Passionate stars who care, Ellen DeGeneres, Jennifer Garner and Neil Patrick Harris take time out to talk with Jason Kennedy of E! News on the red carpet at the Stand Up to Cancer event. For more on the charity juggernaut, read our news story here or tune in to E! News Now.

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The stars came out tonight with hopes of brightening the way for years to come.

Halle Berry, Jennifer Garner, Jennifer Aniston, Salma Hayek, Ellen DeGeneres, Keanu Reeves, Billy Crystal, Scarlett Johansson, Julia Louis-Dreyfuss, Casey Affleck, America Ferrera, Fran Drescher, Forest Whitaker, John Krasinski, Christina Applegate, Josh Brolin and Masi Oka are just some of the A-listers who participated Friday in the Stand Up to Cancer telethon, benefiting cancer research, at Hollywood's Kodak Theatre.

Meryl Streep, Charlize Theron, the stars of Lost, Lance Armstrong, Tina Fey and some fellow 30 Rockers, Carson Daly and Tom Green also spoke up via video.

But despite a roster of names that wouldn't have seemed out of place at the Oscars, it was sobering to see how many of the event's participants' lives have been affected by cancer, including Applegate, who, after being diagnosed with breast cancer this year, underwent a preventative double mastectomy, and Katie Couric, whose husband, Jay Monahan, died of colon cancer in 1998.

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VMA performance or not, Miley Cyrus is pumped up for Britney Spears to do whatever she's doing at the MTV self-love fest this weekend.

Cyrus is in New York City, prepping for a huge gig at CBS' upcoming Condé Nast-sponsored Fashion Rocks charity concert featuring music legends and fashionistas to benefit cancer research. When popping out of a midtown rehearsal space yesterday, photogs asked Cyrus if she was looking forward to Spears' do-over.

"It will be awesome, I can't wait," she said.

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Jude Law is riding the peace train to Afghanistan.

A little more than a year after his first trip to the region, the British thesp has touched down in Kabul yet again, this time calling for war-torn nations to agree to a global ceasefire on Sept. 21, the United Nations' seventh annual International Day of Peace, to allow for much-needed vaccinations and food deliveries to take place.

"Please mark the day," Law, an ambassador for Peace One Day, said at a news conference Monday. "The need now is greater than ever before."

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Samantha Ronson may be spending most of her time making headlines with a Razzie winner, but soon she's going to be spending at least one night with the possessor of a more prestigious piece of hardware.

The celebrity spinner has been tapped to get the VIP crowd primed for Oscar winner Julia Roberts and the Dave Matthews Band, who will be taking the stage Sept. 10 at Madison Square Garden as part of the Stand Up for a Cure's 2008 concert series.

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Brad Pitt and George Clooney aren't just going to look good in Venice, they're going to do good in Venice.

Both leading men are set to light up the Lido Wednesday night, walking the red carpet as their new Coen brothers flick, Burn After Reading, opens the 65th Annual Venice Film Festival. But the dynamic duo have actually arrived ahead of schedule to appear at a fund-raiser for their pet charity project, Not On Our Watch, later tonight.

The Darfur-benefiting charity, which also counts Ocean's costars Matt Damon and Don Cheadle among its founders, will take center stage tonight, when Clooney and Pitt will be on hand to discuss humanitarian and advocacy issues that are of importance to the organization, while simultaneously schmoozing Italian glamour-pusses like only they can to boost the foundation's bankroll.

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Brad Pitt is looking for a way into your shower.

The fair-faced movie star is collaborating with luxury hair- and skin-care company Kiehl's Since 1851 on an ecofriendly body wash to raise money for green causes.

But although Pitt's obviously camera-ready, he will not be appearing in ads for the product, nor will his name be on the bottle—although a reproduction of his handwriting will be, Women's Wear Daily reports.

One hundred percent of the proceeds from Kiehl’s Aloe Vera Biodegradable Liquid Body Cleanser, washing up in stores in October for $16.95 a bottle, will go to the newly launched JPF Eco Systems, a nonprofit started by Pitt and Kiehl's to "minimize impact on the environment through thoughtful design."

And this is no "Run out and get yours while supplies last" flash in the pan.

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Jennifer Connelly was definitely born with it, so it isn't Maybelline.

The 37-year-old Oscar winner has been named a brand ambassador for Revlon, a role usually reserved for the kindhearted as well as the pretty-faced.

In addition to appearing in a global marketing campaign, Connelly will also represent the 76-year-old cosmetics company in its various fundraising efforts, which include the annual Revlon Run/Walk for Women, a frequently celeb-studded event held in Los Angeles and New York which benefits breast cancer research and awareness.

"Revlon is one of the great iconic brands of today and I am thrilled to be part of a company that has done so much for women around the world," Connelly said in a statement.

Added company president and CEO David Kennedy: "[Connelly] is an accomplished wife, mother and actress and her successes complement the spirit of the Revlon brand."

The bevy of lovelies who have provided a famous foundation for Revlon's products includes Halle Berry, Jessica Alba, Lucy Liu, Eva Mendes and Claudia Schiffer.

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Billy Crystal is clearly in a New York state of mind.

The Emmy winner has joined the board of directors of the National September 11 Memorial and Museum, a foundation raising funds for the still-in-the-works local memorial to the 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center.

Crystal, who was born on Long Island and who performed at a benefit concert to raise money for the city a month after 9/11, joins fellow Big Apple native Robert De Niro on the now 45-member board.

The organization has privately raised more than $350 million to go toward a memorial at the WTC site, a project that has attracted no end of creative, logistical and financial controversy.

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Sharing threads with Angelina Jolie? Hot. Sharing a tee time with Morgan Freeman? Way hot!

A round of golf with the sonorous thesp sold for $49,000 earlier this month in an online auction benefiting hurricane relief victims, nearly five times as much as the winning bid for the sleek leather jacket Jolie wore in her new action flick, Wanted.

Her assassin's black zip-up from the film, which also stars Freeman, ultimately fetched $10,300.

The $2,722 per hole it's costing some philanthropic soul to hit the links with the Oscar-winning 71-year-old also includes a rainproof golf outfit and a set of spanking-new clubs, but still—it shows you can't underestimate the value of making small talk with a guy who's played God.

Not that he and Jolie were competing with each other.

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Everyone was all in for a good cause.

Ben Affleck, Matt Damon and Don Cheadle were among the Hollywood types who gathered Wednesday at the Rio Pavilion in Las Vegas for a no-limit Texas Hold' em tournament benefiting victims of the humanitarian crisis in the Darfur region of Sudan.

Also forking over the $5,000 entrance fee were Adam Sandler, George Lopez, Ray Romano and Jason Alexander, who optimistically said, "When there's no actual money for me, I'm very good."

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Pamela Anderson has let her beloved car go to the dogs. Or, in this particular case, the reptiles.

The Pam: Girl on the Loose star's 2000 Dodge Viper was auctioned off in Las Vegas last weekend for $65,000 to benefit her—pardon the pun—pet cause, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.

A PETA spokesman said that Anderson's contribution will be used to raise awareness about the cruel methods used to skin reptiles for shoes, belts, bags and other fashionable accessories.

"I just realized I have too many things," Anderson exclusively told E! News when asked why she decided to part with her favorite ride.

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