R&B star Usher signed his first recording contract when he was only 13 and broke onto the music scene with his first album at 16. Considering how much the singing sensation accomplished before his 18th birthday, it's fitting that his non-profit foundation, New Look, emphasizes the importance of youth in the community.
"I truly do feel like youth are going to dictate what tomorrow really is," Usher says of his 10-year-old organization. "But they need the tools to do it. By motivating them, you can only hope for...
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At 17, Selena Gomez is already an actress, singer and now... philanthropist. On Sunday, the star of Disney's Wizards of Waverly Place will be on hand to meet the Scott family, who learns that their problem-ridden home will be rebuilt by ABC's Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (8/7c). TVGuide.com spoke with Gomez about her passion for giving back to her community and what's next for her on Wizards.
TVGuide.com: How did you get involved with Extreme Makeover: Home Edition?
Selena Gomez: The little girls in this episode were big fans of the show. They didn't know where they were going and they just pulled up [to the Wizards set] and were completely surprised. We gave them a huge tour of the set. It was awesome.
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Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
8/7c ABC
Mold, rot and carbon dioxide can ruin a house, but a community can rebuild it, along with the traveling crew from Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. Tonight's new house goes to a Lyme, N.H., family with eight children, one of whom has leukemia. Grey's Anatomy hot doc Patrick Dempsey is one of the volunteers, joined by a surprise celeb and members of a Manchester, N.H., family who had their house rebuilt on the show in 2007.
Read on for previews of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concert, A Dog Named Christmas, Dexter and Brothers & Sisters.
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This week Extreme is in Davis County, Kentucky to meet the Mattingly family — as well as Clint Black, our "Get On The Bus" celebrity volunteer.
Two years ago, Steve Mattingly was responding to a fire call at a neighborhood home, where he was asked to direct traffic around the site. Steve's wife Melissa was driving by the fire when disaster struck. Steve was hit full speed, by a car that didn't see him. An EMT herself, Melissa immediately got out of her car and ran to care for her husband. In the days following, Steven had suffered multiple injuries, brain damage and amnesia. To date, Steven has had seven surgeries to try to repair the damage. Thank God Melissa was there, she saved his life, she knew what to do. They both know what to do when they 're the first ones on the scene of an accident like that. He wasn't supposed to make it, but she made sure he did.
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This week, Extreme travels to Lancaster, Texas, to meet Carlton Marshall and family, which includes his wife and fellow police officer Susan, daughter Jessica and young son Joseph. Carlton was a police officer who tragically lost most of his mobility and all of his hearing after being shot in the neck while serving a search warrant leading a Dallas Police Department SWAT team. But despite their myriad of difficulties and a home not suited for Carlton's needs, his and Susan's big hearts remain open to others as supporters of the ...
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