Hollywood Celebrities Tweet Their Reaction To California Wildfires

May 3rd, 2013 2:16pm EDT
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Hilary Duff and LeAnn Rimes are among the stars who have reached out to victims of the devastating California wildfires as emergency workers continue to battle the flames.

On Thursday, fire broke out in the area around Camarillo, north west of Los Angeles and thousands of residents were forced to evacuate their homes as the flames spread.

Emergency workers were still battling the blaze on Friday, and country star Rimes, who lives in California, revealed she was growing worried.

In a post on Twitter.com, she writes, "These fires here in Cali (California) are close enough to get a little...
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Ben Affleck To Raise Poverty Awareness By Living On $1.50 A Day

April 23rd, 2013 10:26pm EDT
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Ben Affleck plans on living on just $1.50 per day next week after teaming up with poverty-awareness campaign Live Below the Line.

The non-profit group's goal is to raise awareness and give people "a glimpse into the lives of 1.4 billion people who have no choice but to live below the line every day — and who have to make $1.50 cover a lot more than food."

"1.4 billion people live on less than $1.50/day," Affleck tweeted on Monday. "I'm joining Live #BelowTheLine on behalf of @easterncongo. Will you?"

The Argo star is one of a handful of stars, including Sophia Bush, Josh Groban and Nick ...
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James Cameron To Donate Deep Sea Craft To Oceanographic Institution

March 26th, 2013 2:32pm EDT
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Moviemaker James Cameron is donating the craft he used for a deep sea diving project to a research group.

The Titanic director invested around $10 million of his own cash to fund the Deepsea Challenger submersible system, which helped him dive seven miles underwater to the world's deepest point, the Mariana Trench of the Pacific Ocean, southwest of Guam, in March last year.

He has now decided to hand the craft over to experts at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution to further their maritime exploration.

The group will receive the Deepsea Challenger in June, and Cameron tells the N...
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Pamela Anderson Speaks At Cambridge University

March 6th, 2013 1:43pm EST
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Actress and activist Pamela Anderson took her animal rights fight to Britain on Tuesday by delivering a speech at the country's famous University of Cambridge.

The Baywatch star followed in the footsteps of director Clint Eastwood and former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill by speaking at the Cambridge Union.

Anderson told the audience she wants to use her fame to support the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) organization and raise awareness of its campaigns.

She said, "I was working in Baywatch and I was getting a lot of attention and silly questions about my...
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Emily Vancamp And Josh Bowman Support Wildlife Initiative

February 27th, 2013 5:33pm EST
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Actress Emily Vancamp has teamed up with her Revenge co-star and real-life boyfriend Josh Bowman to film a public service announcement calling for an end to the black market trade of exotic animals parts.

The stars are supporting the World Wildlife Fund's (WWF) Hands Off My Parts initiative to highlight the number of rhinos, tigers and elephants that are being killed for their skins, bones, tusks and horns.

VanCamp, who grew up in Canada, says, "I have always loved animals. I grew up in a rural area where I learned to love and respect the wildlife around me. Now that I'm older, I'm figh...
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Pamela Anderson Meets With Environmental Officials In Haiti

February 21st, 2013 5:36pm EST
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Actress Pamela Anderson has been meeting with non-governmental organization officials in Haiti to discuss ways to prevent the burning of woodlands for farming.

The former Baywatch star has been working with the Inga Foundation, which aims to prevent the so-called slash and burn technique to clear land for agricultural use, and she previously travelled to Honduras to help implement more sustainable methods, which experts claim will prevent the increase of global warming.

She recently headed to Haiti to assess the conditions there and to suggest sustainable solutions to stop deforestation...
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Leonardo DiCaprio Launches Crusade Against Thailand's Ivory Trade

February 19th, 2013 8:36am EST
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Leonardo DiCaprio has asked his fans to sign a petition urging officials in Thailand to crack down on ivory trading.

The Titanic star has teamed up with conservation organization the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) to launch a new animal rights campaign, called Hands Off My Parts.

The initiative aims to highlight the number of rhinos, tigers and elephants that are being killed for their skins, bones, tusks and horns.

DiCaprio wants the public to back the cause by adding their names to a petition, which calls on Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra to take action on illicit ivory t...
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Joaquin Phoenix's PETA Ad Banned By ABC

February 14th, 2013 1:15pm EST
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A TV advert showing Joaquin Phoenix 'drowning' has been banned from broadcast during the Oscars.

The Walk the Line actor shot the hard-hitting commercial, in which he is shown panicking and struggling to breathe underwater, to highlight the horror of a fish's death as part of a People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) campaign.

Organizers wanted to achieve maximum impact by screening the advertisement during the TV broadcast of the Academy Awards ceremony later this month  but claim bosses at the ABC network vetoed the move, insisting the film is too political to show.

A U....
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Fran Drescher On The Importance Of Detoxing The Home Environment

January 30th, 2013 11:30am EST
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In a recent interview with So So Gay Magazine, Emmy Award winning actress Fran Drescher shared how her 'Cancer Schmancer' movement is focusing on the home environment. “Over 90% of cancers are environmental and by detoxing our homes we can start to decrease cancer rates together,” she told the magazine. Fran went on to encourage readers to visit the 'Cancer Schmancer' website. By clicking on ‘Trash Cancer’, readers can learn how to reduce cancer risks by detoxing their homes.

Fran, herself a survivor of cancer, “was instrumental in getting the United States’ first Gynecologic Cancer Educat...
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Bradley Cooper Wore An Eco-Friendly Tuxedo To Golden Globes

January 16th, 2013 6:56pm EST
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Colin Firth's eco-warrior wife has heaped praise on Bradley Cooper for daring to wear a tuxedo made of recycled materials to the Golden Globe Awards on Sunday.

Livia Firth convinced the actor to don a Tom Ford tuxedo made from ethical wool for her Green Carpet Challenge (GCC), which asks top designers to create environmentally-friendly red-carpet looks.

In a post on her blog, Livia writes, "This year we opted to celebrate menswear as the divine Golden Globes nominee Bradley Cooper joined the GCC in a two piece suit by Tom Ford, designed exclusively for the Green Carpet Challenge.

"The...
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