David Arquette To Live In Plexiglass Box For Hunger

NEW YORK — David Arquette is going to live in a box in New York City to raise money for the hungry.

The 37-year-old actor plans to stay in a Plexiglas box above the Madison Square Garden marquee on Tuesday and Wednesday to raise $250,000 for Feeding America, the nation's largest domestic hunger relief charity. He'll stay in the box each day for about eight hours.

Donations can come on site or through text messages or a Facebook page set up by Mars Inc., the company that makes Snickers candy bars.

A Mars spokesman says Arquette will eat during his two-day stay in the plastic enclosure.

Arquette starred in the "Scream" movie franchise.

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Comments

[Badgirl]

Publicity stunt!! His wife made $1,000,000 for a 22 minute episode of Friends!! So, $250,0000 is what she was paid for 5 mins and 30 seconds of one episode !! Does the 8 hours include 2 coffee breaks, a cigarette break and 45 mins for lunch??

[cloudmaker]

All right. It's not the most self-deying stunt ever, but it's something from someone who cares.
Compare it to the nothing most of us do, myself included.

[BrianMac]

Could he have gotten the idea from this?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Hunger_Artist

[ricflair]

Good career move.

[prthatrocks]

Do we still have to see him and hear him?

[tlgeiger62]

Okay I went to the Facebook page referened and it has 25,000 members with $7,105 raised.

Can't everyone afford $1 to bring it to $25,000 - sheesh!

[MyrtleJune]

How about all the people who can afford to give create some jobs with their money and let people work for a living and fee themselves. Including Mr. box sitter. Lemme see how many people would that help gain employment and be able to work for a living? I'm sure more than 250K could feed.

Additionally, it would free up his time to do something a little more daring than sitting in a plexibox for 8hours a day while EATING. Like I dunno, helping people stay in their homes by giving them a job so they can get their own food for instance.

:-|

[Allocator2008]

Wow. This is a real "scream".

[ramblingjohnny]

Eight hours a day for two day wow what an exploit! Hey! I live eight hours a day five days a week in a f*ing cubicle!

[Bude]

If he just stayed in there would anyone miss him?

[protagonia]

How Christ-like of you.

[PorkyDomesticus]

It would be better if he didn't actually eat, but at least he's getting the cause some attention, so i cant criticize him too much. And of course, i am a pig, so you know, glass houses.

[rzan1]

I like the Arquette family. They are unusual, but sincere.

[bragladish]

What a cheep ploy for publicity... you really want to impress me? Then go more than just two days... what flake.

[KJLSanDiego]

okay, but he could just not care and do nothing, so give the guy some credit for trying to bring awareness to a cause he cares about!

[KLordsha]

Anyone know if they are going to lock him in the box with some acting lessons?

[Agentlady007]

Wow. Isn't he married to Courtney Cox?