This year, many A-list names are getting together to support a cause close to all of their hearts – children.

Celebrities including Jennifer Aniston, Sofia Vergara, Michael Strahan, Jimmy Kimmel and Luis Fonsi are using their power for good to join St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital® National Outreach Director Marlo Thomas in promoting the St. Jude Thanks and Giving® campaign.

“It means so much to us that year after year they open their hearts to the children of St. Jude,” said Thomas.

“[It] lets us keep my father’s founding promise that no family receives a bill from St. Jude for anything — not for treatment, travel, housing or food — because all a family should worry about is helping their child live,” he added.

The campaign is in its 19th year and raises awareness and funds for the organization’s continued battle to end childhood cancer and other life-threatening illnesses.

Aniston, Kimmel, and the other stars will appear in their own TV spot alongside a child that benefits from St. Jude’s work. These commercials are slated to air all throughout the holiday season.

“Every year the St. Jude Thanks and Giving campaign helps transform the holiday season into a time when we can all make a huge difference and help save the lives of precious children battling cancer and other life-threatening diseases,” said Aniston.

“St. Jude holds a special place in my heart and I am honored to lend my voice in raising awareness to support St. Jude’s lifesaving mission of finding cures and saving children in communities across America and around the world.”

In addition to the ads, St. Jude’s is aimed to raise funds and awareness for its cause by selling merchandise crafted by celebrity partners. For example, St. Jude partner HSN collaborated with stars including Thomas, Melissa McCarthy, Kristin Chenoweth, Christie Brinkley, Iris Apfel, Giuliana Rancic to design a Holiday Ornament Collection.

“I have met a lot of great people in my life but the kids of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital are so inspiring” said Strahan.

“St. Jude is one of my favorite places. The care they provide is unsurpassed and families don’t have to pay St. Jude for treatment, travel, housing or food. Please join me during the St. Jude Thanks and Giving campaign this holiday season. Your support will help ensure that children from across America and around the world continue to benefit from the lifesaving research and treatment being done every day at St. Jude.”

Throughout November and December, consumers are asked to support the campaign by shopping at more than 70 leading national brands and sharing what they #GiveThanks for using social media.

“I had a lot of fun filming these spots with Isabelle, Marleigh and John Claude – all of whom are great kids,” said Kimmel.

“This holiday season we can help St. Jude continue to treat the toughest cases while ensuring that families never pay St. Jude for treatment, travel, housing or food.  Every little bit can help save the lives of these sweet and beautiful children.”

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Given her platform of popularity, the “Friends” star decided it’s time to speak out against the rumors and criticism that pop up every time she’s photographed by a paparazzo in a bikini.

She wrote an OpEd for The Huffington Post titled “For the Record” that condemns body shaming and the spread of heinous rumors in Hollywood media.

“For the record, I am not pregnant. What I am is fed up,” Aniston wrote. “I’m fed up with the sport-like scrutiny and body shaming that occurs daily under the guise of ‘journalism,’ the ‘First Amendment’ and celebrity news.’”

Aniston’s words spread like wildfire. Media and fans took note of her message and the piece itself has been shared nearly 40,000 times across the web.

“The objectification and scrutiny we put women through is absurd and disturbing. The way I am portrayed by the media is simply a reflection of how we see and portray women in general, measured against some warped standard of beauty,” she continued.

“Little girls everywhere are absorbing our agreement, passive or otherwise. And it begins early,” Jennifer adds.

Dr. Sheryl Ziegler, a psychologist at The Child and Family Center at Lowry, gave her insight about the piece and said, “I think coming from somebody who is regarded as ‘the most beautiful person in the world’ year after year, including this year, that probably does have a really great impact.”

Jennifer continued that people need to be okay with themselves and understand that beauty comes from within.

“We are complete with or without a mate, with or without a child. We get to decide for ourselves what is beautiful when it comes to our bodies. That decision is ours and ours alone. Let’s make that decision for ourselves and for the young women in this world who look to us as examples,” she said.

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