Keanu Reeves gives £50 million to unsung heroes of ‘The Matrix’

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hellomagazine.com: Keanu Reeves gives £50 million to unsung heroes of ‘The Matrix’

Via: digg.com: Keanu Reeves Gives £50 Million to Unsung Heroes of ‘Matrix’

Man of the moment Keanu Reeves has shown his generosity by giving away £50 million of his earnings from the Matrix sequels. The 38-year-old decided to hand over the money to the unsung heroes of the sci-fi blockbusters – the costume and special effects teams.

Keanu is expected to make a total of £70 million from the films, thanks to a deal which guarantees him a 15 per cent profit-share, so he will still net around £20 million. Asked about his prodigious act of generosity, the actor said he already had enough cash. “Money is the last thing I think about. I could live on what I have already made for the next few centuries,” he declared.

And it’s not the first time the Beirut-born star has shown his jaw-dropping benevolence. While shooting the films in Australia he amazed the team of stuntmen by giving them each a £6,000 Harley Davidson motorcycle. And the actor, whose sister has leukaemia, has also channelled millions into cancer research.

His gift to the Matrix series’ 29 behind-the-scenes whiz-kids will see each of them receiving £1.75 million.

On dira ce qu’on voudra, on a beau avoir des tonnes d’argent, donner £50,000,000.00 sur £70,000,000.00 est absolument incroyable. On lui souhaite de ne jamais manquer d’argent par la suite! Et que dire des personnes qui recoivent…. une legere augmentation de salaire peut-etre? 😉

Wal-Mart Gets Retail Banking Approval in Canada

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The Male Storm: Wal-Mart Gets Retail Banking Approval in Canada

This week Wal-Mart received final approval to offer retail banking services in Canada. Their official launch is on June 15, and they’ve been tight lipped about it so far. I’m hoping that we will see something like the convenient online access provided by Ally along with savings rates to match. Maybe this will finally light a fire under the likes of ING Direct and PC Financial whose rates have been very sadly lacking of late.

Une autre chose a surveiller sera de savoir si ca sera disponible pour les residents du Quebec. Plusieurs banques ne sont pas enregistrees au Quebec a cause des regles differentes imposees par l’AMF.

Via: canadiancapitalist.com: This and That: Don’t Buy Stuff You Can’t Afford and more…

APAD: Comet McNaught Becoming Visible to the Unaided Eye

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APAD: Comet McNaught Becoming Visible to the Unaided Eye

Explanation: A new comet is brightening and is now expected to become visible to the unaided eye later this month. C/2009 R1 (McNaught) is already showing an impressive tail and is currently visible through binoculars. The above image, taken yesterday from the Altamira Observatory in the Canary Islands and spanning about five degrees, shows an impressive green coma and a long ion tail in front of distant star trails. Although predicting the brightness of comets is notoriously difficult, current estimates place Comet McNaught as becoming visible to unaided northern hemisphere observers in late June, before sunrise, and in early July, after sunset. Discovered by Robert McNaught last year, the sun-orbiting iceberg will pass the Earth next week and will continue to melt and shed debris as it closes in on the Sun until early July. After reaching about half of the Earth-Sun distance from the Sun, the comet should fade rapidly as it then heads out of the inner Solar System.