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R+B singer RIHANNA has become the new face of fashion house Gucci - as part of a charity campaign.
The Umbrella hitmaker has been named as the....

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Puerto Rican pop star RICKY MARTIN hit the streets of Washington D.C. earlier this week (29Apr08) to raise awareness for his anti-trafficking....

Read news story: MARTIN LAUNCHES HUMAN RIGHTS HOTLINE

Latina superstar SHAKIRA has praised British Prime Minster GORDON BROWN for his plans to improve education in the developing world.
The....

Read news story: SHAKIRA HEAPS PRAISE ON UK LEADER BROWN

KILL BILL star LUCY LIU is calling on Americans to pay $1 (50 pence) for tap water in restaurants to help save children's lives in Africa. Liu, a....

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Actress LUCY LIU was left terrified during a recent flight when a drunk man charged down the plane towards the cockpit. Liu was returning to the....

Read news story: LIUS TERRIFYING MID-AIR EXPERIENCE

Actress TEA LEONI has launched a new UNICEF initiative to raise awareness of children with Agent Orange-caused disabilities in Vietnam. The Deep....

Read news story: LEONI LAUNCHES UNICEF CHEMICAL AWARENESS PROJECT

Soccer star and humanitarian DAVID BECKHAM has visited sick children in hospital during a charity trip to China. In his role as goodwill ambassador....

Read news story: BECKHAM VISITS YOUNG CANCER SUFFERERS IN CHINA

Actress GWYNETH PALTROW has narrated a short film for United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) in a bid to save newborn babies from a life with Aids. ....

Read news story: PALTROW NARRATES UNICEF SHORT FILM

"I don't think I've been so nervous in my life. It would be easier for me to perform in a soccer stadium of 80,000 people." MADONNA admits suffering....

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Pop superstar MADONNA has hit back at critics who objected to her using the United Nations headquarters in New York to host a charity party which....

Read news story: MADONNA HITS BACK AT CHARITY PARTY CRITICS

Stars including DREW BARRYMORE, TOM CRUISE and DEMI MOORE turned out for MADONNA's lavish charity party in New York on Wednesday (06Feb08) night. ....

Read news story: MADONNA SHINES AT CHARITY PARTY

MADONNA is to host a star-studded event in New York on Wednesday (6Feb08) to raise money for UNICEF (United Nations Children's Fund) and her Raising....

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DAVID BECKHAM has handed out free soccer lessons to starstruck children in the poverty-stricken African nation of Sierra Leone. The LA Galaxy star....

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LATEST: Actress MIA FARROW was forced to call off a campaign in Cambodia to highlight the refugee crisis in Sudan on Sunday (20Jan08), after....

Read news story: FARROWS CAMPAIGN HALTED BY CAMBODIAN POLICE

Actress MIA FARROW has been banned from campaigning outside a Cambodian prison famed for its links to the country's former ruling political party....

Read news story: FARROWS DREAM FOR DAFUR BARRED FROM CAMBODIA

British movie heartthrob and UNICEF International Ambassador ORLANDO BLOOM has paid a visit to a Nepalese school. The Pirates of the Caribbean star....

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Pop superstar SHAKIRA has called for governments across the globe to help rebuild schools in cyclone-hit Bangladesh. The Colombian singer, a United....

Read news story: SHAKIRA ISSUES PLEA FOR HELP IN CYCLONE-HIT BANGLADESH

ANTONIO BANDERAS and his wife paid $50,000 (GBP25,000) for sketches by JOAN MIRO and SALVADOR DALI at a charity UNICEF auction in Chile earlier this....

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Actress/activist MIA FARROW's son RONAN SEAMUS is following in his mother's footsteps by dedicating his life to the campaign for human rights. The....

Read news story: YOUNG FARROW DEDICATES LIFE TO HUMAN RIGHTS

Actress MIA FARROW has blasted Sudanese leaders for jailing a British schoolteacher accused of blasphemy, calling their treatment of her a typical....

Read news story: FARROW ATTACKS SUDANS CRUEL LEADERS

Latin singer RICARDO MONTANER has been made a UNICEF goodwill ambassador after accepting the role at a ceremony in Panama City in Florida on Monday....

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Former Eurythmics star ANNIE Lennox shocked fans at a New York charity gig when she swore at the audience - by giving them "the finger". The singer....

Read news story: LENNOX SHOCKS FANS WITH RUDE GESTURE

MACedonian pop star TOSE PROESKI has died following a car crash in Croatia. He was 26. The singer died almost instantly when his car collided with a....

Read news story: MACEDONIAN POP STAR DIES

ANGELINA JOLIE has blasted the U.S. over Iraq, insisting the government's war expenditure could be better spent on education. The Oscar-winning....

Read news story: JOLIE BLASTS US MILITARY SPENDING

Scottish actor EWAN MCGREGOR has ruled out any more charity motorbike rides - because he misses his family too much. The Star Wars actor has....

Read news story: MCGREGOR RULES OUT MORE CHARITY BIKE RIDES

LATEST: Crusading actress MIA FARROW has taken her campaign to highlight global atrocities to Rwanda, leading an Olympic-style torch relay. Farrow,....

Read news story: FARROW BRINGS TORCH RELAY TO RWANDA

Crusading actress MIA FARROW has lit a symbolic torch to highlight the ongoing atrocities in western Sudan. Farrow, a goodwill ambassador for U.N.....

Read news story: FARROW LIGHTS FLAME FOR DARFUR

Actress-turned-activist MIA FARROW has offered to swap places with a respected Darfur rebel in the Sudan, so he can receive much-needed medical....

Read news story: FARROW OFFERS TO SWAP PLACES WITH IMPRISONED REBEL

SHAKIRA has unveiled a new campaign to raise $200 million (GBP100 million) for the fight against juvenile malnutrition and hunger in Latin America. ....

Read news story: SHAKIRA ANNOUNCES KIDS CAMPAIGN

Scots actor EWAN MCGREGOR and his actor pal CHARLEY BOORMAN have taken time out of their epic motorcycle journey to visit a United Nation Children's....

Read news story: MCGREGOR TAKES TIME OUT OF BIKING FOR CHARITY WORK