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Did You Watch Live Earth This Weekend?

Did you watch Live Earth this weekend?

This 24-hour concert held on all continents featured some of the most well known celebrities, and was organized by Al Gore to raise awareness about global warming.

Several radio stations broadcast it live, which was really cool. When I got in my car to go to the gym, I turned on Sirius just in time to hear Madonna's "Hung Up" segment live from London.

While some attendees and viewers may be genuinely interested in the issue of global warming, undoubtedly much of the buzz around Live Earth can be attributed to its celebrity participants including Madonna, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Dave Matthews, John Mayer, etc.

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Watch Madonna's Live Earth performance here:

Celebrities Who Contribute to the Environment

The latest issue of Vanity Fair profiles tons of celebrities who contribute to the environment.

Leonardo DiCaprio is featured on the cover for his  new documentary film "The 11th Hour" along with Knut, a polar bear from the Berlin Zoo.

They were photographed separately by Annie Leibovitz (DiCaprio in Iceland and Knut in Berlin) then morphed together for the cover. Dicaprio is trying to save polar bears from becoming extinct due to global warming.

Here are some of the other celebrities that contribute to the environment:

Madonna Adoption Debate

Lately people have been quick to criticize celebrities for their charitable work, pointing out that the star is only doing it for publicity and personal gain (i.e. a more positive image).

Of course, Angelina Jolie had a less than perfect image before she started adopting children from third world countries. So did Madonna, before she had children and now is adopting one from Africa.

Madonna knows that by hanging from a cross on her recent concert tour, she'll generate controversy and press that will no doubt get her concert mentioned in almost every magazine and news outlet across the world. However, those of us who saw the concert know that that scene was intended to show how many children are being sacrificed in Africa by AIDS. If NBC decides to televise that scene in their upcoming broadcast, millions across the world will be touched as well.

Raising Money for Breast Cancer

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and many celebrities who have been touched by the disease are doing their part to help.

Nicole Kidman has just been named the the spokesperson for Cancer Research U.K.'s campaign for Breast Cancer Awareness Month according to The Daily Pink blog.

The star decided to get involved because her mother was diagnosed when Nicole was just 17. Gabrielle Union, Mya, Christina Applegate and Brittany Murphy talk about how breast cancer has affected their lives in this video for Self.com.

Sheryl Crow, Jennifer Aniston, Cameron Diaz, Demi Moore and Christina Applegate all autographed and designed t-shirts for the Design A Cure Campaign to be auctioned on eBay through October 31.