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Our hero and pal Doris Day is having a special auction this week on ebay to raise money for her animal foundation. The ever youthful Doris, a magnificent legend who lives in paradise– Carmel, California– is relentless in helping the animal world. She’s auctioning off just a few rare signed 2013 calendars on ebay at http://tinyurl.com/cad4hxb

You can also see a video from all of Doris’s celebrity friends at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bk76Bcw9CFI

Doris keeps raising money and doing good deeds at www.dorisday.com, where you can donate to her foundation and buy a copy of her new album, My Heart. You can also hear an audio message from Doris for the holidays.

Last winter I had the honor of interviewing Doris for Parade magazine. She hadn’t done a full interview in about 20 years. I hope we can do more soon. Here are the links:

http://www.showbiz411.com/2011/12/12/how-doris-day-almost-didnt-let-paul-mccartney-interview-her

http://www.parade.com/celebrity/celebrity-parade/2011/12/doris-day.html

Donate to the Doris Day Animal Foundation before the end of 2012– and let’s hope Doris gets an honorary Academy Award this coming year. It’s been a long time coming.

Roger Friedman

Roger Friedman began his Showbiz411 column in April 2009 after 10 years with Fox News. Friedman previously wrote the Intelligencer column at New York Magazine, He writes for Parade magazine and has written for Details, Vogue, the New York Times, Post, and Daily News and many other publications. He is the writer and co-producer of a film about R&B Music called “Only the Strong Survive,” which was released by Miramax in 2003 and was a selection of the Cannes, Sundance, and Telluride Film festivals.