NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Carrie Underwood turned in one of the most-talked about performances with Steven Tyler at this year's Academy of Country Music Awards. Three months later, though, it was another performance that night in Las Vegas that was on her mind.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Colombian singer Shakira danced with students in Haiti on Thursday as she celebrated the renovation of a historic Catholic girls school damaged in the country's devastating 2010 earthquake.
CINCINNATI – Cee Lo Green isn't forgetting volunteer firefighters.
PHILADELPHIA – Talk-show host Maury Povich is donating $1 million to support journalism programs at the University of Pennsylvania, his alma mater.
The gift establishes the Povich Fund for Journalism Programs, which will fund seminars and other events at Penn's Kelly Writers House.
NEW ORLEANS – Actors from "Days of Our Lives" are helping to rebuild homes for families still displaced by Hurricane Katrina.
NEW YORK – Daniel Radcliffe looks forward to a tolerant world where young people grow up unaffected by differences in sexual orientation.
PHILADELPHIA – Will Smith is donating replacements for 30 stolen computers to a high school in West Philadelphia, where he was born and raised.
The Will and Jada Smith Family Foundation and the Charlie Mack Cares philanthropic organizations are giving 29 Apple laptops and one desktop to West Philadelphia High School.
LOS ANGELES – Former TV game show host Bob Barker is donating $2 million to a charity that helps injured members of the military and their families.
NEW YORK – Eric Clapton is parting with dozens of guitars and amps at a New York City auction to benefit an alcohol and drug treatment center he founded in Antigua.
New York-Bonhams will offer the 70 guitars and 70 amps next Wednesday.
NEW YORK – Jack Johnson, the Zac Brown Band and Maroon 5 have joined several other musical acts that have signed on to Patagonia's new music initiative, where fans can get exclusive tracks from their favorite acts, and the profits go to green causes.
HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — Justin Bieber's done it again – this time for real!
The 16-year-old heartthrob has chopped off his famous locks as a good deed, just weeks after he pretended to shave off his hair on Jimmy Kimmel Live!
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