January 26, 2007
SixDegrees.org, a play on the popular, tongue-in-cheek 'Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon' game based on the performer's career, hopes to be more than just a social-networking site, but rather a site that motivates the public to be more charitable...

AOL, Entertainment Weekly, Network for Good and Auction Cause all have partnered to make the site possible. Some of Bacon's star connections are also displayed, along with their causes, including Jessica Simpson for Operation Smile, Ashley Judd for Population Services International, and Jennifer Love Hewitt for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.

Visit Ashley's site HERE & donate!

Getting naked in the fight against HIV/Aids

Eighteen South African celebrities stripped down to the bare minimum for Marie Claire magazine's Each One Reach One Campaign to raise funds for the fight against HIV and AIDS. The nude portraits are profiled in a specially sealed section of the February 2007 issue.

Some of the celebrities we approached to pose naked declined right off," says Kate Wilson, editor of Marie Claire SA

Nerve and selflessness
"Others who had agreed to be photographed with strategically-placed props later changed their minds and withdrew permission for their pictures to appear, which only goes to demonstrate the nerve and selflessness of those who went all the way. It's exactly that kind of unconditional commitment that is needed to fight AIDS."

Each celebrity was asked to describe how HIV/AIDS has touched their lives personally in an attempt to diffuse the stigma surrounding the disease and urge readers to inform themselves....
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January 19, 2007
**Updated gallery (7 pictures)

January 6, 2007
Ashley Judd hadn't had a lot of sleep the night before she arrived for REDBOOK's January 2007 cover shoot. But neither that nor the sweltering Tennessee heat could defeat how stunning she was.
>> Behind the Scenes with Ashley Judd

Judd Considers Concluding University Biology Course
The actress is considering going back to college because she's tired of lying about her qualifications. Ashley is often credited with fully graduating from the University of Kentucky but she merely passed through a human rights programme there.

She says, "I was a super-ambitious student so I had a major and four minors... I also did this honours programme curriculum... I graduated from that programme, which is why some people think I graduated from the university, but I never took Biology 101... I didn't actually graduate."

Judd has never given up hope of returning to university to complete her biology course and finally graduate.