Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively will match up to $1 million in aid to displaced Ukrainians, Reynolds tweeted on Saturday. As of Sunday, roughly 368,000 Ukrainian refugees had arrived in neighboring countries, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. Reynolds and Lively tweeted a promise to match donations made … Read entire story.
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Marquette University President Michael R. Lovell announced today that alumnus Marcus Lemonis, star of HGTV’s upcoming The Renovator and CNBC’s The Profit, and his wife, Bobbi, have donated a $15 million gift to create the Lemonis Center for Student Success. The Lemonis Center for Student Success will provide wraparound services … Read entire story.
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The GoFundMe website has reversed course and decided to automatically refund donations to the truckers organization leading a protest against Canadian pandemic restrictions. That’s after politicians vowed to investigate the website’s original plans for dealing with donations to the truckers. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis said Saturday morning that … Read entire story.
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Rahel Romahn has been named the 11th recipient of the Heath Ledger Scholarship, the richest acting prize in Australia. The Heath Ledger Scholarship is awarded to an emerging Australian actor with extraordinary ability and dedication to their craft who wishes to work and train internationally. The scholarship has propelled many … Read entire story.
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Richard Citron, aka “Rusty,” who was a marketing key to the revival of film interest in Marvel Comics properties and a personal manager for many big names, died Dec. 16 at age 68 from complications of Lewy Body Dementia. He had been living at his home in Encino until September 2021, … Read entire story.
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