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CBS specials to raise money for children
This July, CBS will broadcast two specials geared toward raising money for disadvantaged children around the world.
The first special, Why Listen, will follow six different celebrities to different countries where they'll meet children and learn about organizations designed to help them.
The second special, Listen Live, as the title indicates, will be broadcast live and will feature the usual celebrities and music acts synonymous with these kind of television events. Viewers, of course, can also call in and donate. There is no official word yet on who will appear on the two specials.
The specials are both tied to the Listen Charity, an organization that doles out funds to over two-hundred different charitable organizations for disadvantaged children.
Jerry Orbach's eyes donated
You know how Lewis Black appears on The Daily Show once a week to talk about news stories that have "slipped through the cracks?" Well, consider this one of those "slipped through the cracks" stories that I thought was just too cool not to mention. I trust some of you haven't heard this story, but if you have, then take this time to go do something else. Make yourself a muffin, have a cup of tea. Be good to yourself.
Little Britain star to swim English Channel
David Walliams, one of the stars of Little Britain, is going to attempt to swim the 21 miles of the English Channel. This feat is all in the name of a charity called Sport Relief, where half of the proceeds are spent in the UK to help families in disadvantaged communities and the other half is for children and young people in the world's poorest countries. You can go on the Sport Relief website and sponsor David before he takes on this tremendous task (less than 10% of people actually make it across the other side). I can't help but wonder if he would get more money if he agreed to swim in costume.
Mike Wallace donates papers to alma mater
Venerable newsman Mike Wallace has donated papers from his forty-year career at
CBS News to his alma mater, the University of Michigan. Of course, when I say "papers" I'm talking about
fifty file cabinet drawers filled with notes, interviews, photos, and etc. When I was in college and dabbling in
journalism I would have been utterly thrilled by something like this. It's not many J-schools that are able to offer
such an intimate look into the mind of a famous journalist. Of course, I'm also reminded of the time I went to hear Carl Bernstein give a speech and the college kids next to me
just played games on their mobile phones the whole time. I'm hoping the students at the U of M have a better
appreciation of what they're being given.TV Squad Hot Topics
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