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Duran Duran to Donate Proceeds After Eagles Of Death Metal Fans 'Save A Prayer' Campaign

Duran Duran to Donate Proceeds After Eagles Of Death Metal Fans 'Save A Prayer' Campaign EODM fans' song request statement — photo credit: Eagles Of Death Metal For No. 1 Facebook pageDuran Duran frontman Simon LeBon will donate all the band's proceeds from Eagles of Death Metal's cover of their 1982 hit, "Save A Prayer," to something "useful,…

Charlie Sheen Says He's Going To 'Deliver A Cure' For HIV

Charlie Sheen Says He's Going To 'Deliver A Cure' For HIV Charlie Sheen on the TODAY show — photo credit: TODAYActor Charlie Sheen revealed he has been living with HIV for the last four years in an interview with Matt Lauer on this morning's edition of the TODAY show and now he's hoping to help people and become more philanthropic in this…

6 Truths About Muslims Reza Aslan Explained To CNN That Are Still True

6 Truths About Muslims Reza Aslan Explained To CNN That Are Still True Reza Aslan — photo credit: rezaaslan.comWhen Reza Aslan, an Iranian-American creative writing professor from the University of California, appeared on CNN in September 2014 it was to act as a counterpoint to the sometimes recklessly ill-informed opinions about Islam that influential…

John Lennon Brownies Raise Money for Sister's Imagine No Food Poverty

John Lennon Brownies Raise Money for Sister's Imagine No Food Poverty The John Lennon Imagine No Food Poverty brownie — photo courtesy of Can Cook.For the next year, chocolate brownies commemorating what would have been John Lennon’s 75th birthday will be on sale in Liverpool to raise money for Imagine No Food Poverty, a campaign led by Lennon’s…

Steve Fund to Implement 24/7 Mental Health Text Support for American Students of Colour

Steve Fund to Implement 24/7 Mental Health Text Support for American Students of Colour Stephen C. Rose — photo credit: The Steve Fund.Non-profit organization The Steve Fund has announced three steps towards improving the mental health of students of colour in the U.S. More than a year after establishing the fund, the first-ever U.S. non-profit devoted…

Shawn Mendes Wants To Continue Making a Difference, Perhaps Go to Africa

Shawn Mendes Wants To Continue Making a Difference, Perhaps Go to Africa Shawn Mendes accepts Allan Slaight Honour at Canada's Walk of Fame show — photo credit: George Pimentel.Shawn Mendes is 17 and one of the most successful newcomers in pop music. His debut album, Handwritten, has charted all over the world, including No. 1 in Canada and the U.S. and…

Buy A Little Flag and See What Operation Raise A Flag Does To Help Veterans

Buy A Little Flag and See What Operation Raise A Flag Does To Help Veterans Raised flags in front of Sunnybrook Hospital — photo credit: Sunnybrook HospitalThe poppies that people all across Canada wear leading up to Remembrance Day aren't the only way Canadians can support their veterans. Operation Raise A Flag, an initiative of Toronto's Sunnybrook…

Ryan Reynolds Asks For Parkinson's Donations After Father's Death

Ryan Reynolds Asks For Parkinson's Donations After Father's Death James Reynolds with his son Ryan — photo credit: Ryan Reynolds TwitterCanadian actor Ryan Reynolds is asking people to consider donating to The Michael J. Fox Foundation For Parkinson's Research in the memory of his late father, James C. Reynolds. James died on Oct. 25 in a White…

Montreal Canadiens Carey Price Gives Goal Gear To Hometown Minor Hockey Groups

CITYPAK Project Backpack Distribution is Coming to Help Toronto’s Homeless

CITYPAK Project Backpack Distribution is Coming to Help Toronto’s Homeless (L to R): The Toronto CITYPAK team of Melody Li from Homeless Connect Toronto, Erin Reynolds from Samsonite/High Sierra, Ron Kaplan from The CITYPAK Project and Christine Liber from Liberty Ink Communications — photo courtesy of CITYPack. The CITYPAK Project has provided versatile…