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YouTube star MrBeast rethinks old notions of philanthropy

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By MARK KENNEDY
AP Entertainment Writer

NEW YORK (AP) — The line of cars started forming at dawn. It was early November in Greenville, North Carolina, and drivers waited in a line that stretched for miles to pick up Thanksgiving turkeys — 10,000 free frozen birds to anyone who asked. Who was behind this act of holiday kindness? Would you believe a young man who once spent 50 hours buried alive and who helped construct the largest Lego tower? Jimmy Donaldson — the widely popular YouTube video maker who goes by MrBeast — has built alongside his fun viral stunts an unusual charity playbook that leverages his fame and skills with the goal to end hunger — philanthropy as entertainment.

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