Come April, there’ll be an Emmy winner crossing the finish line of the 2015 Boston Marathon.
The Dana-Farber Cancer Institute announced Monday that “Orange Is the New Black” star Uzo Aduba will join its team for the upcoming race. Aduba, who won the 2014 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for her role as Crazy Eyes, is a Medfield, Mass., native and was a top sprinter at Boston University.
“Running the Boston Marathon has been a lifelong dream, and I am proud to be supporting Dana-Farber as I make this dream come true on April 20,” Aduba said in a statement. “As someone who grew up outside of Boston, I’ve always respected Dana-Farber’s groundbreaking work in cancer research. I’m honored to be a member of their team, helping to raise money to further this work so that one day we may all live in a world without cancer.”
Aduba adds to Dana-Farber’s 500-plus person team, which hopes to raise $5.2 million for cancer research.
Thumbnail photo via Twitter/@TheJimmyFund
Photo of the Night
Parking for Monday night’s first College Football Playoff title game was just a little bit expensive.
[tweet https://twitter.com/jason_kint/status/554745147557036032 align=’center’%5D
Tweet of the Night
Actor Bob Newhart responded to allegations Monday that he was officiating Oregon and Ohio State’s championship game.
[tweet https://twitter.com/BobNewhart/status/554833980785037314 align=’center’%5D
Video of the Night
Orlando Magic center Nikola Vucevic nearly killed Pau Gasol with this monster dunk Monday.
GIF via Twitter/@cjzero
