Giving Tuesday Is Antidote to Cyber Monday, Black Friday

— -- quicklist: title: #GivingTuesdaytext: Giving Tuesday is today, which means thousands of charities, churches and schools are holdings events and encouraging people to give their time or money. And they're sharing about it with the hashtag #GivingTuesday. The campaign began three years ago by Henry Timms, deputy executive director of the Jewish community center 92nd Street Y, and Kathy Calvin, CEO of the United Nations Foundation.

How Edward Norton Is Trying to Elevate 'Giving Tuesday' to Black Friday's Popularity

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quicklist: title: Jean-Claude Van Damme Agrees to Another 'Kickboxer' Movietext: Action star Jean-Claude Van Damme is in final negotiations for a "Kickboxer" film, following the 1989 movie franchise that launched his career, according to "The Hollywood Reporter." The remake in the works features "Guardians of the Galaxy" star Dave Bautista. Unlike the earlier version, Van Damme, 54, will be the master, not the student. media: 27301272

quicklist: title: Kirk Douglas Isn't Dead text: People magazine mistakenly published an obituary online for the "Spartacus" actor Kirk Douglas, 97. But he's alive and only a week away from turning the big 9-8. People's headline read, "DO NOT PUB Kirk Douglas Dies." Lucky for him, the publicity is drawing attention to his book out today, "Life Could Be Verse: Reflections on Love, Loss, and What Really Matters."media: 27301111

quicklist: title: Xbox Back After Alleged Attack text: Gamers momentarily gasped when Xbox Live experienced an outage Monday, which a hacker group via Twitter claimed was a DDoS attack to its servers. But all was well with the world once the Microsoft-owned gaming company said things were "up and running" on its website. A spokesman for Xbox told ABC News, "We do not comment on the root cause of a specific issue."media: 27301646

quicklist: title: More 'House of Cards' On the Way text: Netflix announced the release of the third season of its hit political drama "House of Cards," starring Kevin Spacey and Robin Wright. The third season will be available on Feb. 27, 2015. media: 27281193