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I just got this email from a publicist, and I’m having a really hard time understanding what on Earth it is even talking about. Please help!
Nickelodeon is creating a limited-edition series of celebrity-designed backpacks for auction this summer. With more participants to be announced shortly, Slash and Shakira along with Salma Hayek Pinault, John Leguizamo and Shakira will put their personal touches on special Dora-themed backpacks. A limited quantity of each backpack will be auctioned off globally, in countries including the United States, France, the UK, Mexico, Canada, Spain, The Netherlands, Greece, Australia, New Zealand and Israel. One hundred percent of the U.S. proceeds will benefit the Children’s Defense Fund. One hundred percent of international proceeds will go toward childhood education in each respective country.
So, Slash and John Leguizamo are designing Dora the Explorer backpacks to be auctioned off in Greece? No, that can’t be right. Too ridiculous. Hmmm. What a fun puzzle!
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I’m seeing double! Four Shakiras!
FINALLY, total dream come true.
Shakira should NOT be allowed around children.
Agreed. She might crush their heads like so many watermelons.
I’m sorry, what were you saying?
I want that .gif behind my eyelids 24/7. Holy tamales.
Fake.
Also, this post should technically be tagged “Shakira” twice.
I don’t know… http://jezebel.com/5484173/mugging-for-the-camera
Am I the only one who thinks of South Park every single time I see or hear about Salma Hayek? “I’ll save you from the giant spider Salma Hayek!!”
I get it, I missed the point. Sadface.
That Dora costume in the photo freaks me right out. Oddly, the photoshop’d Slash head does not.
What a fun, normal way to raise money!
Donde Esta mi Jack Daniels?
You have to say “MAP.”
This reads like it was pushed down the stairs into google translator.
Just a guess, but I’ll bet Slash’s backpack design includes either a skull, a snake, a guitar or a cigarette. Which, of course, are all things that kids love.
Awesome backpack, great job, Slash!
Slash’s is just a regular ol’ Dora the Explorer Backpack like we all have, but with cigarette burns. Personal touches.
The backpack project will fail miserably when swiper steals them all
Swiper no swipey! (Is that a real thing that they say? Because that’s what it sounds like they’re saying when my 2 yr old watches. I know!!! I’ll Google it!!!!!)
Swiping. I was way off.
according to your timestamps, it took you 5 minutes to google that?
Like your dial-up connection is faster? Bag your face.
So I guess in Videogum 2.0 the site just arbitrarily decides where it wants to post comments and when it wants to do this.
I swear they were all out of order before I posted that.
If this is the design from Salma Hayek, this project needs to be shut down.
Does Gabe often get e-mails like this? Why?
Maybe Shakira is mentioned twice because the celebrities were working in two teams: Shakira-slash-Hayek-slash-Leguizamo, and Shakira-slash-Slash.
If Slash’s backpack design is shorter than nine minutes long, and contains no epic guitar solos, I will be horribly devastated.
It’s like one of those greeting cards that plays music. When you unzip the backpack, it plays a 70-second guitar solo.
Clearly the best part of the email is when she states that the participants will include “Slash and Shakira along with Salma Hayek Pinault, John Leguizamo and Shakira.”
ayy, dios mio.
this is embarrassing to read. i’ve had to write pr stuff for my job.. and that is just.. inexcusable. ugh. i can’t even look at it anymore.
This is great for all of us that miss the rush of the olympics. We can follow the bidding and find out which country wins the most celebrity Dora backpacks!
I’m glad that charity auctions are marketing to and taking advantage of ironic hipsters. This growing demographic should have the opportunity to support worthy causes too.
Does anyone know if Shakira is involved in this?
I’m just going to pretend that it says Salma Hayek and not Salma Hayek Pinault and that she is not married and took another man’s name and now I close my eyes and…there she is with a wonderful backpack just for me.