Start saving your pennies. Adam Baldwin will be auctioning off THE cunnin’ hat to benefit the Marine Corps-Law Enforcement Foundation. (via)
Help needy libraries get books with Dewey
The Dewey Donation System is back for 2008. This year, they’re supporting The Rockhouse Foundation of Jamaica and Los Angeles’ Children’s Institute. There are prizes, but that’s not the point.
On the TOS: Hyperspace, fan movies, events
It’s been a weird few weeks – here’s some of the stuff we missed on the official site.
- Hyperspace: Get up close and personal with the 2008 Membership Kit; online supplement for Insider #98; the latest Bantha Tracks (which will be available as a printable PDF in March.)
- Fan films: It’s time for the 2008 Star Wars Fan Movie Challenge! This year, the winners will be aired on SpikeTV.
- Memorial:A tribute to John Alvin.
- Events: Star Wars exhibits in Philadelphia and Belgium.
- Charity: Tommy Lee Edwards raises money for The Ride for Kids with a limited-edition lithograph.
- In the Source Archive: Peter Schweighofer’s feature Recon & Report from the Adventure Journal #2; The Other Side of the Story from Galaxy Guide 10: Bounty Hunters; Balancing the Books from The Star Wars Sourcebook and NewsNets Bakura Annexed by Empire, New Year Fete Week Launched in Imperial City, Dentaal Declares Independence, Expels Governor, and Fondor Closed To Civilian Traffic.
Help out a fellow fan with just a click
James, a young Star Wars fan suffering from leukemia, and his father are looking to get 1,000,000 friends on their MySpace account. (via)
Amazon buys Beedle the Bard
Yep. As in Amazon, the hawker of books, DVDs and, oddly, cosmetics and power tools.
While they aren’t reprinting the stories (yet), they do have pictures of the book and a review (with spoilers) of the tale “The Wizard and the Hopping Pot.” They will apparently be adding more reviews and photos in the future.
Bloody hell!
The Leaky Cauldron is reporting that JK Rowling’s hand-written and illustrated copy of The Tales of Beedle the Bard has sold at auction for nearly
Beedle the Bard makes premiere
JK Rowling previewed The Tales of Beedle the Bard at a reading of The Deathly Hallows in London.
One of the seven hand-written and illustrated copies of the fairy tales, which featured prominently in the last Harry Potter book, will be auctioned off by Sotheby’s later this week to benefit Rowling’s Children’s Voice charity. It is expected to fetch as much as
Adam Baldwin and CA Browncoats auctioning off Jayne’s shirts
The California Browncoats and Adam Baldwin, who played Jayne Cobb on “Firefly” and “Serenity”, are auctioning off shirts worn by Adam Baldwin in the filming of the TV series and movie. There are 13 different shirts being auctioned, and proceeds from the sales of these screen-worn costumes will go to Adam’s charity of choice, the Marine Corps Law Enforcement Foundation.
This week, a shirt worn by Jayne Cobb near the end of the movie – On eBay.
Win a lunch with Mark
CharityFolks.com is running an auction to benefit Samuel L Jackson’s charity, ANSA-Artists for a New South Africa. The lucky winner of this particular auction, and one guest, will have a private lunch with Mark Hamill.
For charity: George-signed X-Wing
Chicago’s Museum of Science and Industry, the latest host of the Science Meets Imagination exhibit, is auctioning off an X-Wing miniature autographed by George Lucas.