Posted 7/13/12 10:30 am EST by Danica Davidson in Celebs, Events, Health, Natural Disasters
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San Diego Comic-Con is the place to be right now, and DC Comics -- the publisher of Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman and your other faves -- is using the con as a way to help average people become heroes. Chris Daughtry is involved, so it shows that you don’t have to wear a cape or have super powers to be part of the We Can Be Heroes campaign!
Posted 10/4/11 3:17 pm EST by Caroline Walker in Celebs, Health, News, Resources
Photo: George Clooney, Jessica Alba, Joe Jonas, Justin Long (Getty Images)
F*** f******. That's right. We're fed up with f*****. So are George, Jessica, Ewan, Clive and Bono. So are the 12 million men, women and children on the brink of starvation due to a harsh obscenity in our modern world: famine. It's a dirty word — but we can't pretend it doesn't exist.
Posted 8/26/11 11:08 am EST by Katie Leavitt in Celebs, News
Photo: Girls wait in line to receive water in Somalia (Getty Images)
What does a former Beatle and the rapper Nas have in common? They're both a big part of the relief effort in the Horn of Africa.
Posted 8/17/11 11:43 am EST by Katie Leavitt in Celebs, Health, News
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When Drew Barrymore took her recent trip to Kenya, she was fascinated by the children's desire to learn and help others--even when they needed so much help themselves. It was through understanding their drive and their spirit that she truly understood how important it is for each of us, individually, to create change.
Posted 8/11/11 9:00 pm EST by MTV Act in Music, News
Photo: Kanye West and Jay-Z (Getty Images)
Days after Jay-Z and Kanye West dropped their critically-acclaimed album Watch The Throne on Monday (August 8), the hip-hop power duo world premiered the music video for "Otis"--the LP's first--on MTV tonight. The new clip featured Jay and 'Ye among fireballs and fireworks, but mostly, it featured a Maybach. That same luxury car featured in the video is up for grabs in an auction, as announced during the premiere, to benefit ongoing efforts to feed starving children and families in the Horn of Africa.
Posted 8/8/11 1:30 pm EST by Katie Leavitt in Celebs, Music
Photo: Selena Gomez, George Harrison, Enrique Iglesias (Getty Images)
A recent article headline stated that 29,000 children under the age of 5 had fallen victim to the famine in Somalia in the last 90 days, and more than 3.2 million people in all are in desperate need of help. Fortunately now, as in the past, a number of musicians and artists--Selena Gomez, Enrique Iglesias, My Morning Jacket, Elvis Costello, Lady Antebellum, and more--are lending their voices to the cause, rallying the world to take a stand.
