Crowe shocks cancer charity with $1,500 donation

September 21st, 2009 LONDON - The members of the British band Coldplay have donated $1.6 million to a children's charity, reports thesun.co.uk. Chris Martin, 32, and his bandmates are keenly involved with Kids Company, which helps underprivileged children who lack adult support.

September 21st, 2009 MELBOURNE - Russell Crowe failed to get a VIP ticket to Cate Blanchett's highly successful play, A Streetcar Named Desire. According to the Daily Telegraph, some theatregoers told Confidential they spotted the Oscar-winning actor and his singer wife Danielle Spencer sitting in row J.

September 21st, 2009 Rockers COLDPLAY have offered to help underprivileged children with a $1.5 million (£1 million) donation to a U.K. charity. The Yellow hitmakers gave the generous gift to the Kids Company, which helps youngsters without adult support, after visiting the organisations' various centres across the country.

September 21st, 2009 LONDON - Popular British rock band Coldplay have donated a million pounds to help a children's charity. Frontman Chris Martin, Jonny Buckland, Guy Berryman and Will Champion paid a visit to several centres of Kids Company that helps underprivileged kids lacking adult support.

September 19th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Eva Longoria has said that she is shocked by the vile reaction to immigrants by some Americans. "The immigration issue is interesting because historically everyone has immigrated, this is a country of immigrants," Fox News quoted her as telling at Padres Contra El Cancer's 9th Annual Fund Raising Gala in Hollywood.

September 1st, 2009 MELBOURNE - Aussie actor Russell Crowe is said to follow a fitness regime that involves a few cigarettes and eating fatty foods. Crowe, 45, who had this year lost 32kgs while preparing for his starring role in Robin Hood, has left many wondering about his trim waistline, and how he manages to keep it that way.

August 4th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Russell Crowe has lashed out at reports claiming he was recently banned from his local England pub. The actor, who is presently filming "Robin Hood" in Windlesham, Surrey in south-east England, was reported to have faced the ban over his alleged rowdy behaviour after the local tavern keeper told him it was closing time.

August 3rd, 2009 Actor RUSSELL CROWE has shot down reports he has been banned from his local pub in England, dismissing suggestions he and the landlord have fallen out. The Gladiator star is currently shooting Robin Hood in Windlesham, Surrey in south-east England and has been enjoying drinks at The Brickmakers pub - just miles from the set.

July 28th, 2009 LONDON - Russell Crowe reportedly made a charity stop during the filming of his latest project "Robin Hood". The Hollywood heartthrob was said to have stunned those present at a Cancer Research shop in Sunningdale, Berks with a huge cash donation.

July 20th, 2009 NEW YORK - Russell Crowe, who is currently shooting for a new 'Robinhood' movie, showed his benevolent nature by giving 5,000 pounds to a crew member after her car went up in flames. According to the Mirror, Denise Yarde, a boom mike operator was on the way to work in London when her car caught fire.

June 19th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Just days after she ran trouble for attaching one of the United Way's billboards in Oklahoma City, American film and TV actress Jessica Alba has made a donation to the charity. An announcement regarding the donation came from the United Way of Central Oklahoma on Thursday.

June 15th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt and his family have made a generous donation of 1 million dollars to a Missouri hospital over the weekend. Brad's bro, Doug, announced that the donation has been made to St.

June 12th, 2009 LONDON - Aussie actor Russell Crowe is making demands to be flown daily by helicopter from Windsor to Wales for the filming of his new movie Robin Hood. Crowe, 45, who does not want to stay near the set in Cardiff when filming begins, has insisted that producers provide helicopter flights costing thousands of pounds a time to ferry him from the Windsor mansion where he is living.

May 26th, 2009 LONDON - Rod Stewart and Madness frontman Suggs have urged fellow musicians to take to the streets and start busking to help raise funds for charity. The duo is initiating "Busking Cancer", a "concert" to encourage artists across Britain to perform in public and gather money from audience to help Cancer Research UK.

May 8th, 2009 LONDON - Oscar winning actress Gwyneth Paltrow has donated a session with her personal trainer Tracy Anderson to a celebrity charity auction. Fitness fanatics can bid online for a session with the expert, who also trains pop diva Madonna, to raise money for the Clear Water Initiative - a charity that seeks to provide clean water to those without it, reports contactmusic.com.