Elton John and Yamaha are teaming up taking piano technology to a new level next week, performing a concert that will reproduce on 20 different pianos LIVE around the world. John will play at Disneyland's Hyperion Theater in Anaheim, Calif., on Jan. 25 with a 70-piece orchestra. The performance — note for note and in real time — will be reproduced through a Yamaha DisklavierTV piano and RemoteLive technology
George Clooney has once again shown himself to be the perfect gentleman. Fearing that he and his party had been too loud while dining at the Grill Royal restaurant in Berlin, the actor picked up the $120 tab for a nearby table.
As a boy, Wendell Pierce dreamed of leaving his hometown one day for the world stage. Today, the veteran actor with global credits has returned on a mission: rebuilding neighborhoods, brick by brick, aisle after aisle.
I knew something had to be done, said Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice, whose foundation was adrift without a focus. The final straw came on Easter Sunday when a 15-year-old girl in nearby Maryland took her own life after months of cyber-bullying. Thus began this 5-foot-8 running back's pro-kindness crusade.
After a three-year battle with cancer, Joshua Jones may be in his final days. A group of family and friends pooled their money to buy four front-row seats so he could see his beloved Dodgers one last time. Dodger player Matt Kemp had promised to sign an autograph after the game, but instead was moved to do more, including giving the shirt off his back -- and his shoes.
A 'hail mary' pass from professional basketball arenas to the Oklahoma tornado victims has resulted in four million-dollar donations, beginning with Kevin Durant, a player with the Oklahoma City Thunder, who donated $1 million to Red Cross relief efforts through his foundation.
When the real Queen said she would not be able to meet ten-year-old Oliver Burton, a limo was arranged so the youngster could meet Dame Helen instead. Mirren granted the dying boy's wish by dressing up as the Queen and having him visit for tea.
After the finale of Friends in 2004, Matthew Perry has been in and out of rehab programs trying to overcome addiction to alcohol and pain medication. Now sober, Perry is on a mission to help other addicts find a path to recovery.
Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling secretly posed as a retired military policeman to write a crime novel that has been hailed as one of the best debut detective stories in years. Rowling wrote The Cuckoo's Calling under the name Robert Galbraith.
Taylor Swift fans flocked to her concert in St. Paul last weekend, but one first-grader from Mankato, Minn., got a personal meet-and-greet with her musical idol, thanks to the Kids Wish Network. Madison Harbarth, who was born with a rare condition that caused her spine to stop growing in utero, got an autograph that read, To Madison: You are beautiful and perfect. Love, Taylor.
Academy Award-winning actress Charlize Theron has a starring role in her homeland of South Africa -- helping prevent the spread of HIV and AIDS. Theron believes the key lies in empowering African youth at a grassroots level, so she has traveled with the Global Fund to help any way she can.
The Ellen Show has followed in Oprah's path to become daytime television's second 'angel network'. Sometimes with help from corporate partners like JC Penny or Target, Degeneres frequently features a deserving family or person with an incredible story and gives them the surprise of their lives. Here are four great 'De-generous' moments.
Jodi DiPiazza was lucky enough to get into one of the few schools available to help children with autism to reach their potential. Loud temper tantrums often flared up during those pre-kindergarten years, but during many hours of therapy, Jodi found a talent that truly grounded her -- music.
A Buffalo, New York bus driver who talked a depressed woman off of a bridge is scheduled to appear on celebrity chef Rachael Ray's Thanks for Giving episode airing Monday in the US. The show says Darnell Barton's story is one of four to be highlighted in the show, which features an audience full of people who've been hailed as heroes.
The eve of the fourth anniversary of the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, Sean Penn's friends came out to support his Haitian relief organization's 3rd annual Help Haiti Home gala. Stars like Goldie Hawn, Julia Roberts, Gwyneth Paltrow and Penn's new girlfriend, Charlize Theron, helped him raise six million dollars in a single evening.
Kiss rock star Gene Simmons has raised $450,000 for the new Saskatchewan Children's Hospital, the hospital where Simmons' wife, Shannon Tweed, grew up, by selling his custom truck.
Independent bookstores, with their paper-thin profit margins and competition from Amazon, have found a sugar daddy in the person of famous author, James Patterson. The best-selling author has started a program to give away $1 million of his personal fortune to dozens of bookstores.
Drake may have won himself the title of sweetest rapper ever. He flew to Texas to surprise a 15-year-old who was forced to stop going to school because doctors discovered a deadly brain tumor.
High school senior Alisa Finely from Kansas was diagnosed with stage 4 brain cancer. Finey created a bucket list and her #1 wish was to kiss actor Channing Tatum. The Hollywood star found out about it and posted a video he recorded especially for her on his phone.
Actress Amy Poehler showed off her kind side when she gave up her first class-seat on a flight from Los Angeles to New York to a mother with an infant. Amy headed for an aisle seat in coach.
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