Comedian, Drew Carey raises the stakes to $1 million for a Twitter handle auction to support the Livestrong campaign. “@drew” is the moniker owned by Drew Olanoff, who is a cancer-fighter, blogger, and the man behind the “Blame Drew’s Cancer” campaign.
Originally, Carey offered $100,000 if he received 100,000 followers on his account, @DrewfromTV by November 9th. He exceeded that and raised the stakes even higher to $1 million if he got one million followers by midnight of December 31, 2009. Unfortunately, he did not meet the goal but he announced that he will still donate $1 million to Livestrong as soon as @DrewfromTV and @Livestrong have a combined following of one million.
The saying goes: You can never go wrong with a “LBD” or little black dress. Now you have the chance to get LBD’s that have been sported by your fave celebs! The dresses will go up for auction starting January 11th to March 8, 2010. It will benefit Dress for Success, which helps disadvantaged women with career development by (as the title suggests) dressing for success. The auction will also support Clothes Off Our Back, which hosts auctions for charities that show the hottest trends in celebrity fashion.
Some of the leading ladies and awesome women who gave up their LBDs for this year’s auction includes: Mary J. Blige, Sherri Shepherd, Glenn Close, Ashlee Simpson, Carrie Ann Inaba, and Giuliana Rancic (I want to bid on her dress : )
To bid on the LBDs, visit: www.littleblackdresswines.com
For more information about these organizations: www.dressforsuccess.org & www.clothesoffourback.org
In an effort to push the awareness of Project (RED), a charity that aims to eliminate AIDS in Africa, Lady Gaga announced a new Monster (RED) Special Edition Beats Solo Headphone. $5 from each sale will go directly to Project (RED) to support AIDS programs in Africa that provide testing, counseling, treatment and other services for those affected by AIDS
Gaga also announced that they are releasing a special Red Heartbeats headphones that will come with an acoustic version of Poker Face.
The Broadcast Film Critics Association (BFCA) has announced that it will honour Kevin Bacon with the third annual Joel Siegel Award. Bacon started SixDegrees.Org, a website that makes it simple for anyone to contribute to a charity. The name stems from the idea that humanity is a web and any person on Earth is only six degrees of separation from any other. It has raised nearly $3 million since its launch in 2007. Meryl Streep will present Bacon the award at the Critics’ Choice Movie Awards on Jan. 15.
For more information on Kevin Bacon’s cause visit: www.SixDegrees.org
Bret Michaels and I on set of Celebrity Apprentice on 5th Ave. Nice guy, pretty sure he was late for a challenge but still took a photo.
Donald Trump and NBC have officially announced the awaited line up for the new season of The Celebrity Apprentice this year. (Ok as the photo suggests, I knew the cast before the official announcement : )
The cast will include former Governor of Illinois Rod Blagojevich, Chef Curtis Stone, former Mets star Darryl Strawberry, WWE heavyweight Bill Goldberg, Victoria’s Secret model Selita Ebanks, swimmer Summer Sanders, Olympic track & field star Michael Johnson, WWE wrestler Maria Kanellis, comedian-writer Carol Leifer, Sharon Osbourne, Sinbad, Cyndi Lauper, Bret Michaels, and Holly Robinson-Peete.
The Iron Chefs with, host Alton Brown, The First Lady and White House Chef Cristeta Comerford
The Iron Chef America Smackdown, starred Mario Batali (who obviously couldn’t wear pants for once even in the White House;at least his Crocs and socks match the First Lady), Bobby Flay, Emeril Lagasse and White House Executive Chef, Cristeta Comerford.
Their Mission: Create a meal to inspire America. Flay and Comerford worked together and Lagasse and Batali partnered up. The Food Network awarded the winning team $25,000 for their favourite charity, which was the Meals on Wheels Program.
JT’s estimated worth to his cause, Shriners Hospital for Children, racked up $9,262,381 for 2009, which sets the world record for the biggest support for charity.
Hollywood’s most giving couple, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie spread holiday cheer with $100,000 to the American SOS Children’s Villages, an alternative foster care organization with locations in the U.S. in Illinois and Florida.
“We have seen first-hand the remarkable job SOS does to raise orphaned and abandoned children and keep families together,” said Jolie
For more information on SOS Children’s Villages, visit http://www.sos-usa.org or http://www.sos-usa.org/about-sos/
The British royalty spent a night on the cold, icy streets of London with the poorest of the poor to experience the appalling conditions faced by the country’s homeless. Prince William, second in line to the British throne, slept in a sleeping bag on cardboard boxes last week in an event organized by homeless charity, Centrepoint.
Kim Kardashian’s “Celebrity Charity Challenge” to benefit Soles4Souls, aims to provide free footwear to those in desperate need. The suggested donation is very affordable, with $5.00 buying two pairs of new shoes. Kim’s challenge ends on January 31, 2010.
Money raised will go towards the purchase of 1,000 pairs of new shoes for the needy. If that’s not enough of an incentive, all donations are tax-deductible. The distribution will take place on January 8, 2010 in New Orleans.
Kim’s shoe line ShoeDazzle.com will donate $5 to Soles4Souls for every person who registers with ShoeDazzle.com from now until today, 23 December 2009.
