Alyssa Milano to CEOs: Match My Haiti Donation

SOURCE: ExtraTV.Com - January 15, 2010
Alyssa Milano has put her money where her heart is -- and is asking corporations to do the same.

Milano, a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, donated $50,000 to the charity's Haiti earthquake relief efforts, and has made a "Tweet Challenge" on Twitter asking corporations to match her donation.

Check out a list of celebrity-endorsed charities sending relief to Haiti

The actress writes on Huffington Post, "I challenge any corporation to match my $50,000 donation to the U.S. Fund for UNICEF. 100% of every dollar will go directly to supplies that include tarpaulins, water-purification tablets, oral rehydration salts, family water kits, medical supplies, medical kits, food, shelter, and protection."

Madonna has also donated money to relief efforts and asked her fans "to join me collectively to match my contribution or give in any way you can." She adds in her statement to AP, "We must act now."

The queen of pop gave $250,000 to Partners in Health, a health care provider in Haiti.

Alyssa Milano: I would love to do a 'Charmed' reunion!

SOURCE: NYPost.Com - January 11, 2010

As an unabashed fan of all things "Charmed," I would watch Alyssa Milano in anything -- even if she guested on "Two and a Half Men." But thankfully for my Tivo and sanity, she has chosen to guest star on one of my favorite shows, "Castle." On tonight's brand new episode she plays Kyra, who Castle describes as "the one that got away."
I recently got a chance to chat with Phoebe Samantha Alyssa about working with Nathan Fillion, the possibilities of a "Charmed" reunion and why she's so thankful half a million people follow her every move.

PopWrap: How did you hook up with "Castle?"

Alyssa Milano: The show has been lovely enough to offer me a couple of different characters but I was waiting for something that was special. I didn't just want to do a guest spot.

PW: Didn't want to be the killer?

Alyssa: Exactly! The other episodes they had offered me, I was the killer in one and the victim in the other. So when this script came up it was so wonderfully written and dynamic that I decided to do this one. I didn't know this at the time, but Nathan, bless his heart, has a list of different actors he wants to guest star on the show and I was on that list. (READ MORE)

Alyssa Milano, Other Celebrities Discover The Power Of Online Fundraising

SOURCE: HuffingtonPost.Com - December 31, 2009
Another reason celebrities love the Internet: they can raise money without even attending a fundraiser.

The power of celebrities to push issues looks to be even more prominent as we enter a new decade, with the latest example being Alyssa Milano's miraculous success raising money for international supergroup charity: water. Her online fundraiser received over 1,400 donations totaling over $92,000.

On December 9, Milano wrote on HuffPost Impact about giving up her 37th birthday, asking people to donate to her online fundraiser instead of giving her a present.

According to charity: water, that $92,568 will provide clean drinking water to 4,628 people in over 18 communities.

Instead of attending $500-per-seat black tie events, prominent figures can bring their message to the masses and make a huge impact through the compilation of small donations.

You can create your own fundraising page through charity: water at mycharitywater.org.

'Nip/Tuck' prepares to make its final face-lifts on FX

SOURCE: Zap2It.com - December 31, 2009
As "Nip/Tuck" begins its final batch of episodes Wednesday, Jan. 6, on FX, star Dylan Walsh is feeling a curious blend of bittersweet and bemusement.

"We actually finished production back in June, so it feels a little strange," explains Walsh, 46, who has played beleaguered plastic surgeon Dr. Sean McNamara since the show's 2003 premiere. "We've made peace with the show and moved on, but of course it's still alive, and closure is still awaiting the audience."

And although the actor trots out the usual homilies about finding a second home and family on the show's Paramount soundstages, he admits that he, castmate Julian McMahon and the rest of the creative team were pretty much ready to hang up their scalpels when this season finally wrapped.

"Sean was chronically in a midlife crisis. In fact, it often seemed like he never could get out of it," Walsh says. "That was really sort of built into the structure of the show, so on one level, it was kind of a relief to say goodbye to him. But the show went on long enough that we all felt like we had 'done it,' although obviously it was bittersweet."

Indeed, the show's executive producer, Ryan Murphy, says he developed the sunny new Fox series "Glee" because he needed something to restore his spirits after working on the dark melodrama of "Nip/Tuck."

Walsh finds that declaration a little disconcerting, though, given that Murphy was the guy who kept dragging the characters into their dark nights of the soul anytime the show started developing a comic sensibility.

"There were entire seasons where we thought that we were starting to edge into a somewhat lighter feel. I remember at the beginning of the fifth season, we had moved to L.A., and we had Oliver Platt and Bradley Cooper, so we felt like we were going to be a little more of a comedic show or at least a lighthearted one. ... But we didn't stay there long, because in that same season, it ends with me being stabbed by my manager on the surgery floor."

'Castle': Alyssa Milano and Nathan Fillion together at last

SOURCE: Zap2It.Com - December 29, 2009
It's kind of hard to believe that it's taken this long for Alyssa Milano and Nathan Fillion to work together. They seem like they'd be a natural fit.

Milano guest stars on ABC's "Castle" when the show returns Monday, Jan. 11 as the one who got away from Fillion's Richard Castle. The situation is complicated when they are reunited over the death of a bridesmaid at her wedding to another man.

As the clip below and photos from the episode show, she's less than sure that happily ever after with someone else is really the way to go.

It's kind of hard to believe that it's taken this long for Alyssa Milano and Nathan Fillion to work together. They seem like they'd be a natural fit.

Milano guest stars on ABC's "Castle" when the show returns Monday, Jan. 11 as the one who got away from Fillion's Richard Castle. The situation is complicated when they are reunited over the death of a bridesmaid at her wedding to another man.

As the clip below and photos from the episode show, she's less than sure that happily ever after with someone else is really the way to go.