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"Many of us have grown a little weary of celebrity Twitter stories this past week, but there's one news item that Twitter charities should be aware of: on April 14, Australian actor/producer Hugh Jackman pledged to give AUS $100,000 to charity via Twitter.  At current conversion rates, that works out at around $72,000 US. \nThe charity will be selected by Twitter pitches - send a tweet to @realhughjackman explaining why your chosen charity is the best.  We've found no official deadline for the contest, but Jackman has hinted on Twitter that he may make the announcement on Friday, April 24 on Ryan Seacrest's radio show.  (Update: We just got confirmation of this on Ryan Seacrest's Twitter account.)\n\n\nJackman's Twitter experience hasn't been without incident: the pledge came a week after Jackman's Twitter feed misspelled \"Sydney Harbor [sic]\" and incorrectly named one of Australia's most famous landmarks as the \"Sydney Opera Center\".  He explained that the error arose because someone else had ghost-written the Tweet for him, a fact that won't win authenticity points with the Twitter community.\nNonetheless, the campaign will probably have a positive effect: with Jackman encouraging Twitter users to talk about their favorite charities, we might all learn about great causes.  \nIn fact, Twitter has already played host to some highly successful charity campaigns: Mashable has been involved with both Twestival, which raised over $250,000 to built fresh water wells, and the Social Media Smackdown, which raised $35,000 for a variety of good causes."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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