Despite bleak 2020, celebrities make effort to brighten year

FILE - This June 4, 2018 file photo shows DJ D-Nice, whose real name is Derrick Jones, at the 13th Annual Apollo Theater Spring Gala After Party in New York. The DJ is among the entertainers who took the initiative to make the best out of a challenging year. During the pandemic's early stage, he hosted Homeschool at Club Quarantine on his Instagram Live, where he spun popular tunes on the turntables at his home. (Photo by Donald Traill/Invision/AP, File)

FILE - Ballet dancer Anthony Mmesoma Madu rehearses in Lagos, Nigeria on Aug. 18, 2020. The 11-year-old gained fame through a simple cellphone video of him performing the pirouette without shoes in the drizzling rain in Nigeria earlier this year. By the end of August, the video garnered more than 20 million views on social media including by actor Cynthia Erivo, who decided to sponsor Madu's training and helped bring the video to the attention of the New York-based American Ballet Theater, who offered him a scholarship. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba, File)

FILE - Phoebe Waller-Bridge arrives at the 77th annual Golden Globe Awards on Jan. 5, 2020, in Beverly Hills, Calif. Waller-Bridge is among the entertainers who took the initiative to make the best out of a challenging year. The actor auctioned off her Golden Globe suit for Australia brushfire relief. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)

FILE - Taika Waititi arrives at the 25th annual Critics' Choice Awards on Jan. 12, 2020, in Santa Monica, Calif. Waititi is among the entertainers who took the initiative to make the best out of a challenging year. The filmmaker led a celebrity read-along of Roald Dahl's novel "James and the Giant Peach," to raise money for Partners in Health, a medical and social justice organization fighting COVID-19 and supporting public health systems in vulnerable areas around the world. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)

This combination photo shows Timbaland at the 58th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles on Feb. 15, 2016, left, and Swizz Beatz at the 61st annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles. The producers are among the entertainers who took the initiative to make the best out of a challenging year. A friendly competition between the two on social media started off to entertain homebound fans during the pandemic, but their platform eventually evolved into a place where some of music's biggest stars could compete against each other in the same fashion. (Photos by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)

FILE - John Krasinski, star of "Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan," poses at the premiere of the television series on Aug. 31, 2018, in Los Angeles. Krasinski is among the entertainers who took the initiative to make the best out of a challenging year. The actor created a YouTube web series, "Some Good News," focusing on positive and inspiring stories. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)

FILE - Boris Kodjoe, right, and Nicole Ari Parker arrive at the premiere of "Ferdinand" in Los Angeles on Dec. 10, 2017. The couple gave away thousands of face masks to essential workers and first responders during the pandemic. Parker's apparel company, Gymwrap, turned its attention from making headbands to crafting masks for the couple's Help Our Heroes campaign. (Photo by Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP, File)

FILE - French tenor singer Stephane Senechal performs after he sings at dusk, the U.S. national anthem and Tosca of Puccini, from his apartment window during the monthlong partial lockdown to stop fast-rising virus hospitalizations and deaths, in Paris, Nov. 09, 2020. Senechal, along with professional and amateur musicians, sang from their balconies or windows to uplift neighbors. (AP Photo/Francois Mori, File)

FILE - This Dec. 5, 2019 file photo shows Rosie O'Donnell at the "Jagged Little Pill" Broadway opening night in New York. O’Donnell brought her talk show “The Rosie O'Donnell Show” back to raise more than $600,000 for virus victims. The money raised through the event went to The Actors Fund to help those suffering during the coronavirus. (Photo by Greg Allen/Invision/AP, File)

This combination photo shows John Krasinski, from left, Dolly Parton and Christian Siriano. They are among those in the entertainment industry who took the initiative to make the best out of a challenging year. (AP Photo)

FILE - Christian Siriano attends the Love Ball III HIV/AIDS benefit on June 25, 2019, in New York. Siriano is among the entertainers who took the initiative to make the best out of a challenging year. The designer and his team pivoted from crafting gowns to making masks following the shortage due to COVID-19. He reassigned his 10 seamstresses in New York to produce thousands daily for health care workers on the frontlines. (Photo by Christopher Smith/Invision/AP, File)

FILE - Emilio Estefan, left, and Gloria Estefan attend the Broadway opening of "Moulin Rouge! The Musical" in New York on July 25, 2019. The couple's restaurant Estefan Kitchen served up homemade meals for health care workers in Miami. (Photo by Greg Allen/Invision/AP, File)

FILE - Leonardo DiCaprio, right, presents the lifetime achievement award to Robert De Niro at the 26th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards on Jan. 19, 2020, in Los Angeles. The actors are among the entertainers who took the initiative to make the best out of a challenging year. De Niro and DiCapio united to offer a fan the chance to win a walk-on part in Martin Scorsese's upcoming film, "Killers of the Flower Moon," starring both actors, as part of Michael Rubin's online charity auction, the All In Challenge. (Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)

FILE - Dolly Parton arrives at the 61st annual Grammy Awards on Feb. 10, 2019, in Los Angeles. Parton is among the entertainers who took the initiative to make the best out of a challenging year. The country music icon donated $1 million toward researching the coronavirus at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tenn. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)