{"id":96228,"date":"2017-04-01T05:11:41","date_gmt":"2017-04-01T09:11:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=96228"},"modified":"2017-04-01T05:11:41","modified_gmt":"2017-04-01T09:11:41","slug":"tom-hanks-takes-light-approach-for-aclu-online-fundraiser","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/04\/01\/tom-hanks-takes-light-approach-for-aclu-online-fundraiser\/","title":{"rendered":"Tom Hanks takes light approach for ACLU online fundraiser"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_96229\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-96229\" style=\"width: 357px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/15871709_1277690418940849_8800130992880864755_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-96229\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/15871709_1277690418940849_8800130992880864755_n.jpg\" alt=\"Host Tom Hanks kicked off an online fundraiser for the American Civil Liberties Union by feigning confusion over the recipient. (Photo: Tom Hanks\/Facebook)\" width=\"357\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/15871709_1277690418940849_8800130992880864755_n.jpg 357w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/15871709_1277690418940849_8800130992880864755_n-214x300.jpg 214w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 357px) 100vw, 357px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-96229\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Host Tom Hanks kicked off an online fundraiser for the American Civil Liberties Union by feigning confusion over the recipient. (Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hanks4life\/photos\/basw.AbpeYYY2_v01Y2cLQJ4dt0TmzSaT39OqScyMkdUrYXuiYbZez-rF5YWY0yAKhOUvE3bN_mnKveQZH1XX8rDpm-ta0Hv45Jm8FRISRmbKMoFvPU4FcE_XQk1U92HUcohzNAbk557CdoV06vzFWlYi6h5o.1255858397790718.10154698007621321.1262970070412884.10157744382060078.10154271193956321.1277690418940849.10153775067291321.1219592421417316.10154851376014653\/1277690418940849\/?type=1&amp;opaqueCursor=AbqVL1yEd7nmHOZUNEVZU0vO5CcxrlCRAgnekKCA7rgVFdMC2h7FbXXs0A7xUgfFmkYRootZizb7FAwwdPGOeYG1O8A_SE0o5enCO2HFkXbyKb6nKKVOc2WzsjNB3YbOP7SpUxYoS0IbLdmEMWEPSot4qBnPS68NoqPe5GBmHrfGAhtrRpC8akg-PCyFkmyop8G4wglE5do5pQA72JSXeSH9wvQIhASM-zewH7WSBVdOS9WwMTYFFConYilpn5hEmj5NXDdR0ASXSJpC-CMQjYWc6UWHCRPmbYbO3bSd-dtFc_DV7-jskB2psPasQWL3fbB9tSbCPWo8vx9SUg15xNeWw-_tHC0U_i40cyzA7rAu_fx38ZzgAZb7hSpd7kV-zYRVLdW3w5QS_Zcg8qM_BF2O6zWip7F9jgQ-JHoTcSCjGlHGIQjNuOBBN9Z_THwfyXETZtId9ZJk88WmasRjboTxGuuyhz_fOeIJqjUMMwUgDw&amp;theater\">Tom Hanks\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Host Tom Hanks kicked off an online fundraiser for the American Civil Liberties Union by feigning confusion over the recipient.<\/p>\n<p>Hanks began with a rousing speech Friday about supporting basketball at the University of California, Los Angeles, before saying he&#8217;d mixed up the ACLU and UCLA acronyms.<\/p>\n<p>The actor kept things light but on point as he chatted with studio participants including Tracy Morgan and Nia Vardalos.<\/p>\n<p>The live-streamed fundraiser from New York City turned more serious as other celebrities talked about the ACLU&#8217;s role in a changing nation.<\/p>\n<p>Author and TV host Padma Lakshmi said that as an immigrant she was shocked by President Donald Trump&#8217;s travel ban, which the ACLU is fighting.<\/p>\n<p>Norah Jones was among the fundraiser&#8217;s musical performers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Host Tom Hanks kicked off an online fundraiser for the American Civil Liberties Union by feigning confusion over the recipient. &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":96229,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,106],"tags":[6798],"class_list":["post-96228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","category-hollywood","tag-tom-hanks","mauthors-lynn-elber","mauthors-the-associated-press"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96228","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=96228"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96228\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/96229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=96228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=96228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}