Cyndi Lauper and Lady Gaga are the new faces of the MAC AIDS Fund. WWDreports that a new campaign will begin late next February called "From Our Lips." Two lipsticks called MAC Viva Glam Gaga Lipstick and Viva Glam Cyndi Lipstick will launch in North America next March and retail for $14 each. 100 percent of the proceeds will be donated to the MAC AIDS Fund.
Aflac and Macy's are selling an annual plush Holiday Duck to fight pediatric cancer. This year's Aflac duck is dressed as a green holiday tree with ornaments and a golden star that lights up. The plush duck says "Aflaaac" when squeezed. The ducks go on sale on Sunday, November 1st at participating Macy's and at aflacholidayduck.com.
The prices are unchanged from last year at $10 for the 6-inch duck and $15 for the 10-inch version. 100 percent of the proceeds go to the nearest of 37 participating pediatric cancer hospitals in the region where it is sold. Since its initial appearance in 2001, the Aflac Holiday Duck has raised more than $2.2 million for pediatric cancer research and treatment.
"Aflac understands that many families who routinely make charity a part of their holiday traditions are struggling this year," Aflac's Manager of Cause and Marketing Philanthropy, Buffy Swinehart, said. "The Aflac Duck, which is always there in times of need, offers fans with tight budgets a chance to give back in a meaningful way."
Actor/director Ed Norton (Fight Club, The Hulk) teamed up with Maasai warriors to train in Kenya for the New York Marathon this Sunday.
Ed is running the marathon to raise funds for the Maasai Wilderness Conservation.
Building a team of thirty runners, finding individual and corporate sponsors, and putting in serious training time to be able to finish the 26.2 mile race, Ed says it was like preparing for an intense acting job, only much harder. At one point he didn't think he'd be in good enough shape to run 26 miles. But now he feels confident he can go the distance. Take a look:
Madonna returned to Malawi with her daughters Lourdes and Mercy and her little boy David. Madonna was in Malawi for a ground breaking ceremony for her new school there, Raising Malawi Academy for Girls, and to plant a good luck Moringa tree. Madonna said, "If this school is a success - with God willing it will be - we will replicate it not only in Malawi, but in other parts of the world as well." Be sure to check out her fabulous -- and wildly inappropriate for tree planting -- shoes.Take a look:
Madonna posted this statement just before she left for Malawi:
My family and I are on our way to Malawi to attend the ground breaking ceremony for Raising Malawi Academy for Girls. The ceremony will take place on Monday, October 26 at 3:00 p.m. on the future site of the Academy.
Our vision for the school is to empower girls to become Malawi's future leaders. Our goal is to teach them to challenge themselves, serve their local communities and develop their country. We created this vision in partnership with the local Malawian Ministry of Education, and other educational experts from Malawi, Sub-Sharan African and elsewhere around the world.
We are developing and using innovative educational approaches, cutting-edge architectural design methods, and other modern technologies, which we hope, will become a replicable model for girls secondary school education.
Research proves that young girls throughout the developing world are often left without opportunities to receive a comprehensive education and the benefits that education can provide.
It's an honor for me to be able to help as many of these girls as I can achieve their dreams.
I'm also incredibly proud of all the projects Raising Malawi is involved in and I look forward to visiting a number of them during my visit.
Charlize Theron was helping with the charitable auction for organization OneXone Thursday night in San Francisco. When the bidding lagged at $47,000, Charlize decided to raise the stakes, offering a 7 second kiss. She told the crowd that this was high-risk kissing, since the swine flu virus is going around. A man in the audience jumped the bid to $137,000, but a woman outbid him. She paid $140,000 and got her money's worth: Charlize kissed her for a full twenty seconds. The winner also got a 2010 South Africa trip - complete with World Cup tickets, a safari trip and a chance to meet Nelson Mandela.
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Tiny Prints has launched its second annual Celebrity Holiday Card Collection for Charity. As part of this collection, celebrity moms Alison Sweeney, Angie Harmon, Cindy Crawford, Marcia Cross and Molly Sims, have partnered with Tiny Prints and its designers to create exclusive holiday card designs benefiting charities and causes. Gwyneth Paltrow has also created a line for Tiny Prints. Her card design is pictured above. You can find the celebrity card lines here. Gwyneth's cards are not yet listed on the website.
The Clones reports that Marc Jacobs is reissuing some of his "Protect the Skin You're In" tees. Chloe Sevigny is posing in the t-shirt above. Other celebrities that posed for the shirts include Victoria Beckham, Heidi Klum, Dita Von Teese, Doutzen Kroes and Erin Wasson.
You can find the tees in the special items section on MarcJacobs.com. You have to find the shirts by scrolling to the right. Marc Jacobs has lumped different types of products together on his website in a manner that makes it difficult to find things. As of this writing, the only shirt we could find online after scrolling around for a while was the Heidi Klum one. The shirts can also be found at Marc Jacobs' stores. The shirts costs $35. Proceeds from the sale of the shirts will benefit NYU Cancer Institute at NYU Langone Medical Center.
Designer Betsy Johnson appeared on Good Day New York to discuss being awarded the Medal of Honor for Lifetime Achievement in Fashion from the National Arts Club's fashion committee. Betsey was awarded the medal at a black tie affair, where a retrospective of her designs were displayed. Betsey is a breast cancer survivor and spends a great deal of time fundraising for breast cancer charities. She talks about how she discovered she had breast cancer after having her breast implants. Betsey attributes her longevity in the business to a youthful outlook: she ends every runway show (and this television interview) with a cartwheel. Take a look:
Madonna has donated this pair of Christian Dior skyscraper heels to the Ovidiu Rom charity organization. Madonna donated the autographed shoes to be auctioned off at the Ovidiu Rom annual ball later this month. Ovidiu Rom is a charity that supports education for Gyspy children.
Madonna was booed in Bucharest in August during a concert when she spoke out against widespread discrimination against East Europe's Gypsies. The crowd was unsympathetic, reflecting the local views. Actor Ethan Hawke's mother, Leslie Hawke, is the President and co-founder of Ovidiu Rom. Leslie left behind a successful corporate career to join the Peace Corps at the age of 48. She became interested in the plight of gypsy children who begged for a living and didn't go to school. She now lies in Bucharest full-time and her focus is mainstreaming gypsy children and giving them access to a full education.
Peoplereports that actresss Charlize Theron has teamed up with Give and Take Tees to create t-shirts to benefit the Charlize Theron Africa Outreach Project. Charlize Theron says, "Give and Take is a socially responsible company and I'm thrilled to have their support. The kids that are being helped through my African Outreach Project are so incredible and vibrant. These T-shirts capture the spirit of South Africa and give everyone a way to help."
Lacoste has launched its Pink Croc Collection. 10% of the proceeds from the collection will benefit the Breast Cancer Research Foundation during the month of October. You can see all the items in the collection here.
Brookstone is channeling Snuggie with a blanket with sleeves of its own. At least this pink blanket benefits the nonprofit Breast Cancer Network of Strength. During October, Brookstone will dedicate 10% of sales from each nap Comfy Ultra-Plush Blanket with Sleeves in Pink (MRSP $39.95) to Breast Cancer Network of Strength. Brookstone is running the program in all of its 315 stores and online. Brookstone launched its nap Comfy line in the spring of 2009.
Coldwater Creek has announced Blue Jeans In Pink, a celebrity fashion based fundraiser in support of Susan G. Komen for the Cure. The month long fundraiser will feature 16 pairs of blue Coldwater Creek Knit Jeans that have each been custom decorated with a pink theme by celebrities. People can enter to win the celebrity decorated jeans beginning October 1st. Pictured above are jeans designed by Nancy O'Dell (left) and Susan Lucci (right).
The 16 celebrities who decorated jeans for the fundraiser include: Sarah Chalke, Rocco DiSpirito, Bob Harper, Mary Hart, Marg Helgenberger, Faith Hill, Susan Lucci, Andie MacDowell, Misty May-Treanor, Debra Messing, Nancy O'Dell, Ana Ortiz, Sam Saboura, Gabrielle Union, Ambassador Nancy G. Brinker – founding chair of Susan G. Komen for the Cure and Georgia Shonk-Simmons, President and Chief Merchandising Officer of Coldwater Creek. Each celebrity worked with a pair of Coldwater Creek's blue Knit Jeans and added his or her own original flare using pink materials such as Swarovski crystals, ribbons, trimmings, etc. and in many cases, by painting original art directly on to the jeans.
The Blue Jeans In Pink enter-to-win/fundraiser will go live on October 1, 2009 at 12:00 a.m. (EDT) at www.coldwatercreek.com/komen and will end on October 31, 2009 at 11:59 p.m. (EDT). Participants may enter-to-win the celebrity decorated pair of jeans of their choice and/or opt to donate to Komen for the Cure in any of Coldwater Creek's 350+ stores nationwide during normal store hours during October. No purchase is necessary to enter and a donation to Komen is not required to participate in the enter-to-win. Coldwater Creek will match any donations that come in through the Blue Jeans In Pink program, up to $100,000, as an additional donation to Komen.
Christina Aquilera was recently named the global spokesperson for World Hunger Relief. She is visiting Guatamela to see what "hunger means" and witness first hand how hard it is for the poor people in Guatemala. Guatemala has the fourth highest child malnutrition rate in the world.
She says, "I wanted to see with my own eyes what hunger means. As a mom my heart just breaks when I see how young mothers like Concepcion struggle to feed their children. I don't think I can ever forget these images."
Christina also sings in a World Hunger Relief PSA called Hope Is In Your Hands. Take a look:
If Dorothy were living in the 21st century, what would she wear? For the 70th Anniversary of The Wizard of Oz, Warner Bros. partnered with Swarovski to do an online charity auction benefiting the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric Aids Foundation. Top designers submitted their designs for Dorothy. The winning bidders will get the shoes and the original sketch by the designer. From left to right, the designs pictured above are by Giuseppe Zanotti, Manolo Blahnik, and Roger Vivier. You can see all the shoes and bid on them
here.
