international climate," said their statement.
The selection of the President, 48, is considered a stunning surprise, as his name had not been heard in speculation surrounding the choice of this year's honoree. But, said the committee, "We are awarding Obama for what he has done. Many other people and leaders and nations have to respond in a positive way" to President Obama's diplomacy.
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PHOTO: Angelina & Brad Visit Refugees in Syria
Originally posted 10/02/2009 05:10PM
After spending some time in Ethiopia, the south of France and on the Mediterranean coast, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt continued globe-trotting Friday – not for vacation but for a good cause.
Jolie, 34, a goodwill ambassador for the United Nations' refugee agency, UNHCR, visited Iraqi refugees in Syria with Pitt, 45, and urged the world to not forget the thousands who have been displaced.
"Most Iraqi refugees cannot return to Iraq in view of the severe trauma they experienced there, the uncertainty linked to the coming Iraqi elections, the security issues and the lack of basic services," Jolie says in a statement released by the UNHCR. "They will, therefore, be in need of continued support from the international community."
The actress's trip to Syria comes two months after Jolie returned to Iraq to visit a refugee camp and two weeks after she met with Somali refugees in Africa.
Mary Green and Eunice Oh
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