At a time of deepening backlash against sexual harassment in the workplace, attendees at the 18th Annual Texas Conference for Women received encouragement from Anita Hill, whose testimony during the 1991 confirmation hearing of Supreme Court Justice nominee Clarence Thomas ignited a national conversation that has taken on increasing urgency today.
Anita Hill speaks at the Texas Conference For Women 2017
Credit/Copyright: Marla Aufmuth/Getty Images for Texas Conference for Women
“The energy, even the anger of this moment, says that we are ready to end sexual harassment. We are ready to share our truth,” said Hill, now a civil rights leader and professor of social policy, law and women’s studies at Brandeis University. “I am ready to believe that we outnumber the deniers, the enablers and the abusers.”
Sheryl Sandberg, Chief Operating Officer at Facebook, and the best-selling author of Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead also addressed harassment,...
Anita Hill speaks at the Texas Conference For Women 2017
Credit/Copyright: Marla Aufmuth/Getty Images for Texas Conference for Women
“The energy, even the anger of this moment, says that we are ready to end sexual harassment. We are ready to share our truth,” said Hill, now a civil rights leader and professor of social policy, law and women’s studies at Brandeis University. “I am ready to believe that we outnumber the deniers, the enablers and the abusers.”
Sheryl Sandberg, Chief Operating Officer at Facebook, and the best-selling author of Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead also addressed harassment,...
- 11/14/2017
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Today, Farm Sanctuary, America’s leading farm animal protection organization, announces that Mckenna Grace, star of “Gifted,” Netflix’s “The Haunting Of Hill House,” and “I, Tonya,” is their 2017 Adopt a Turkey Project spokesperson.
Mckenna Grace Stands Up for Turkeys
Following in the footsteps of Alec Baldwin and Ellen DeGeneres, she will speak out for turkeys, who are some of the most abused animals on Earth.
Video: Mckenna Grace Stands Up for Turkeys: "I Would Rather Love Them Than Eat Them"
In an adorable new video shot at Farm Sanctuary’s shelter for rescued farm animals in Acton, CA, Mckenna, surrounded by her feathered friends, informs viewers that turkeys are smart, social, curious, playful, and enjoy being petted and cuddled, just like a dog or a cat. She also acknowledges a sad reality: that although turkeys can live up to ten years, most only live to be a few months old.
Mckenna Grace Stands Up for Turkeys
Following in the footsteps of Alec Baldwin and Ellen DeGeneres, she will speak out for turkeys, who are some of the most abused animals on Earth.
Video: Mckenna Grace Stands Up for Turkeys: "I Would Rather Love Them Than Eat Them"
In an adorable new video shot at Farm Sanctuary’s shelter for rescued farm animals in Acton, CA, Mckenna, surrounded by her feathered friends, informs viewers that turkeys are smart, social, curious, playful, and enjoy being petted and cuddled, just like a dog or a cat. She also acknowledges a sad reality: that although turkeys can live up to ten years, most only live to be a few months old.
- 11/7/2017
- Look to the Stars
There's nothing like Halloween in Hollywood!
Stars went all out celebrating the spookiest day of the year -- not just on Oct. 31, but for practically the whole week leading up to it!
Kelly Clarkson kicked off Halloween weekend with her iHeartRadio Album Release Party at the iHeartRadio Theater in Burbank, California, on Oct. 27. The live event included a Q&A session as well as a performance, where she sang a few of her new songs like “Love So Soft” and “Heart,” as well as her classics, including “Because of You” and “Breakaway.”
Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty Images for iHeartMedia
Watch: Kelly Clarkson Amazingly Sings 'Since U Been Gone' Backwards
Brad Paisley and Kimberly Williams-Paisley put on costumes to host a family-friendly VIP gaming event with Xbox for their fellow country music artists, athletes and other Nashville celebrities including Cassadee Pope, John Rich, Mat Kearney, Rodney Atkins and Little Big Town. They got to play...
Stars went all out celebrating the spookiest day of the year -- not just on Oct. 31, but for practically the whole week leading up to it!
Kelly Clarkson kicked off Halloween weekend with her iHeartRadio Album Release Party at the iHeartRadio Theater in Burbank, California, on Oct. 27. The live event included a Q&A session as well as a performance, where she sang a few of her new songs like “Love So Soft” and “Heart,” as well as her classics, including “Because of You” and “Breakaway.”
Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty Images for iHeartMedia
Watch: Kelly Clarkson Amazingly Sings 'Since U Been Gone' Backwards
Brad Paisley and Kimberly Williams-Paisley put on costumes to host a family-friendly VIP gaming event with Xbox for their fellow country music artists, athletes and other Nashville celebrities including Cassadee Pope, John Rich, Mat Kearney, Rodney Atkins and Little Big Town. They got to play...
- 11/3/2017
- Entertainment Tonight
Peggy Albrecht Friendly House Los Angeles, the first residential program in the country for women recovering from alcohol and drug abuse, will honor actor and activist Joe Manganiello with the Man of the Year Award, MusiCares/Map Fund’s Senior Director Harold Owens with the Excellence In Service Award; entrepreneur and television personality Eden Sassoon with the Woman of the Year Award; and tattoo artist, author, activist and musician Kat Von D with the Shining Star Award at their 28th annual Awards Luncheon, October 28, 2017 at The Beverly Hilton Hotel, Beverly Hills.
Peggy Albrecht Friendly House was founded in 1951 is a model for recovery homes in the United States and Europe. They have successfully treated thousands of women with a success rate of 76% compared to the hospital average of 35%. The organization is solely supported by private donations and grants and by the fundraising efforts of the Board of Directors and Grateful...
Peggy Albrecht Friendly House was founded in 1951 is a model for recovery homes in the United States and Europe. They have successfully treated thousands of women with a success rate of 76% compared to the hospital average of 35%. The organization is solely supported by private donations and grants and by the fundraising efforts of the Board of Directors and Grateful...
- 10/27/2017
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Academy and Emmy Award-winning actress Viola Davis, the Albertsons Companies Foundation and the Entertainment Industry Foundation (Eif) have come together again to continue the Hunger Is “Hungry for More” campaign, which is designed to raise awareness and funds to fight childhood hunger in America.
Through the generosity of Albertsons Companies customers, last year Hunger Is provided five million breakfasts to children in need, a number which the campaign will strive to match this year.
The Hunger Is “Hungry for More” campaign will run through October 15th in more than 2,300 Albertsons Companies grocery stores throughout the country, giving shoppers at Albertsons, Safeway, Vons, Jewel-Osco, Shaw’s, Star Market, Tom Thumb, Randalls, Acme, and others the opportunity to contribute toward hunger relief efforts in their communities. The print, broadcast, digital and out-of-home PSA campaign, in which Viola Davis addresses the importance of eradicating childhood hunger in the U.S., will continue to...
Through the generosity of Albertsons Companies customers, last year Hunger Is provided five million breakfasts to children in need, a number which the campaign will strive to match this year.
The Hunger Is “Hungry for More” campaign will run through October 15th in more than 2,300 Albertsons Companies grocery stores throughout the country, giving shoppers at Albertsons, Safeway, Vons, Jewel-Osco, Shaw’s, Star Market, Tom Thumb, Randalls, Acme, and others the opportunity to contribute toward hunger relief efforts in their communities. The print, broadcast, digital and out-of-home PSA campaign, in which Viola Davis addresses the importance of eradicating childhood hunger in the U.S., will continue to...
- 10/6/2017
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Tom Petty has left a massive hole in the music industry, and will be missed by both musicians and fans around the world.
Earlier this year, the 66-year-old music legend was honored as the 2017 MusiCares Person Of The Year in recognition of his significant creative accomplishments, his career-long interest in defending artists’ rights, and the charitable work he has undertaken throughout his career, which has notably focused on the homeless population in Los Angeles. Widely recognized by a younger generation of musicians as an example of what an engaged artist can accomplish in his field and beyond, Petty has come to represent the lasting possibilities of rock and roll.
The event raised a record $8.5 millon for MusiCares’ programs and services.
The sad news of Petty’s death comes only days after Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers wrapped their successful 40th-anniversary tour with shows at venues such as the iconic Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles.
Earlier this year, the 66-year-old music legend was honored as the 2017 MusiCares Person Of The Year in recognition of his significant creative accomplishments, his career-long interest in defending artists’ rights, and the charitable work he has undertaken throughout his career, which has notably focused on the homeless population in Los Angeles. Widely recognized by a younger generation of musicians as an example of what an engaged artist can accomplish in his field and beyond, Petty has come to represent the lasting possibilities of rock and roll.
The event raised a record $8.5 millon for MusiCares’ programs and services.
The sad news of Petty’s death comes only days after Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers wrapped their successful 40th-anniversary tour with shows at venues such as the iconic Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles.
- 10/3/2017
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Bruce Springsteen is releasing an entire 1978 show with the E Street Band in Houston, Texas. The release will benefit the MusiCares Hurricane Relief Fund, which will aid those affected by the recent devastation in Texas as well as in Florida.
The Houston show originally appeared as part of the Darkness on the Edge of Town box set. It captures the final leg of the Darkness tour, including the extended intro version of “Prove It All Night,” the rarely performed “Streets of Fire,” and Darkness outtakes “Fire” and “Because the Night.” It also features prototypes of The River’s “Independence Day,” “Point Blank” and “The Ties That Bind,” plus a rare September song, “Santa Claus is Comin’ To Town.”
Houston was one of Bruce’s earliest springboards, which accounts for the presence here of early favorites “Fire” and “Saint in the City.”
Bruce, the E Street band, Sony Music and nugs.
The Houston show originally appeared as part of the Darkness on the Edge of Town box set. It captures the final leg of the Darkness tour, including the extended intro version of “Prove It All Night,” the rarely performed “Streets of Fire,” and Darkness outtakes “Fire” and “Because the Night.” It also features prototypes of The River’s “Independence Day,” “Point Blank” and “The Ties That Bind,” plus a rare September song, “Santa Claus is Comin’ To Town.”
Houston was one of Bruce’s earliest springboards, which accounts for the presence here of early favorites “Fire” and “Saint in the City.”
Bruce, the E Street band, Sony Music and nugs.
- 9/20/2017
- Look to the Stars
Peggy Albrecht Friendly House Los Angeles, the first residential program in the country for women recovering from alcohol and drug abuse, will honor MusiCares/Map Fund’s Senior Director Harold Owens with the Excellence In Service Award; entrepreneur and television personality Eden Sassoon with the Woman of the Year Award; and tattoo artist, author, activist and musician Kat Von D with the Shining Star Award at their 28th annual Awards Luncheon, Saturday, October 28, 2017 at The Beverly Hilton Hotel, Beverly Hills.
“We are honored to celebrate each of these remarkable individuals for their generosity, commitment, and myriad of contributions to our community,” said Friendly House Board Chair, Peggy Albrecht. “Our organization is fortunate to have such dedicated supporters. With their generosity, we are able to provide an environment where women can recover from the devastation of drug and alcohol addiction, help to renew family relationships and reintegrate each woman back into the community.
“We are honored to celebrate each of these remarkable individuals for their generosity, commitment, and myriad of contributions to our community,” said Friendly House Board Chair, Peggy Albrecht. “Our organization is fortunate to have such dedicated supporters. With their generosity, we are able to provide an environment where women can recover from the devastation of drug and alcohol addiction, help to renew family relationships and reintegrate each woman back into the community.
- 9/20/2017
- Look to the Stars
In celebration of a new school year, Emmy-nominated actress, producer & screenwriter Rashida Jones partnered with the SAG-aftra Foundation's Storyline Online (storylineonline.net) children’s literacy initiative to read the beloved children’s book Please Please the Bees.
Video: Please Please the Bees read by Rashida Jones
Written and illustrated by Gerald Kelley and published by Albert Whitman and Company, Please Please the Bees is a delightful story showcasing morals of friendship, gratitude and paying it forward. In addition to its new video starring Jones, the award-winning Storyline Online program also unveiled its newly redesigned website and a new app for iPhone and Android. The app features the full digital library of Storyline Online videos, complimentary educational activity guides and more.
Please Please the Bees tells the story of Benedict, a big brown bear who is very content with his routine. Every day, he eats the same meals, runs the same...
Video: Please Please the Bees read by Rashida Jones
Written and illustrated by Gerald Kelley and published by Albert Whitman and Company, Please Please the Bees is a delightful story showcasing morals of friendship, gratitude and paying it forward. In addition to its new video starring Jones, the award-winning Storyline Online program also unveiled its newly redesigned website and a new app for iPhone and Android. The app features the full digital library of Storyline Online videos, complimentary educational activity guides and more.
Please Please the Bees tells the story of Benedict, a big brown bear who is very content with his routine. Every day, he eats the same meals, runs the same...
- 9/18/2017
- Look to the Stars
Disney, Marvel Studios, Dolby Laboratories, Synchrony Bank, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Broadcom Masters and Society for Science & the Public are pleased to present the nationwide Marvel Studios’ Thor: Ragnarok Superpower Of Stem Challenge in conjunction with the November 3, 2017 theatrical release of Marvel Studios’ Thor: Ragnarok, starring Chris Hemsworth, Tom Hiddleston, Cate Blanchett, Idris Elba, Jeff Goldblum, Tessa Thompson, Karl Urban, Mark Ruffalo and Anthony Hopkins.
Thor: Ragnarok Superpower Of Stem Challenge
Marvel Studios is, once again, encouraging young girls to explore the superpower of Stem (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) with the Marvel Studios’ Thor: Ragnarok Superpower Of Stem Challenge.
This program, supported by American Association for the Advancement of Science, Broadcom Masters, and Society for Science & the Public, seeks to inspire young girls to use the superpower of Stem to help their family, community or the world be safer, healthier or happier. Marvel Studios’ Thor: Ragnarok...
Thor: Ragnarok Superpower Of Stem Challenge
Marvel Studios is, once again, encouraging young girls to explore the superpower of Stem (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) with the Marvel Studios’ Thor: Ragnarok Superpower Of Stem Challenge.
This program, supported by American Association for the Advancement of Science, Broadcom Masters, and Society for Science & the Public, seeks to inspire young girls to use the superpower of Stem to help their family, community or the world be safer, healthier or happier. Marvel Studios’ Thor: Ragnarok...
- 9/15/2017
- Look to the Stars
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