Sentences with phrase «included celebrity activists»
As the headliner of a group that included celebrity activists and the House minority leader, Nancy Pelosi, Mr. Cuomo seemed to bask in the spotlight.
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Celebrities including rights activist Bianca Jagger, singer Charlotte Church and actor Ian McKellen expressed their support for the protest on social media.
In front of a packed audience in the State Dining Room at the White House on Tuesday, first lady Michelle Obama rolled out her national initiative to combat childhood obesity with a show of force that included medical, business and government leaders, grassroots activists, celebrity public service announcements, cartoon characters as nutrition experts, as well as those most directly affected — the kids themselves.
This year's Host Committee of celebrities and animal activists includes Hilary Swank, Emmy Rossum, Autumn Reeser, Scott Eastwood, Frances Fisher, Brian Bowen Smith, Steph Sebbag, Amanda Mills and Al Jackson.
When the Oregon Petition first circulated, in fact, environmental activists successfully added the names of several fictional characters and celebrities to the list, including John Grisham, Michael J. Fox, Drs. Frank Burns, B. J. Honeycutt, and Benjamin Pierce (from the TV show M * A * S * H), an individual by the name of «Dr. Red Wine,» and Geraldine Halliwell, formerly known as pop singer Ginger Spice of the Spice Girls.
This round - the - clock program will unite a global audience in demanding a strong climate agreement in Paris and include presentations and performances from leading climate experts and activists and award - winning celebrities and musicians.
Hollywood's elite activists and green - minded celebrities enjoyed a night of eco-friendly entertainment, including a VIP cocktail reception, and Patron dinner & program — which included a special musical performance byWarner Bros. recording artist LP — followed by KCRW's DJ Garth Trinidad, and culminated with a headline performance by seven - time Grammy Award winner Willie Nelson and his sons Lukas and Micah.
Why else would activists be denouncing the decision of statistics celebrity Nate Silver to add a University of Colorado professor to his new website's list of contributing writers — a professor who agrees that greenhouse emissions are warming the Earth, favors a carbon tax and, in his words, has «supported what President Obama has done to combat climate change, including stronger regulations on efficiency [and] power plants... ``?
We're also just going to assume that you're a normal internet user — not a celebrity or a journalist or an activist or someone who might be the target of an individual attack (though of course, you can always be the target of an individual attack for pretty much any reason — including having a cool Twitter handle!).