We’re used to seeing Robert Downey Jr. help humanity as both Iron Man and Sherlock Holmes. So it is appropriate that star will be lending a hand to the nonprofit cinema Cinefamily by attending today’s 2nd Annual Fantastic, Elastic 24-Hour Holiday Telethon held at the organization’s home, the Silent Movie Theatre in Los Angeles.
Downey isn’t just attending the event. At 1 p.m., he will be opening a time capsule left for him by parties unknown that was discovered under the Silent Movie Theatre’s projector. So how exactly did the folks at Cinefamily convince the blockbuster star to turn up? “We asked him,” laughs Cinefamily cofounder Hadrian Belove. “Seriously, we asked via friends-of-friends-of friends saying, ‘We found this time capsule, could you come by and open it for a telethon?’ And he said, ‘Yes, I can do it at 1.’ And I said, ‘I guess we’re starting the telethon at 1!’” READ FULL STORY »
