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Transgender I Am Jazz Star Wants Jazz Hands Photos
Transgender I Am Jazz Star Wants Jazz Hands Photos Jazz Jennings of I Am Jazz shows her jazz hands — photo from TLC.TLC is currently airing the premiere season of I Am Jazz, documenting the life of 14-year-old transgender girl Jazz Jennings and will donate $1 to her foundation TransKids Purple Rainbow Foundation for every photo of your jazz hands that is…
Coca-Cola Middle East Removes Labels, Releases Video about Stereotypes
Coca-Cola Middle East Removes Labels, Releases Video about Stereotypes Screenshot from Coca-Cola Middle East video.Coca-Cola Middle East has released a video to tackle societal prejudice and remove the labels put on people for the Muslim observance of Ramadan. The almost three-minute clip, which has been viewed more than 12 million times on YouTube since…
MusiCounts TD Community Music Program Funds 19 Community Music Groups
MusiCounts TD Community Music Program Funds 19 Community Music Groups Members of Ottawa's OrKidstra onstage at TD Place. CARAS president Allan Reid is pictured top right — photo courtesy of MusiCounts.The MusiCounts TD Community Music Program is providing a quarter-of-a-million dollars to give 19 community-based music programs across Canada access to…
Adam Lambert Would Like to Start His Own Foundation Soon
Adam Lambert Would Like to Start His Own Foundation Soon Adam Lambert signs autographs at the 2015 MuchMusic Video Awards, Toronto — photo courtesy of Much.Singer Adam Lambert has backed a number of different charities since his rise to fame on American Idol six years ago. Most have a similar raison d'être — to bring acceptance, understanding, and…
Robin Thicke, Common, Nile Rodgers To Help Fulfill Nelson Mandela’s Wish
Robin Thicke, Common, Nile Rodgers To Help Fulfill Nelson Mandela’s Wish The late Nelson Mandela's wish was to build a state-of-the-art children's hospital in Johannesburg — photo credit: Legacy of Hope.Common, Robin Thicke and Chic featuring Nile Rodgers will be among the marquee performers hoping to bring one of the late Nelson Mandela's great dreams…
Puppy Swap Subscription Service Advertisement is At First Horrifying
Puppy Swap Subscription Service Advertisement is At First Horrifying Had enough of your dog? Why not trade the old guy or girl in for a puppy? When that one grows up, simply trade it for another puppy. Have you seen the horrifying television and online ad for PuppySwap (view it below), the world’s first puppy subscription service? There is even an…
Donations Can Be Made in Memory of The Jellyfish Project’s Daniel Kingsbury, Dead at 28
Donations Can Be Made in Memory of The Jellyfish Project’s Daniel Kingsbury, Dead at 28 The late Daniel Kingsbury gives a talk about The Jellyfish Project — photo credit: from Facebook.The world's oceans have lost one of their protectors. The Jellyfish Project’s co-founder and former Mindil Beach singer Daniel Kingsbury, a staunch environmental advocate,…
Neil Young's New Song Firmly Anti-Starbucks, Monsanto, GMOs
Neil Young's New Song Firmly Anti-Starbucks, Monsanto, GMOs Neil Young (second from left) and Promise Of The Real toss cups at camera in this still from theNeil Young is lashing out at Starbucks, Monsanto and the Grocery Manufacturers Association over genetically modified food in his newly released song and video "A Rock Star Bucks A Coffee Shop."…
Coldplay, U2, Kermit, Ed Sheeran Help Raise $10M For Inaugural Red Nose Day USA
Coldplay, U2, Kermit, Ed Sheeran Help Raise $10M For Inaugural Red Nose Day USA Kermit the Frog joins Ed Sheeran for Red Rose Day USA — photo credit: NBC YouTube Channel.When British rock band Coldplay unveiled their hilarious Game Of Thrones: The Musical to the world last night (May 21), it wasn't just a piece of brilliant tongue-in-cheek parody. The…
The Late John Denver Still Protecting Rocky Mountains Via Donation
The Late John Denver Still Protecting Rocky Mountains Via Donation The late John Denver — photo credit: www.johndenver.comIn "Rocky Mountain High," one of late folk singer John Denver's biggest hits, he sung with poetic concern about how "his life is full of wonder but his heart still knows some fear" because of people trying "to tear the mountains down…
Bryan Adams Accepts Humanitarian Award, Recalls Acts of Kindness from Childhood
Bryan Adams Accepts Humanitarian Award, Recalls Acts of Kindness from Childhood Bryan Adams accepts the Allan Slaight Humanitarian Spirit Award, Toronto, 2015 — photo credit: Barry Roden. By all accounts, Bryan Adams is a little uncomfortable about accepting awards for his philanthropy and rarely does interviews about it. He received the Allan Waters…
Canadian Musicians On Board For Unison Jam and Big Announcement
Canadian Musicians On Board For Unison Jam and Big Announcement (L to R) SOCAN's Betsy Chaly, Unison Benevolent Fund's Jodie Ferneyhough and Catharine Saxberg — photo courtesy of Unison.Unison Benevolent Fund — the emergency relief services charity set up to help members of the Canadian music community — might finally be activating its financial…
Exclusive: Ascendia Premieres Video to Support Efforts of Red Cross
Exclusive: Ascendia Premieres Video to Support Efforts of Red Cross Ascendia — photo credit: screenshot from video.Toronto symphonic metal band Ascendia have made a hard-hitting 8-minute music video about religious warfare and extremism for their debut album’s title-track, “The Lion and The Jester,” premiering exclusively on Samaritanmag. It ends with a…
Neil Young Benefit Show to Support First Nation Oil Sands Legal Fight
Neil Young Benefit Show to Support First Nation Oil Sands Legal Fight Neil Young (centre) at last January's Honour the Treaties press conference, Massey Hall, Toronto — photo credit: Dustin Rabin. Neil Young has announced a new "Honour The Treaties" benefit concert to support the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation Legal Defense Fund. Set for July 3 at…