CELEBRITY GUESTS WHO JOINED US
AT OUR NIGHT TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE
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Ajay Rochester |
Brooke Burns |
Charice Pempengco |
Cindy Margolis |
Darryl McDaniels |
David Foster | Dee Wallace |
Diane Warren |
Dr. Bill Dorfman |
Eva La Rue |
Forest & Keisha Whitaker |
Gilles Marini |
Gloria Loring |
Harry Hamlin |
Hilary Duff |
Holly Robinson Peete | James Keach | Jane Seymour | Jessica Biel | Joey Fatone | John Paul Dejoria | Jose Canseco | Ken Paves | Kym Johnson | Laila Ali | Leeza Gibbons |
Lisa Rinna |
Louis Van Amstel |
Mario Lopez |
Mary Murphy |
Mel B. |
Melissa Gilbert |
Michael Buble |
Oliva Newton-John | Paris Hilton |
Rex Lee |
Rodney Peete |
Ryan Yerdon |
Sharon Lawrence |
Shaun Toub | Slash & Perla Hudson |
Suzanne Somers | Teri Hatcher | Terrell Owens |
Thelma Huston |
Tony Hawk |
Travis Stork |
Wilson Cruz
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OUR CELEBRITY AMBASSADORS OF CHANGE
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Laila AlI | Jessica Biel & Make the Difference Network | Cindy Crawford | John Paul DeJoria | Fran Drescher | Hilary Duff | David Foster | Leeza Gibbons | Melissa Gilbert | Erin Gray | Tony Hawk | Slash & Perla Hudson | Larry King | Ali Landry | Mario Lopez | Gloria Loring |
Darryl DMC McDaniels | Dr. Phil & Robin McGraw | Olivia Newton-John | Holly Robinson & Rodney Peete | Jane Seymour | Amy Smart | Ashley Tisdale |
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WEBCAST VIEWED IN OVER 70 COUNTRIES
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We made history with our first ever Night to Make a Difference on Oscar® night. Our live show was seen in 71 countries and we are still getting questions and comments from people all over the world who watched it live or viewed the archive from countries such as:
Estonia
Ireland
Iraq
Australia
England
Chile
Brazil
Mexico
South Africa
Kosovo
United Kingdom
Spain
The Netherlands
Canada
Papua New Guinea
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OUR FEATURED CAUSES, CHARITIES & CELEBRITY INITIATIVES
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Through our Ambassadors of Change program, our Night to Make a Difference highlights the work our celebrity partners are most passionate about. These causes include the following organizations... |
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The Leeza Gibbons Memory Foundation |
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The Leeza Gibbons Memory Foundation educates, empowers, and energizes caregivers impacted by chronic illness by creating unique programming, providing universal access to resources, and fostering evidence-based behavioral research to elevate the national consciousness of caregiving. Leeza’s Place is the signature program of the Leeza Gibbons Memory Foundation and was founded after the diagnosis of Leeza's mom. Developed in response to the challenges Leeza and her family encountered while seeking specific and needed support, Leeza's Place is a potent source of information, strength and purpose. Nestled within your own community, Leeza's Place is a multifaceted reprieve, for both caregivers and the recently diagnosed, that integrates educational programs, connective social activities, emotional support, and intergenerational programming designed to help you navigate through your community's continuum of care. Leeza's Place was designed to ensure that others experiencing what the Gibbons family encountered would have access to new, supportive settings created for the purpose of educating, empowering and energizing.
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Olivia Newton-John Cancer & Wellness Appeal |
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The Olivia Newton-John Cancer and Wellness Centre Appeal will set new standards in patient-centred care and provide a way forward in cancer treatment - one towards wellness. The Centre will be a beautiful architecturally designed cancer and wellness precinct with world-class research facilities, the best of patient care and medical treatments, and a dedicated Wellness Centre to assist patients’ healing - body, mind and spirit - during the cancer journey.
The Centre will build on 126 years of cancer care at the Austin Hospital, in Melbourne Australia, and provide new directions in the treatment of all types of cancer; and further the international work of the Ludwig Institute For Cancer Research that is headquartered in New York. The way of the future for the best of cancer care is to not only work towards developing new treatments, but to focus on patient healing – for the whole person and their total wellbeing. Your support will help the appeal move closer towards creating a truly special Centre to help to change the way cancer is treated – to provide care for the whole person and not just their disease. |
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Look to the Stars |
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Founded in 2006, Look To The Stars is the leader in the world of celebrity charity
news.
Top U.S. organizations including MTV, Google, USA Today, E! Online and Us Weekly
come to us for news and information about what celebrities are doing to help others. Each day at www.LookToTheStars.org we publish news about what the philanthropic stars
are up to, and we keep track of their charity work in our extensively-researched
database, which currently features over 1500 celebrities and 1200 charities.
Celebrities around the world give our writers exclusive interviews, in which they talk
about which causes mean the most to them, and how they would like to see people get
involved for a better world. It is our goal to be the prime channel through which celebrities share their hopes and
concerns for our world, and to help their messages inspire the public to work for a better tomorrow. In so doing, we aim to help non-profits and causes by rallying public
support, and by offering a platform from which those organizations can publicize their
work.
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The Felix Organization |
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The mission of THE FELIX ORGANIZATION Adoptees For Children is to provide opportunities and new experiences that will enrich the lives of children who are growing up without parents. As adoptees we got "taken home". We want to give to those children who didn't get "taken home".
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Children's Hospice and Palliative Care Coalition |
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The mission of Children’s Hospice and Palliative Care Coalition is to ensure compassionate, comprehensive care for children with life-threatening conditions. Together with their families, we speak out for those too little or too sick to speak for themselves, and create programs that directly improve the quality of their lives. CHPCC unites parents, children’s hospitals, home health agencies, hospices and community- based organizations and policy makers towards the common goal of improving healthcare for children.
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Make the Difference Network |
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Make The Difference Network is a "Grassroots Social Cause Network" of individuals, businesses and celebrities dedicated to helping nonprofit organizations raise money, extend their message and connect with donors and supporters.
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Cancer Schmancer |
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Based on her second New York Times best seller, Cancer Schmancer, Fran Drescher launched Cancer Schmancer on June 21, 2007 to ensure that all women’s cancers are diagnosed in Stage 1, when they are most curable. To this end, the Cancer Schmancer Foundation educates women on the risk factors, early warning signs, and tests that are available for early detection of women’s cancers. The Cancer Schmancer Movement advocates for improved women’s cancer healthcare legislation.
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MomLogic.com |
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Momlogic.com is an online magazine "for thinking moms who don't have time to think." In addition to posting topical, entertaining and relevant stories, the site features breaking news and how it affects the lives of mothers and their families in an ever-changing world. Momlogic.com is produced by Telepictures Productions, an industry-leading producer of syndicated programming and winner of 54 Daytime Emmy Awards.
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Environmental Media Association |
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The Environmental Media Association (EMA) mobilizes the entertainment
industry in a global effort to educate people about environmental issues and
inspire them into action. EMA was created in 1989, as a non-profit 501(c)3, with the simple but
powerful concept that through music, television and film, the entire entertainment community could influence the environmental awareness of millions of people. Through the use of weaving environmental messages within entertainment programming and utilizing "celebrity" for positive role modeling, EMA continues to have a profound effect on how the public receives environmental information. EMA serves as a valuable link between the entertainment industry and the environmental community.
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Blessings in a Backpack |
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Blessings in a Backpack is a results oriented program. This unique program is designed to feed elementary school children whose families qualify for the federal free and reduced meal program and may not have any or enough food on the weekends. Better test scores, improved reading skills, positive behavior, improved health and increased attendance have all been attributed to the success of this program. $80 feeds a child in the program for an entire school year. Following a donation, a school is chosen and a local grocer partners with the program to provide food for meals in the backpacks. Every Friday, students receive their backpacks with staples that require little to no preparation. They return with their backpacks on Monday ready to learn. Blessings in a Backpack is currently feeding over 10,000 children in Kentucky, Indiana, Florida, Michigan, Missouri, California and New York. The program is a hybrid of private sector funding and public partnership carried out in public schools. We are feeding the future of America, one school at a time.
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TreePeople |
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TreePeople’s work is about helping nature heal our cities. Our mission is to inspire, engage and support people to take personal responsibility for the urban environment, making it safe, healthy, fun and sustainable and to share the results as a model for the world.
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American Red Cross |
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The mission of the American Red Cross is to prevent, prepare for and respond to emergencies. Today, in addition to domestic disaster relief, the American Red Cross offers compassionate services in five other areas: community services that help the needy; support and comfort for military members and their families; the collection, processing and distribution of lifesaving blood and blood products; educational programs that promote health and safety; and international relief and development programs.
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Smiles for Life |
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How often do you get a chance to do something wonderful and easy for yourself, and make a difference in somebody else's life at the same time? Here's a chance... March thru June, Crown Council dentists donate their time, Discus Dental donates the whitening materials, your smile is professionally whitened at a deeply discounted fee (donation), and seriously ill, disabled, and underprivileged children in your community (and around the world) get the money. YES, IT'S WAY COOL. Visit our site today to schedule an appointment. Because there are kids waiting for you to whiten your smile!
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Tony Hawk Foundation |
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The Tony Hawk Foundation seeks to foster lasting improvements in society, with an emphasis on supporting and empowering youth. Through special events, grants and technical assistance, the Foundation supports recreational programs with a focus on the creation of public skateboard parks in low-income communities.
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HollyRod Foundation |
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Quality of life something all strive for: that opportunity is diminished for many due to disease and life altering challenges. The HollyRod foundation is dedicated to providing medical, physical and emotional support to those suffering with debilitating life circumstances especially Parkinson's disease. Where there is need the HollyRod Foundation provides a smile of comfort showing we will be there every step of the way. Efforts of The HollyRod Foundation are providing a better quality of life for individuals and their families while they fight to LIVE!
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The David Foster Foundation |
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The David Foster Foundation is dedicated to two specific goals; to provide financial assistance for non-medical expenses, which are not otherwise covered by governmental agencies, to families in Canada with children who are in need of major organ transplants, and to raise public awareness regarding organ donation.
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International Visual Communication Center |
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The IVCC ‘International Visual Communications Center’ will open in 2010 as a Center for the Advancement of Media Professionals. Providing support and affordable facilities all housed under one roof so that members can realize their vision. Through educational programs, screenings, exhibitions and large photographic projects the IVCC aims to create a community of visual communicators dedicated to using the visual medium as a tool for change in the world, for the preservation of history and to come together to serve each other and the community with this universal visual language whether it is through film, photography ,television or multi-media.
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IT'S A PARTY WITH A PURPOSE
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The Academy Awards® are here and we want you to be a part of the action! Join us as we "party with a purpose" on Oscar® Night 2009. Our event will bring together stars from film, TV, music, sports and fashion as we celebrate the worlds of celebrity and charity. Our unique approach to Oscar® Night features a live webcast (produced and directed by Marc Scarpa) beamed directly from the iconic Mr. Chow in Beverly Hills with celebrity contributors as our “Ambassadors of Change”. These stars lead by example and use their "celebrity" for the greater good. During our viewing dinner and after party, they will empower our audience to make a difference in their own lives via our live webcast streaming via our internet partners. The world will be watching as we put the focus on advocacy, volunteerism, philanthropy and giving back! Be sure to join us on Oscar® Night as we give special thanks to celebrities who use their star-power to give back to the world...
Event Highlights:
• A captivating red carpet event with fun, flair and a focus on giving back
• Mr. Chow will become a "living set" as it provides the backdrop for our live webcast (produced and directed by Marc Scarpa) streaming on several partner websites
• Our special correspondents deliver their insider point of view and interact with fans throughout the show
• Dinner guests will be treated to a specially planned and prepared 10-course dinner featuring Mr. Chow's world famous cuisine while watching the Oscars® on screens throughout the restaurant
• Our after party features entertainment director David Foster, special guest performers including four-time Grammy winning icon Olivia Newton-John, Grammy legend Thelma Huston, and David Foster protégé 16 year-old Charice Pempengco along with red hot DJ Steve Aoki
• Exclusive staging area provided for EXTRA, our primary entertainment TV news magazine, and our other media partners
• Charity auction & gift bags managed by GBK Productions with exclusive experiences and memorabilia
• By partnering with Jessica Biel's Make the Difference Network we'll merge the worlds of celebrity and philanthropy by letting webcast viewers at home contribute directly to the celebrity cause of their choosing
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"This event is truly different from the others and one of the aspects I am most excited about is the ability for viewers at home to be a part of the experience via the live webcast. With Arquiva and Highwinds handling the technical wizardry, we are able to focus on our message of advocacy and philanthropy. Our hope is to inspire people at home and around the world to take action and knowing that we are able to reach a broad audience on the web means we truly have a chance to help create the change presented by our on-camera Hollywood celebrities. I think it's what happens when Hollywood stars converge with technical stars like Arquiva and Highwinds. Our combination of being behind the scenes of movie's most glamorous night along wtih it's most passionate and purposeful stars takes the gold for best new web idea!"
~ Leeza Gibbons
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CONTACT US
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For more information about our event and
to find out how you can get involved next year, email us at
leeza@leezagibbons.com
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This event is not sponsored or affiliated with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
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