Chris Bridges, a.k.a. Ludacris, has teamed up with an Atlanta car dealership to give away twenty cars to those in need.

 

Here’s the deal: people submitted their stories of hardship and described how not having a car has affected their lives. Why is he doing it? Simply put, Ludacris felt that he could step in and help out. Each used vehicle that is given away includes thirty days of free gas, but the winners are responsible for paying for their vehicle’s insurance, registration, taxes, and tags.

 

Around 4,000 contestants submitted essays of approximately 300 words to the Ludacris Foundation. One of the winners was a man from the Sudan who had lost his entire family to the violence there. He now works at a school, but struggles to get to and from work every day.

 

In tough economic times, it’s always nice to hear that those who can give big are actually doing so... More >> ..

Ford’s Warriors in Pink and the CW’s 90210 are teaming up in the fight against breast cancer, and asking viewers to join the fight via vital messages about breast cancer awareness and the importance of early detection on the December 8th 90210 episode. For a special episode where Jessica Stroup (Silver) will become the newest Ford Warrior in Pink in memory of her mother Jackie Taylor (Ann Gillespie). Jackie succumbed to breast cancer in the November 17th episode of the CW drama. Leading up to the December 8 episode, viewers have the opportunity to “Watch and Win” for a 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid.
 

 

Jessica will be wearing an all-new black Ford Warriors in Pink t-shirt and asking her fellow classmates at West Beverly High to sponsor her in an upcoming Race for the Cure (5K) for breast cancer research, which she will run in her mother’s honor.  Ford creates Warriors in Pink apparel and accessories in the commitment to the fight against breast cancer, sold at www... More >> ..

Tomorrow, Thursday, May 28, is the Poker for Life Fourth Annual Charity Poker Tournament. The tournament will be held at The Manhattan Auto Company, located on 11th Avenue between 54th and 55th Streets. The doors open at 6 p.m. Come ready to play, drink, eat, and mingle!

 

First prize for this tournament is a seat at The World Series of Poker in Las Vegas (a seat that would normally cost you $10,000). Other prizes include but are not limited to lunch with Doyal Brunson; flying a fighter jet for a day; and weekend getaways to Red Rocks, Las Vegas, and Foxwoods.

 

The night will be full of celebrities, food, fun, drinks, and of course poker. So come and play poker with a few playboy playmates: Mike Sexton (host of The World Series of Poker), David Lee of the New York Knicks, Scotty Gomez of the New York Rangers, Donald Brashear of the Washington Capitals, and many others. Come and experience the posit.. More >> ..

There might not be a lot of money around, but apparently Eddie Griffin feels that what we lack in actual resources can be made up for with giant checks. This must be how mediocre comedians develop brainless careers around their big, flapping mouths.

 

While Griffin's TV show Malcolm & Eddie and 2006 film Undercover Brother swept through the entertainment universe as harmless debris, Eddie Griffin has now harmed-allegedly intentionally-an unsuspecting target. Not long ago, Griffin handed an oversized check for $150,000 to Jamaica 360, a group dedicated to sending African American college graduates to the Caribbean to perform charity work. A participant, Samir Sayegh, claimed that Griffin borrowed his credit card to cover a hotel bill in Jamaica, only to charge $150,000 on the card to the organization's leader. Two weeks later, Sayegh saw the charge on his statement.

 

Now American Express is suing Sayegh, who is in turn suing Griffin for fraud... More >> ..

This past Monday, a ravaging earthquake (6.3 on the Richter scale) devastated the central Italian city of L'Aquila and the surrounding region. Over the past few days, rescue personnel have combed through the remains of the medieval city, picking through the broken pieces left by the fatal tremor-including the rubble of an estimated 10,000 historic buildings, the residue of numerous family homes, and the lifeless bodies of 260 and counting. The cultural minister of Italy, Giuseppe Proietti, spoke to the AP about the earthquake, noting, "The damage is more serious than we can imagine."

 

Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has told the media that Italy has the resources to handle the disaster, though relief manager Paolo Diani has reported that the government is struggling to prioritize the use of inadequate resources. The elderly and children have filed into shelters, while other citizens have erected makeshift camps... More >> ..

An anonymous fan, apparently endowed with more money than sense, has purchased Scarlett Johansson's snotty tissue on eBay.com for $5,300. Okay, so the sale was for charity-but still, it has to make you worry which famous body fluid will be auctioned off next. Ick!

Johansson recently appeared on Jay Leno's Tonight Show complaining of the sniffles she'd caught from her fellow co-star, Samuel L. Jackson, on the set of their latest feature, The Spirit. Leno offered her a tissue and suggested that Johansson blow her nose and auction the effluvium off for charity; the rest is history.

USA Harvest was the lucky recipient of the greenbacks raised by the sale, but who was the crazy snot shopper? If the auction does start a trend in these downtrodden economic times, celebrities had better beware. Let's hope that the next time they're blowing their nose at a top Hollywood hotel, they remember to flush the tissues...