Posted on February 3rd, 2009 by Princess Kitty in Charity, Music
Jennifer Hudson’s stirring rendition of “The Star-Spangled Banner” is now available on iTunes for 99 cents. Proceeds from the download will benefit the Hudson-King Foundation that honors Jennifer’s mother, brother and nephew who were murdered last October.
The internet has been buzzing with the story that Jennifer lip-synched the anthem as did Faith Hill with her “America the Beautiful”. The producer of the pre-game show told the Associated Press that he insisted that both singers use a pre-recorded track because there were just too many things that could go wrong with a live performance. Live or not, it was a memorable moment and putting it up on iTunes to benefit her family’s charity is a nice touch.
Posted on December 28th, 2008 by Princess Kitty in Charity
Whoa. This will give you chills. Yoko Ono approved the use of John Lennon’s voice and image for a public service announcement supporting the One Laptop Per Child Foundation. For less than $200 a piece, OLPC donates tough, solar-powered XO laptop computers to the world’s poorest children.
The mission of OLPC is: To create educational opportunities for the world’s poorest children by providing each child with a rugged, low-cost, low-power, connected laptop with content and software designed for collaborative, joyful, self-empowered learning. When children have access to this type of tool they get engaged in their own education. They learn, share, create, and collaborate. They become connected to each other, to the world and to a brighter future.
I found a couple of videos of two of my favorites, Josh Groban and Zachary Levi, discussing why it was important to them to participate in last night production.
Posted on May 28th, 2008 by Princess Kitty in Charity
Katie Couric, Charles Gibson and Brian Williams were on all the morning shows to announce this new initiative.
On September 5th, ABC, CBS and NBC will all simulcast a primetime event commercial-free. There promises to be an abundance of stars and lots of educational information provided by the three anchors. For more info, check out the links below for the official site and a promotional video.
