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Designer  Isaac Mizrahi was joined by famous friends including Gabourey Sidibe, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Laura Linney, John Benjamin Hickey, Marcus Samuelsson and Amy Fine Collins, for the the third annual Spring Party, benefitting Good Shepherd Services.

The fabulous evening, which included cocktails, a dinner menu created by Samuelsson and dancing, served as a fundraising event highlighting the work Good Shepherd Services has accomplished over the past year and benefitted the thousands of at-risk children, youth, and families that Good Shepherd Services assists through its various programs.

The evening concluded with an auction of one-of-a-kind Swarovski crystal adorned centerpieces, designed specially by Isaac Mizrahi for the event. All proceeds raised from the auction will benefit the work of Good Shepherd Services.

Join actor Ben Affleck, and other famous faces such as Sofia Bush, Josh Groban, Hunter Biden, and husband and wife Cooking Channel personalities Debi Mazar and Gabriele Corcos have committed to take the 2013 Live Below the Line challenge by living on $1.50 of food and drink for at least one day between April 29 – May 3 to raise awareness about extreme poverty. Live Below the Line aims to help people better empathize with the challenge that 1.4 billion people face, and encourages global citizens to participate and raise funds to support the partner organizations.

Watch Sofia Bush‘s Live Below The Line PSA:

Please follow the campaign on Twitter @LBLUS and on the Live Below the Line YouTube channel! To register and for more information about Live Below the Line, visit: www.livebelowtheline.com/us.

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Beyonce, Halle Berry, Salma Hayek, Blake Lively, Zoe Saldana, John Legend, Ariana Huffington & Olivia Wilde are just some of the celebrities who are joining forces for a new campaign called “Chime For Change,” a new, global campaign focused on girls’ and women’s empowerment.

It serves to convene, unite and strengthen voices speaking out for girls and women around the world, and to raise funds for non-profit organizations pursuing change.

The video is an effort to help raise awareness of the CHIME FOR CHANGE live concert event on June 1, 2013, at Twickenham Stadium in London, which will be broadcast globally to more than 1 billion people worldwide.

“Our goal is to call for change for girls and women in the loudest voice possible,” said Beyonce. “I am excited for us to come together on June 1st to bring the issues of Education, Health and Justice for girls and women to the world stage.”

Did you know that today (Feb. 4) is World Cancer Day?

Stand Up To Cancer acknowledges this annual occasion every year, this year with a new video addressing the question, “Who Do You Stand Up For?” Celebrity supporters of SU2C, including Tim McGraw, Emma Stone, Seth Rogen, Tom Hanks, Carson Daly, Ethan Zohn, and many more, share their personal thoughts and placard dedications to mark the day. Watch the World Cancer Day video:

Beyonce Knowles, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jennifer Aniston, Michelle Williams, Reese Witherspoon, Kate Hudson, Cameron Diaz, Ellen DeGeneres, Julianne Moore, Chris Rock, Jamie Foxx, Olivia Munn, Selena Gomez, Paul Rudd, Jon Hamm, Jennifer Westfeldt, Will Ferrell, Sarah Silverman, Amy Poehler, Adam Scott, Rashida Jones, John Slattery, Jeremy Renner, Conan O’Brien, and others join together in the fight against gun control, in a new PSA for DemandaPlan.org.

The campaign, started by Mayors Against Illegal Guns, comes a week after the horrific massacre in Newtown and amid the polarizing debate rippling through the U.S. about gun violence and the Second Amendment.

Looking into the camera, they read through a list of some of the 31 similar attacks carried out in the US since Columbine in 1999.

‘Virginia Tech. Tucson. Aurora. Fort Hood. Oak Creek. Newtown. How many more?’ they ask. Watch the moving PSA here:

I’m joining ONE, the global anti-poverty group founded by U2 frontman Bono, for their “It starts with me” campaign, a YouTube video series designed to commemorate World AIDS Day (Dec 1) and inspire global action in the fight against AIDS.

“It starts with me,” which can be viewed on ONE’s YouTube channel, features an initial lineup of video messages and personal stories from a broad range of contributors such as activist Cleve Jones, actors Colin Farrell, Zoe Saldana (Watch!), and Kellan Lutz (Watch!), as well as ONE members and others from around the World, who are committed to the fight against AIDS.

Colin Farrell says of AIDS: “It’s not an African disease; it’s not an American disease.  It’s not a disease that is of any country, any region or any continent … or any sexuality, gay, straight …. It’s just a human disease that has taken so much life, and it continues to do so. It doesn’t have to be that way. As one world, let’s end this.”

In conjunction with the video series, ONE is launching a new accountability report that monitors progress made towards the “the beginning of the end of AIDS.” Specifically, the report analyzes progress made on three key targets–the virtual elimination of mother-to-child transmission, 15 million people on treatment, and the reduction of new adolescent/adult HIV infections–and assesses the political, programmatic, and financial contributions made by a variety of stakeholders.

Last weekend, the WWE and Be a STAR alliance took over Los Angeles to celebrate SummerSlam and the very important message of Showing Tolerance And Respect!

Celebrities like David Beckham, “Extra” TV host Maria Menounos, actress Ariel Winter, Carmen Electra, and a handfull of WWE Superstars, Divas and personalities, came out to support Be a STAR.

The celebrations kicked off at the glamorous Beverly Hills Hotel with music by DJ Pauly D, and continued the following day at Markham Middle School, where I joined WWE Superstars Mark Henry and Alberto Del Rio, actor Ryan Ochoa, the CEO of the Creative Coalition Robin Bronk, Mayor Villaraigosa and Congresswoman Sanchez to speak to young students about the Be a STAR message:

“Don’t be a bully, Be a STAR… Show Tolerance And Respect!” 

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