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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWe were wondering if Ellen DeGeneres would help animal causes while hosting the Academy Awards.
Well...
Yes, Samsung was a sponsor at the Oscars, and apparently there was an integration with ABC (the network that broadcast the ceremony), but the company said it was DeGeneres who chose to organically incorporate the device into the selfie moment that had everyone talking.
Samsung also says that its happy enough about the results that it will be donating $1.5 million each (so $3 million total) to two charities chosen by DeGeneres St. Jude Childrens Research Hospital and the Humane Society of the United States.
http://techcrunch.com/2014/03/03/samsung-ellen-selfie-donation/
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We were wondering if Ellen DeGeneres would help animal causes while hosting the Academy Awards. (Original Post)
MoonRiver
Mar 2014
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Capt. Obvious
(9,002 posts)1. She also gave $10K worth of organic pet food in each $80K gift bag
and stiffed the pizza delivery guy.
Bluenorthwest
(45,319 posts)2. Pizza guy got a thousand dollar tip and was on her show the day after
He looked fairly thrilled, and was not stiffed.
Capt. Obvious
(9,002 posts)4. Yeah, that was a nice save by Ellen
after passing the hat to collect money for tip - then ha, ha, just kidding.
Was the pizza guy too beneath them to get a gift bag? I bet he has a pet that could use electrolyte therapy.
And really, Barkhad Abdi needs that money more than a pizza guy. Maybe Angelina Jolie can adopt him.
Wilms
(26,795 posts)3. She later made things right with a $1000 tip.
There were reports that Martirosyan did not receive a tip for his special delivery. DeGeneres settled that during todays appearance in a very generous way.
I passed a hat around, and I ended up getting about $600, something like that. Heres some more. Heres a thousand dollars, so you have a total of a thousand dollars.
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/entertainment/2014/03/ellen-gives-oscars-pizza-deliveryman-huge-tip/
I passed a hat around, and I ended up getting about $600, something like that. Heres some more. Heres a thousand dollars, so you have a total of a thousand dollars.
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/entertainment/2014/03/ellen-gives-oscars-pizza-deliveryman-huge-tip/
Yep. That was an oversight.