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Know a hero? Send suggestions to heroesamongus@peoplemag.com. For more inspiring stories, read the latest issue of People magazineWhen Rob Scheer opened his door in 2009 to meet his first-ever foster children, he did not expect to be reminded of an old, painful memory that would propel him into philanthropic action. But the jostled memory was so powerful that it eventually prompted Rob and his husband, Reece, to found a charity that has now helped more than 20,000 foster children. The Scheers' charity, Comfort Cases, provides foster children with backpacks filled with comforting supplies to carry with them as they traverse what insiders call "the system.

Know a hero? Send suggestions to heroesamongus@peoplemag.com. For more inspiring stories, read the latest issue of People magazineWhen Rob Scheer opened his door in 2009 to meet his first-ever foster children, he did not expect to be reminded of an old, painful memory that would propel him into philanthropic action. But the jostled memory was so powerful that it eventually prompted Rob and his husband, Reece, to found a charity that has now helped more than 20,000 foster children. The Scheers' charity, Comfort Cases, provides foster children with backpacks filled with comforting supplies to carry with them as they traverse what insiders call "the system.

Following the initial announcement and first look released last month, DisneyToon Studios has debuted the first trailer for Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast, while announcing that Rosario Dawson has joined the voice cast as Nyx. This animated adventure will be released on Blu-ray and DVD March 3, 2015.

Nyx is a Scout Fairy charged with protecting the lushious land of Pixie Hollow and all of the fairies who reside there. A true professional who takes her job very seriously-maybe a little too seriously-allowing facts and logic to guide her every move. Driven to succeed, Nyx is often willing to let compassion take a back seat. The Scout Fairies are a group of fearless fairies who protect the residents of Pixie Hollow. They are agile and athletic with a keen ability to spot trouble before it gets out of control.

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Variety reports that wonderfully trashy TV director Jason Ensler (Martha, Inc.) will direct Kevin James and Ray Romano in Grilled, a Matt Nix-written buddy comedy just green-lighted at New Line Cinema. The film pairs the TV faves as door-to-door salesmen desperate to unload a massive amount of frozen beef, before they themselves become dead meat. James is currently in production on Andy Tennant's Last First Kiss with Will Smith and Eva Mendes; Romano's looking to put Welcome to Mooseport behind him with the upcoming Eulogy, a dark ensemble comedy from Michael Clancy.

NBC has given the green light to 10.5, a four-hour miniseries about a deadly earthquake hitting the West Coast. The plot of the mini, from Jaffe/Braunstein Films and Pearl Pictures, centers on a gifted female seismologist at the University of Washington. When an earthquake in the Northwest triggers a series of shakes of increasing magnitude, she warns that the quakes are interrelated, a likely precursor to a big one, but her theory is met with skepticism. She is proven right as the tremors get worse and massive evacuations as well as a plan to use nuclear warheads are put into action. John Lafia (Man's Best Friend), Ronnie Christensen and Walker, Texas Ranger creator Christopher Canaan penned the script for the mini, which Lafia will direct. Gary Pearl (Liberty Stands Still) is executive producing the project, with Michael Jaffe and Howard Braunstein (NBC's Martha, Inc.: The Story of Martha Stewart) co-executive producing. Filming is scheduled to begin in June in Vancouver.