Celebrity Causes
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Jessica Simpson
After winning a sports car at the MTV Video Music Awards, Jessica Simpson traded it in for a mini-van to give to an orphanage she'd visited in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico. The singer even delivered it herself ... nice one, Jess. You just became our favorite Simpson sister.
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Isaiah Washington
Despite any image troubles, Isaiah Washington hasn't stopped helping the Narcolepsy Network to promote awareness of the disease. One of Washington's close friends suffers from narcolepsy, as do approximately 200,000 Americans.
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Angelina Jolie
Filming 'Tomb Raider' in poverty-stricken Cambodia first opened Angelina's eyes, but it was her work with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees that opened the eyes of the rest of the world. Closer to home, Angelina Jolie adopted two orphaned children, the provocation for several other celebrities to do the same.
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Jay-Z
Even when he was (temporarily) retired, Jay-Z didn't stop moving. Instead of music, he found the UN's Water for Life cause to devote himself to, an effort to cut in half the number of people worldwide who don't have access to clean drinking water.
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Hilary Duff
The devastation of Hurricane Katrina and the hungry families left in its wake moved Hilary Duff to personally denote $250,000 to Katrina charities ($200,000 to the Red Cross, the rest to U.S.A. Harvest). Just goes to show you, 'The Girl Can Rock.'
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George Clooney
George Clooney has always been vocal politically, but the genocide in the Darfur region of the Sudan in Africa has become his biggest cause, between aid missions to the Sudan and Chad, and activisism closer to home in rallies in Washington, DC.
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Jamie-Lynn Sigler
A spokesperson for the National Eating Disorders Association, Jamie-Lynn Sigler went so far as to start her own foundation to promote healthy body images for young men and women.
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Leonardo DiCaprio
There's nothing like having your own charity to work for, but Leonardo DiCaprio promotes more than his own ecological foundation. Just recently he worked with orphans while on the set of his movie 'Blood Diamond.'
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Bono
Bono's charity causes could fill the album liner notes of a U2 CD. The man who's been nominated three times for the Nobel Peace Prize has worked for everyone from Amnesty International to Live 8 to the Gap's Red campaign.
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Sting
Sting doesn't just speak for the many charities he supports -- the singer/song-writer even lost his shirt (literally) for a live auction to benefit the Rainforest Foundation. Fully clothed, though, Sting's been known to offer his voice to Live 8, Band Aid, and just about everything in between.
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Madonna
One of the first celebs to fight for AIDS research, Madonna hasn't ever been shy about standing up for what she believes in -- and right now, that's Kabbalah. She's given millions to various Kabbalah schools around the world, when not adopting orphaned children.
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Ashley Judd
Ashley Judd is a Global Ambassador for YouthAIDS, even going so far as to bare it all on the cover of Marie Clair to promote the cause. She also volunteers heavily for breast cancer research and other women's health causes.
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