Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie get into the giving holiday spirit with a donation of $100,000 to support the American SOS Children’s Villages for Christmas.
Angie, 34, shared her thoughts about the organization, saying, “We have seen first-hand the remarkable job SOS does to raise orphaned and abandoned children and keep families together. No one ‘ages out’ of an SOS Village: vocational training, advanced education, living assistance and moral support are there forever.”
Brad chimed in, “In this holiday season, many of us take for granted that we are surrounded by loving family members. The poor outcomes for foster children indicate that we must do a much better job of supporting them.”
Well now you can! Eminem who was recently named artist of the decade by Billboard magazine is offering Christmas greetings on his website for $24.95 a pop. Insert your face into one of four photos with Shady Claus and Eminem will autograph the picture himself. All proceeds go to The Marshall Mathers Foundation, Eminem’s charitable organization for the support and development of disadvantaged youth.
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie donated a whopping $6.8 million to charity in 2008.
It has been revealed the philanthropic pair, who are reportedly planning to adopt baby number seven from Syria, donated money to various charities last year, including $50,000 to schools in Brad Pitt’s native Mossouri and $1 million to projects in Cambodia, where the pair’s adopted son Maddox is from. Meanwhile Human Right Watch ad Pitt’s Make it Right Foundation, which helps build new homes in New Orleans received $1 million a piece.
Wow. Maybe Angelina and Brad can adopt us if they are this generous! We wouldn’t mind the surname Jolie-Pitt!
The annual Children In Need appeal took place yesterday and raised 20.3 million pounds.
Viewers were treated to performances from Taylor Swift, Alesha Dixon, Peter Andre, JLS, Pixie Lott, Spandau Ballet, Sugababes and Stereophonics. Zac Efron and Cheryl Cole were some of the stars pleading for support via video messages and EastEnders love triangle trio Sid Owen, Patsy Palmer, and Danniella Westbrook led a Motown medley tribute. But the highlight came from BBC newsreaders’ Kate Silverton, Sophie Raworth and Fiona Bruce’s impression of Beyonce’s ‘Crazy In Love’ and ‘Single Ladies’ as well as taking part in a dance off against Diversity.
Speaking about the newreaders’ performance Kate Silverton said: “It was so out of our comfort zone, but worth it.”
Go under the cut for Sugababes performing ‘Get Sexy’ and ‘About A Girl’ [click to continue…]
Coldplay have donated £1 million to the children’s charity Kids Company.
The charity which helps underprivileged children, received the donation from the band who have generously given the cash to help the organisation achieve its goals.
Coldplay have previously visited the charity’s various centres and as well as donating the money, also plan to give music lessons to the children. In related news the sold out Coldplay/ Jay-Z and Girls Aloud concerts at Wembley over the weekend have received rave reviews!
Check out a clip of Coldplay perfroming ‘Clocks’ from the show.
Whitney Houston, Usher, Lionel Richie, Wyclef, and others are to remake Michael Jackson’s “Will You Be There” as a tribute to his legacy. The proceeds from the song will be split between The Larry King Cardiac Foundation and an unspecified charity that was close to Michael Jackson’s heart. Larry King’s wife Shawn is co-spearheading this project along side Jermaine Jackson.
