Canadian canary Celine Dion whinges about how it took about a week for meaningful aid to reach hurricane hit New Orleans yet it takes two weeks for her and her Hollywood cronies to get their act together to stage a benefit.
Also, from Tim Blair's site we learn that Americans have already donated more than $600,000 million.
So, let me see if I can get this straight: Aid gets to hurricane victims in a shorter amount of time than a bunch on entertainers can converge on one area for a fundraising concert AND they are soliciting money from ordinary Americans who have already given more than half a billion dollars.
As a quick aside, I'd donate money to hear Sean Penn sing the Split Enz classic Six Months In a Leaky Boat.
So, on a quick check, let's find out which celebs have opened their own wallets...
Congratulations to John Grisham, the largest single celebrity donor we've read about with his gift of $5 million.
I don't hear anything from Barbra Streisand, Matt Damon, Susan Sarandon or Tim Robbins but perhaps others could enlighten me.
-- Nora
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment