If, like me, you grew up knowing the lyrics to every song on Boyz II Men’s Cooley High Harmony album, had posters of the “Motown Philly” boys on your walls and still sing at the top of your lungs when “I’ll Make Love To You” starts playing on the radio, then this story is going to MAKE. YOU. MELT….
Armie Hammer Paints Mural To #EndGunViolence
Like many Americans, Armie Hammer has had enough of gun violence. So he’s joining a global movement to raise awareness about ending it – using spray cans and paint. The Hollywood star has been helping artist Tyler Ramsey create a peace mural at a liquor store in Venice, California. It’s one of dozens that have gone…
Bruno Mars Feeds 24,000 People in Hawaii for Thanksgiving
Yep, it’s true. Bruno Mars has a heart of gold. 24 karat gold. The superstar made a massive donation to the Salvation Army in his home state of Hawaii earlier this month and it’s been used to feed 24,000 people in need over Thanksgiving! View this post on Instagram Big Mahalo to @brunomars who is providing 24K #Thanksgiving Holiday…
TV Stars Speak Up For #SilencedVoices
Some of the cast members of Jane The Virgin, Shameless, Orange Is The New Black, The Good Place and more are using their social media platforms to remind us about the families who are still separated at the US border. They’re posting videos of themselves with the hashtag #SilencedVoices and they’re reading the words of parents at Port Isabel Detention Center…
The Aussie Celebs Saying #NupToTheCup
It’s Melbourne Cup Day and while it feels like just about every Aussie celebrity, socialite and social media star is at some sort of Cup Day event (no doubt your Insta feed is being bombarded with pics of glamorous women and ridiculously well-groomed men too) there are more than a few who are saying #nuptothecup instead. The…
Angelina Jolie Speaks Up For Venezuelan Refugees and Praises Peru
UNHCR Special Envoy Angelina Jolie just spent 3 days in Peru meeting men, women and children who’ve fled Venezuela. The situation in Venezuela is bad right now. The economy is in free-fall and people are struggling to survive. It’s so bad, there’s a mass exodus happening – according to the UN, 2 million people have fled…
CelebrityKind Movies: A Star Is Born
Rated M, 136 Minutes Bradley Cooper, Lady Gaga, Sam Elliot, Rebecca Field, Andrew Dice Clay, Rafi Gavron It’s not hard to see why everyone is going gaga over this one. Familiarity of story alongside being a fourth official version didn’t diminish the effect this Bradley Cooper directorial debut maintained over me. From the opening guitar strums…
Emily Ratajkowski and Amy Schumer Stand Up For Women (And Get Arrested)
How awesome to see big names like Amy Schumer and Emily Ratajkowski getting amongst it on Capitol Hill today to protest Brett Kavanaugh – you know, the guy who is accused of sexually assaulting multiple women but may still end up sitting on the Supreme Court? Yeah, that guy. View this post on Instagram Today I was arrested…
David Schwimmer’s #ThatsHarassment Videos Play in NYC Cabs
Friends star David Schwimmer made a bunch of important videos about sexual harassment last year and they’ve been doing the rounds in 13,000 cabs across New York City. “My mother, my sister, countless female colleagues and friends have all experienced some form of sexual harassment in their lifetime,” David said when the ads were initially released. “Now I’m…
Alyssa, Ashley and More Explain #WhyIDidntReport
Hollywood celebrities are among thousands of sexual assault survivors sharing heartbreaking stories on social media about why they didn’t report their attackers straight away. The #WhyIDidntReport hashtag started in response to a tweet by US President Donald Trump questioning whether Dr Christine Blasey Ford was ever really sexually assaulted by Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh: “If the…
Adrian Grenier’s Pledge To Stop Using Plastic Bottles
First, he got us to ditch the single-use plastic straws. Now, Adrian Grenier is hoping we’ll do the same with single-use plastic bottles. View this post on Instagram Yesterday I signed a pledge to make the switch to reusable water bottles w/ @SodaStreamUSA & @oceanic.society. Join me (link in my bio) By doing so,…
One Reason Why Annie Lennox is a Global Feminist
Annie Lennox is one of my favourite celebrity philanthropists and activists. I’ve been following her work since 1999 when she donated all the profits from her Eurythmics Peace Tour to Amnesty International and Greenpeace. It was the first time it registered that celebrities were doing this sort of stuff and, it was largely going unnoticed. (Teenage…
Cate Blanchett’s Statement to UN Security Council About Rohingya Refugees
“Many Bangladeshi villagers living nearby, with very little to call their own, have been helping the Rohingya refugees over the past year. If people with so little can step up, why can’t we do better?” Today, Cate Blanchett sat before the United Nations Security Council and asked the world this very important question. There are currently…