Category Archives: Donate

Brooks chokes up testifying about hospital gift

By doris | Published: January 21, 2012

Full Story at news.Yahoo.com CLAREMORE, Okla. (AP) — Country singer Garth Brooks told jurors Friday that he believed he had a “done deal” to honor his late mother with a women’s health center in his Oklahoma hometown, and said he still doesn’t understand how he received nothing for a $500,000 gift. Brooks is suing Integris [...]

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Henry Winkler officially Most Excellent, receives honorary OBE

By doris | Published: September 17, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com (EW.com) — Henry Winkler is often called the Nicest Man in Hollywood, but now he’s also known as an Honorary Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE). He was awarded the honor from the Queen this week in recognition of his services to children with dyslexia and [...]

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Jerry Lewis disses ‘American Idol’ contestants

By doris | Published: July 31, 2011

Full Story at TODAY.msnbc.msn.com Jerry Lewis is not a fan of reality television. The star of Encore’s upcoming “Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis,” a documentary about the 85-year-old comedian’s life and career, took aim at weight-loss reality shows and the contestants who try out for FOX juggernaut “American Idol” on Friday at the [...]

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Shelton, McEntire raise $500,000 for tornado relief

By doris | Published: May 31, 2011

Full Story atTODAYmsnbc.msn.com Country superstars Blake Shelton and Reba McEntire raised $500,000 for victims of recent tornados in Oklahoma. PHOTOS: Stars’ good deeds Shelton, a musician coach of NBC’s “The Voice,” teamed up with McEntire, his adviser on the competition series, for two relief concerts May 25 and 26 in Durant, Okla. Kelly Clarkson even [...]

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Sandra Bullock donates $1 million for Japan relief

By doris | Published: March 18, 2011

Full Story at Scoop.today.com Sandra Bullock has donated $1 million to the Red Cross for Japan disaster relief, her rep confirms to Scoop. While other celebrities have made various gestures to encourage donation and raise money, this is the largest known donation made by a celebrity since the 9.0 magnitude earthquake, tsunami and nuclear crisis.

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Eric Clapton guitars to be auctioned for charity

By doris | Published: March 4, 2011

Full Story at TODAY.msnbc.msn.com NEW YORK — More than 70 guitars belonging to British music icon Eric Clapton will go on the auction block in New York next week to raise money for his drug and alcohol treatment center in the Caribbean. The instruments, shown at a preview on Friday, include a 2005 Fender Stratocaster [...]

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Lil Wayne gives wheelchair to fan’s mother

By doris | Published: December 20, 2010

Full Story at Marquee.Blog.CNN.com How’s this for spreading holiday cheer: Lil Wayne, now a free man himself after his release from prison in early November, has helped someone else get out of confinement. The 28-year-old rapper, who served eight months in New York’s Riker’s Island on a weapons charge, has bestowed the mother of fan [...]

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Donations flow as celebs join Larry King’s Gulf telethon

By doris | Published: June 22, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com Los Angeles, California (CNN) — Large and small donations flowed in Monday evening as dozens of celebrities answered phones for Larry King’s telethon to help the people of the U.S. Gulf Coast suffering from the oil disaster. “A hundred dollars? Wow! Thanks you so much,” rocker Tyson Ritter told one donor [...]

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Bea Arthur leaves $300K to gay youth

By doris | Published: November 1, 2009

Full Story At CNN.com (CNN) — “Golden Girls” star Bea Arthur’s generosity lives on. The actress, who died in April, included a $300,000 donation to New York’s Ali Forney Center, an organization supporting homeless LGBT youth, in her will, leaving center Executive Director Carl Siciliano overwhelmed by her kindness. Siciliano said he knew of Arthur’s [...]

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Jay-Z announces 9/11 charity concert

By doris | Published: September 1, 2009

Full Story at CNN.com So, this year the hip-hop artist will hold a charity concert at Madison Square Garden in New York on the anniversary of the attacks. He announced the show, named “Answer the Call,” at a press conference with government officials Monday morning at the Midtown New York venue. Standing next to officials, [...]

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