MAGIC MILLION: BIG NAMES FROM TELEVISION, FILMS, POP MUSIC ...
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Sort Desciption: MAGIC MILLION: BIG NAMES FROM TELEVISION, FILMS, POP MUSIC, FASHION. AND THE WORLD OF SPORT ALL DID THEIR BIT TO HELP OUR APPEAL ...
Content Inside: 7 Thursday December 2 2004 EVENING TIMES EVENING TIMES Thursday December 2 2004 6 CELEBRITIES ARE STARS IN OUR EYES MAGIC MILLION: BIG NAMES FROM TELEVISION, FILMS, POP MUSIC, FASHION AND THE WORLD OF SPORT ALL DID THEIR BIT TO HELP OUR APPEAL P OP stars and celebrity chefs; Hollywood actors and models; TV presenters, football pundits, Olympic champions and sporting heroes … the list of celebrities who backed the Magic Million Appeal was endless. Mothers such as newsreader Jackie Bird and Scots fashion boss Michelle Mone spoke movingly of their experiences of having seriously-ill children treated in Yorkhill Hospital. Jackie’s son Jacob, now nine, was born eight weeks prematurely and, because his lungs were not properly developed, he spent three weeks in intensive care. The BBC presenter said: “We all hope we will never have to use the facilities at Yorkhill, and most of us will not. But some parents are not so fortunate.” Michelle Mone, founder of the Ultimo bra empire, believes Yorkhill staff saved the life of her son Declan after he suffered a horrific nosebleed. He lost so much blood doctors were on the verge of giving him a transfusion. Carol Smillie, of TV’s Changing Rooms, has been a big supporter of the campaign since the beginning, for the simple reason that as the mother of three healthy children she knows she is one of the lucky ones. “It is the luck of the draw,” she said. “I look at my own kids and have this incredible feeling of ‘thank God!’ But when you see what other parents have to go through, you realise the amazing work that goes on at Yorkhill.” Actors and actresses from Shieldinch to Hollywood joined together to show their support. The cast of BBC soap River City donned Magic Million T-shirts to spread the message and Glasgow actor Billy Boyd, who appeared in the Lord of the Rings films, proved even the famous Hobbits were on our side. Alan Cumming, who starred in X Men 2, gave his backing to the campaign duri ...
