Celebrity Circuit

Medal Ceremony — AP/San Antonio Express-News, Hui

Army Spc. Justin R. Burgess, right, is congratulated by actor Denzel Washington, who pins a Purple Heart medal on Burgess' shirt, during a ceremony held to honor Burgess and two others at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas, Dec. 17, 2004. The three soldiers were awarded the Purple Heart for injuries sustained in Iraq.

Denzel Washington, center, smiles before presenting a Purple Heart medal to Army Spc. Connie R. Spinks, right, as Brig. Gen. C. William Fox looks on at Brooke Army Medical Center, in San Antonio, Texas, Dec. 17, 2004. Washington was invited by the Army to present the medals as a surprise for the soldiers.

Holiday Party

Actress Doris Roberts, star of the television show "Everybody Loves Raymond," serves macaroni and cheese to soldiers and their families during a Christmas party at Fort Hood, Texas, Dec. 19, 2004.

'Joyful Noise'

Singer Clay Aiken gives his cement handprints to Linda Chen as part of World Children's Day, McDonald's annual global fundraiser benefiting Ronald McDonald House Charities. Chen, of San Jose, Calif., donated $15,099.99 on eBay for the handprints and received them from on stage before Aiken's "Joyful Noise" concert in Atlanta.

Help for Haiti

Grammy award winning artist Wyclef Jean, left, poses with actress Susan Sarandon and actor Tim Robbins as they arrive at a benefit concert in New York, Dec. 9, 2004, when Jean announced the formation of his foundation, Yele Haiti. Yele Haiti is a non-political, international humanitarian initiative to help rebuild Jean's native country of Haiti.

Share the Warmth

Musician Mary J. Blige sings holiday songs with children after having given out coats donated by the Gap, at the Challengers Boys & Girls Club in Los Angeles, Dec. 20, 2004. The Gap, through its Share the Warmth program, will donate more than 70,000 brand new coats to boys and girls in need throughout North America this holiday.

Home For The Holidays

Bruce Springsteen performs with Bobby Bandiera and Friends at a benefit concert, Dec. 19, 2004, in Asbury Park, N.J. The two Dec. 19 concerts raised money for charities in the rocker's home town.

Local Pittsburgh musician Joe Grushecky, right, plays alongside Bruce Springsteen for Flood Aid 2004, Dec. 2, 2004, at Heinz Hall in Pittsburgh.

Danke Schoen

Helen Steelman, right, reacts as entertainer Wayne Newton, left, gives her 86-year-old mother, Edith Reed, a kiss during the USO show Dec. 21, 2004, at Camp Shelby near Hattiesburg, Miss. The show honored the troops of the Mississippi National Guard, 155th Brigade Combat Team, who have completed training and will be deployed to Iraq after Christmas.

Lt. Dan's Band

Actor Gary Sinise and the Lt. Dan Band entertain soldiers of the 155th Brigade Combat Team and their families and friends at a USO show at Camp Shelby, Miss., Dec. 21, 2004.

Scholarship Benefit

Actor Bruce Willis talks to Washington Mayor Anthony Williams during the kick-off event of a national scholarship program for foster children, Dec. 6, 2004. Capital One is partnering with Willis' National Foster Care Fund (NFCF) to create a national scholarship program to benefit youth and children in foster care.

A Surprise Guest

Singer-actress Darlene Love, left, Jon Bon Jovi, center, and John Mayer pose before they performed at a WPLJ Holiday Spectacular Party radio benefit, for the patients and guests, Dec. 22, 2004, at Blythedale Children's Hospital in Valhalla, N.Y. Bon Jovi was a suprise addition to the bill.

Care Packages

President Bush stuffs care packages at the USO Care Package facility, Dec. 10, 2004, in Fort Belvoir, Va.

In The Mideast

Actor Robin Williams gives his autograph to Senior Airman Cutis Netherton of the 386th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron, Dec. 13, 2004, at an unspecified forward-deployed location in Southwest Asia, the name given by the military to refer to the region that includes Iraq and Kuwait.

Comedian Robin Williams, center, poses for pictures with U.S. soldiers at the main U.S. base at Bagram, north of Kabul, Afghanistan, Dec. 16, 2004. U.S. forces serving at Bagram air base got a little early Christmas cheer - a surprise visit from the military's joint chiefs of staff, actor Robin Williams, U.S. model Leeann Tweeden, and NFL football star John Elway.

Robin Williams mugs for the audience as he tosses a football out into the crowd of troops gathered at the Camp Liberty Post Exchange in Baghdad, Iraq, during a USO tour, Dec. 14, 2004.

Hall of Fame Quarterback John Elway gives it a pump fake before throwing a football to troops at Camp Virginia, Kuwait, during a USO tour, Dec. 13, 2004.

American model Leeann Tweeden throws a football out into the crowd of troops gathered at the main U.S. base at Bagram, north of Kabul, Afghanistan, Dec. 16, 2004.

From left to right, comedian Blake Clark, model Leeann Tweeden, comedian Robin Williams, and former Denver Broncos great John Elway, laugh and joke at the main U.S. base at Bagram, north of Kabul, Afghanistan, Dec. 16, 2004. U.S. forces serving at Bagram air base got a little early Christmas cheer - a surprise visit from them and the military's joint chiefs of staff.

Robin Williams, second from left, take part in a ground-breaking ceremony for a USO center named in honor of Pat Tillman, Dec. 16, 2004 at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan. The USO center will honor Tillman, the former Arizona Cardinals star, who left the NFL to join the Army Rangers and was killed in action in Afghanistan earlier this year.