After reaching its $1 million goal in just one day, LaVar Burton’s 35-day “Reading Rainbow” Kickstarter campaign has come to an end, collecting a total of $5.4 million, according to Mashable. The donations from 105,855 backers will be used to bring Burton’s TV classic to a new generation of readers by building a web version […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — LeVar Burton’s “Reading Rainbow” fundraising effort is getting a boost from a generous pal, Seth MacFarlane. MacFarlane has promised to match up to $1 million in pledges made on the Kickstarter website, Burton said in a statement Thursday. MacFarlane’s offer is in effect through 3 p.m. EDT on July 2, when […]
If you’ve been wondering what Levar Burton is up to, he’ll be hitting your TV screens again on the third season of the TNT drama Perception. This season, his role has been upgraded to that of a regular cast member. The show is a crime drama where a schizophrenic neuropsychiatrist, Dr. Daniel J. Pierce, played […]
The classic children’s program, “Reading Rainbow,” will reach a new generation of readers thanks to a groundbreaking Kickstarter campaign that raised over $1 million dollars…
LOS ANGELES (AP) — LeVar Burton’s fundraising effort to bring “Reading Rainbow” to the online masses is a by-the-book success. The goal of raising $1 million by July 2 was reached within hours of the campaign’s launch Wednesday on Kickstarter, according to the website. More than 34,000 donors had pledged $1.6 million and counting as […]
While the film world was mourning the loss of Oscar-winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman, actor LeVar Burton was on Twitter damn near inciting a virtual…
Levar Burton is speaking out about Romney’s attack on the Public Broadcasting Service. The former Reading Rainbow host told reporters that the Republican presidential candidate would be taking away a valuable education resource for children if he cut funding to PBS. "I am personally outraged that any serious contender for the White House would target […]
