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Amy Winehouse's music is the legacy that she left with us, her parents, Mitch and Janis Winehouse told the audience at the Grammy Awards 2012, as they accepted her award for Best Performance by a Pop Duo or Group. Amy won for her duet with Tony Bennett, “Body and Soul.” Her parents traveled from the ... |
13 February 2012
10:07 GMT |
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If you were wondering what happened with the old hardware after Blizzard inevitably upgraded its server infrastructure, you just got your answer: charity.
Blizzard just put 350 HP Blade servers up for auction on eBay.
They aren't just any servers, but ones with name plates indicating the realm they maintaine... |
26 January 2012
11:11 GMT |
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The LEGO Group and Mojang have announced that the project for an official Minecraft-themed set of LEGO bricks passed the internal review process of the company and is now in full development.
It is not clear when it might be released and what kind of items can be created using it.
A post on the LEGO Cuusoo website ... |
25 January 2012
13:51 GMT |
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Who knew he could do it? Obviously, not his team. President Barack Obama proved nay-sayers wrong at a recent fundraiser, belting out a few words from Reverend Al Green's “Let's Stay Together.”Held at the Apollo Theater in Harlem, the fundraiser saw the President help raise over $3.1 million (&eu... |
21 January 2012
06:35 GMT |
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Nowadays, people from poor countries often put their health at risk while trying to lighten their households, using kerosene lamps and candles that often generate devastating fires.
In an attempt to improve the lives of financially challenged individuals, while also lending a hand to disaster victims, experts from C... |
10 January 2012
09:57 GMT |
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While the Kardashians are generally well loved (proof of that is in the solid ratings all their shows continue to pull and the strong sales for their products), Khloe is the favorite of many. Here's something that will only make her more popular.Over the holiday season, Khloe really got into the spirit by thinki... |
5 January 2012
03:40 GMT |
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Duchess of Cambridge Kate Middleton is completely obsessed with Hollywood star Angelina Jolie, says a new report. From the humanitarian work to her career and, last but not least, her weight, Kate wants to emulate Angie in everything. A new report in OK! Magazine claims that the Duchess has been admiring Jolie from a... |
4 January 2012
10:44 GMT |
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Lady Gaga may be the most overrated celebrity of the year that just ended, but at least she's using the media she's getting to champion charitable causes. She's just been named the most charitable celebrity for 2011. Each year, DoSomething.org comes out with a Celebs Gone Good chart, which aims to show... |
31 December 2011
19:11 GMT |
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Colin Farrell is no longer the bad boy who used to keep Hollywood on its toes, hanging in utter fascination. A responsible father now and a more low-key celebrity, the actor offered kids at a Dublin hospital the best Christmas present ever.As the Daily Mail also notes, when most children are at home tucked in bed in ... |
28 December 2011
10:41 GMT |
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The developers behind the Humble Indie Bundle 4 have announced that they have managed to sell 417,000 game packages since the bundle was announced, creating more than 2.2 million dollars (1.68 million Euro) in revenue.The average sale price for the Humble Indie Bundle 4 was 5.36 dollars (4.09 Euro).The bundle include... |
27 December 2011
10:34 GMT |
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Dutch startup Off-Grid Solutions combine eco-friendly technologies with a charitable goal, in a new project aiming to take 1.5 billion financially-challenged people out of the dark.
The main objective is to lighten the African continent in a sustainable manner, annihilating the harmful kerosene dependency.
Their s... |
27 December 2011
03:32 GMT |
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Earlier this month, Kim Kardashian traveled to earthquake-devastated Haiti for charity work. The National Enquirer and several other tabloids claimed she was there just for fun, a claim that Kim is now bitterly denying on her official blog page. The reality star went to Haiti with her mother, visiting various women&#... |
22 December 2011
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This year, recycling operations go hand in hand with charity. This green strategy is adopted both by Sprint and Verizon, two companies determined to help the less fortunate ones while diverting millions of old cell phones from landfills.
Sprint and Verizon have developed two trade-in programs to support their goals... |
20 December 2011
05:26 GMT |
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Sustainable fashion that gives back to the environment is a great concept that needs to be embraced on a larger scale.
Suno company designing casual footwear for women may not be as popular or profitable as major brands, but it is definitely much more generous.
An amount of its profit goes to support the David Sh... |
15 December 2011
10:32 GMT |
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The year is coming to an end so most people, or companies, are starting to look back at what they've accomplished. At the same time, with the holidays just around the corner, it's time perhaps to be a bit more generous.
Google is doing a bit of both, it a blog post, it's highlighting some of the chari... |
14 December 2011
05:11 GMT |
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For weeks now, Kim Kardashian has only been getting media attention because of the drama surrounding her failed, 72-day marriage to basketballer Kris Humphries. That could change soon, since she's now in Haiti for charity work.Granted, it could be that her visit there is motivated solely by selfless purposes, bu... |
12 December 2011
11:12 GMT |
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An American teacher plans to fight the alarming effects of poverty and AIDS in Zambia, relying on recycled plastic bags. After meeting local people from the Ng’ombe community, severely affected by this disease, Linda Wilkinson has decided to change the fate of widows, orphans and hundreds of people who are curr... |
8 December 2011
07:43 GMT |
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There are plenty of people, companies and organizations trying to latch on to the "holiday spirit" for their own gain, but, fortunately, there are some that really do want to do some "good" this time of the year and Google is more than glad to help them."We’ve been thrilled to see the ways nonprofit organizatio... |
7 December 2011
12:51 GMT |
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The resemblance is and has always been there, so it was nigh time Mattel came up with a Nicki Minaj Barbie doll. The doll, of which just one item will be made, will go up on sale during an auction this week. Mattel has announced Nicki Minaj fans all over the world (with plenty of money to spare, of course) to get rea... |
5 December 2011
14:21 GMT |
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Kim Kardashian took some time out of the spotlight just recently, while she deals with the painful divorce from Kris Humphries, 72 days into their marriage. She’s come out over the weekend – for a good cause. As People magazine informs and the photo attached to this article will confirm, Kim emerged the o... |
27 November 2011
06:06 GMT |
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Innocent Tasty drinks launches a charitable campaign meant to keep the older people warm during cold seasons. The initiative was successfully launched on the market in 2003, when 20,000 knitted hats placed on smoothie bottles managed to gather £10,000 (11.704,11 euros/15.783 US dollars) which went to support a... |
16 November 2011
11:32 GMT |
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He’s a cancer survivor himself and he knows only too well the kind of good he can do by simply showing up at an event. “Dexter’s” Michael C. Hall took part in a walk-a-thon at UCLA’s Lymphoma Program to raise funds for it. The actor, dressed in a bright green shirt and wearing running sh... |
10 October 2011
14:41 GMT |
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Certain Yahoo searches will pop up results that instead of displaying the official pages of the product, advertise downloads that install charity applications.Sun Belt blog informed us this morning of this so I decided to take a look for myself.If we try to search for a "TeamViewer download" page, the first thing tha... |
30 September 2011
07:23 GMT |
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Paris Hilton has a heart of gold. On a recent promotional trip to India, the heiress, touched by how poor some people on the streets were, handed out serious cash to them – while promising to get involved in charity organizations as well. While not much has been heard of Paris’ music career as of late, fa... |
28 September 2011
03:03 GMT |
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Many people said they wouldn’t last, but they seem to be just as in love as they were at the beginning. Hollywood’s “it couple” Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux were at a recent charity function – where he bid for a painting she wanted. The report, for some reason, has caused a lot of... |
26 September 2011
11:16 GMT |
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Tim Cook appears to have made the first move that acts as a key differentiator between the way he and Steve Jobs think in terms of leadership. Drawing a clear line between how Cook and Jobs do (or did) things at Apple, the newly-instated CEO reportedly sent an internal email to staffers announcing a new charitable ma... |
9 September 2011
17:01 GMT |
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“We are entering the age of connectedness,” A Human Right organization says of its latest campaign, Buy This Satellite. If you ever wondered about the little you can do thanks to your access to the Internet, now is the time to act. Just hours ago, we were covering a story on Marc Anthony opening up about ... |
3 September 2011
10:11 GMT |
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Actress Farrah Fawcett, arguably the most adored of the original Charlie’s Angels, is now a Barbie doll. Called the Farrah Barbie, the new Mattel offering has already sold out at various outlets, prompting many to say it’s an instant collectable.Modeled on the famous 1976 poster that sold in over 10 milli... |
9 August 2011
15:51 GMT |
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Here’s a challenge for the most daring fashionista out there: Christian Louboutin has designed one pair of heels inspired by ballet shoes. The 8-inch creation differs from the ballet shoe in that it offers support for the heel.
As LDN Fashion notes, the ballerina-inspired shoes are so high and “steep&rdq... |
1 July 2011
15:41 GMT |
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Following the devastating earthquake that hit Japan earlier this year, celebrities immediately rallied up to help. Lady Gaga also jumped on board, designing a “Pray for Japan” bracelet, with proceedings going to charity. She’s now being sued for scamming people with it. A new report says that Gaga u... |
27 June 2011
07:37 GMT |
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Britney Spears may be a fixture in tabloids and on celebrity blogs but that’s because she’s always hounded by the paparazzi: she rarely makes a red carpet appearance these days. The other night was an exception. Britney and her longtime beau Jason Trawick rocked the red carpet at a charity event that the ... |
13 May 2011
16:51 GMT |
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Angelina Jolie has turned jewelry designer – for a cause. The actress joined forces with renowned jewelry designer Robert Procop to create a line that will help children around the world. The line is called simply Style of Jolie, and it’s inspired from pieces that Angelina has worn on the red carpet or pi... |
11 April 2011
16:01 GMT |
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This year’s Dressed to Kilt charity event, funded by Sir Sean Connery, who was notably absent this time around, ended on a very high note, when the cast of “That Championship Season” mooned the audience by lifting their kilts.Kiefer Sutherland, Chris Noth, Jason Patric, Brian Cox, Jim Gaffigan strut... |
7 April 2011
10:50 GMT |
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If you ever thought you have a fair idea of just how famous Justin Bieber is, picture this: he’s so famous even the hair that’s no longer on his head needs its own bodyguard and extra security measures. A lock of Bieber’s hair is now touring the US.
As fans must remember, some time ago, The Biebs... |
31 March 2011
14:01 GMT |
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Always one to set an example and inspire others, Dame Elizabeth Taylor continues to be the same champion for charity in death as she was in life. New reports suggest she’s left the bulk of her estate, valued at over $600 million, to charity.
Throughout her life, Taylor was very involved in several charity o... |
28 March 2011
10:32 GMT |
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A fabulous Hollywood diva in the basic sense of the word, Dame Elizabeth Taylor lived her life as she saw fit. Even in death, she continues to be just as fabulous as before, making sure she was fashionable late at her own funeral. Ladies are supposed to be 15 minutes late at important functions – and Dame Liz T... |
27 March 2011
07:29 GMT |
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Singer Mariah Carey has become the latest celebrity to admit she was paid to perform for Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi and, at the same time, to vouch publicly that she will donate to charity the money she made, People magazine reports. Nelly Furtado was the first to come clean about the $1 million fee she received... |
4 March 2011
11:23 GMT |
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He may have lost close to 90,000 Twitter followers after he got a more “mature” haircut, but Justin Bieber can always find consolation in knowing that he did it for a good cause: his hair has sold for over $40,000 on eBay. As we also informed you at the time, after the shocking announcement (shocking for ... |
4 March 2011
03:34 GMT |
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Even if he had more interest in politics, George Clooney would not be able to run for President because he bedded too many women and did too many drugs to be the perfect candidate, he says in a brand new interview with Newsweek. The actor, who has been spending a lot of time lately in Sudan, talks about his involveme... |
24 February 2011
05:41 GMT |
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Kim Kardashian is ranking in the big bucks as a reality star – but she’s also shelling out big bucks from what she makes to charity. The star made the revelation during a recent interview with Piers Morgan for his CNN show.
As the video below will also confirm, Kim believes in giving back. In fact, sh... |
27 January 2011
05:30 GMT |
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The second Humble Indie Bundle, a special pack of independently-developed games, has just managed to rake in $1,823,301.66, with 232,849 people choosing their own price for five games.
This is the second year of existence for the Humble Indie Bundle, which is a joint effort between independent developers to raise ... |
29 December 2010
14:21 GMT |
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Before she’s Halle Berry, one of the most beautiful and appreciated women in Hollywood, the star is “little Halle” first, she says in a recent interview with CNN. And little Halle is still healing from her traumatic childhood.
Though she rarely speaks about this, Halle grew up in a broken home, ... |
27 December 2010
10:46 GMT |
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The tally has come in on the Google Chrome charity initiative of last week. In total, users 'donated' over 60 million tabs which were rather equally distributed among the five charities involved with the program. Google will now divide the $1 million it has pledged according to the people's choices."In... |
22 December 2010
11:54 GMT |
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Even behind prison bars, Lil Wayne remains the same awesome person his fans have come to love. While still serving time on gun-related charges, he bought a woman a brand new wheelchair after receiving letters from her daughter. The rapper was released from prison at the beginning of last month but his gesture proves ... |
22 December 2010
11:08 GMT |
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With “The Fighter” reaping praises from critics and awards nominations, a boxing promoter sees in Mark Wahlberg’s take on a professional boxer the chance of a lifetime to make some money from charity – by getting into the ring with Will Smith.Radar Online reports that Damon Feldman, CEO of Hol... |
22 December 2010
06:18 GMT |
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The Digital Life Sacrifice campaign initiated by Alicia Keys’ Keep a Child Alive foundation and meant to see A-listers off social networks until they raised $1 million has finally come to an end: after a billionaire donated half that amount. As we also reported on previous occasions, many celebrities have pledg... |
7 December 2010
03:23 GMT |
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We were telling you earlier this week that a handful of social networks-savvy celebrities were sacrificing their digital life in a bid to convince fans and followers to donate to the charity Keep a Child Alive. So far, the campaign is not going well.
Among the stars who have agreed to sign off Twitter, Facebook a... |
4 December 2010
06:58 GMT |
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A few days ago, a hoard of celebrities, only A-listers by some considerations, announced that, starting with December 1, they would go off social networks like Twitter and Facebook to raise money for charity. The problem is, people don’t really care about all that. As we also informed you at the time, a handful... |
2 December 2010
09:11 GMT |
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“Kim Kardashian is dead” reads the caption of an add showing the reality star striking a very glamorous pose in a coffin of all places. Fans needn’t despair: Kim is not really dead but she will quit social networks starting December 1 as part of the Digital Life Sacrifice campaign. An impressiv... |
29 November 2010
06:09 GMT |
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The world’s richest men and women will come together for 24 hours in September 2011 to hold the biggest, richest and most unique party ever. The aim behind The Global Party is to get into Guinness and raise money for charity.The initiative comes from a group of hedgefund managers, who will attempt to get over 8... |
30 October 2010
10:41 GMT |
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