Quake support beyond tweets
While most desi celebrities are still busy tweeting their prayers for quake-ridden Japan, pop icon Lady Gaga and Hollywood bad boy Charlie Sheen have jumped out of the virtual scene and actually sprung into action.
While most desi celebrities are still busy tweeting their prayers for quake-ridden Japan, pop icon Lady Gaga and Hollywood bad boy Charlie Sheen have jumped out of the virtual scene and actually sprung into action.
The same day, actor Charlie Sheen, 45, tweeted that $1 from every ticket sold for his US tour will go towards quake relief: ‘My Violent Torpedo of Truth’ would go towards aid in Japan. "Pain & devastation in Japan demands us all to dig deep & LOVE THEM VIOLENTLY Dogspeed my cadres of the Far East! (sic)," the actor wrote on Twitter. The tickets for his April 2 show in Detroit were sold out within minutes.
However, even the biggest Bollywood stars — Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan, Bipasha Basu — have yet to come forward with initiatives. When contacted, most celebs said the government of India must take action. But that, say, industry insiders, is typical of
Some, however, feel that the criticism is unnecessary. Filmmaker Vipul Shah says, “This is absurd. For every calamity, the film industry is the first to react. Blaming the film frat like this is really sad.”
Lady Gaga (L) has come up with a Japan bracelet, tennis champ Novak Djokovic wears his support on the knee; Charlie Sheen has launched a charity campaign.
Meanwhile, 50 Cent finds the matter funny
Rapper 50 Cent, 36, has come under fire from fans after tweeting jokes about the Japan tragedy. “Look this is very serious people. I had to evacuate all my h--s from LA, Hawaii and Japan”; “Man they made a movie about all this 2012 now you think that was a lucky guess,” read some of his comments. He later apologised, saying his comments expressed shock.
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