I've been meaning to donate to help the Haitian earthquake victims, but I had kept forgetting to do it when I got home. While paying bills this evening, I was watching the Hope for Haiti benefit show thingie (often referred to as a telethon) and decided to call. I got a busy signal for several minutes. Finally, after I don't know how many redial button pushes, I get actual ringing.
Sweet! I'd just seen Steven Spielberg talk to some lady, maybe he'd answer the phone. Or maybe Leo would, or John Cusack, or that old dude sitting next to Julia Roberts (later found out that was Mel Gibson).
No such luck. I got a guy named L.J. Nothing against L.J., he was nice and all, but he's no Daniel Craig. When I finished up the call, I thought maybe only the folks tossing out the big bucks get moved up the phone line to talk to the famous people.
Wrong again! Some woman donated $5 more than me and she got to talk to Taylor Swift. Maybe I should have said I was donating the money in honor of someone. The phone calls I heard on the show mostly involved people donating in honor of their kids, a parent or grandparent who had passed away, or someone they knew who had some awful disease.
Now that the telethon is over I have two questions:
1) Did Justin Timberlake choose the Jeff Buckley cover himself?
2) What the bleep is up with Brad Pitt's beard?
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ya know, I was tempted to call just to see who I would get. Then I saw Reece Witherspoon talk to someone and she seemed so insincere. Perhaps she was sincere, but then I didn't want to get someone who sounded bummed to talk to me....
I missed Justin Timberlake... I will have to go find that video.
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