Look To The Stars - Many would love the opportunity to play poker with some of the biggest names in Hollywood and the most skilled poker professionals. Now you can.

The 2010 Ante Up For Africa Celebrity Charity Poker Tournament on Saturday, July 3 at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas offers a special opportunity as the only event of its kind where the general public can participate.

Created by Oscar nominee Don Cheadle and Celebrity Apprentice star and WSOP bracelet winner Annie Duke, the Ante Up for Africa tournament will begin at 2 p.m. on Saturday, July 3rd at the Rio All-Suite Hotel

San Francisco Chronicle - When Vernon Davis does finally get to the Sistine Chapel, he'll be a little closer to the "Creation of Adam" than most visitors. At 6 feet 3 and 250 pounds, the pass-catching tight end definitely stands out in a crowd.

Tonight the San Francisco 49er with the heart of an artist hopes to pass on his message to kids, headlining the first Art Impact speaker series at the Koret Auditorium in the M.H. de Young Memorial Museum, followed by a fundraiser for the Vernon Davis Visual Arts Scholarship Fund at Morton's Steakhouse.

The Art Impact series is a joint effort from the

By MARY CLARE JALONICK (AP), The Associated Press - WASHINGTON — Celebrity chef Rachael Ray says she has a big mouth. And she used it Tuesday to ask lawmakers for more money to improve school lunches.

Ray's whirlwind one-day tour included a visit to a Washington elementary school where she talked to kids about how they can make better food choices and meetings with several members of Congress. She is also visiting the White House to take a peek at first lady Michelle Obama's kitchen garden.

"It's nice to see that everyone can have a voice here," Ray said between meetings. "It's a little Mr. Smith Goes to Washington."

The legislation that

AHN | All Headline News - Los Angeles, CA, United States (AHN) - Culminating the weekend-long celebration of Oprah's O Magazine, the Best Friends Animal Society party brought out celebrities and their canine fans, celebrating their inclusion as one of the charities benefiting from Oprah's "Live Your Best Life" Walk on Sunday, May 9th. Among the stars who appeared were "Twilight" star Rachelle Lefevre, who is also the celebrity spokesperson for Best Friends' anti-puppy mill campaign, "Puppies Aren't Products." "House" star Lisa Edelstein and Maggie Q, of TV's upcoming "Nikita," were also on hand for

Merchant News - Jennifer Hudson, Weight Watchers’s most recent celebrity spokesperson, will lead the O, the Oprah Magazine Live Your Best Life Walk in New York City on 9 May. The Oscar-award winning actress, who recently dropped a significant amount of weight using the popular diet plan, will participate alongside thousands on the walk.

Proceeds from the Live Your Best Life Walk will be donated to ten unique charities. Oprah Winfrey, and longtime friend Gayle King, will also be in attendance at the walk, sponsored by Weight Watchers and Oprah’s popular magazine, O.

Ms Hudson announced back in April

Look To The Stars - It’s often said that the clothes make the man, but a number of notable men are redefining the phrase by donating their neckwear to a charity auction.

Career Gear, a nonprofit that assists disadvantaged men find and retain employment, has received ties from such famous necks as Zac Efron, Steve Carell and Zach Galifianakis to auction off this June to raise much-needed funds. In this time of economic uncertainty, these men have all recognized the pressing need to help those who are unemployed but ready to turn their lives around.

Now in its second year, the Career Gear Celebrity Tie Auction has

Look To The Stars - Ellen DeGeneres, Jimmy Kimmel, and Elton John  are just several celebrities who are kicking off their shoes for the Second Annual Hillsides  Foster Soles auction.

Held during Foster Care Awareness Month in May, the annual online auction raises awareness of national foster care issues and the plight of children and youth in the system by auctioning off celebrity signed shoes and photographs.

The online auction, which runs from May 4 through May 20, includes autographed shoes from Ellen DeGeneres, Jimmy Kimmel, Elton John, Billy Joel, Larry King, Ryan Seacrest, Billy Zane, Dave Koz, Jack Johnson, Jamie Kennedy, Marlee Matlin, Dr. Drew Pinsky,

Denver Post - NBC's "The Celebrity Apprentice" is a masterful bit of what magicians call misdirection. While you're focused on the game, the action is elsewhere. The reality is, it's a stroke of product-placement genius, disguised as a competition.

It's a vanity project that wraps itself in respectability by raising money for charity.

It's the video equivalent of "Us" magazine, pretending to be a business-school text.

"The Celebrity Apprentice" holds on to a core audience of 6.6 million viewers, according to Nielsen ratings, even against the powerhouse Country Music Awards special on CBS last week. With all the masquerading, it's doing something right.

The all-American concept balances

South Bend Tribune - GOSHEN — Gale Sayers will be the keynote speaker at Goshen Center for Cancer’s sixth annual True Celebration program at 2 p.m. May 16 at Sauder Hall Performing Arts Center on the Goshen College campus.

True Celebration is an annual event recognizing those who are facing their fight against cancer. Area cancer survivors and community member are invited to the free event.

Doors will open at 1:30 p.m., and early arrival is recommended as seating will be limited. No tickets are required.

The Performing Arts Center is located on College Avenue and 12th St.

WNDU-TV - NBA legend, Earvin Magic Johnson wasthe keynote speaker at a fundraiser for the Benton Harbor School District Sunday night.

Johnson spoke at 6:30 at Lake Michigan College.

There was a meet and greet session with Magic Johnson earlier Sunday afternoon.

According to our reporting partners at WSJM, the plan is to raise money for scholarships for district graduates.

Ticket sales netted about 35,000 of the $50.000 goal.

Sunday night, a silent auction with Magic Johnson memorabilia brought in the $15,000 needed to reach the goal.

“His message is what counted. Education is so important. He wouldn't be where he is today if he didn't have the

Soles4Souls,PR Newswie - Celebrities Create Their Own Videos to Motivate People to Raise Funds for New Shoes
NASHVILLE, Tenn. and LOS ANGELES, Dec. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Kim Kardashian, model, businesswoman, style maven and reality star, teams up with 50Kshoes.com "Celebrity Charity Challenge" to benefit Soles4Souls, the international shoe charity dedicated to providing free footwear to those in desperate need.

"It is an amazing cause. You give money and they help needy people and people in poverty to get shoes," said Kim Kardashian. "For the price of a latte, you can give two pairs of shoes to people in need."

Donating is easy at www.50Kshoes.com. It

Look To The Stars - This week, Capitol Hill lawmakers hobnobbed with poker stars and took part in a charity poker tournament in Washington DC to benefit Ante Up For Africa.

Organized by the Poker Players Alliance and poker siblings Annie Duke and Howard "The Professor" Lederer, the event raised a total of $70,000, with Full Tilt Poker donating a $10 000 seat at this year’s World Series of Poker main event as the big prize.

Also this week, poker star Phil Hellmuth hosted his first celebrity charity poker event in Oakland California as part of the Fresh Express Classic at TPC Stonebrae.

Hellmuth, an 11 time World

Bloomington Pantagraph - NORMAL — Actor and environmental activist Ed Begley Jr. will be the keynote speaker for Illinois State University’s Science and Technology Week, April 12-15.

Begley will hold an informal question and answer session at 3 p.m. April 14 on the main floor of Milner Library. His keynote, “Live Simply So That Others Can Simply Live,” will follow at 7 p.m. in Bone Student Center Braden Auditorium.

He is the costar of “Living with Ed,” a look at living green. He has won numerous environmental awards and has appeared in such films and television series as “Arrested Development,” “CSI: Miami” and “Pineapple Express.”

Other

The Detroit News - Dearborn -- Former boxing champion Laila Ali was the keynote speaker at a luncheon Saturday in which Kroger honored students who participated in a Black History Month contest.

Nearly 1,000 students in the fourth through 12th grades entered submissions in art, poetry, essay writing and music categories as part of the grocer's I Can Make History contest. Of that group, 70 won prizes.

Kroger awarded $45,600 in scholarships, laptop computers and family field trips as part of the ceremony held at the Henry Ford in Dearborn.

Laila Ali is the daughter of boxing legend Muhammad Ali, who owns a farm in Berrien Springs

The News-Press - Bill Clinton, the 42nd president of the United States, will headline the Philharmonic Center’s 2011 Speaker Series.

Also appearing will be Steve Forbes, editor-in-chief of Forbes, and Jane Goodall, pioneering anthropologist and founder of the Jane Goodall Institute. President Clinton, who also formed the William J. Clinton Foundation, will share his insights and observations on the topic of “Embracing our Common Humanity: Meeting the Challenges of Global Interdependence in the 21st Century” during his talk on March 8, 2011.

By D. Orlando Ledbetter, Atlanta Journal Constitution - After his first full NFL season in retirement, former Indianapolis Colts and Tampa Bay Buccaneers coach Tony Dungy has found joy off the field.

He served as a studio analyst on NBC, and that kept him close to the game, but his off-the-field projects are now his main focus.

One of his passions is serving as the national spokesman for All Pro Dad, the fatherhood program of Family First, a national nonprofit organization based in Tampa.

Dungy will be in town to speak to about 325 kids and their dads at Stonewall Tell Elementary School on Friday in Atlanta, before heading to the

Penn State Live - University Park, Pa. – Maya Angelou, poet, historian, author, actress, playwright, civil-rights activist, producer and director, is the fourth speaker in Penn State’s 2009-10 Student Programming Association Distinguished Speaker Series. Angelou will speak at 8 p.m. on Tuesday, March 23, in Eisenhower Auditorium.

The event is free and open to the public but tickets are required for admittance. Tickets will be available for students -- two issued per student I.D. -- on Monday, March 15, and available to faculty, staff and the general public on Friday, March 19, based on availability.

Angelou has authored 12 best-selling books and numerous magazine articles and

by Tim Saunders, Look To The Stars - After winning last year’s event, actor Keanu Reeves will once again get behind the wheel for the annual Toyota Pro/Celebrity charity race at the 36th Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach next month.

The celebrity race has been held every year since 1977, and has attracted stars such as Gene Hackman, Jason Bateman, Rick Schroder, Stephen Baldwin, Donny Osmond, Sean Patrick Flanery, Nancy Lieberman, Daniel Goddard and Josh Brolin. 2008’s race was won by ESPN/ABC pit reporter for NASCAR Nationwide Jamie Little.

Every year, Toyota donates $5,000 to Racing for Kids, a non-profit program benefiting children’s hospitals in Southern California, in the