A new primary school built with a $75,000 donation from Angelina Jolie has just opened in Tangi, Afghanistan.

Angelina donated the money about a year and a half ago, after making an emotional visit to the refugee settlement. The eight-classroom school will accommodate roughly 800 girls, whose parents are concerned about schooling them with boys for cultural and security reasons.

UNHCR, UNICEF, and local education authorities are currently working together to recruit teachers and buy textbooks for the students. They are also making plans to accommodate secondary school students at the same school in the future.

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Chris Brown has recently accepted an invitation to read books to little kids at the Sisulu-Walker Charter School in New York in November.

The reading will take place as part of the school’s annual Family Read Night. According to the school’s principal, a number of celebrities and politicians were invited to the event. No word on who else will be attending.

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Christina Aguilera has reportedly been working with Chrysler to design an eco-friendly car called the Eco Style.

The vehicle is made with some recycled materials, and will supposedly have great gas mileage.

It will be auctioned off for charity to raise money for relief efforts in Haiti.

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Sean Penn personally saved the lives of a woman and an orphaned child while working to help earthquake victims in Haiti yesterday.

The actor reportedly found the pair trapped in a collapsed building following an aftershock. He worked to free them from the building, and then drove them to the University of Miami hospital camp in Port-au-Prince for treatment. He then took them back to his home because they had nowhere else to go.

Sean plans to stay in Haiti with his 19-year-old daughter Dylan for a while to help the injured and displaced people. He told reporters today that he’s considering pulling out of the Three Stooges movie because he’s “not in a very funny state of mind right now”.

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Here’s Lindsay Lohan and some random non-speaking man (supposedly a singer-songwriter named Ferras who desperately needed press), working to convince you to donate money to help the Haiti earthquake victims.

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If you have a lot of money, want to help Haiti, and don’t mind spending a few hours near Lindsay Lohan, we’ve found just the event for you! Info in the video, above.

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Nicole Richie and Joel Madden officially launched their new $35,000 playground for kids in a low-income housing project in L.A. yesterday. The money for the playground was raised through the couple’s Richie-Madden Children’s Foundation.

Joel spoke about his family’s involvement with the foundation recently, saying,

It’s become just a very big part of our life. It’s something that we expect of ourselves and of our family… And I think it’s important that our kids grow up around something. Some families have a family business… We wanted to have a foundation that they’re responsible for, that they have to be a part of - that they’ll grow up with and it will just be something that they do, just like anything else that’s expected of them, because that’s what we do. That was the whole idea of it.

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MTV has just released this sneak peek video of the new “We Are The World” recording which was made earlier this week to benefit the crisis in Haiti.

Celine Dion, Lionel Richie, Usher, Justin Bieber, Pink, Lil Wayne, and The Jonas Brothers, and many others came together to make the emotional recording.

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Prince Harry fell off of a pony while playing polo to raise money for the Sentebale children’s charity in Barbados over the weekend. After the fall, Harry told reporters that neither he nor the horse were seriously injured:

I’m a bit sore but it was all for a good cause so it was worthwhile in the end. Basically the horse slipped from underneath me, which does happen occasionally and is a but unfortunate.

It probably looks very dramatic because I was trying to throw myself clear of the horse. I’m a bit sore but the horse is ok though.

Harry went on to explain that he was initially angry because he was afraid that his fall had cost the children’s charity a $100,000 donation. He said,

The reason why I was throwing my mallet down was because I met this nice businessman at dinner last night who offered me $50,000 for Sentebale if I fell off my horse today. His wife turned round and said ‘that’s a bit harsh, you should give him $100,000 if he stays on.’ And he agreed to seal the deal on that.

So when I fell off, I threw down my mallet and shouted: “What a waste of $100,000!” I was furious with myself. Fortunately this extremely generous gentleman has already been in touch and told us that it was the clear that the horse fell over, rather than I fell off it, so he was happy to honour the $100,000. What a star!

The Sentebale children’s charity was co-founded by Harry in memory of his mother, the late Princess Diana. Donations to the charity help to support AIDS orphans in Lesotho.

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Jessica Simpson is working with shoe charity Soles4Souls to collect at least 50,000 pairs of shoes for earthquake victims in Haiti.

According to the organization’s website, just $5 will provide two pairs of shoes for people in need. You can learn more about the program and make a donation here.

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Lindsay Lohan announced yesterday that she would be doing her part to help the Haitian earthquake victims by donating proceeds from the sale of one style of 6126 leggings to benefit Save The Children, which is currently helping Haitian kids left devastated by the earthquake.

If you’re interested in wearing some shiny skin-tight pants, and helping the needy at the same time, you can do so by buying the leggings here.

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As of Saturday, the star-studded Hope For Haiti telethon had already raised an estimated $58 million for the island’s earthquake victims.

More monetary donations continued to pour in over the rest of the weekend, and the “Hope for Haiti Now” album of the night’s musical performances, which hit the No. 1 spot in 18 countries on Saturday, is expected to rake in even more money in iTunes sales.

Celebrities including Alicia Keys, George Clooney, Reese Witherspoon, Julia Roberts, Steven Spielberg, Bono, Taylor Swift, Jay-Z, Rihanna, Madonna, and Stevie Wonder participated in the event.

Proceeds from the telethon have been donated to the Red Cross, UNICEF, the U.N. World Food Programme, Oxfam America, Partners in Health, the Clinton Bush Haiti Foundation, and the Yele Haiti Foundation.

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Toy Story 3 director Lee Unkrich is currently auctioning off some rare Pixar memorabilia to benefit Haiti earthquake victims. Check out the actions at the links below:

* Tom Hanks signed Toy Story 3 Woody poster
* Toy Story Mrs. Potato Head Figurine Signed by Estelle Harris
* Lee Unkrich’s personal Toy Story Original Crew Jacket from 1995
* Lee Unkrich’s personal 1998 Original A Bug’s Life Crew Jacket
* Lee Unkrich’s personal Toy Story 2 Original Crew Jacket from 1999
* Lee’s personal 1999 Original Toy Story 2 Crew Jacket
* Lee’s personal 2001 Original Monsters, Inc. Crew Jacket
* Lee’s personal Monsters, Inc. Original Crew Jacket 2001, 2nd Version
* Lee’s original Cars Original Crew Jacket 2006
* Lee’s personal Ratatouille Original Crew Jacket 2007
* Lee’s personal WALL-E Original 2008 Crew Jacket
* Original Toy Story Woody Doll signed by Tom Hanks
* Four-pack of custom Jones Soda, given as a gift to the Monsters, Inc. crew by director Pete Docter
* Pixar MOMA Catalog signed by 22 artists
* A Bug’s Life Animation Crew T-Shirt White

More items will likely be posted in the next few days, so check his Twitter and eBay account for updates.

[Via Slashfilm]

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According to Russell Simmons’ Twitter, Tiger Woods made an attempt to do some good recently, by donating an entire hospital on wings to the people of Haiti.

You too can find a way to donate a flying hospital by scanning the list of relief organizations accepting aid here.

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A number of celebrities, including Wyclef Jean, Angelina Jolie, and Brad Pitt are stepping up to raise awareness for the victims of the earthquake in Haiti.

Wyclef, whose Yele Haiti foundation is currently helping the island’s injured and displaced citizens, released a statement urging the US military to send resources over to help.

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie also issued a joint statement today, vowing to help Wyclef’s organization bring aid to the homeless and injured people.

You can text “Yele” to 501501 to donate $5 to help with relief efforts. The website www.yele.org is also accepting donations.

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