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Stars lining up to raise tsunami funds

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From Associated Press and Times staff

Southern California celebrities are reaching out to tsunami victims with donations, benefits and special appearances. Among them:

* “Malcolm in the Middle” star Jane Kaczmarek and her husband, Bradley Whitford of “The West Wing,” are calling on current and previous Golden Globe nominees and winners to donate the tuxedos, gowns, shoes, watches, handbags and sunglasses that they have worn on the red carpet for a “Clothes Off Our Back” auction beginning the day after the Jan. 16 Golden Globe Awards on the website www.clothesoffourback.org.

* For the next two weeks, all printed programs distributed at Walt Disney Concert Hall will contain fliers and donation envelopes for the American Red Cross. The effort is expected to reach 20,000 concertgoers.

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* Sister TV stations KCBS and KCAL and the eight Infinity radio stations in Los Angeles -- all divisions of Viacom Inc. -- will seek cash donations Monday at a Rose Bowl parking lot, Knotts’ Berry Park, through a radiothon, benefit concert, links on each station’s website and by phone. The money will go to the Red Cross via the Entertainment Industry Foundation.

* Laker Kobe Bryant was giving $1,000 for every point he scored Friday for tsunami aid. The team is matching Bryant’s donation and the proceeds from silent auctions during three games at Staples Center. The money will be given to UNICEF tsunami relief efforts.

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