MILLVINA DEAN may sound like the name of a character in a Dickens novel and with good reason. She's been alive almost that long.
Millvina, you see, was 9 weeks old when the Titanic sank in 1912. And she was on the ship.
More importantly, when the Titanic sunk, Malvinna didn't.
She's now the last survivor of that fateful cruise and she may be in danger again - this time she may not lose her cabin but her room in a nursing home in Southhampton, England.
Millvina's room, the BBC reports, costs about $4,500 per month and Millvina is running out of money - it's hard to budget to live to 97.
Fortunately, a fund has been started by Irish author Don Mullan to help Millvina out, and "Titanic" stars Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio, along with director James Cameron, are believed to have donated $30,000.
"I laid down the challenge to the 'Titanic' actors and directors to support the Millvina Fund," Mullan said, "and I was delighted with the generosity they have shown in meeting that challenge."
The Millvina Fund was launched yesterday in Belfast, where the Titanic was built.
The cheesesteak diet?
The Hollywood Reporter says ABC is teaming with British chef Jamie Oliver and Ryan Seacrest Productions for a series that gives healthy makeovers to an entire city.
For the time being, let's call it: "Extreme Caloric Makeover: Couch Potato Edition."
Oliver will travel to the unhealthiest places in America - so please be friendly when he shows up - and find ways to use nearby resources to improve local eating habits.
The series is loosely inspired by his British school lunch project, where he set about to improve kids' nutrition.
That's right, kids, you can't have fish & chips and a pint of Guinness every day.
The resultant series, "Jamie's School Dinners," shamed educators into banning certain junk foods.
"I couldn't do what I do in terms of my schedule if I didn't eat right and exercise right," Seacrest said. (Boy, it irks us when millionaires tell us how they eat and exercise so right.) "As a kid I was chubby, and I'm a firm believer that the fuel we put into our body results in a healthy lifestyle.
"Jamie's going to come over here," Seacrest continued, "roll up his sleeves and use the resources of each town to help condition living habits to make it a better and healthier place."
The target city hasn't yet been named, but it's expected to be a place that has been cited on various "fattest cities" lists.
All Tattle can say is "Welcome."
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