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Bob Barker Rescues Three Elephants From Toronto

Bob Barker Rescues Three Elephants From Toronto

10:12 am, December 20th 2011 by Charley Been
Bob Barker spent every day urging  ‘The Price is Right’ watchers to have their pets spayed and neutered.   Now he’s coming to the rescue of wildlife. Barker heard that three elephants, Toka, Thika and Iringa, were having a rough time dealing with the cold weather at the Toronto Zoo, and has payed an unspecified amount of money to transport them to an animal sanctuary in California. The three African elephants will live in a sanctuary with plenty of range to roam around, lakes...
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50 Cent Donating Proceeds Of Headphone Line To Help Hungry Children
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50 Cent Donating Proceeds Of Headphone Line To Help Hungry Children

12:12 pm, December 16th 2011 by Charley Been
Rappers releasing brands of head phones are the equivalent of a female musician with a fragrance. Dr. Dre has his “beats,” while Jay Z quietly has his own line, as does Ludacris and now 50 Cent. But 50 Cent will be giving back portions of the proceeds from the sale of his line to help hungry children. Back in July, 50 Cent revealed he’d be turning over some of the proceeds from sales of his Street King energy drink to help feed 1 Billion starving African children in just two and...
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Kim Kardashian Scores Big At Elizabeth Taylor Auction

Kim Kardashian Scores Big At Elizabeth Taylor Auction

12:12 pm, December 15th 2011 by Charley Been
Yesterday we told you about Elizabeth Taylor’s record setting jewelry auction. Taylor’s collection fetched $118 million at an auction this past week, which set the all time Christie’s record. Today we’re going to tell you about one of the big bidders. Kim Kardashian, who recently divorced husband Kris Humphries after 72 days treated herself to $65,000 bangles once owned by the movie icon. TMZ reports that the three bangle bracelets were jade and diamond by Lorraine Schwartz.  
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Elizabeth Taylor Jewelry Auction Sets World Record

Elizabeth Taylor Jewelry Auction Sets World Record

11:12 am, December 14th 2011 by Charley Been
Elizabeth Taylor’s jewelry auction has set a world record! The auction fetched $118 million dollars with buyers phoning in from around the world to bid on the late actresses jewels. Several of the items even sold for more than 10 times their estimated value. One item that sold for $600,000 was a diamond and sapphire ring given to the Taylor by Michael Jackson. The 33.29-carat Elizabeth Taylor Diamond, which was a gift the actress received  from Richard Burton, sold for $8.8 million. Marc...
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Zac Efron Donates Clothes To Children’s Charity

Zac Efron Donates Clothes To Children’s Charity

1:12 pm, December 9th 2011 by Charley Been
Zac Efron is cleaning out his closet for a good cause. Efron has donated more than 300 items of clothing to 300 items to  the Children’s Resource Network of the Central Coast charity. The organization provides clothing and school supplies to children in need. Charity boss Lisa Ray tells Sanluisobispo.com of meeting Efron, “He looks at me and says, ‘Hey, I’m Zac Efron,’…And I screamed. I’m screaming like I’m a 13-year-old girl… His gift says...
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Jennie Garth Named Ambassador To Water Charity

Jennie Garth Named Ambassador To Water Charity

12:11 pm, November 23rd 2011 by Charley Been
Actress Jennie Garth has been named the ambassador to a new water charity. Garth has teamed up with Oklahoma City’s Water4 Foundation, which helps to provide clean water to rural communities. One of her first duties will be to head off the Give the Gift of Life campaign, which encourages people to donate money in the name of a loved one. Says Garth, “Sometimes we take for granted that every day we will have clean water to drink, but for many people in different parts of the world, that...
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Katy Perry Auctioning Off Tour Dress For Charity

Katy Perry Auctioning Off Tour Dress For Charity

11:11 am, November 10th 2011 by Charley Been
Katy Perry is auctioning off a dress from her California Dreams tour with proceeds going to the Red Cross. A dress being dubbed as the “cotton candy dress” has been put up for auction on eBay, where fans can bid to own the dress, and a once in a life time chance to meet Perry backstage at one of her concerts. The winning bidder will be personally presented with the outfit by Perry backstage at her upcoming concert in Oakland, California later this month along with receiving VIP seats...
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Taylor Swift Donates Books to Home Town Library

Taylor Swift Donates Books to Home Town Library

11:10 am, October 14th 2011 by Charley Been
We bet libraries just love book donations. Ironically, Swift was born in the city of Reading, Pennsylvania, and she’s hoping that her gracious donation will help the city’s struggling library. She’ll be re-stocking the local facility with $68,000-worth of reading material. It’s nice to see stars giving back to their home town!   How long until they re-name it the “Taylor Swift Memorial Library?”
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Patrick Dempsey Raises $1 Million For Cancer Charity

Patrick Dempsey Raises $1 Million For Cancer Charity

11:10 am, October 11th 2011 by Charley Been
Grey’s Anatomy star Patrick Dempsey raised more than $1 million dollars this weekend by hosting a charity bike race. Dempsey returned to his native Maine to take part in the Dempsey Challenge, which is  a road race and bike ride reaching up to 100 miles, with proceeds benefiting  the Central Maine Medical Center, where the actor’s mother underwent three courses of cancer treatment. Dempsey set up the  Patrick Dempsey Center for Cancer Hope & Healing at the hospital,  and...
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Elizabeth Taylor’s Wedding Gowns To Be Auctioned Off

Elizabeth Taylor’s Wedding Gowns To Be Auctioned Off

2:09 pm, September 22nd 2011 by Charley Been
Two wedding dresses worn by Elizabeth Taylor will be auctioned off this year as part of an auction of the late actresses things. The gowns, from her two trips down the aisle with Richard Burton first in 1964, and then again in 1975, will be just two pieces of more than 400 dresses, accessories, and handbags that will go up for sale at Christie’s Auctions this December. A rep for Christie’s says in a statement: “Many of the pieces in this lifetime collection were couture, custom...
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