HAPPY WORLD AIDS DAY

Jennifer Hudson 

Happy World AIDS Day!  Wait. That's inappropriate isn't it? According a 2009 Report from the United Nations, it is estimated that 33.3 million people around the World are infected with HIV/AIDS and that is no laughing matter.  Although globally fewer people overall are dying of AIDS due to advancements in Medicine since the 1990s which slow down the progression of HIV to AIDS, there still is a steady increase in the number of people living with HIV around the World.

Some of our favourite Celebrities have teamed together to raise money for Children in Africa who are infected with AIDS. Alicia Keys, Jennifer Hudson, Justin Timberlake, Kim Kardashian, Bronson Pelletier, Usher, Lady Gaga and many more have staged their own Digital Deaths today, which means that until they raise $1 million from their Fans via Text Message Donations, there will be no more online communication between them and their Fans through Social Utilities like Facebook and Twitter.  And to think Hudson just lost all that weight and can't even enjoy it now!

Click here for details on how to donate to and learn about the cause. It's easy to donate and even my favourite Starbucks has created their own World AIDS Day initiative where $0.05 from each Hand-Crafted Beverage (made at the Bar) sold today will be donated to the Global Fund.

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BRONSON PELLETIER GRACES TORONTO TWILIGHT: ECLIPSE PREMIERE | AUTOGRAPH GIVEAWAY

In what could be considered an embarrassingly lackluster Red Carpet, Summit Entertainment's: The Twilight Saga: Eclipse premiere tonight managed only to draw a few minor names out to Winter Garden Theatre in Toronto.

So You Think You Can Dance's Blake McGrath made an appearance before scooting out quickly after posing for photos, while diminutive singer Karl Wolf got in a little closer with fans, greeting them one by one.  CBC's Sophie star Natalie Brown also did the rounds and the young cast of Degrassi The Next Generation smiled for photographers too.

The real star of the night though was Eclipse star Bronson Pelletier, who reprises his role as Jared (a Wolfpack member) in the film.  Pelletier spent a good five minutes greeting fans and signing autographs before making his way to the Media Wall full of smiles and vibrance.  The 23 year-old Vancouver actor questioned why fans were so quiet to which I replied to him, "Bronson, we're starstruck.  That's why!".  He chuckled humbly, "Nah, man!".   

Enjoy these photos I snapped of Pelletier below: