At the Crossroads of Hollywood, Fashion, Love and Charity

Hey everyone,

This is my first blog for Tonic!!!!

Finally, love and charity are in style and blasting through the airwaves.

Today, I want to take a moment to give a big shout out to Hollywood and say, even though we all spend so much time complaining about how shallow and stereotypically whack Hollywood and fashion are, it is more often, than not, fashion and entertainment peeps who jump to the front lines to help.

At the Golden Globe Awards on Sunday night, Mo'Nique's beautiful, sincere and much-needed acceptance speech set the bar and tone for the awards ceremony, which had the world's biggest stars sending two very distinct messages:

1. Love the one you're with and be grateful for it.

2. Open you hearts and your pocketbook, and start giving money.

STARS THAT SHINED — INSIDE & OUT:

- Sandra Bullock wins award and donates $1 million toward relief efforts.

- George Clooney organizes and hosts a telethon, benefiting Hope for Haiti.

- Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt donate $1 million to Doctors Without Borders.

- Gisele Bundchen gives $1.5 million to The Red Cross, raising her status from supermodel to mega-hearted mama.

- Matt Damon donated $1 million dollars.

- Don Cheadle donated $1 million dollars.

- Several more stars agree to auction off their Golden Globes outfits, including Meryl Streep, Olivia Wilde, Gerard Butler, Amy Poehler, Josh Brolin and Jenna Fischer. They donate their looks to Artists for Peace and Justice, where 100% of the proceeds go directly to help the people of Haiti. The auction will take place starting early in the week of January 25,  2010.

WHAT'S NEXT?

Hollywood and fashion need to work together. Fashion houses can pay top dollar to Oscar nominees and presenters to wear their look. The stars can donate to their charity of choice and then all of the outfits can go to one big auction — maybe right here on Tonic!!!!!

This is the new "X" where the heights of entertainment and aesthetic meet the depth of heart and need.