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Julian Edelman Shaves Beard for Charity

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Post date February 8, 2019

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NFL superstar Julian Edelman took it all off after talk show host Ellen DeGeneres made him an offer he couldn’t resist: $10,000 donated to the Boys & Girls Club of Boston if he let her shave his epic beard. Not only did the Super Bowl MVP graciously accept the deal, he one-upped her with an […]

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Ellen DeGeneres Secures $50k Donation to School in Need

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Post date April 27, 2018

A photo of Ellen DeGeneres. — Photo credit: s_bukley / Shutterstock

McKinley School, in North Bergen, New Jersey, worked all February on their “Read Across America” campaign, which included a social media blitz and a number of YouTube videos. The school put in a good effort to get talk show celebrity Ellen DeGeneres to contribute to the campaign by reading aloud on video. Unfortunately, DeGeneres declined […]

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