LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Actress Sheryl Lee Ralph and comedian Niecy Nash are lending a helping hand and making a difference in the lives of those living with AIDS and HIV.

Ralph and Nash joined their "diva" forces to host a special benefit event. They're helping to raise funds and awareness for both the Children Affected by AIDS Foundation and the Diva Foundation, which Ralph founded.

"Both foundations are all about addressing the issue of HIV and AIDS in women and children," said Ralph. "Together we are doing all things possible to make sure that people remember that AIDS has not disappeared. And the way it's affecting women and children, it's got to be addressed."

This October, Ralph will be celebrating the 20th anniversary of her own foundation with its annual musical gala, "Divas Simply Singing!"

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The Clorox® Family of Toilet Products has partnered with actress and host Niecy Nash and the World Toilet Organization (WTO) to launch “Flushing for a Cause,” a campaign to help increase awareness of those with access to “flushing” and those without. The goal is to bring attention to the issue that nearly 40 percent of the world does not have access to toilets and to raise money for the WTO to aid its mission of making toilets accessible and affordable throughout the world. For more information, visit www.odetothecommode.com.

Read the full press release about the campaign

Check out Niecy’s Interview about the “Flushing for a Cause” Campaign on Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends”

Messy Home? Niecy Nash Cleans House on GMA!

Niecy gave clutter-busting tips on a special “keep it or chuck it” segment this morning on ABC’s “Good Morning America.”

“The Insider” captured exclusive footage of Niecy’s star-studded NoH8 campaign photo shoot with Marlee Matlin, Brooke Burke, Denise Richards, Marissa Jaret Winokur, Kimberley Locke, and her former “Dancing with the Stars” partner Louis Van Amstel. Check it out:

Tune-in to watch Niecy tonight on “Clean House: Search for the Messiest Home in the Country,” airing at 10 pm PT/ET on The Style Network

You can also catch Niecy dishing her opinions on the latest celebrity news weeknights on CBS’s “The Insider”

Check out photos of Niecy on the red carpet:

Niecy Nash in a custom-designed dress by Oliver Tolentino

Co-Hosts Niecy Nash and Cheyenne Jackson flank Award Honoree Paula Abdul

Tune-in to watch Niecy tonight on “Clean House: Search for the Messiest Home in the Country,” airing at 10 pm PT/ET on The Style Network

You can also catch Niecy dishing her opinions on the latest celebrity news weeknights on CBS’s “The Insider”

*** New Issue- Niecy Nash Is Dancing With The Stars!***

Here is the latest issue featuring all of the latest in the comedy and entertainment world! This issue we take a look at Niecy Nash and her incredible run on ABC’s Dancing With The Stars, plus we have an inside look at behind the scenes of The Mike Epps Presents taping, and we were on the Red Carpet of Death At A Funeral and more! Check it all out at The Humor Mill

Click  to Watch Exclusive Video from Niecy’s Ebony Cover Shoot

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Cover Photo by Manuello Paganelli
Cover Story by Adrienne Samuels Gibbs
Special Thanks to Linda Johnson Rice, Anne Sempowski Ward, Harriette Cole,
Terry Glover, Wendy E. Parks and Valerie Goodloe
Hair by Lawrence Davis
Make-up by Terrell Mullin
Wardrobe Styling by Ashley Sean Thomas

Multi-episode television event premieres tonight at 10 pm et/pt on the Style Network

Colossal clutter beware! Starting this April, The Style Network’s multi-episode event, “Clean House: Search For The Messiest Home In The Country,” sweeps through the nation. Ten special episodes follow host Niecy Nash and her experts as they search high and low to find this year’s messiest home, stopping in different cities and towns along the way to help families get their homes organized once and for all. “Clean House: Search for the Messiest Home in the Country” begins Wednesday, April 21, at 10 pm ET/PT, on The Style Network. A special two-hour finale episode, unveiling the messiest home in the country, airs on June 30th.
America’s favorite clean team thought they had seen it all, but the 2010 search for the country’s messiest home certainly proved them wrong! From an entire mini-village of bunny figurines, to a house full of homemade mascot costumes to 30 years worth of mail that hasn’t been thrown out, Niecy and the gang are in for one wild, messy ride! The first one-hour episodes of “Clean House: Search for the Messiest Home in the Country” follow cluttered home clean-ups in Chicago, IL; Camarillo, CA; and Durham, NC. The team also visits, Portland, OR; Wayne, NJ; Corona, CA; and Newburgh, NY.

In each new “Clean House: Search for the Messiest Home in the Country” episode, host Niecy Nash, interior design guru Mark Brunetz, yard sale diva Trish Suhr, go-to-guy Matt Iseman, jack-of-all-trades Joel Steingold (select episodes), and guest host Lisa Arch (on select episodes), are on a mission to help families regain control of their messy homes. After addressing the root causes of a homeowner’s clutter, the “Clean House” crew makes its way through the mountains of “stuff,” determining what must go. Discarded items are sold at a giant public yard sale with proceeds matched by the show going towards a much-needed home makeover.

The premiere episode finds the “Clean House” team in Chicago , IL at the home of Grandmother Pat and daughter Maureen. (Pat’s other daughter, Danielle and granddaughter, Nissa, have moved out because they can’t handle the mess.) Pat has gotten so used to her clutter that she can’t even see it anymore! Self diagnosed as “clutter blind,” she has been a pack rat her whole life but with the help of Niecy and her team of experts she hopes to break the cycle of clutter and turn her life around for the sake of her family.

Additional episodic highlights from the “Clean House: Search from the Messiest Home in the Country” event include:

In Camarillo, CA, the “clean team” meets hoarder Jon and his wife Kristin. Jon is attached to anything that reminds him of his childhood and has a unique “clutter system” that is driving his wife crazy! He has so much junk that his own wife isn’t allowed to use the master bedroom closet! Can these new parents clean up their act or will the clutter drive a wedge between them? (April 28) In Durham, NC, the team encounters its first haunted house! Residents Mo and Krista won’t throw anything out because they believe the spirit of Mo’s mother and grandmother live within their clutter! (May 5) In Newburgh, NY a recently divorced mother of four spends every waking minute waiting on her boys – while letting the house fall to pieces. The team tries to explain to her that she is actually hurting them by giving them no responsibilities…and has to convince her to clean up her act! (June 2)

Where is this year’s messiest home? To find out, tune-in to Style’s “Clean House: Search for the Messiest Home in the Country” event starting Wednesday, April 21 at 10 p.m. ET/PT.

“I didn’t have a traditional workout plan,” Niecy told Life & Style in an exclusive interview. “I have three children, so I couldn’t work two full-time jobs, then come home and go to the gym for two hours. I ate sensibly and would hula-hoop when I watched TV with my kids. We’d go skating on Saturdays, ride our bikes in the neighborhood and have dance contests.”

Now that she’s fluctuating between a size 8 and 10, Niecy allows herself more indulgences. “All this dancing and running around — I deserve a cookie,” says Niecy, who also appears on The Insider. “If I ever feel I’m getting too big for my own comfort level, I go back to counting calories.”

For more on Niecy, pick up the latest issue of Life & Style, on newsstands now!