Rosario Dawson is a celebrity who deeply cares about which organizations she gives her name to. And her name isn’t all she gives — she devotes a lot of time and resources to nonprofits like Voto Latino , V-Day , and New York City’s Lower East Side Girls Club . Listen to Rosario explain her interest in charity work in the video below. via The Frisky Post from: BlissTree Rosario Dawson Actually Cares: Daily Do Gooder
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Music mogul and animal activist Russell Simmons has given his endorsement to Bold Native – a narrative film about the underground Animal Liberation Front. Earlier this summer, Ecorazzi reported that Simmons was planning to attend the premiere in New York City, and although we couldn’t make it, we heard it was a huge success! Luckily, a slew of cameras were around to record the event, and Sparrow Media recently released a compilation video of Russell Simmons in action. In...
Photo: Banksy.co.uk Poor Dolphin World-famous guerilla artist Banksy has made many environmental statements in the past, but we think this one is particularly clever, especially with the events of the past few months . Check out the video after the jump to see the coin-operated kiddie ride in action…. Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Over on one of our favorite sites FunnyOrDie.com , famous humanitarian actor Sean Penn appeared on an episode of Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis to discuss Haiti…well kinda. If you haven’t yet seen the brilliant series, Between Two Ferns is an unscripted public access style show where Galifianakis asks today’s big celebrities inappropriate questions and basically just makes everyone feel uncomfortable. In short, it’s hysterical. On the most recent...
If classy had a ‘face’, it would look exactly like George Clooney’ s easy-on-the-eyes mug. The confident yet ever-humble Academy Award winner was recognized for his dedication to global humanitarian issues during Sunday’s 62 nd Annual Primetime Emmy Award ceremony and spent the majority of his time on stage shining light on the value and necessity of assisting those who befall unfortunate circumstances well beyond their control. After being presented with a shiny new Bob Hope...
We think our heat and air pollution problems are bad , but China’s definitely got it worse: They’re so desperate for clean air that they actually buy cans of it – a product called “Fresh Air” (it comes in vanilla and beach flavors, too). The new commercial below, featuring Hong Kong actor David Wu, might look like a joke, but it’s actually gotten tons of views in Hong Kong and is playing in movie theaters all over the city. The popularity of canned,...
Most Westerners wouldn’t dream of wearing bright scarlet on their wedding day, but this bangle ritual from a traditional Indian wedding in Singapore shows a completely different custom. Would you rock red and gold on your wedding day? Photo by Flickr user madaboutasia Post from: BlissTree Red and Gold Wedding Ritual: Photo of the Day
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Ewan McGregor has become the latest celebrity to urge support for flood victims in Pakistan. The actor, a UK UNICEF ambassador, recently went in front of the camera for a new PSA aimed at helping children affected by the disaster — and urging the British public to donate. “I spoke to the Deputy Representative of UNICEF in Pakistan this week, and she told me that children’s homes and schools have been washed away,” he says in the video. “They have no food or...
Score it Dolphins 1, Taiji 0. Today marked the first day of Japan’s annual dolphin hunt — the first time since the 2009 summer release of the Academy Award-winning film The Cove put a temporary halt to the slaughter. According to a source in Taiji, fishermen went out this morning but failed to catch any dolphins. They will try again tomorrow. Protests in the small Japanese town have been non-existent, largely the result of threats from an ultranationalist group against...
The people of the Amazon are under attack: The Brazilian government wants to put the giant Belo Monte dam in the river, which would flood a whopping 415 square miles . The dam would power smelts for mining, displace more than 20,000 indigenous people, and produce tons of methane. Watch this video narrated by actress and activist Sigourney Weaver to learn more – after which you’ll have a chance to sign a petition to pressure Brazil’s government to stop the damn dam...