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A host of celebrities are raising money for charity by signing off their social networking sites for 24 hours – and playing dead in a series of macabre photographs. Lady Gaga, Justin Timberlake, Usher, Kim Kardashian, Jennifer Hudson, Ryan Seacrest, Elijah Wood, Serena Williams and Swizz Beatz are all pictured lying flat out in their coffins. The stars also suffered a ‘digital death’ for
one day and signed off all their Twitter, Facebook and MySpace accounts to raise cash for World Aids Day on Wednesday. They logged off on Tuesday and will not sign back on until $1 million has been raised for Alicia Keys’ Keep A Child Alive cause.
During ‘The Digital Life Sacrifice’ they all filmed ‘last tweet and testament’ videos which will appear in ads showing them in coffins. Lady Gaga has more than seven million Twitter followers – while 3.5 million have signed up for Justin Timberlake’s tweets. Alica Keys said: ”Once I got people on the phone and I was able to paint the concept for them, everybody was in. ”We’re trying to make the remark, ‘why do we care so much about the death of one celebrity as opposed to millions and millions of people dying in the place that we’re all from?” Celebrities taking part also include P Diddy, Serena Williams, Janelle Monae, Kimberly Cole, David LaChapelle, Daphne Guinness and Bronson Pelletier.
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