Today is Blog Action Day 2009 — and the topic that has more than 9,000 blogs in 150 countries with more than 12 million readers buzzing is climate change. The goal is to help facilitate discussion on the issue and get the world ready for the incredibly important Copenhagen Climate Change Summit in December. It [...]
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Is it that time again already?
It seems like we were just writing about last year’s Ante Up For Africa — the celebrity-saturated poker tournament co-founded by actor Don Cheadle to help raise some much needed cash for the crisis in Darfur.
This past Thursday, 138 players (including some professionals) joined celebs like Sarah Silverman, Matt Damon, [...]
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Not On Our Watch, the international advocacy and aid organization founded by actors George Clooney, Don Cheadle, Matt Damon, Brad Pitt, producer Jerry Weintraub and human rights lawyer David Pressman, has awarded the U.S. Fund for UNICEF a grant of $438,000 to assist at-risk Zimbabwean refugee children living on the South Africa-Zimbabwe border. The grant [...]
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If you’ve ever wanted a piece of Spice Girls history, then Melanie Brown (aka, Scary Spice) has got what you’re looking for. The singer announced on Perez Hilton that she’s putting some of the items from her career as a Spice Girl — and her stint on Dancing with the Stars — to benefit charity. [...]
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As part of his work for Not On Our Watch, the group he helped co-found with George Clooney, Brad Pitt, and Don Cheadle, Matt Damon took time on Tuesday to visit refugee centers in Zimbabwe. The actor has been just over the border in South Africa filming the new movie The Human Factor directed by [...]
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It’s become a familiar headline to write year after year — with Clooney and other celebrities getting together and hosting dinner parties to raise millions for Darfur relief. In May of 2007, Brad Pitt, George Clooney, Matt Damon, and Don Cheadle hosted a party in Cannes that ended up raking in $9.2 million. Then, this [...]
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The legitimacy of a charity seems to be on everyone’s mind these days. I’ve been amazed at the responses to the recent post on a Scientology benefit for charity. That conversation may not have been that surprising (I’m not Scientology’s OMG #1 Fan myself!), but when I heard that charities run by Bono — one [...]
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There are never enough visibility events for modern day genocide, in my humble opinion. So this weekend’s Ante Up for Africa celebrity poker match is a much-welcomed occasion. The online poker site UltimateBet is hosting the event in hopes of alleviating some of the pain and suffering in Darfur, Sudan.
There will be six online tournaments [...]
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These days it’s all about Africa! Between Ben Affleck’s trip to the congo, Natalie Portman’s visit to Rwanda or Don Cheadle’s Darfur documentary, Hollywood is pulling up their well-tailored sleeves and getting involved abroad! Teri Hatcher is the most recent member of Team Africa and presented a donation of $35,000 to the people of Kenya while [...]
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Joining previous recipients George Clooney, Charlize Theron and Clint Eastwood, actor Don Cheadle will be honored with the Sprit of Independence Award on June 29th. The ceremony will take place at the 2008 LA Film Festival — which we reported yesterday will be going the extra mile to reduce its footprint. From the announcement,
“‘Don Cheadle [...]
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