BBC Comic Relief Big Night In fundraising TV show gets underway

‘At home but not alone’: Big Night In fundraiser gets underway with night of comedy and music to raise funds for people hit by coronavirus TV fundraiser is being broadcast live from The One Show studio in London  Presenters Sir Lenny Henry, Davina McCall and Matt Baker are social distancing Three hours of comedy and … Read more

David Beckham offers fans the chance to play football with him in support of COVID-19 relief

David Beckham offers fans the chance to go head-to-head with him on the football pitch followed by an intimate lunch in support of COVID-19 relief By Charlotte Dean For Mailonline Published: 18:00 BST, 22 April 2020 | Updated: 18:24 BST, 22 April 2020 David Beckham has offered his fans the chance to go up against … Read more

Bruce Springsteen enlists Bon Jovi and Whoopi Goldberg for New Jersey COVID-19 relief event 

Bruce Springsteen enlists Bon Jovi, Whoopi Goldberg and Chelsea Handler for New Jersey COVID-19 relief event By David Lawrance For Dailymail.com Published: 16:08 BST, 14 April 2020 | Updated: 16:08 BST, 14 April 2020  They’re two of the biggest names to come out of New Jersey. And Bruce Springsteen and Jon Bon Jovi are teaming … Read more

Ryan Seacrest donates $1 million to help relief efforts in LA and NYC amid COVID-19 pandemic

Ryan Seacrest donates $1 million to help relief efforts in LA and NYC amid COVID-19 pandemic: ‘I wanted to do something in the immediate to give back in these unprecedented times’ By Sarah Sotoodeh For Dailymail.com Published: 19:48 BST, 13 April 2020 | Updated: 19:48 BST, 13 April 2020 Ryan Seacrest is donating $1 million … Read more

Hilton Foundation announces $10 million donation to COVID-19 relief organizations

Paris Hilton and Nicky Hilton Rothschild’s family are donating a whopping $10 million to help COVID-19 relief funds. The donation was announced on Wednesday, with roughly half of the funds going address, ‘the urgent needs facing the homeless population in Los Angeles.’ The other half of the funds will be devoted to, ‘helping African countries … Read more

Twitter co-founder and CEO Jack Dorsey will donate $1bn of his personal wealth to coronavirus relief

Twitter co-founder and chief executive Jack Dorsey said Tuesday he was committing $1 billion of his personal fortune to coronavirus relief through his philanthropic fund. Dorsey, 43, revealed in a series of tweets that he would transfer his equity in his digital payments group Square to his limited liability corporation Start Small, contributing around 28 … Read more

Rachael Ray announces $4 million donation to COVID-19 relief plans through her two charities

Rachael Ray is doing her part to help feed families during the coronavirus outbreak, donating $4 million through her two charities. The 51-year-old celebrity chef and talk show host announced the donation through The Rachel Ray Foundation website on Tuesday, and through her show’s Instagram. The donations will be made through The Rachel Ray Foundation and … Read more

Snapchat releases new lens that lets you donate to the COVID-19 relief fund by scanning a banknote

Snapchat releases new lens that lets you donate to the COVID-19 relief fund by scanning a banknote on your smartphone The lens uses augmented reality to show how donations help WHO efforts This includes tracking COVID-19’s spread, patient care and supporting hospitals  Last week, Snapchat launched two other lenses in partnership with the WHO One … Read more

Selena Gomez announces Rare Deluxe Album with a portion of proceeds going to COVID-19 relief fund

Selena Gomez has insisted that having a boyfriend is ‘nowhere near the top’ of her priority list in light of the current global pandemic. The 27-year-old singer took to Instagram on Monday will be releasing a new Deluxe Edition of her new album Rare on April 9, with proceeds going to help the COVID-19 relief fund. The … Read more

Elton John’s living room concert featuring Mariah Carey, raises more than $8M for COVID-19 relief

The iHeart Living Room Concert For America Sunday raised more than $8 million dollars in donations earmarked to Feeding America and the First Responders Children’s Foundation, showrunners said Monday. ‘I wouldn’t have guessed ten days ago that we’d be putting on a concert in primetime with no planning and no notice and pulled it off that … Read more