Hunt Sells Off Dinner Date To Raise Cash For Chicago Hospital

October 5th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Mariah Carey has revealed that she and husband Nick Cannon had decided the names of their children on their first date. The singer recently expressed her desire to have babies with her actor husband, saying that names for the kids had already been decided.

September 24th, 2009 Portraits of stars including EVA LONGORIA PARKER, EMILY BLUNT and SIENNA MILLER have raised $224,000 (£149,000) for UNICEF. The Desperate Housewives star and actress Blunt's portraits had the highest price tag, selling for $30,000 (£20,000) each at auction in Los Angeles on Thursday (17Sep09), while Miller's picture gained $21,000 (£14,000).

September 23rd, 2009 JESSICA SIMPSON's ex-husband NICK LACHEY is putting himself up for auction - all in the name of charity. The singer is offering himself up for a dream dinner date to raise money for the VH1 Save the Music Foundation, which aims to keep instrumental music education programmes up and running in schools.

September 14th, 2009 HELEN HUNT is eyeing a role in upcoming TV series PARENTHOOD after actress MAURA TIERNEY pulled out of the project to focus on her cancer battle. The star has been approached by bosses at U.S.

September 9th, 2009 A man has been admitted to hospital in Chicago, Illinois after he was stabbed following a JAY-Z concert there on Tuesday night (08Sep09). The rap superstar was performing at the House of Blues venue in the city, but after the gig ended the event descended into violence.

September 7th, 2009 LONDON - Hollywood actor Sean Penn has moved on after his split from wife Robin Wright Penn - enjoying an intimate date with a mystery lady during a trip to Britain. The Oscar-winning actor was handed divorce papers from his longtime actress partner in August after the pair had reconciled several times following numerous break-ups.

September 6th, 2009 SEAN PENN is moving on after his split from wife ROBIN WRIGHT PENN - he was spotted enjoying an intimate date with a woman during a trip to the U.K. The Oscar-winning actor was handed divorce papers from his longtime actress partner in August (09) after the pair had reconciled several times following numerous break-ups.

September 4th, 2009 Former E.R. star ANTHONY EDWARDS is racing to raise $1 million (£666,670) as he prepares to run the star-studded New York City Marathon this autumn (09) - to build an African hospital. The 26.2 mile (42.2 kilometre) trek has become increasingly popular among celebrities - Katie Holmes, Ryan Reynolds and Sean 'Diddy' Combs are all former Manhattan marathon runners.

September 1st, 2009 Music icons celebrated in Broadway-bound musicalNEW YORK — Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins and Elvis Presley — together again. On Broadway.

August 28th, 2009 HAYDEN PANETTIERE is offering fans the chance to join her as she swims with dolphins to raise money for her campaign to end commercial whaling in international waters The Heroes actress is a longtime campaigner for dolphins and whales, and even had a warrant out for her arrest in Japan after she joined in protests against the slaughtering of the marine mammals in the historic whaling town of Taiji in 2007. But the brush with foreign authorities hasn't quashed the blonde's campaign against the killing of the friendly sea creatures, and is hoping to raise cash by offering fans a day in the seas with just dolphins and her for company.

August 9th, 2009 KEVIN COSTNER fans have the chance to win a dinner date with the actor - he is auctioning himself off to raise money for the children of a woman who died at a Canadian music festival. The star and his band Modern West were just about to perform at the Big Valley Jamboree in Alberta, Canada earlier this month (01Aug09) when a tornado brought the stage down, killing festival-goer Donna Moore, 35, and leaving 80 others injured.

July 25th, 2009 MELBOURNE - Queen of Pop Madonna once allegedly bribed her daughter Lourdes with wads of cash to stay away from cigarettes, after she caught the teenager experimenting with smoking. According to reports, the singer was unhappy that her beloved offspring tried out the horrible habit.

July 24th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Jane Fonda is grateful to 'Star Wars' actress Carrie Fisher for setting her up on a date with her new love Richard Perry. Fonda, 71, who first met music producer Perry 35 years ago through her second husband Tom Hayden, had ruled out that she would ever find love again after three failed marriages.

June 24th, 2009 CHICAGO - Hollywood superstar Johnny Depp shocked restaurant staff in Chicago by leaving a mammoth tip of $4,000. The 46-year-old actor was celebrating the red carpet screening of his new movie "Public Enemies" with a group of friends including his co-star Marion Cotillard and the film's director Michael Mann at Gibsons Bar and Steakhouse when he left the exhorbitant gratuity for waiter Mohammed A.

June 20th, 2009 Linda Hunt joining cast of 'NCIS: Los Angeles'LOS ANGELES — CBS says Academy Award-winning actress Linda Hunt is joining the cast of the new fall drama "NCIS: Los Angeles." The network said Friday that Hunt will play a tough, efficient department manager who gets government investigators the electronics and other crime-fighting tools they need. "NCIS: Los Angeles" is a spinoff of the long-running CBS drama "NCIS." The new show stars Chris O'Donnell and LL Cool J as members of a Naval Criminal Investigative Service division that goes after criminals who pose a threat to national security.