Archive for August 6, 2010

Bill Clinton Breaks Ground on New Haiti Shelter

Less than a week after the wedding of his only daughter, former U.S. President Bill Clinton broke ground on a new shelter in Haiti following his Clinton Foundation's $1 million pledge to improve hurricane safety. The new shelter is a communal hurricane shelter at the École Communautaire Sainte Thérèse de Darbonne school in Léogâne, Haiti. According to the Clinton Foundation, funds from various sources will enable dozens of shelters to be built, with the buildings operating as schools when there is no storm risk. The Clinton Foundation reports that following this year's devastating earthquake in Haiti, 1 to 2 million people are living in temporary housing and camps in the Caribbean country. Léogâne is at high risk for hurricane damage and currently has 200,000 people living in camps, according to the foundation. Read More »

Sneak Peek: Tonight’s ET Slideshow

From Justin Timberlake to Justin Bieber, we're giving you a sneak peek of fabulous star photos like the ones you'll see on tonight's ET Slideshow! Tune in to ET tonight for more amazing celeb footage! In the first photo, Justin Timberlake and Mila Kunis are surrounded by onlookers on the set of their new movie, 'Friends with Benefits.' Read More »

Mary Hart’s Front Page News

After Mary Hart announced Thursday that she is leaving ET after this coming season, she made front page news! Daily Variety interviewed Mary exclusively regarding her exit from ET, and she told the venerable trade publication, "I don't know what I'm going to do. I'm not using the 'R' word. I have no intentions of retiring. There are other opportunities out there." She called herself the "luckiest person on the face of the Earth" for having the opportunity to host ET for an incredible nearly three decades, but said, "As I look at my son going off to school, I've taken stock of the other things in my life." One thing on her to-do list, she told Variety -- climbing Africa's highest peak, Mt. Kilimanjaro. Read More »

Watch: Marie Osmond Works Miracles Serving Ice Cream

ET was there as Marie Osmond served up delicious ice-cream treats while working behind the counter at Dairy Queen on Thursday -- all for a charitable cause. As part of Miracle Treat Day, Marie and KIIS FM radio host JoJo Wright dished up tasty Blizzards to delighted DQ customers in order to help raise money for Children's Miracle Network, which Marie co-founded. A dollar or more from every Blizzard sold will be donated to local children's hospitals. "The need is great and the cause is fantastic. It's charity at the highest level," Marie said. Read More »

Prince Albert Visits Home of King of Rock n’ Roll

Exclusive video: It was a royal flush at Graceland as Prince Albert of Monaco visited the palatial palace of the King of Rock n' Roll in Memphis, Tennessee on Thursday. The son of the late actress Grace Kelly, Prince Albert, put the musical and pop cultural shrine on his travel itinerary because "we wanted to pay our respects" to Elvis Presley. He was accompanied by his bride-to-be Charlene Wittstock, an Olympic swimmer from South Africa. They plan to love one another tenderly and forever upon exchanging vows in July 2011. "He was such an extraordinary figure of his time and our time," Prince Albert remarked about the "Blue Suede Shoes" singer. "His legacy was tremendous in terms of the music that he created, in terms of his films, in terms of him as an entertainment personality…[The] generosity that he showed toward others was simply remarkable." Read More »