Celebrity story time: stars reading to raise funds for charity

Good News Notes: “A host of stars are supporting charities this month by reading famous and favourite stories aloud to raise funds for their appeals, from Andy Serkis’s Hobbitathon, to Cate Blanchett, Eddie Redmayne and others helping out with a reading of James and the Giant Peach.” View the whole story here: https://fundraising.co.uk/2020/05/26/celebrity-story-time-stars-reading-to-raise-funds-for-charity/

Coronavirus: Andy Serkis reads entire Hobbit live online for charity

Good News Notes: “British actor Andy Serkis has raised more than £283,000 ($351,000) for charity by reading The Hobbit in full on a live stream. More than 650,000 people worldwide tuned in for the online performance of JRR Tolkien’s 1937 fantasy adventure. Serkis, 56, played the corrupted character Gollum in the big-budget film trilogies Lord…