Salma Hayek
Celebs honor everyday all-stars
Did you catch the Major League Baseball All-Star game this week? Because Ben Affleck, Salma Hayek, Matthew McConaughey, Charlize Theron, Sheryl Crow, Julia Roberts, and Harrison Ford all did! The Hollywood A-listers appeared in a special video tribute in a celebration of the All-Stars Among Us campaign. Since 2009, the campaign recognizes individuals who take on leadership roles in improving their communities.
Nominee Profile: Salma Hayek
via People
Do Something Award Nominee Salma Hayek has done more than wow the world with her acting and her beauty. Since 2007, the Oscar-nominated celeb has campaigned with UNICEF to fight poverty among working mothers in developing countries. She visited Sierra Leone this past year, where she breast fed a starving baby.
Salma has also donated to domestic violence shelters in Mexico and the United States. In 2006, she testified before Congress, urging them to renew laws protecting women against violence.
The butterfly effect: Hollywood edition
via ReelMovieNews & The Insider
Celebs-gone-good from every corner of the entertainment industry are gathering today to make a change. Butterfly effect? Perhaps! Princeton University defines “butterfly effect” as a phenomenon in which a small change in one place can have large effects elsewhere. So what’s happening on June 5 that’s so darn good that it will make a change elsewhere?
Keri Hilson gets made up
via BellaSugar.com
This week, Avon was pleased to announce singer and songwriter Keri Hilson as a new addition to its list of celebrity spokespeople. Keri will be the official face of Avon’s Imari fragrance and cosmetics line beginning this August. Her star-status, love of fragrance and beauty, and desire to encourage women to feel comfortable in their own skin make her an A+ match for the ambassador position!
Star activists author articles
via newsarama.com, cosmogirl.com
CAUSE TO CELEB-RATE: UNICEF
Salma Hayek at a UNICEF event at the UN headquarters via dailylife.com
Now here is a cause that nearly all the celebs have promoted. With over 80 star supporters, UNICEF takes major strides for children around the globe to ensure their health, education, equality, and protection. Their presence in 190 countries ensures that all children have the basic rights that each one certainly deserves.
Selena Gomez puts her faith in education
via selenaweb.org
What do you give the man who has everything? A well!
Leonardo DiCaprio and Richie Akiva (middle) party it up for Charity:Water
via popsugar.com
Last month, we called on all the September-born superstars out there to give up their big birthday bashes to instead raise money to bring clean drinking water to all who need it through Charity:Water. And guess what?? It looks like someone heard us!!
CGG and stars come out to squash cancer
via zimbio
It was a night of exactly 100 stars at L.A.’s Kodak Theater, the glitzy Hollywood locale also known as the home of the Academy Awards. But the A-listers in attendance – Jack Black, Scarlett Johansson, Salma Hayek, Keanu Reeves, Jessica Alba, Casey Affleck, Halle Berry, America Ferrera, to name just a few -- weren’t there hoping to take home an Oscar. They were there to give back.
