Kristen Bell hits the red carpet for a good cause at the Humane Society’s Genesis Awards held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Saturday (March 20) in Beverly Hills, Calif.

The 29-year-old actress, who was joined by newly engaged actor Michael Vartan onstage, introduced Major Brian Dennis and his pup, Nubs, who met in Iraq and struck up a lifelong friendship.

Kristen is a huge advocate of animal rights - she was voted PETA’s Sexiest Vegetarian in 2006 and, in February, took in a dog that she and fiance Dax Shepard found at a gas station! The pup was returned to its owner after a neighbor recognized him on Kristen’s Twitter.

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Here are the rules for interviewing Kristen Bell: No hugging or kissing.

I always assumed that those rules were in effect when interviewing any young blond actress in Hollywood. But, it turns out that the reason the rules had to be announced this time was that the actress was sick.

“She just got off a plane from Australia, and she’s feeling terrible,” a studio publicist explained. “But Kristen’s a trouper, and she didn’t want to cancel the interview. Just don’t hug or kiss her.”

I hadn’t planned to hug or kiss her, but I felt like it after walking into her Los Angeles hotel suite. She greeted me wearing a bathrobe and carrying a tissue box. A trouper, indeed.

Interestingly, she looked better than most healthy people, and her distinctive voice was strong and recognizable (she is the voice of the narrator and title character in the TV series Gossip Girl). She lends that same voice to the animated film Astro Boy, which opens Friday.

Celebrities such as Kristen Bell, Camryn Manheim, Tara Reid, Adam Brody and Timothy Hutton collaborated in the ‘Save Matt’ campaign organized by the Royal Philips Electronics (NYSE: PHG ). The charity auction which took place during nation's premier independent film festival in Utah has the aim to raise funds for the American Heart Association by listing a defibrillator training mat, autographed by the stars, for sale on eBay.
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