Patricia Arquette was in Washington this week to represent The Creative Coalition at the White House’s Champions of Change initiative.

For her role as Allison Dubois on the critically acclaimed series “Medium,” Arquette has received numerous accolades, including the Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series, and many subsequent Emmy, Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild nominations. The granddaughter of comedian Cliff Arquette (best known for his television personality Charlie Weaver), Arquette comes from a family ensconced in the entertainment industry. Her father was actor Lewis Arquette and her siblings — Rosanna, Alexis, Richmond and David — are all actors.

Arquette recently wrapped shooting Patricia Riggen’s “See If I Care” opposite Eva Mendes. Her feature film credits include Richard Linklater’s “12 Year Movie aka Boyhood,” “Holes,” “The Badge” and “Little Nicky.” Arquette has worked with a stellar list of directors in such critically acclaimed films as: Martin Scorsese’s “Bringing Out the Dead,” Rupert Wainwright’s “Stigmata,” Sean Penn’s “The Indian Runner,” John Madden’s “Ethan Frome,” Tony Scott’s “True Romance,” Tim Burton’s “Ed Wood,” David O. Russell’s “Flirting With Disaster,” John Boorman’s “Beyond Rangoon,” “Lost Highway” (in a dual role for David Lynch), Steven Frears’s “Hi Lo Country” and Roland Jaffe’s “Goodbye Lover.” Among Arquette’s TV movie credits is “Wildflower,” directed by Diane Keaton, for which Arquette earned a CableAce Award as Best Lead Actress.

Last spring, after visiting Haiti and seeing firsthand the destruction caused by the devastating earthquake that hit the island, Arquette started up the charity GiveLove (www.givelove.org) to help provide victims with sustainable housing and assist in rebuilding communities in the aftermath of the disaster.

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Last year, when actress Patricia Arquette cofounded the nonprofit GiveLove with Rosetta Getty (wife of actor Balthazar), the two women had a plan: To help rebuild post-earthquake Haiti, they would try to improve sanitation systems and use abandoned shipping containers to create homeless shelters. But as the rainy season approached, they distributed tents and mosquito nets as well. “Need is everywhere,” says Arquette, noting that GiveLove also built an orphanage that shelters 170 children and 30 at-risk teenage girls. “People say, ‘Just choose one thing and do it.’ But why? If there are kids sleeping on the ground, you say, ‘Let’s get them in bunk beds.’ Different groups need different things.”

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Patricia Arquette, Maria Bello, and others among latest celebrities to take the “Hollywood Pledge”.

Patricia Arquette, Maria Bello, Kristin Chenoweth, Lisa Ling and Sean Penn have joined the growing list of celebrities taking the “Hollywood Pledge”, a philanthropy campaign led by the Give Back Hollywood Foundation and inspired by Bill Gates & Warren Buffett’s Giving Pledge. The “Hollywood Pledge” and its companion website unites celebrity philanthropists and serves as a convenient way for them to promote the charities and causes they are most passionate about.

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Patricia has recently completed filming the drama/comedy See If I Care with Eva Mendes and Matthew Modine. No release date yet.

Patricia has also signed to star in the psychological thriller, Glutton , directed by her brother, David Arquette. The film also stars Abraham Benrubi and Kacey Barnfield. It will be shot in 3D and filming begins in July.

www.movieweb.com/news/glutton-adds-patricia-arquette

www.dreadcentral.com/news/44832/cast-expands-david-arquettes-glutton

Nice interview with Patricia Arquette about Give Love and her charity work in Haiti, filmed at SXSWi in Austin, TX.

www.nosexandthesuburbs.com/2011/03/givelove-video-interview-w-patricia-arquette-at-sxsw/

According to the GiveLove Twitter and Facebook pages, GiveLove.org will team with partners Water.org and CoTweet for a global viral sanitation campaign at SXSW Interactive in Austin, TX.

You can read more about it on their new Twitter and Facebook pages here.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/GiveLoveorg/160016190714950

http://twitter.com/#!/GiveLoveOrg

The day that we Medium fans have dreaded arrived last Friday and the episode gave us some kind of closure. I know that there are people who hated it (my neighbors for sure, I was howling like a wolf during full moon), and others found it to be the perfect ending. What ever category you feel you belong, the ending of the show is what upsets us all. Thankfully we have the DVD’s to fall back on when times get rough and we feel the withdrawal symptoms creeping on.

We at Patricia-Arquette.com would like to thank the cast and crew of the wonderful years that the show has brought us and  we wish you the best with your future projects. What ever the future brigs to Patricia Arquette we will keep you informed.

Nominations for the 2010 Women’s Image Network Awards were announced recently and Patricia was among the nominees. The Women’s Image Network Awards recognize television, film and advertising artists who “create dimensional media images of women which shape positive public opinion about the value of women and girls”.

Patricia was nominated for Actress in a Drama Series. Her television show, Medium, was also nominated for Dramatic Series.

Full list of nominees here.

http://www.thewinawards.com/index.html

Once again, Patricia’s organization, Give Love, has teamed with Satya Jewelry to raise funds for the people of Haiti, who remain at risk since the earthquake of January of this year. Satya Jewelry has created the Hope bracelet, with 100% of the funds going to Give Love to benefit their work in Haiti.

“We share Patricia’s passion for this cause and we’re thrilled to be working with her. We simply cannot forget what has happened in Haiti and the tragedy affecting these innocent children and the beautiful people of Haiti.”
Satya Scainetti, co-founder of Satya Jewelry.

“The Hope, Love & Healing necklace and bracelet are the perfect embodiment of what we are trying to bring to Haiti: Hope through safe and sustainable housing, sanitation solutions, and water filtration devises. Thank you Satya Jewelry and your customers for your beautiful craftsmanship and your open hearts!”
Patricia Arquette.

You can make a donation to their efforts and read more about the jewelry at

http://www.crowdrise.com/patriciaarquette