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The Trust for Public Land (TPL) has announced its intention to protect the view of the famous Hollywood Sign by purchasing 138 acres on Cahuenga Peak in Los Angeles. TPL must raise $12.5 million by April 14 in order to prevent the land from being developed for luxury homes.

Julia Louis-Dreyfus has agreed to lend her support to the campaign. She is joined by other Hollywood stars including Virginia Madsen, Katherine Morris, Aisha Tyler, John Slattery, Julian McMahon, Tippi Hedren, James Kyson Lee, and Beau Garrett.

“With the support of donors such as The Tiffany & Co. Foundation, TPL and its partners are in a campaign to raise a total of $12.5 million by April 14,” said Sam Hodder, California State Director for TPL. “The Hollywood Sign is one of America’s iconic views and that view would be ruined forever if estates are built behind it.”

Once the TPL is able to purchase the acreage, the land will be added to Griffith Park which, at 6.52 sq mi of land, is one of the largest urban parks in North America.

Check out the official site here for more information!

Sure, Pandora’s floating ‘Hallelujah Mountains’ look like a wild place to visit — but when real science is introduced to explain how they might actually exist, you realize you probably wouldn’t want to go anywhere near them.

In a new interview with Ain’t It Cool News, James Cameron reveals that such a place would suck to visit. Literally.

“Well… the floating mountains. A physicist friend of mine calculated that for a pure superconducting mountain, to break it off and float it would require a magnetic field so strong that it would rip the hemoglobin out of your blood…”

Yea, perhaps we’ll just stick to our list of 12 places that look like Pandora on Earth instead.

Stella McCartney, while instantly recognizable as the daughter of her music legend papa Paul, has carved out quite a niche for herself as not just a celebrated fashion designer but also a deeply dedicated champion of vegetarianism and animal rights.

The busy mother of three and wife of British publisher Alasdhair Willis has not surprisingly embraced the values that her animal activist mother (the late Linda McCartney) and father (tireless supporter of Meat Free Mondays) have both passed on to her.  When she’s not busy narrating behind the scenes footage of fur farms and supporting the efforts of PETA she is the brainchild behind a comprehensive line of fashion, accessories and fragrances that are free of any and all animal-based resources such as silk, animal fur, wool and leather.

McCartney agreed to host the British premiere of Robert Kenner’s eye-opening food industry documentary Food, Inc. because, “because it is the kind of film everyone should see and it is information everyone should have. It is terrifying and empowering and we are just trying to show the film to as many people as possible that might make a change. Just by watching it I felt I had done something for not only myself but my children as well.” She was joined at the VIP event by an eclectic range of celebrity personalities such as fashion designer Vivienne Westwood, screen actress Thandie Newton, actor Richard E. Grant and award-winning chefs Tom Aikens and Raymond Blanc among others.

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We’ve known Pamela Anderson to campaign against whale-penis leather seats and for her starring role in a McCruelty video game, now we can watch the animal advocate waltzing across the stage in the new season of Dancing with the Stars.

That’s right, Pamela Anderson has agreed to join the cast of the ABC hit show. A source told RadarOnline, “She really wanted to do the show and the show thought it was a great idea.”

The show may be banking on the Baywatch beauty being able to increase viewership, specifically of the male kind. Last season DWTS had its lowest ratings since it debuted.

ABC will officially announce the couples participating in the tenth season of Dancing with the Stars on March 1 during the season finale of The Bachelor. The new season premieres on Monday, March 22.