Country singer Garth Brooks holds a news conference to announce that two-thirds of the proceeds from his next CD "Garth Brooks The Ulitmate Hits" will benefit the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation to fight breast cancer, Monday, Oct. 15, 2007, at South Street Seaport in New York.
Ellen DeGeneres
"The Ellen DeGeneres Show" kicked off 2007 National Breast Cancer Awareness Month by announcing the Ellen for the Cure campaign. Throughout October, the talk show host is asking audience members and viewers to help achieve her goal of raising $1 million for breast cancer awareness. Ellen's mom is a breast cancer survivor.
Reese Witherspoon
As the first Honorary Chairperson of the Avon Foundation, Oscar-winning actress Reese Witherspoon will help raise awareness for the Foundation's programs, which are focused on the critical issues of breast cancer and domestic violence.
MINK
Neal Carlson, lead singer of the Australian-based rock band MINK, performs at the Hard Rock Cafe Hollywood on Monday, Oct. 8, 2007, in Los Angeles. The band performed live during the Cafe's Rocktober campaign, a month-long initiative committed to raising awareness and funds for breast cancer research.
Liv Tyler
Actress Liv Tyler attends the launch of Emergen-C Pink at Whole Foods Market on Oct. 8, 2007, in New York. The actress teamed with her mother and grandmother to promote a pink lemonade-flavored vitamin drink, with proceeds going to breast cancer research.
Elizabeth Hurley
Model, actress and designer Elizabeth Hurley speaks to a crowd at the Vancouver Art Gallery gathered to watch her flip the switch to "paint" the exterior of the gallery in pink light and raise breast cancer awareness, in Vancouver, Canada, on Monday, Oct. 1, 2007. The spokesperson for Estee lauder cosmetics since 1995, Hurley has also played an active role in the cosmetic company's breast cancer charity.
Nicole Kidman
In 2006, Oscar-winning actress Nicole Kidman helped launch Cancer Research UK's campaign for breast cancer awareness month. "As someone whose family has personally been affected by the disease, I can't stress enough how important it is that women get to know and understand what is normal for their body," she said. Kidman's mother is a survivor.
Cate Blanchett
Cate Blanchett, who also lent her name to the Cancer Research UK cause, will star in the 2008 big screen adaptation of "Cancer Vixen: A True Story." The film is based on the graphic memoir by Marisa Acocella Marchetto, a cartoonist for Glamour and The New Yorker who was diagnosed with breast cancer as her career had taken off and as she was planning her wedding.
Jewel
Singer Jewel speaks at a press conference hosted by Lifetime Television's "Stop Breast Cancer for Life" public awareness campaign Sept. 20, 2006, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. Jewel joined the group in delivering more than 12 million petition signatures to Capitol Hill to urge Congress to pass legislation to end the practice of "drive through" mastectomies.
Sigourney Weaver
Actress Sigourney Weaver speaks at an event to raise money for breast care services for underinsured patients at Bridgeport Hospital's Norma F. Pfriem Breast Care Center in Fairfield, Conn., on Wednesday, June 14, 2006.
Olivia Newton-John
Since recovering from breast cancer, singer Olivia Newton-John has become an avid advocate of breast cancer awareness. She has been a product spokesperson for the Liv-Kit, a breast self-examination product and is raising money to build the Olivia Newton-John Cancer Centre in Melbourne, Australia.
Diahann Carroll
Veteran actress and breast cancer survivor Diahann Carroll launched Strength in Knowing: The Facts and Fiction of Breast Cancer Risk. The campaign is designed to educate postmenopausal women about breast cancer risk factors to help them better assess their own risk level, and have a dialogue with their health care provider about screenings and early detection.
Carson Daly
Talk show host Carson Daly is one of a number of celebrities who've pledged to make a difference in the war on breast cancer by wearing pink. Daly also serves on the Passionately Pink for the Cure celebrity board.