Jeremy Cowart is a professional artist in Nashville, Tennessee, who has photographed rock stars such as Sting and Britney Spears. But on Saturday, he turned his lens on people unlikely to be recognized by anyone but family.

Cowart staged a one-day, worldwide photo shoot called Help Portrait.

"We just want to show people that they are beautiful, that they are valued," Cowart told CNN.

Cowart used the Internet months ago to spread his idea: shoot everyday people, especially the disadvantaged, the homeless, people down on their luck and struggling families. He wanted to make them feel special.

2 teams of 20 played for 241 continuous hours, raising $300,000 for pediatric cancer research

A group of hockey players at an outdoor rink just east of Edmonton has finished the world's longest game, breaking a record they set twice before.

To blaring rock music and the cheering of several hundred Family Day spectators, the two teams of 20 broke their former record just after 1 p.m. MT Monday. They kept the game going for 241 straight hours — more than 10 days of continuous hockey.

The final score, which organizers said was far from accurate — Team Cure had 2,250, while Team Hope had 2,223

The former Sayreville resident, confined to a wheelchair after being diagnosed with the incurable ailment in May 2005, has turned his fate into the inspiration for what he dubbed his "life's work": a documentary film detailing his struggles with the "ugly, spirit-punishing, insidious illness."

O'Brien, 32, was the subject of a benefit show Monday at Sayreville's Starland Ballroom, where he spoke of the vulnerable characters that have appeared in many of his previous films. The Maryland resident said it's as if the documentary turns him into someone he always wanted to bring to the screen.