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Courteney Cox is looking to her friends for help with her latest cause.

The Dirt star and her husband, David Arquette, have recruited a roster of famous folks, including Jennifer Aniston, to help them try to raise $1 million in two weeks for Epidermolysis Bullosa, a rare and debilitating skin condition that primarily affects children.

"EB is very personal to me, so I'm happy to be a part of this $1 million challenge," Cox said in a statement. "Now is such an important time to put the spotlight on EB and ensure that research can continue at a fast pace."

Aniston's ex, Brad Pitt, is also on board for the challenge, as are Gwen Stefani, Gavin Rossdale, Orlando Bloom, Kate Beckinsale, Rashida Jones, James Marsden and Eva Longoria Parker.

Cox and Arquette are heading up the effort as members of the honorary advisory board of the Epidermolysis Bullosa Medical Research Foundation. Aniston, Pitt, Rossdale and Stefani are also members.

Those affected by the condition break out in painful blisters after even minor trauma to the skin. Wounds may cover up to 75 percent of the body and never go away.

Few people who suffer from Epidermolysis Bullosa survive past the age of 30. As many as 100,000 Americans may have some form of the condition.

Orlando Bloom won't be parked in court for his motoring mishap.

The Los Angeles District Attorney's Office announced Friday that the Pirates of the Caribbean and Lord of the Rings star would not face any charges stemming from a smashup earlier this month that left one of his passengers with a fractured neck.

D.A. spokeswoman Jane Robison tells E! News that, due to "insufficient evidence," Bloom will avoid a misdemeanor hit-and-run charge for the Oct. 12 incident.

According to the D.A.'s charge evaluation worksheet, Bloom was being shadowed by four paparazzo-filled cars and one car full of fans in the early morning hours. The report indicates that two of the camera-wielding pursuers attempted to cut off the black 2003 Toyota Matrix being driven by Bloom, causing him to swerve into a Porsche Cayenne parked on the side of the street.

As documented by paparazzi footage and noted in the D.A. report, Bloom walked approximately 60 feet away from the cars. However, the D.A. says Bloom wasn't attempting to flee the scene but rather sought "to avoid paparazzi's continued pursuit."

Bloom returned to the crash site within moments.

Video of the event seems to show him doing so only after a cameraman cautioned Bloom that he could be rung up on hit-and-run charges. Prosecutors were apparently uninterested in his motive for returning to the scene, only that he did.

The D.A.'s report also states that Bloom was not driving under the influence, despite him being seen leaving a bar with his two female passengers just minutes before the accident.

Instead, the report characterized him as "dazed."

The 30-year-old suffered no injuries in the incident. One of his female passengers suffered a fractured neck, but the injury was not serious; the other sustained cuts from her seat belt.

While Bloom is now in the clear, the offending shutterbugs may not be as lucky.

An investigation into the paparazzi's potentially dangerous driving tactics remains open.

The Bloom is apparently off Orlando's driving skills.

The franchise-friendly actor was involved in a minor car accident that took place in the early morning hours in Los Angeles Friday and left his two female passengers injured.

The Los Angeles Police Department confirmed to E! News that the smashup took place around 2:15 a.m. in Hollywood. The Pirates of the Caribbean star was behind the wheel of a 2003 black Toyota Matrix when he was cut off by another driver. As Bloom swerved to avoid the opposing motorist, he bumped into a parked Porsche Cayenne on the side of the street.

Bloom's publicist, Robin Baum, said the star was "grateful that no one was seriously injured."

There was minor damage to both vehicles, though the LAPD said there was no speeding, alcohol or drugs involved in the incident.

There were, however, paparazzi.

The 30-year-old actor was driving a car reportedly registered to his Pirates cinematographer Dariusz Wolski, though the DP was not in the car at the time of the accident. Instead, Bloom was accompanied by two unidentified female friends, whom he was spotted with earlier in the night while leaving Hollywood hotspot the Green Door.

While Bloom was able to walk away unscathed from the fender-bender, and indeed can be seen doing so in footage of the crash's aftermath, neither of his companions was so lucky.

"We've got somebody who's injured here," the actor can be overheard saying in a video appearing on X17online.com. "Call an ambulance."

Cops and an ambulance arrived on the scene shortly thereafter, and police confirmed that both of Bloom's cohorts suffered injuries in the crash. The 30-year-old woman who was sitting in the front passenger seat suffered a cut to her neck from the seatbelt, while the 35-year-old female in the back seat suffered a fractured neck.

Both women were taken to a nearby hospital, accompanied by Bloom, and both have since been treated and released.

"He spent last night at the hospital to be with his childhood friend who sustained a minor neck injury," Baum said. "He is thankful that emergency services arrived so quickly and that the ER staff at Cedars-Sinai took such good care of his friend."

Meanwhile, the man who reportedly owned the vehicle struck by Bloom is demanding an apology—and a check.

“Orlando was just running away from the paparazzi. He didn’t say a word to me,” Mark Ivanko told In Touch. “The damage is pretty bad. Looks like it’s going to be at least $7,000 or $8,000. I have his phone number. He’s going to pay for my car.”

The actor, who is taking a self-imposed break from the big screen, recently wrapped up his two-month debut run on London's West End, starring in the family drama In Celebration.

Orlando Bloom's former management agency wants some of his Pirates of the Caribbean booty.

The Firm, which began working with Bloom in June 2002, has sued the actor in Los Angeles Superior Court, claiming it is owed "no less than $660,000" in commissions from Bloom's work on the two upcoming Pirates sequels.

According to the agency's complaint, it is entitled to a 10 percent commission from Bloom's salary from all projects negotiated for him while he was still The Firm's client, including Elizabethtown, Kingdom of Heaven and the unreleased 2004 indie film Haven.

Bloom jumped ship from The Firm in favor of Brillstein-Grey Entertainment in July. His departure is alleged in the lawsuit to have been encouraged by his manager, Aleen Keshishian, who was repping him at The Firm at the time, but left to become a partner at Brillstein-Grey, where she continues to count him among her clients.

According to The Firm's court documents, which are posted at TMZ.com, Keshishian and BGE have already collected some $200,000 worth of commissions to which they are not entitled from Bloom's paychecks for the Pirates of the Caribbean sequels.

The Firm filed a separate suit against Keshishian and BGE on related charges.

No word from Bloom on his thoughts regarding the potential wallop to his paycheck.

In addition to the two Pirates sequels, the erstwhile Legolas is working on the romantic comedy Love and Other Disasters, alongside his older sister, Samantha Bloom.

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, in which Bloom will reprise his role as Will Turner, is due in theaters July 7, 2006.

Heads up, girls, Orlando Bloom is officially back on the market.

The dashing star of The Lord of the Rings trilogy and The Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl has broken up with the Beyond the Sea babe Kate Bosworth after nearly three years of cuddledom.

The couple's rep, Robin Baum, confirmed the split to E! Tuesday.

"They did decide to take some time apart due to their upcoming work schedule, and they remain very close," Baum said in a statement. "It was a mutual decision."

Bloom, 28, and Bosworth, 22, began dating in the spring of 2002 after shooting a Gap ad together. The camera-ready couple had been a fixture on the red carpet and the party circuit up until December, when rumors first started surfacing that their relationship was on the rocks. They were last spotted together at a Golden Globes after-party at Hollywood's Chateau Marmont.

Bloom, voted one of People magazine's 50 Sexiest last year, shot to stardom as the Elf prince Legolas in Peter Jackson's Oscar-winning Lord of the Rings movies, which he followed up with a turn as Johnny Depp's compadre in Disney's 2003 swashbuckling blockbuster Pirates of the Caribbean.

He's becoming a go-to guy for big-budget epics, having already starred with Brad Pitt in Troy and getting on board to headline Ridley Scott's Crusades saga Kingdom of Heaven, as well as Disney's Pirates sequel.

Bosworth, who, in happier times last summer, had flown to Morocco to visit her beau on the Kingdom set, accompanied by a pair of puppies, hasn't exactly been a slouch. After gaining notoriety playing a hardcore surfer chick in 2002's Blue Crush, she starred with Topher Grace in the 2004 comedy Win a Date with Tad Hamilton before the landing the part of Sandra Dee opposite Kevin Spacey in the Bobby Darrin biopic Beyond the Sea.

Bosworth will next be seen in the thriller Awake with Helen Mirren and Jared Leto before segueing into director Bryan Singer's new Superman film in which she'll play intrepid reporter Lois Lane opposite newcomer Brandon Routh as the Man of Steel and Spacey as criminal mastermind Lex Luthor.

Her other credits include 2002's The Rules of Attraction and 2003's Wonderland.