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Happy Earth Day! How are you celebrating? By riding your bike to work? Cooking a dinner made of locally grown, sustainable ingredients? How about by bidding on an eco-centric adventure with one of your favorite stars?

You can bid on things like a day on the set of Damages with Glenn Close, VIP tickets to The Ellen DeGeneres Show and The Daily Show, a day of filming on Daryl Hannah’s environmental blog, fly-fishing on Ted Turner’s ranch, and more, all while helping the environment by supporting the Waterkeeper Alliance. The bidding will be open for a week, until April 29.

The Waterkeeper Alliance is “a grassroots advocacy organization with 177 Waterkeepers programs … dedicated to preserving and protecting YOUR WATER from polluters.” They work locally, so each program is specifically tailored to the needs of that waterbody and its community. Every program has a full-time Waterkeeper, who is the public advocate for that body of water.

If you are interested in getting involved with the Waterkeeper Alliance or making a donation, check out their website for more information. And, if you’re interested in bidding on a celebrity experience, check out Charity Buzz — and remember, bidding closes April 29.

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I am a little bit in love with Katie Holmes these days. She is single-handedly bring old school Hollywood glamour back into style with her sharp bob and smoky eyes and sleek black wardrobe. At the same time, though, her look is entirely modern and fashion-forward, with just enough edge to make us sit up and pay attention. And she always — ALWAYS — looks fantastic.

What I love the most about Holmes, though, is not her couture wardrobe, but the way that she incorporates her fashion magazine look into her everyday life as a wife and mother. And yes, it probably is easier to do this when your husband is Tom Cruise, but the idea that becoming a mom isn’t the end of being an It Girl is incredibly appealing.

Too often, women give birth and give up. We give ourselves over entirely to our children and their needs, and we forget to take care of ourselves. And then one day we look in the closet and realize that all we own are sweat pants and tee shirts with stains on them. To see Holmes toting her daughter while wearing an impeccably fitted little black dress is inspiring. If she can do it, why can’t we all?

While I realize that most of us can’t pull off Holmes’ look every day, I do think that she is fascinating because she exemplifies what we all hope is true: having a baby is not the end of being stylish. It is entirely possible to be a soccer mom AND be an It Girl. Every time I see Holmes in the news, I feel inspired to put on some eye liner and a great pair of sunglasses and feel a little less like the mommy and a little more like a style icon.

And that is why I love her.

Photo via InStyle.com.

Well, they’re not the glasses he’s famous for wearing as The Boy Who Lived in the Harry Potter films, but Daniel Radcliffe has donated the very first pair of spectacles he ever wore to an exhibit honoring victims of the Holocaust. Radcliffe wore the oval, metal-framed glasses when he was just six years old.

In case you’re wondering what old eyeglasses have to do with honoring Holocaust victims (because I certainly did), the exhibit is based on a famous WWII picture of a huge pile of glasses confiscated from the victims at Auschwitz.

Radcliffe’s mother is Jewish (and a Muggle, for any Potter-heads out there who might be wondering), which might have helped to influence his decision to get involved. The exhibit will mark National Holocaust Day on the 27th of this month in Liverpool, England. The hope is that Potter’s Radcliffe’s involvement will bring the attention of the younger generation to the symbolic artwork.

He might garner more attention by flying around on his broom and casting a couple of magic spells, but I’ve been told not to expect too much. Still, my fingers are crossed …

Photo courtesy of MuggleNet.com