Just the other day I heard that George Clooney had been robbed at gunpoint while on a trip to Africa last year. I don't remember hearing about it at the time.
Then today I read in my Purdue Perspectives - the alumni newsletter for Purdue's School of Agriculture - about the Ethiopian professor who won a World Food Prize for his research on sorghum. (It's a prize started by Nobel laureate Norman Borlaug - look it up!) That story is totally inspiring.
So here's how I put the two together: A famous movie star decides he wants to make a difference in Africa, but he also wants to get lots of people and non-profits involved. So he decides to hold an "America Idol" type televised giveaway program. Kind of like Oprah did last year with one of her giveaways.
So, the audience gets personal glimpses into the star's personal life, images of realities in Africa, images of the non-profits at work, and competing, and something special in the selection process... (That's my conceit - what criteria he uses to choose the winner!)
I know most of us don't think what's going on in Africa is too fun, but I do want this movie to be light hearted. You heard it here first, folks!
