Singer Bono has forming a partnership with American Express, the Gap, Converse and Giorgio Armani to launch Product Red, a new initiative to fight HIV and AIDS in Africa by donating portions of the proceeds from Red-branded products to anti-AIDS programs.


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Actress Nicole Kidman named 'Companion in the General Division of the Order of Australia', her nation's highest honor, in recognition of her charity work as a goodwill ambassador of the United Nations Development Fund. Kidman was also named a goodwill ambassador to the United Nations Development Fund for Women on Thursday.


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Actor Tom Hanks has signed on as a presenter at the 78th Academy Awards on March 5.


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Rock Band Mötley Crüe received the 2,301st star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame Wednesday, as 600 screaming fans looked on.


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Singer Bruce Springsteen and Coldplay are scheduled to perform at the 48th Annual Grammy Awards on Feb. 8. Also Maroon 5, John Legend and Joss Stone among the artists who are to perform a musical tribute to Sly and the Family Stone at the Grammys.


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