Hacks star Hannah Einbinder was arrested along with Susan Sarandon, Cynthia Nixon, Glennon Doyle and many others while protesting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's stop at the United Nations in New York City this week - but she's reminding us they are not the story, the people
Wafaa Akila's name was written across Houston Texans linebacker Azeez Al-Shaair's eye black when he was up against the Cincinnati Bengals this week. Wafaa was an 8-year-old girl who had just finished her first day back at school when an Israeli drone strike
For more than a decade, Law & Order: SVU star Mariska Hargitay and her nonprofit Joyful Heart Foundation have been campaigning to "End the Backlog" of hundreds of thousands of untested or unsubmitted rape kits sitting in storage across America. We’re talking an estimated 400,000 kits.
Over 40,000 people, including children's entertainer Ms. Rachel, musicians John Legend and Madonna and Hollywood stars Pedro Pascal and America Ferrera, have signed a Change.org petition calling for the closure of the Dilley Immigration Processing Center in Texas. The facility received widespread condemnation earlier this year
A sand portrait of Hind Rajab - a 5-year-old Palestinian girl who was killed by Israeli forces in January, 2024, and who is now the focus of Oscar-nominated film, The Voice of Hind Rajab - has been created on a beach in Yorkshire, England, by artists from @aletterfromlucy. The
Olivia Rodrigo has released a cover of The Magnetic Fields’ 1999 song “The Book of Love”, and it’s accompanied by a powerful music video filmed by children in Gaza, Sudan, Ukraine and Yemen. The clip shows them running through rubble playgrounds, and playing soccer, hide-and-seek and other
Seven-time F1 champion Lewis Hamilton has spent some time in a hospital and aid packaging facility in Jordan meeting with humanitarian workers supporting relief efforts in Gaza. Speaking about his trip on socials, Lewis said: “When you see what’s happening on the ground, it can be so easy
Bella Hadid and Pedro Pascal teamed up with Sudanese Canadian artist Mustafa over the weekend to host an Artists for Aid benefit concert in LA. The event, which featured performances by Chappell Roan, Shawn Mendes, Lucy Dacus, Noor Hindi, Daniel Caesar and many more, raised over $5.5 million for
Supermodel Bella Hadid and Hollywood star Pedro Pascal will be joining forces to host an Artists for Aid event supporting the people of Palestine and Sudan. The news was announced on social media by Sudanese Canadian artist, Mustafa the Poet, and will take place in Los Angeles on January 10,
In 2008, The Wiggles held a benefit concert for Timor-Leste. Now, more than 15 years later, the group - same colourful skivvies, not quite the same band, though equally loved - has spent time in the country seeing firsthand how the funds raised are supporting kids and their communities. During a
Stars from the UK, and the world, stood alongside Palestinian artists, medics and journalists at Wembley last night, for the 'Together for Palestine' concert. Organised by British musician Brian Eno with Gazan painter Malak Mattar and UK charity Choose Love, the event has raised close to £1.5
Prince Harry and Meghan, Duke and Duchess of Sussex, have pledged donations to three humanitarian organisations supporting injured children in Gaza and Ukraine. The couple's charitable foundation, Archewell, made the announcement on their website during Prince Harry's visit to the Imperial College London's Centre
Emma Stone, Lily Gladstone, Meghann Fahy and Natasha Rothwell have joined over 2000 artists and filmmakers in pledging to stop working with Israeli film institutions implicated in genocide against the people of Palestine. The pledge, posted on FilmWorkersForPalestine.org reads: "As filmmakers, actors, film industry workers, and institutions, we
The members of U2 are finally speaking up about Gaza. In a lengthy post on Instagram, Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Millen Jr. all shared individual messages, condemning Israel's disproportionate actions against Palestinians since October 7, 2023. The band also said they would be making a
Ms Rachel. is doing it. Mark Ruffalo is on board. Rosie O'Donnell, Cynthia Nixon, Nicola Coughlan and Mychal Threets are all doing it too. There's a wave of people now posting photos with the hashtag #HalfHeartsForGaza - so, what is it exactly and how can you get
Olivia Rodrigo is using her platform to speak up about Gaza. In a now-expired Instagram story, the GRAMMY-winning superstar wrote: "There are no words to describe the heartbreak I feel witnessing the devastation that is being inflicted upon innocent people in Palestine. Mothers, fathers and children in
