Bloom @ 10th Annual White Tie and Tiara Ball

Orlando Bloom rubs shoulders with Chopard co-President Caroline Gruosi-Scheufele (in Dolce & Gabbana) at the 10th Annual White Tie and Tiara Ball held at Sir Elton John’s Woodside home on Thursday in Old Windsor, England.

The ball benefited the Elton John Aids Foundation in association with Chopard.

Elton’s partner David Furnish said: “The theme this year is ‘beach party’ so we’ve got Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys playing. The aim every year is to get people to say that it was the best one yet.”

source JustJared
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Dance Dallas

Kyle XY star Matt Dallas shows his support for the 8th Annual Dance Marathon at UCLA to raise money for three beneficiaries — The Elizabeth Glasier Pediatric AIDS Foundation, Camp Kindle, and Camp Heartland.
The Elizabeth Glasier Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF) strives to educate the UCLA community about the HIV/AIDS pandemic while actively engaging students, faculty, staff, and community members through its events. Camp Kindle and Camp Heartland are free summer camp programs for youth and their families, who are infected with or affected by HIV and AIDS.
$319,370.70 has been raised so far but you can still donate at DonorDrive.com.
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Delicious Doubles @ Raising Malawi

More delicious doubles turned up at Madonna’s charity gala.

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Madonna & Gucci Help out Malawi

Madonna hosts a gala benefit, A Night to Benefit Raising Malawi and UNICEF, at United Nations headquarters on Wednesday.

The Queen of Pop arrived with her 11-year-old daughter Lourdes Leon. The event is being co-hosted by Gucci as it will celebrate the opening of Gucci’s New York 5th Avenue Flagship store.

Tickets run up to $100,000. A-listers only and here they are ...

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Glam for Good

Fergie is the newest face of MAC’s Viva Glam campaign, which began in 1994 and has raised more than $100 million for HIV/AIDS.

“I’ve been a fan of the campaign since the early days, and I remembered when RuPaul and Mary J. Blige did it,” Fergie says. “They pick controversial people who aren’t afraid to speak their mind, and that’s definitely me. I’m very proud to be a part of it.”

Fergie, 32, wants to educate her fan base, which largely consists of teens and young adults.

“[MAC is] going toward one demographic, and I think I can be very helpful with that,” Fergie added. “I know certain people who are very proud of having unprotected sex and the fact that they haven’t caught anything yet.”

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Ri for H&M goodness

Rihanna makes a special appearance at the New York H&M store on Thursday to help promote the Fashion against Aids collection.
The collection includes clothes designed by Rihanna, Good Charlotte, Timbaland and Ziggy Marley.
Peep some of the designs here!

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Ambassador Beckham

Soccer star and UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador David Beckham recently completed a visit to Sierra Leone, where he traveled with UNICEF representatives to focus attention on the issue of child survival.

“We can’t turn a blind eye to the tens of thousands of young children who die every day in the developing world mostly from causes that are preventable,” Becks said.

The father-of-three took the time to play soccer with local children and gave them autographed soccer balls.

Added David, “In Sierra Leone, one in four children dies before reaching their fifth birthday. It’s shocking and tragic, especially when the solutions are simple - things like vaccinations against measles or using a mosquito net to reduce the chance of getting malaria. Saving these children’s lives is a top priority for UNICEF and as an ambassador I hope I can help to draw attention to this issue across the world.”

On one point, David met with Foday, a five-year-old boy who had swallowed a chemical that scarred his throat so severely that he was prevented from eating solid food for months. Foday held Beckham’s hand and joined him on a walk through the facility.

“Surely there is no reward more precious than saving the life of a child?” Beckham said. “Their futures remain in our hands.”

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The Art of Elysium brings Walsh, Bush & Bilson

Kate Walsh, Sophia Bush & Rachel Bilson at The Art of Elysium’s “Heaven: Celebrating 10 Years” anniversary gala held at Vibiana on Saturday in Los Angeles.

The Art of Elysium is dedicated to enriching the lives of artists and critically ill children. The organization pairs up hospitalized kids with artists, actors and musicians for creative escape.

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the Bloom touch

Orlando Bloom wears flower garlands and a red “tikka” mark on his forehead (local symbols of welcome) while visiting ethnic Tharu children and women at the Sayapatri Community Organization in the village of Dibyanagar in Chitwan district, Nepal.
In his role as an international ambassador for the charity UNICEF (United Nations Children’s Fund), Orlando, 30, toured UNICEF-supported programs in the country’s western region November 30 - December 9, 2007, meeting with UNICEF staff, health facilitators and educators, as well as women’s and other community groups.
Nepal is still recovering from a decade-long civil war that left 13,000 people dead, hampered the delivery of basic services and restricted development of the nation. Malnutrition is the underlying cause of more than 60 per cent of child deaths in Nepal; an estimated 51 per cent of children under the age of five stunted in growth and 48 per cent considerably underweight. However, maternal mortality has significantly reduced from an estimated 539 deaths per 100,000 births in 1996 to 281 maternal deaths per 100,000 births in 2006. Child deaths are also on the decline, putting Nepal on track to reach Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) 4 and 5 (the reduction of under-five child mortality and improved maternal health).
Donate now to SupportUnicef.org.

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