8 Celebrity Responses to the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge

ALS, or Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, is a neurodegenerative disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord, which can ultimately lead to paralysis. Recently people have been dumping ice water over their heads to raise awareness. The attention that ALS has received because of this has led to them receiving over $15 million in donations. So check out some of the people that have helped to bring attention to a much needed subject.

One of Hollywood’s biggest names didn’t shy away from the challenge. Steven Spielberg handles the frozen deluge like a very cold boss.

If you would like to donate towards this deserving cause you can do so at the ALS Association website.

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Even Notch is getting in on the game. He doused his head in the ice water, he is at a disadvantage here as he’s lacking some insulation up there.

If you would like to donate towards this deserving cause you can do so at the ALS Association website.

John Barrowman, star of Torchwood and Arrow, isn’t going to hide from a challenge. He took a massive dose of ice water, which shouldn’t be hurting Captain Jack Harkness.

If you would like to donate towards this deserving cause you can do so at the ALS Association website.

Wrestling superstar, and WWE COO, Triple H didn’t flinch when applying the ice infused water to his dome. Hopefully it didn’t affect his performance at Summer Slam.

If you would like to donate towards this deserving cause you can do so at the ALS Association website.

Hip Hop pioneer Dr.Dre took a seat to get his share of ice water. This living legend didn’t seem fazed by the freezing water, more than we can say for most people.

If you would like to donate towards this deserving cause you can do so at the ALS Association website.

George Takei, Star Trek‘s Sulu, did the challenge in his own way. He took the challenge to space, the final frontier.

If you would like to donate towards this deserving cause you can do so at the ALS Association website.

Former Microsoft CEO, and co-founder, Bill Gates took the challenge to the next level. He used his superior knowledge to create a ice bucket machine, unfortunately it comes bundled with Internet Explorer.

If you would like to donate towards this deserving cause you can do so at the ALS Association website.

Last, but not least, Conan O’Brien didn’t get left out of the ice water. He did his own version of the reverse dunking, and brought the issue home, just a reminder of what this is all about.

If you would like to donate towards this deserving cause you can do so at the ALS Association website.


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