Posh Goes Nude, Bob Barker Barks and Brad Pitts Runs
Generous Celebs good at giving
By Tim Gaskin
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UNICEF ambassador David Beckham flew to Sierra Leone, an impoverished African country with the world’s highest child death rate, to show his support and offer suggestions.
The soccer stud said, “We can’t turn a blind eye to the tens of thousands of young children who die every day in the developing world mostly from causes that are preventable. In Sierra Leone, one in four children die before reaching their fifth birthday.”
Victoria Beckham has teamed up with designer Marc Jacobs to create a T-shirt urging you to “Protect the skin you’re in”. Proceeds will benefit The Interdisciplinary Melanoma Cooperative Group. Using her strategically placed hands to cover the parts she doesn’t want you to see as she warns you about the dangers of skin cancer.
Posh Spice said, “I have realised how important it is to practise safe sun for myself and to keep the skin of my three boys well protected as well.” cancerimmunity.org
Former Buffy The Vampire Slayer star Sarah Michelle Gellar is auctioning off naked photos of herself for the Coalition of Skin Diseases charity. The pretty actress posed for revealing new photos in a little black dress, which was later removed from the photo to make the star appear totally nude. The sexy shots will be auctioned off on website eBay.com to raise funds for charity.
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Howard K. Stern marked the anniversary of Anna Nicole Smith’s death by creating a charity in her name. The charity is called the Anna Nicole And Daniel Wayne Smith Charitable Foundation and aims to benefit a variety of causes, from children to the elderly and even AIDS.
Stern said, “Hopefully it will grow, help more people each year, and eventually be headed by her daughter Dannielynn.”
Prince Charles says sailing, rather than flying, would reduce a scheduled trip’s carbon footprint and be lighter on the old Buckingham billfold than traveling by chartered plane. Charles and Camilla rented the eco-friendly 246-foot yacht for an 11-day tour of the Caribbean.
Party of Five’s Scott Wolf was recently paid a visit by the EcoZone team - a group of sustainable experts led by Daisy Fuentes that invade the homes of stars and work to make them more eco-friendly. Along the way, loads of eco-friendly tips are dished out — designed to help viewers make their own pads as green as possible.
In the episode, Scott and his wife, Real World alum Kelley Limp receive a natural fiber rug, dining chairs made out of sustainable materials, eco-friendly furniture for the family room, an organic garden, and a drip-irrigation system for the yard to conserve watering. ecozone.tv
84 year-old Bob Barker, former host of the ‘Price Is Right’ announced plans to contribute $1 million to his alma mater, Drury University, to establish an undergraduate animal-ethics program. For 25 years, he’s been closing every ‘Price Is Right’ by urging people to have their pets spayed and neutered.
Barker said, “What I’m hoping is that this will become a model for other undergraduate schools. If young people are introduced to the terrible exploitation and mistreatment of animals in society, it will help influence them in anything they do.”
Celebrities like Tom Cruise, Katie Holmes, Demi Moore, Drew Barrymore, Gwyneth Paltrow, Gwen Stefani and Jennifer Lopez shelled out 10,000 dollars a plate for the gourmet dinner and a silent auction with prizes like: a private soccer game with David Beckam, and dance classes with Madonna. At the end of the evening, the gala raised about 3.7 million dollars, which will be split evenly between Raising Malawi and UNICEF. raisingmalawi.org
Global Green’s CEO, Matt Peterson was one of the first to get a Vectrix bike. The endorsement is what convinced one of Hollywood’s biggest green A-listers, Leonardo DiCaprio, to go Vectrix too. “The Vectrix is a fun way to travel green,” said Peterson.
Nicole Richie and fiancee Joel Madden were seen leaving Whole Foods recently packing Seventh Generation Chlorine-Free Cloth Diapers. The actress recently gave birth to a baby girl named Harlow. Last year, the couple started a charitable organization called the Richie-Madden Children’s Foundation to benefit mothers in need. grassrootsstore.com
Rumors about Brad Pitt running for mayor of New Orleans are circulating on the internet. Pitt’s efforts of his Make It Right campaign to undo the damage done by Katrina have been widely documented, as have his negative feelings on our country’s dependence on foreign oil and his concerns about global warming and his work with Africa. makeitrightnola.org