Stars Sign Up to Participate in a Cancer Telethon

Not Jerry Lewis, either, but the A-listers are turning out to battle cancer.  Gwyneth Paltrow, Julia Roberts, Matt Damon, Samuel L. Jackson and Emma Stone are a few of  the stars participating in the third Stand Up to Cancer telethon, the organization announced.  Ms. Paltrow is an executive producer for the event to raise money and awareness.

Musical performances by Taylor Swift, Coldplay, Alicia Keys and Tim McGraw are planned, and more than 25 movie, TV and sports stars will be taking phone pledges, said executive producer Joel Gallen.

Laura Ziskin, founder of Stand Up to Cancer and producer of its first two telethons in 2008 and 2010, lost her seven-year fight against breast cancer last year. The "Spider-Man" movie producer was 61.

In addition to ABC, CBS, FOX and NBC and numerous cablers, other significant SU2C supporters include AOL, Bonnier Corporation, Condé Nast Media Group, eBay Inc., Facebook, Hearst Corporation, Hulu, iTunes, Los Angeles Times, Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Meredith Corporation, The New York Times Company, Rodale, Time Inc, WebMD, Yahoo! and YouTube. For more information, visit standup2cancer.org.

About the Entertainment Industry Foundation
Stand Up To Cancer is a program of the Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF), the 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization that serves as the collective philanthropy for the television and film businesses. EIF has distributed hundreds of millions of dollars to support programs addressing critical health, education and social issues. For more information, visit www.eifoundation.org.


Cancer sucks.

Best Dressed: 2012 Billboard Music Awards

Fashion was at a high on Sunday during the 2012 Billboard Music Awards. Who do you think looked the best? The men brought their A games as well, suiting up nicely and the ladies were as stunning as ever. Take a look at a few of the standout outfits from Sunday's festivities.

 Julianne Hough glittered her way down the carpet into the awards show in this stunning sparkly number.

 Music new-comer Carly Rae Jepsen looked elegant with sleek hair and floor length gown.

Carrie Underwood looked just like a princess in her gown.

Katy Perry dropped the all blue hair and went for more of an elegant look her stunning lavender gown and shoulder length hair.

 Alicia Keys and Gladys Knight rocked the awards in black ensembles and looked oh-so-stunning doing it!

 Taking an opposite approach, Miley Cyrus and Monica donned all white apparel. Miley wore a short jacket style dress and black and white Laboutins, while Monica showed a little peep of skin with her white gown.

Taylor Swift looked stunning, as usual, in her floor length red gown. She later accepted the award for Woman of the Year.

Purple was the it color, as Brandy showed off this summer look!

THE MEN!

Gavin Degraw showed up looking as handsome as ever!

Justin Bieber worked spiked hair and his typical Bieber swag!

LMFAO brought a little color to the carpet with usual their out there attire!

The Wanted men looked deliciously dapper in suits of all colors and fits! We like!

Summer was definitely on his mind as Usher showed up wearing a very bright outfit, but looking fabulous none-the-less.

Wiz Khalifa looked relaxed and ready to take home a few awards (which he did).

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"Keep A Child Alive Black Ball" hosted by Alicia Keys

American recording artist Alicia Keys was joined by celebrities for a fundraiser to aid African and India children who are affected by HIV and Aids.

Keep A Child Alive, the non-profit organization Keys co-founded held a Keep A Child Alive Black Ball at the Roundhouse in Camden, London. Keys hosted the event with Grammy award winner artist Mark Ronson.

The event's guests included Tinie Tempah, Paloma Faith, Chipmunh, Beth Ditto and Jay Sean.

Keys wore a black Givency gown with feathered skirt and walked with her husband, producer Swizz Beatz (Kasseem Daoud Dean.)

"It is a big deal, because I think about all the children who don't have a mum. They have to fend for themselves and look after themselves. What do they have left to do, if they have no one around to protect them? It makes tonight very, very important," Alisha spoke at the red carpet.

The event also featured an auction with a studio session with Ronson, artwork of US President Barack Obama and luxury trip to New York as offerings.

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World Aids Day campaign...

In a super involved and hopefully super successful campaign for World Aids Day 2010 Keep A Child Alive, celebs such as Kim Kardashian, Serena Williams & Ryan Seacrest have posed as corpses...yes, you read right! Corpses!

The clever photos show the celebs in coffins with the phrase 'KIM KARDASHIAN IS DEAD'...substitute the name of course. The death is virtual...literally. Each of the celebs participating has vouched to 'kill' their digital life including twitter accounts, facebook accounts, blogs etc until $1,000,000 is raised.

All YOU have to do is go to the official Keep A Child Alive site and "Buy Life" by texting a $10 donation, buying some merch, becoming a monthly donor or even go the extra mile and start your own fund raising campaign! Also, you can check out their YouTube site here.

So, if you're not sure why your fave celeb's digital life has become a little quiet, donate and get them back online!

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