{"id":3818,"date":"2011-03-03T14:41:33","date_gmt":"2011-03-03T14:41:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/idolchatter\/2011\/03\/idols-chris-medina-receives-70.html"},"modified":"2011-03-03T14:41:33","modified_gmt":"2011-03-03T14:41:33","slug":"idols-chris-medina-receives-70","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2011\/03\/idols-chris-medina-receives-70.html","title":{"rendered":"Idol&#8217;s Chris Medina Receives $70,000, 1% of &#8216;Take Me Home Tonight&#8217; Box Office, Towards Care of Fianc\u00e9e"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chris Medina, recent Idol hopeful who unfortunately didn&#8217;t make it through Hollywood week, was on <a href=\"http:\/\/ryanseacrest.com\/2011\/03\/03\/chris-medina-receives-70k-for-juliana-fiance\/\">Ryan Seacrest&#8217;s radio program today<\/a> to discuss Idol and his new single when he received a happy shock.<\/p>\n<p> Medina&#8217;s fianc\u00c3\u00a9e, Juliana, was injured in a serious car accident in 2009, incurring serious facial and brain trauma. She has been undergoing treatments since then and recovery has been slow. Not surprisingly, the treatments are quite costly. <\/p>\n<p>Today Seacrest told Medina live on the air that Proactiv had agreed to donate $35,000 to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.laurusfoundation.org\/help-juliana-ramos.php\">Laurus Foundation<\/a> towards Juliana&#8217;s recovery. Medina, who has stood by Juliana through the entire ordeal, was practically speechless. &#8220;It&#8217;s so awesome. It&#8217;s real cool,&#8221; he said, obviously overcome with emotion.<\/p>\n<p>The surprises didn&#8217;t stop there, however. Seacrest&#8217;s next guest, actor Topher Grace from the upcoming film <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iamrogue.com\/takemehometonight\">Take Me Home Tonight<\/a>, deeply touched by Medina&#8217;s story, wandered in to the recording booth early and agreed to donate $35,000 himself. In addition (at Seacrest&#8217;s prodding), he and his producing partner pledged 1% of &#8220;Take Me Home Tonight&#8221;s box office gross. If the film makes $30 million, Juliana receives a $300,000 donation.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s really nice to see spontaneous generosity like this, especially for those as deserving as Chris Medina and Juliana. <\/p>\n<p>Visit the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.laurusfoundation.org\/help-juliana-ramos.php\">Laurus Foundation<\/a> to donate to Juliana&#8217;s recovery. You can see video of the interview with Chris Medina and Ryan Seacrest below. <\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"640\" height=\"390\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FVLm9ZUCJns\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chris Medina, recent Idol hopeful who unfortunately didn&#8217;t make it through Hollywood week, was on Ryan Seacrest&#8217;s radio program today to discuss Idol and his new single when he received a happy shock. Medina&#8217;s fianc\u00c3\u00a9e, Juliana, was injured in a serious car accident in 2009, incurring serious facial and brain trauma. 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