Quick someone hold the babies, Angelina Jolie may about to be trumped in the unabashed pursuit of profile building philanthropy. Desperate Housewives star Eva Longoria, singer LeeAnn Rimes and actor Tim Robbins are just three of the big names giving support to the latest social media craze: TwitChange.

@pakistancrisis really sorry about what's happening over there, love Ang xx.

The brainchild of an Atlanta minister seeking new ways to raise money for children of the Haitian community, TwitChange is also the latest way for celebrities to show how much they care, in 140 words of less, just as long as you’re willing to pay for it.

CNN report the program that has a current membership of 150 US-based celebrities, is flexible enough to cater for every imaginable crisis: “[The celebrities offer] Four kinds of auctions on the site. People can donate to be followed on Twitter by the celeb, to get one of their messages “re-tweeted” by them, get mentioned in a post by the star or all three.”

In the event that Aussie celebrities decide to get behind the craze, we’ve made a few suggestions below. Whose services would you call on?

Most like to be re-tweeted by: Russell Crowe, for no other reason than the fact that he has 74, 327 followers.

Most like to be un-followed by: Stephanie Rice, given her colourful use of language, it’s just safer this way.

Most like to get mentioned in a post by: Leigh Sales, because everyone just loves her.

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    • alice says:

      02:00am | 18/09/10

      as pathetic as the reality that people will pay to be followed by celebrities on twitter is - I can’t help but yay a little bit. Finally we have a minister putting his money where his mouth is, so to speak. If on;y this weren’t such a rare occurrence!

    • Kate says:

      02:10pm | 18/09/10

      Lordy Lucy. Can’t we do good anymore unless there is a Celeb involved? While coming up with new ideas to raise funds to help those in needs sounds like a great idea I wonder if the wattage from the dazzling array of stars doesn’t outshine the need to take action that prevents much of the misery in the first place? In this day and age of monetizing absolutely everything from using our skies as big billboards to renting out school playgrounds as weekend event venues it seems to me that attaching celebrity glamour in this way is just monetizing misery.

    • stephen says:

      03:56pm | 19/09/10

      I love gossip. I buy Who each issue.
      What they’re doing, where their shopping and what drugs are doing to their appearance.
      Makes us low-payed feel better.

    • jenni says:

      01:17pm | 20/09/10

      I’ve been following the leadup to TwitChange with interest for weeks, curious as to how insane it would get. My conclusion? WOWSERS.

      Last time I checked (and I can’t access eBay at work, so this might be outdated) Ian Somerhalder (Damon from Vampire Diaries) was running at over $6000; Nathan Fillion (Firefly, Castle) was at around $3000. All up, this event looks like raising a BUCKETLOAD of money for Homes in Haiti, so I say “good on em” to all the celebrities taking part. Huge amount of charity generated for a very minor effort. smile

      ... and no, I’m not bidding on any of them LOL way too rich for my wallet!

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