Posted by: AutumnJones on: November 18, 2008
Oscar winner and South African-born actress, Charlize Theron, has been named United Nations messenger of peace as of Friday, with a special focus on ending violence against women. Theron joins 9 other messengers of peace who are also celebrities mainly from the fields of film, music, literature and sports who are charged with promoting U.N. [...]
Posted by: Administrator on: November 14, 2008
Thanksgiving and Christmas are literally right around the corner and now is the season to do good onto others. Most people choose to volunteer at a homeless shelter or senior citizens home, or help clean up a local park and using the time they have to benefit their community. If you want to contribute your [...]
Posted by: AutumnJones on: November 5, 2008
50 Cent was joined by the Legendary Bette Milder Monday to celebrate the opening of The Curtis ’50 Cent’ Jackson Community Garden” in Queens, New York. Mrs. Midler said he had to nag 50 to come out, “I called and nagged him,” Midler said, describing how she got 50 Cent involved with the garden. “His [...]
Posted by: AutumnJones on: October 31, 2008
Thursday Jennifer Hudson’s family announced a new foundation for families of murder victims. The Hudson-King Foundation is for Families of Slain Victims. The foundation is named in honor of the singer/actress’ mother Darnell Hudson Donerson, brother Jason Hudson and nephew Julian King. In a statement give by the family they said, “The specific purpose of [...]
Posted by: AutumnJones on: October 29, 2008
Essence Magazine recently spoke to Gabrielle Union about her trip abroad to Ghana as part of the Susan G. Komen for the Cure’s mission delegation trip. Union’s trip was designed to help reduce the rate of breast cancer among women in the country. Gabrielle also had the great opportunity to join Ghana’s President John Kufuor [...]
Posted by: Administrator on: October 26, 2008
Percy Miller, Sr. aka Master P, made his mark on the music business with hits such as “Make Em Say Uhh”, winning 5 Grammy’s and having a successful record label, No Limit Records. Since then, he has hung up his over-sized basketball jersey’s and slipped on a well tailored suit. He is currently the founder [...]
Posted by: Administrator on: October 26, 2008
Rapper T.I. has recently teamed up with Crimestoppers Atlanta to help get criminals off the street: Check out the report: Rapper T.I. is teaming up with local Atlanta news station WSB-TV in a new campaign to help fight crime in metro Atlanta neighborhoods. T.I., born Clifford Harris Jr., is stepping in front of the camera, [...]
Posted by: Administrator on: October 4, 2008
I must say, I was SUPER excited when I heard this: Apparently Britney Spears stopped by my old middle school, John Philip Sousa (MS 142), in the Bronx to give them a $10,000 check from Elizabeth Arden, the company behind her three fragrances, Believe, Fantasy and Curious, to be used as an endowment for the [...]
Posted by: Administrator on: September 22, 2008
Lisa Raye may be going through a divorce, but in the meantime she is still the First Lady of the Turks & Caicos islands. In true First Lady fashion, she plans to raise money for the residents of Turks & Caicos who were affected by Hurricane Ike earlier this month. She will be holding her [...]
Posted by: Administrator on: September 15, 2008
In a recent list conducted by Parade, Oprah was ranked #1 on the list of most charitable givers. This may not come as a surprise to some, as she has been very open with her philanthropy endeavors. Her charitable causes include her hit ABC show ‘Oprah’s Big Give’, The Oprah Winfrey Foundation, Oprah’s Angel Network [...]
