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Date:
Mon, 21 May 2007 11:04 WesternIndonesiaTime
Subject:
Idol Gives Back
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Annie Lennox poses backstage
during the 'Idol Gives Back' show at the Walt Disney Concert
Hall in Los Angeles April 25, 2007. The 'American Idol'
special charity event benefits relief programs for children
and young people in extreme poverty.
(Mario Anzuoni/Reuters)
Reuters - Fri
Apr 27, 5:21 AM ET |
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Kelly Clarkson
(L) poses backstage with guitarist Jeff Beck during the
"Idol Gives Back" show at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in
Los Angeles April 25, 2007. A two-hour
competition/fundraiser "American Idol" was Wednesday's top
show in all key measures, putting Fox atop the ratings heap
for another night. REUTERS/Mario
Anzuoni
Reuters - Fri Apr 27,11:08 AM ET
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Host Ellen DeGeneres poses
before the "Idol Gives Back" show at the Walt Disney Concert
Hall in Los Angeles April 25, 2007. The "American Idol"
special charity event benefits relief programs for children
and young people in extreme poverty.
REUTERS/Mario
Anzuoni
Reuters - Fri
Apr 27, 5:20 AM ET |
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Earth, Wind and
Fire pose during the 'Idol Gives Back' show at the Walt
Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles April 25, 2007. The
'American Idol' special charity event benefits relief
programs for children and young people in extreme poverty.
(Mario Anzuoni/Reuters)
Reuters - Thu Apr 26, 8:16 PM ET
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Richard Curtis, co-founder of
the UKs Red Nose Day charity, and Simon Fuller, creator and
executive producer of 'American Idol,' celebrate the success
of this evening's 'Idol Gives Back' special, which generated
a record breaking 70 million phone votes for numerous
charitable organizations. (PRNewsFoto/19
Entertainment)
AP - Wed Apr 25,
8:30 PM ET |
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Josh Groban (C)
poses with members of the African Children's Choir during
the 'Idol Gives Back' show at the Walt Disney Concert Hall
in Los Angeles April 25, 2007. The 'American Idol' special
charity event benefits relief programs for children and
young people in extreme poverty. The show airs on Fox
tonight at 8.
(Mario Anzuoni/Reuters)
Reuters - Wed Apr 25, 10:43 PM ET
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Playmate of the year 2005
Tiffany Fallon poses before the 'Idol Gives Back' show at
the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles April 25, 2007.
The 'American Idol' special charity event benefits relief
programs for children and young people in extreme poverty.
(Mario Anzuoni/Reuters)
Reuters - Wed Apr 25, 10:44 PM ET
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This photo
supplied by Fox shows the six 'American Idol' finalists
perform on 'Idol Gives Back,' a broadcast from the 'Idol'
stage and Walt Disney Concert Hall, in Los Angeles,
Wednesday night, April 25, 2007. The final six, left to
right, are; Jordin Sparks, Blake Lewis, Melinda Doolittle,
Chris Richardson, LaKisha Jones and Phil Stacey. The show's
goal was to raise awareness and money for the newly formed
Charity Projects Entertainment Fund and other organizations
that fund relief programs for children and young people in
extreme poverty in America and Africa. (AP Photo/Fox, Frank Micelotta)
AP - Thu Apr 26, 11:19 AM ET
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The music group Il Divo poses
for photographers in the photo room at the 'Idol Gives Back'
fundraising special of 'American Idol' in Los Angeles on
Wednesday, April 25, 2007.
(AP Photo/Matt Sayles)
AP - Wed
Apr 25, 8:55 PM ET |
The program of Idol Gives Back by
American Idol held on April 24-25, 2007, really impressed me
especially when Annie Lennox singing "Bridge Over Troubled Water",
an old song of the seventies by Simon and Garfunkel. It was like
reminding me of my treating Paris Hilton as my bridge to heaven.
And among the guests was Playmate of the year 2005 Tiffany
Fallon. Her last name Fallon is like reminding me with Jimmy
Fallon whose appearance at Saturday Night Life inspired me to search
for Paris Hilton information on the website for the first time, that
was not for playing, to be sure of.
Most of all the program itself is so useful for charity.
Like mentioned on the Wikipedia
homepage, it started on March 8, 2007 American Idol results show,
Ryan Seacrest announced an initiative to give back to people in
poverty in both Africa and the United States (including those
affected by Hurricane Katrina). For every vote cast after the April
24, 2007 broadcast, sponsors donated funds to the Charity Projects
Entertainment Fund.
News Corp pledged to donate 10 cents for
every vote made to the show for the first 50 million calls, that is,
up to $5 million. MySpace created a special profile page for the
event in order to spread the word.[1] Donations from viewers were
accepted by phone and website during the April 25, 2007 results
show, in a manner similar to a telethon. Near the end of the
broadcast, Seacrest announced the show raised $30 million, with the
final tally coming on May 1, 2007. As of May 1, 2007, over $70
million has been raised as a result of Idol Gives Back.
In addition to public and News Corp
donations, regular show sponsors and special contributors donated
funds. These companies include The Coca-Cola Company, Ford Motor
Company, AT&T, Allstate, and Exxon Mobil.
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Date:
Mon, 21 May 2007 11:34 WesternIndonesiaTime
Subject:
Flight of British Blind Man Miles Hilton-Barber
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Blind British aviator Miles Hilton-Barber and his
co-pilot Richard Meredith-Hardy prepare to land their
Pegasus Mainair GT 450 microlight aircraft in East Jakarta's
Halim Perdanakusumah area, 15 April 2007. Hilton-Barber
landed his microlight aircraft in Sydney Monday to complete
a record-breaking flight halfway around the world.
(AFP/File/Ahmad Zamroni)
AFP/File - Mon Apr 30, 4:49 AM ET |
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Miles Hilton-Barber (L), 57,
the blind aviator from Britain, raises his hand
accompanied by co-pilot Richard Meredith-Hardy (front)
in their microlight aircraft after landing in Jakarta
April 15, 2007. Hilton-Barber, raising funds for blind
people in developing countries, is the first blind
aviator to fly from London to Sydney in a microlight
aircraft.
REUTERS/Supri
(INDONESIA)
Reuters -
Sun Apr 15, 5:11 AM ET |
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Blind
British pilot Miles Hilton-Barber is shadowed by a
private light plane as he prepares to land his microlite
named Stephanie at Bankstown Airport in southwestern
Sydney, to complete a record breaking flight for a blind
pilot from London to Sydney, April 30, 2007.
REUTERS/Will Burgess (AUSTRALIA)
Reuters - Sun Apr 29,
6:53 PM ET
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Blind British pilot Miles
Hilton-Barber (R) and his co-pilot Richard Meredith-Hardey
land their microlight aircraft in the northern
Australian city of Darwin, 23 April 2007, as they near
the end of a London-Sydney charity flight.(AFP/Monica
Naaper)
AFP - Mon
Apr 23, 8:04 AM ET |
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Blind British pilot Miles
Hilton-Barber (R) and his co-pilot, Richard Meredith-Hardey.
The blind pilot landed his microlight aircraft in Sydney
Monday to complete a record-breaking flight halfway
around the world
(AFP/File/Monica
Naapper)
AFP/File - Mon
Apr 30, 4:42 AM ET |
A record-breaking flight
halfway around the world of Miles Hilton-Barber, to raise funds
for blind people in developing countries, turns him into the first blind
aviator to fly from London to Sydney in a micro light
aircraft. His name Miles Hilton-Barber that
contains the name of Hilton, and his blind status, like reminding me
with Paris Hilton's song "Stars Are Blind".
Moreover, his companion in the flight,
co-pilot Richard Meredith-Hardey, looks like the boss of Metro TV Mr.
Surya Paloh. Like reminding me with my failure to get married with Metro
TV presenter Rahma Sarita in which my excuse was because she is
beautiful while I am just an ugly man. In the case of Paris Hilton
it seems like such excuse is no longer useful because after all my reason
of approaching Paris Hilton is to treat her as my bridge to heaven, to
fulfill my consent to move to the eternity for the good of this world.
So it is not about whether I
am ugly or not. Besides, she has released the song that has been
successful in the market, "Stars Are Blind", that like reminding me
that a
star like Paris Hilton is "blind" about my ugly look in order to help me
move to the eternity. Therefore I should have no more excuse related to
my ugly look.
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