A woman is on a ladder hanging up Xmas decorations above a window rod. She stumbles and falls hard off the ladder onto her back. Luckily breaking her fall is a wrapped Xmas present. Upon impact, we hear a melodic meowing. She unwraps the present to reveal a large pillow on which is sewn an image of a cat wearing eyeglasses. And upon the silly gift being fully unwrapped, we hear the meowing is to the tune of “Jingle Bells.”
A super appears which reads, “Bad gifts don’t save lives/War Child gifts actually do.”
The spot ends with the website address warchildgifts.ca. where visitors can purchase gifts which can give a family torn apart by war the chance to rebuild and work towards a more peaceful future. Now there’s a gift that keeps on giving.
Jon Barber of OPC, Toronto, directed “Holiday Mishap” for agency John St.
Disney Pledges $15 million In L.A. Fire Aid As More Celebs Learn They’ve Lost Their Homes
The Pacific Palisades wildfires torched the home of "This Is Us" star Milo Ventimiglia, perhaps most poignantly destroying the father-to-be's newly installed crib.
CBS cameras caught the actor walking through his charred house for the first time, standing in what was once his kitchen and looking at a neighborhood in ruin. "Your heart just breaks."
He and his pregnant wife, Jarah Mariano, evacuated Tuesday with their dog and they watched on security cameras as the flames ripped through the house, destroying everything, including a new crib.
"There's a kind of shock moment where you're going, 'Oh, this is real. This is happening.' What good is it to continue watching?' And then at a certain point we just turned it off, like 'What good is it to continue watching?'"
Firefighters sought to make gains Friday during a respite in the heavy winds that fanned the flames as numerous groups pledged aid to help victims and rebuild, including a $15 million donation pledge from the Walt Disney Co.
More stars learn their homes are gone
While seeing the remains of his home, Ventimiglia was struck by a connection to his "This Is Us" character, Jack Pearson, who died after inhaling smoke in a house fire. "It's not lost on me life imitating art."
Mandy Moore, who played Ventimiglia's wife on "This Is Us," nearly lost her home in the Eaton fire, which scorched large areas of the Altadena neighborhood. She said Thursday that part of her house is standing but is unlivable, and her husband lost his music studio and all his instruments.
Mel Gibson's home is "completely gone," his publicist Alan Nierob confirmed Friday. The Oscar winner revealed the loss of his home earlier Friday while appearing on Joe Rogan's... Read More