08:32 AM EDT 07/17/2008
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Halle Berry to Lead Ovarian Cancer Awareness Campaign
Originally posted 07/16/2008 12:20PM
She's fought off evil mutants as X-Men's Storm, but Halley Berry's next foe is even deadlier: ovarian cancer.
The Oscar winner and new mom, 41, is teaming up with the Callaway Golf Foundation and the Entertainment Industry Foundation for a series of public-service announcements to raise awareness of ovarian cancer, USA Today reports.
The ad campaign is expected to begin in August. Berry has been an activist against the disease for a long time.
– Michael Y. Park
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Alicia Keys Excited to Present Annie Lennox
Originally posted 07/11/2008 11:50AM
Alicia Keys raised nearly $700,000 hosting Thursday's night's first U.K. "Black Ball," a star-packed London fund-raiser to benefit children with AIDS in Africa.
"Our main goal is that for [one dollar] a day we can provide the medicine and care to keep children alive," said the R&B singer, 28, a co-founder of the Keep A Child Alive foundation.
Keys, who's touring Europe this summer, walked the red carpet with her brother Cole, and told reporters: "I'm definitely excited about bringing the one and only Annie Lennox on stage with me. It's going to be an exclusive, inspirational night."
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Prince Harry's New Mission: Building a School in Africa
Originally posted 07/08/2008 11:25AM
Prince Harry is once again raising a hand to help the AIDS-stricken African nation of Lesotho, this time building a special-needs school with his army buddies from the Household Cavalry's Blues and Royals regiment.
Harry, 23, says he hopes the facility in the northern town of Butha Buthe will be the first of many that can be provided by his Sentebale charitable foundation, reports Britain's Telegraph.
"At Sentebale, as long as we can keep funding the projects, we can make a massive, massive difference," the newspaper quotes Harry as saying – as he was building a ramp to help disabled students get to school.
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Cindy Crawford's Heartfelt July 4th Weekend
Originally posted 07/07/2008 09:55AM
Cindy Crawford did her patriotic – and familial – duty this weekend: helping raise awareness of pediatric cancer at a medical facility that had treated her younger brother.
In the '70s, the supermodel's sibling, Jeff, was a patient at University of Wisconsin Children's Hospital (now the American Family Children's Hospital in Madison. Tragically, however, he died of leukemia in 1975, shortly before his fourth birthday.
Despite the loss, Crawford believes her brother received the best care possible, which has launched her long commitment to the institution and its programs.
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Miley Cyrus Makes Surprise Appearance at Fund-Raiser
Originally posted 07/01/2008 03:35PM
Miley Cyrus thrilled fans – and surprised Nashville Star judge Jeffrey Steele – when she made an impromptu appearance at a fund-raiser over the weekend in memory of Steele's son, who died last year.
Steele's 13-year old son Alex LeVasseur, an avid skateboarder, was killed in an ATV accident in 2007, a tragedy that inspired his family to create The Alex LeVasseur Fund. On Sunday, Steele and his family presented the second annual Alex LeVasseur Memorial Skate Festival at Jim Warren Park in Franklin, Tenn., to benefit the fund – complete with a star-studded concert.
Grammy winner Michael McDonald performed, followed by Steele himself. Just two songs into his set, Steele surprised the audience by introducing Billy Ray Cyrus, who performed "Achy Breaky Heart" and a bluesy version of "Amazing Grace."
But it was Steele who was shocked when Miley bounded out onto the stage, and asked if she could perform "Simple Song," originally recorded by Miley and the only song written by Steele that was on his son Alex's iPod when he passed away.
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Paris Hilton Makes 'Generous' Donation to L.A. Hospital
Originally posted 06/27/2008 09:20AM
A year to the day that Paris Hilton told CNN's Larry King she intended to become a better person after her stint behind bars, it has been announced that the socialite has become a woman of her word.
Hilton, 27, made an unspecified but "extremely generous" donation toward the construction of a 460,000-sq.-ft. Children's Center for Cancer and Blood Diseases, which is expected to be completed in 2010 at the Children's Hospital Los Angeles, the pediatric facility's officials said.
"The children I have met through my involvement with Children's Hospital have truly touched my heart," Hilton said in a statement, the Associated Press reports. "I am proud to make a donation and lend my name to the fundraising effort to help children who are facing terribly serious illnesses."
Among topics Hilton discussed with King, she said she'd like "to help raise money for kids and for breast cancer and multiple sclerosis."
– Stephen M. Silverman
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Ben Affleck Travels to the Congo
Originally posted 06/26/2008 09:00AM
His last small-screen appearance was a light-hearted affair – but this time Ben Affleck is tackling far more serious material.
The actor recently traveled to the Congo – where four million people have been killed in the decade-long conflict, according to the International Rescue Committee. And Thursday night, ABC's Nightline will air a special documentary on his eye-opening journey.
"Congo is in terrible shape," Affleck (who has traveled to the country three times in the last eight months) says in the segment. "What's going on here in the this country is a humanitarian disaster."
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Angelina Jolie & Brad Pitt Give $1 Million to U.S., Iraqi Children
Originally posted 06/25/2008 06:35PM
American and Iraqi children suffering from the war will get
much-needed support, thanks to $1 million the
Jolie-Pitt Foundation is donating to the Education Partnership for Children of Conflict.
"These educational support programs for children of conflict are the best way to help them heal," Angelina Jolie said.
The EPCC, which Jolie co-founded in 2007, has earmarked $500,000 for the Armed Service YMCA Operation Hero Program, which helps educate and emotionally support children of military personnel serving in Iraq. The money will bring 2,500 new children into the program.
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Pitt, Clooney and Damon Push for Cyclone Aid
Originally posted 06/25/2008 08:45AM
They're known for their love of pranks and practical jokes, but good friends Brad Pitt, George Clooney and Matt Damon have come together for something far more serious.
The Ocean's 11 stars – all past or present winners of PEOPLE's Sexiest Man Alive title – helped launch an advertising campaign aimed at getting more aid into Myanmar, whose ruling regime has made access to the country difficult for aid agencies and relief workers in the wake of last month's cyclone Nargis.
The ad campaign is sponsored by the activist group Not On Our Watch, headed up by Pitt, Clooney, Damon and other Hollywood heavy-hitters. On Wednesday, the group bought a full page in the Indonesian English-language newspaper, the Jakarta Post, reports the Agence France-Presse.
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J.Lo Gives Special Performance at Staten Island School
Originally posted 06/18/2008 12:15PM
Jennifer Lopez made graduation day very special for a lucky group of Staten Island, New York, elementary school students Tuesday.
The star dropped into P.S. 37, a school for autistic children, on Tuesday, where she performed "Let's Get Loud" for a group of eight 10- and 11-year-olds, the Associated Press reports.
Teacher Kathy Amati told the AP that after her students saw a video of the song, they wanted to watch it every day, learn the lyrics, and practice Lopez's dance moves.
Inspired, they wrote letters to Lopez, who was so charmed that she decided to come to their graduation.
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