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Poor Paris
Paris Hilton, famous for being famous and heir to the Hilton family fortune, has now been demoted to regular citizen status following a decision by her grandfather, Barron Hilton, to contribute 97% of his entire net worth to the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation at the time of his passing. The foundation, founded by his father, aims to “relieve the suffering, the distressed and the destitute.” He will also contribute $1.2 billion of the proceeds from the sale of the Hilton Hotels Corporation and Harrah’s Entertainment. Barron Hilton’s net worth is currently estimated to be $2.3 Billion. Poor, poor Paris.
Dem’jeans
Rachel Bilson and Hayden Christensen want...
you to take your clothes off. You read correctly. Bilson and Christensen are fronting a new campaign for Aeropostale to provide clothing for teen homeless shelters. The ‘Teens for Jeans’ campaign asks you to look in your closet for that pile of old jeans you never wear anymore but hastily hold on to in case you might need them later. All you have to do is drop them off at any Aeropostale store and they will arrange to have them donated to a local teen shelter. It’s that simple. As a thank you for your donation, the store will also give you 20% off a new pair of jeans. How’s that for charity?
Nose For Sale
Kevin Kline, the actor famous for his roles in ‘A Fish Called Wanda,’ ‘French Kiss,’ and ‘In & Out,’ is selling his nose for charity. After his recent Broadway performances in“Cyrano de Bergerac,” he offered audiences a chance to buy the fake noses he wore in the play. The obscure tactic proved fun for the audience as people began offering up to $1,500 for the prosthetic noses signed by both Kevin Kline and co-star Jennifer Garner. All proceeds are to benefit the charity Broadway Cares / Equity Fights Aids, to raise money for AIDS-related causes in the United States.
Ecowood
The fashion industry isn’t the only high profile industry to jump into the green pool. Hollywood has taken notice and will soon take advantage of the eco-friendly trend by releasing a slew of environmental themed movies over the next year. These aren’t environmental awareness films, but films that use awareness to their advantage. Imagine a paranoid thriller coming out about a family on the run from the earth’s plants, after the plants get angry over what humans are doing to the earth. The plants come up with a plan to get rid of the humans by unleashing airborne neurotoxins that cause people to commit suicide. Sound silly? That is the premise of M. Night Shyamalan’s next blockbuster The Happening, to be released in June 2008.
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