UN benefit draws Madonna, other celebs
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Madonna, Chris Rock and dozens of other celebrities raised $5.5 million at a star-studded benefit at the United Nations to help poor and sick children around the world.
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U2 frontman and social campaigner Bono has teamed up with British artist Damien Hirst for a charity art auction in New York on Thursday to raise money for UN-backed health programs in Africa.
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Susan Sarandon's actress daughter Eva Amurri has become the latest celebrity goodwill ambassador for the UN. She will oversee fundraising for "vulnerable children" living in HIV and AIDS-affected communities in Africa.
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Stars from the worlds of rock and pop  have united on an album released on the Internet Friday to  raise funds for the people of the crisis-hit Darfur region of  western Sudan.
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Going back to making movies isn't easy after doing something as rewarding as helping refugees, says Angelina Jolie, the actress turned U.N. goodwill ambassador. Jolie, one of the celebrities attending the World Economic Forum, said acting cannot compare with the voluntary job she signed up for with the U.N. High Commission for Refugees in 2001.
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Pop superstar Madonna has embarked on a spiritual pilgrimage to Israel - home of her newfound Kabbalah faith. The 46-year-old singer, who has just finished her massive Re-Invention tour, has travelled with her family.
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Madonna, the Catholic pop diva turned Jewish mystic, ended a five-day retreat last night with 2,000 fellow searchers in the comfort of a five-star Tel-Aviv hotel.
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LONDON/EAST RUTHERFORD, New Jersey  - Some of the world's biggest pop stars performed at Live Earth concerts around the globe on Saturday to persuade fans and governments to go green.
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A host of celebrities attended a glittering party last night to support breast cancer awareness month. Television presenter Fearne Cotton, actress Adele Silva and singer Faye Tozer were among the guests at the Pink Ribbon Party in central London.
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Hollywood stars and recording artists  from Brad Pitt and Bruce Willis to Madonna and Elton John put  their wattage to work on Saturday, raising money for victims of  the Asian tsunami disaster in a nationally broadcast telethon.
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Madonna's world tour, Confessions, becomes the highest-earning show by a female artist.
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Pop diva Madonna arrived in Malawi on  Wednesday to adopt an African child and fund an orphan center  for 1,000 children, many of whom lost parents to AIDS.
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Pop star Madonna, on a spiritual pilgrimage to the Holy Land, glimpsed Judaism&#39;s sacred Western Wall from afar in the dead of night to avoid being mobbed by waiting photographers.
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Life & style: In pictures: The proceeds from luxury gifts for lovers will go towards fighting Aids and HIV in Africa
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Madonna, Elton John, Nelly, Kenny Chesney and other musicians converged on an NBC Universal studio Saturday for a hastily arranged TV benefit concert for tsunami victims.
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Madonna and Gucci sponsor at fundraiser at the U.N. for Unicef and Malawi that raised $5.5 million, and elevated the celebrity quotient of New York Fashion Week by an order of magnitude.
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LONDON, July 7 â They joined forces two years ago to combat global poverty under the flag of Live 8, and rock and pop stars and their myriad fans around the world threw their voices behind a good cause again on Saturday, this time that of raising awareness about global warming through a campaign called Live Earth.