Betty White is a Calendar Girl for Animals
Posted by Robin Paulson Categories: Television, Kind Acts, Photos,
Continuing her path to world domination (one photo shoot at a time!), Betty White is now a calendar model.
The 88 year-old actress, whose show Hot in Cleveland was recently awarded a second season, is the star of a 2011 calendar that features various photos of White, including archival and newer ones co-starring shirtless, chiseled men (pictured to the right).
The calendar, priced at $12.99, will go on sale in September and benefit the Morris Animal Foundation, where White serves as a trustee.
We love Betty, but will you shell out $13 to put her on your wall (for the sake of the animals!), or is it just too much?
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| USA Today
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Sandra Bullock Surprises Charity Concert Audience
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Movies, Music, Charity, Kind Acts,
Sandra Bullock gave a surprise serenade at the Nashville Rising: A Benefit Concert for Flood Recovery show on Tuesday.
The Oscar winning-actress - who has only recently begun a return to public life following revelations of her husband Jesse James’ affair with tattoo model Michelle “Bombshell” McGee - joked with crowds at the charity event at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee after learning the show had raised over $2 million.
Walking onto the stage holding an acoustic guitar, Sandra - who was there to introduce singer Faith Hill - told the crowd, “When they told me how much you all contributed, I realized I had to do more than be funny. I’m going to bring the house down. And I’m going to do it Nashville style!”
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Shakira Has Incompetent Parents
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Music, Charity, Kind Acts, Rumors,
Shakira thought her parents were “the most incompetent business people in the world” when she was eight.
The “She Wolf” singer said she was upset and frightened when her father, a jeweler, went bankrupt and had to sell most of the family possessions when she was a child. The experience did, however, lead them give her a lesson she has never forgot about true poverty.
“I couldn’t believe my parents! I thought they were the most incompetent business people in the world! And I was so upset. My dad and my mom took me to the park that day, where all the kids who were orphans are sniffing glue to deal with the tragedy of their own lives and hunger and the solitude of their lives. Little kids, like my age, sniffing glue and barefoot. They just wanted to show me another reality that was much worse than mine. Those images of those kids left a huge impression.”
Shakira, who found fame in her native Columbia as a teenager, later went on to establish the Pies Descalzos Foundation, a charity which sets up special schools for underprivileged children across her home country. She is also a UNICEF Goodwill ambassador and regularly performs at benefit concerts around the globe.
In February she also opened a new $6 million school in her hometown Barranquilla sponsored by herself and the Pies Descalzos Foundation.
Brooklyn Beckham: Future Philanthropist
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Music, Sports, Charity, Kind Acts,
Celebrity fashion designer Victoria Beckham is “delighted” that her son is undertaking charity work.
Brooklyn Beckham, the star’s eldest child with husband David Beckham, visited poverty-stricken state Kentucky with Save The Children after learning about the state at his exclusive school in Los Angeles.
The 10-year-old youngster played soccer with children at Manchester Elementary School and presented them with shoes and backpacks, before joining in with an after-school reading group. He and Victoria then went to read with children at nearby Big Creek Elementary school.
“I’m pleased Brooklyn is learning that by helping and joining other children he can play a role in making his generation the greatest yet. Seeing Save the Children’s innovative programs in action, I know that we can begin to reverse the childhood poverty crisis,” Victoria said.
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Brangelina Does Another Good Deed to Make Us Feel Bad
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Movies, Charity,
Are you expecting your 5th and 6th child? Have you recently purchased a $60 million castle? Well, then you’re probably cutting back on some of your other expenses. But then again, you’re probably not Brad Pitt or Angelina Jolie.
Today, the Education Partnership for Children of Conflict announced that the saintly couple has generously donated a cool $1 million to its organization. Once distributed, the funds will help children - American and Iraqi - affected by the war overseas. (As if the couple didn’t have enough kids to worry about.)
In a statement, Pitt said he wants their gesture to inspire more acts of charity. “We hope to encourage others to give to these great organizations.”
Ugh. Could these two possible make me love/hate them more?
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