Anyone watch American Idol tonight? They got me to get the credit card out! I loved the piece by Annie Lennox (I'm a big fan). She did a feature spot on 4 brothers (OMG! The PM of Britain just pledged $20 million dollars or 200 pounds or vice versa - !)....four boys whose parents and grandparents were dead from AIDS. The oldest boy is 15 and taking care of the others, the youngest who is 3. Annie took them to get tested. They were all negative.
When she left, she broke into tears (our of sight of the boys). She has children their ages and was truly moved as a mother. After the video ended, Annie came on stage, Live, to perform Many Rivers to Cross. This is a Jimmy Cliff song, sung reggae, but she didn't do too bad for a fair-skinned chick like me!
Catch a clip of Jimmy performing the song (he's got some real feel to it)
Hey, Beth - they had the Manning brothers on the show, featuring a spot on a program for teen boys who had been traumatized from the hurricane. I think Eli's cuter!
If BBBSA ever learnt to raise money like this.... : >) You can throw your $10 in at http://www.americanidol.com/idolgivesback/
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