Taylor Swift topped the list of 20 most generous celebrities of 2015 for their charity work For the fourth year in a row, Taylor Swift is declared as the most philanthropist of all celebrities. The munificent starlet was at the top of annual Celebs Gone Good list of Dosomething.org. She has been ranked at top for her eleemosynary donations and kind gestures throughout the year 2015. Taylor Swift, 26-year-old, is well known for her donation of $50,000 to a young girl, Naomi Oakes, who was fighting against belligerent leukemia.$50,000 was donated to Seattle Symphony and same amount was donated to her backup dancer’s baby nephew who was suffering from cancer by the generous woman. She also gifted 25,000 books to New York classrooms. Dosomething.org
Whether or not she wants to be, Taylor has proven herself to be a very devoted person to what she feels is important or to
NEWS: Miley Cyrus Launches Foundation for Homeless and LGBT Youth. In effort to make that a reality, Miley recently launched Happy Hippie Foundation which fights to raise money and awareness for homeless and LGBT youths. She also travels across the world to help out. “I do these hearing aids for deaf kids in Haiti. We go to the schools and fit the kids for hearing aids, and than go back and give them to the kids. It’s the craziest experience, because you go in and it’s so quiet, because no one’s ever talked. There are people who are 90 years old who’ve never talked at all.” (Miley cyrus on weed and Molly,Interview)“ Unless they want a weed-smoking, liberal freak.” “But my dream was never to sell lip gloss. My dream was to save that world.” Miley isn’t all about twerking, she does care about youth, homeless, and people in other countries and stuff. Miley has had an amazing opportunities to travel the world and be helpful and people just don't see that. They see her on the VMA stage “twerking on Robin Thicke” and her tongue out and naked on a wrecking ball and licking a sledgehammer, but maybe that’s not how she wants to be remember in this world. Therefore, this is why Miley will leave a lasting
Taylor Swift is hands down the best person that I have never met but I've got endless amounts of photoshopped pictures of me and Taylor that prove otherwise...
Many people know Taylor Swift as the fun and adorable semi-pop and semi-country singer, but many people did not expect her recent letter towards Apple. What spawned her unexpected outspoken response? Apple decided to give users of iTunes a three-month trial period for their newest streaming system. What was the catch? Well, for customers, there wasn’t one. We simply got three free months of great music that we chose. However, for musicians, Swift saw a large injustice.
Over her 10 years of being in the music industry Taylor Swift has won 271 awards.
Taylor Swift really knows how to have hidden messages and secrets throughout her lyrics and music videos. Taylor Swift also likes to trash talk other celebrities including Kim Kardashian and Katy Perry. Which gives a viewer a good chance to critic her lyrics and videos.
Charity worker Misha Collins is yet another example who proves humans are good through his actions and speech. In this excerpt from looktothestars.org, it states that, "In response they created Random Acts for the purpose of doing good works in the world...". Misha takes time out his life to create programs for the main reason of helping people in need. He cares for many who he has not met and is doing his part to help in any way he can. Found on Instagram.com, one of Misha's posts says, " 'I asked people coming to the convention to bring a backpack with some donations we could deliver, and in total, you all donated almost three full car loads of supplies...' ". By using his fame and resources, Misha is able to reach out to large groups
As human beings the vast majority of us wish we could change the world, whether that be helping humans, animals, the environment, it is helping those that cannot help themselves. However, we also realize to help with these causes it takes money and for the most part a great deal of it. But, some people are fortunate enough and can help change the lives of many. That is what Ellen DeGeneres has done with her leadership skills, guidance, celebrity status and wealth. Through her kind heart and passion for the social good she does everything she can to make the world a better place. It is true that money can certainly help in spanning social good, however, multiple pennies can also impact those in need. Social good is something that anyone can do. It is not about celebrity status or being a millionaire. Social good is about feeling good about helping others when they are in need. It is about creating a sense of connectedness to humanity and being humble all the while influencing those that follow you. This is what Ellen DeGeneres is all about. This paper will discuss, Ellen 's foundations and charities, how these reflect her personal values and leadership integrity, how her giving enhances her celebrity image and whether her integrity is compatible with her image.
Hurricane Harvey left thousands of people and families in devastation with winds up to 130 mph. Many people like contributed to help raise money for the disaster fund. Famous comedian, Kevin Hart, donated $25,000 to a fund and challenged other celebrities to do the same. He explains to ExtraTv, “It's simply nudging your friends to make an effort to do the same thing that you are doing... We have a platform to use our voices, and I felt that I could raise some money — and it worked.” Kevin incoraged multiple amount of celebrities to donate to the same fund, and the total amount raised was about 1.5million dollars.
Both Singer and Swift feel the need to help those less fortunate and want other people to know that they can help.
What happened on hurricane Harvey was a very sad discovery when over 3,000 people died that day. Whenever Taylor Swift donating to the Houston Food Bank for people to have food and whatever else they needed to help survivors. Taylor is one of the latest Hollywood stars to put as much money into those pockets in need of surviving in Texas. Then she made a sizable donation to the Houston food Bank in the honor of her mother whose name is Andrea, who attended University of Houston. She helped those people in hurricane Harvey by donating to the Houston food Bank for those in Texas so that they can have food.
Angelina Jolie gave 4.9 million dollars to different charities in 2009 (showbiz). Most people don't ever get 4.9 million dollars in their life. Angelina has enough money and enough heart to donate money to other people. She has worked so hard to make other people's lives better. Through her own struggles she found time to help people who are struggling with their own problems.
Underlying the many critiques of celebrity humanitarianism is often the issue of celebrity motivation. Although the public would like to believe that celebrities become involved in humanitarian work because they are altruistic and kind-hearted, most scholars agree that celebrities are motivated at least partly by reputational or monetary gain. Development scholar Ilan Kapoor argues that humanitarian work is frequently used as a public relation tool that “softens the image of crassly [commercial] entertainers” and “diverts attention away from the [embarrassing] elements of celebrities’ lives”, building positive “brand-images” where they are portrayed as caring and compassionate individuals (Kapoor 2013:20). He argues by building these brand-images, celebrities increase their popularity through increased positive media exposure, leading to more favourable opinions of their character and increased sales of their works. For example, Angelina Jolie saw her “likeability” doubled in the six years she has been involved in humanitarian work and
When most people talk about celebrities it is usually related to their latest fashion statement, the new movies they are starring in, or the new song they released. However, what is becoming increasingly more popular for celebrities to be associated with is humanitarian and development work. Through their use of songs, documentaries, and publicized field missions, the celebrities that partake in humanitarian work utilize their fame to attract people to support certain relief efforts and organizations. A movement first started by Jackie Coogan in the 1920s (Babkenian, 2011), celebrity humanitarianism is becoming increasingly more popular with names such as Bono, Oprah Winfrey, and Angelina Jolie serving as modern day examples of
With celebrities having the high salaries that they do, they are able to do a bit more with their money than the average person. A charity, being a vivid example in celebrities using money to help the world, is another way we can look up to celebrities and model their good efforts. One celeb importantly, includes the singer Pink. Pink is involved with many charities including Phoenix vert, Human Rights Campaign, ONE Campaign, Prince's Trust, New York Restoration Project, Run For The Cure