MIAMI BEACH, Fla. – The contrasts are stark: As Haiti grapples with chaos, death and despair after last month’s earthquake, the world’s most famous VIPs party in luxurious fashion in preparation for a football game.
Wyclef Jean — who has been an advocate for his native Haiti since the disaster — was in Miami for those celebrations this week, and understands that the festivities won’t stop because of Haiti’s pain.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Twenty-five years after star-studded anthem “We Are the World” raised millions of dollars to aid famine relief in Africa, celebrities of a different generation were set to gather Monday night to re-record the charity tune to benefit Haiti.
Among those scheduled to perform on the revamped track the night after the Grammy Awards were Akon, Jason Mraz, Bono, Wyclef
NEW YORK (AP) — Sean “Diddy” Combs, Queen Latifah and Pharrell are set to host a two-hour concert and telethon to benefit Haiti on Feb. 5.
Wyclef Jean, Chris Brown and Lil Wayne will perform.
The concert is titled “SOS Saving OurSelves — Help for Haiti.” It will be held at the American Airlines Arena in Miami and will air live on BET, MTV, VH1 and Centric at 8 p.m. EST.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Radiohead raised more than $500,000 for Haiti earthquake relief at a special weekend concert that attracted celebrities and die-hard fans.
The band performed for more than two hours Sunday at the Henry Fonda Theatre. The star-studded crowd included Justin Timberlake, Jessica Biel, Charlize Theron, Anna Paquin and Daniel Craig
LONDON (AP) — Coldplay, Arctic Monkeys and Blur’s Damon Albarn are donating items to be sold at a charity auction beginning Friday to raise funds for Haiti earthquake victims, auction organizers said.
The items on sale will include an offer from Albarn to record a specially written piece of music, the white Fender Stratocaster guitar played by Arctic Monkeys’ Alex Turner in the band’s first
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Organizers for last week's “Hope for Haiti Now” telethon, backed by George Clooney and Haiti-born rapper Wyclef Jean, on Monday raised the estimated amount of money it raised to more than $61 million, to date.
The two-hour telethon, which aired Friday, drew an average audience of 24 million viewers in the United States to watch celebrities performing, telling tales of heroism and answering telephones
Actor Sean Penn has spoken out during his visit to earthquake-ravaged Haiti about the “suffering” he has witnessed first-hand.
The star flew to the country on Thursday with former U.S. presidential candidate John Edwards to hand out food and supplies to the survivors of last week’s disaster.
As part of his visit, Penn has been on a tour of the nation with 11 doctors, visiting a medical clinic, a food distribution site and handing out 1,000 water filters he brought (more…)
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Haiti’s National Palace lies in ruins, so the boys of Delmas 40 refugee camp built a cardboard substitute.
The roughly 12-foot-wide (3.7-meter-wide) house of military ration boxes tops a ridge above a sprawling tent city near a base for the U.S. Army’s 82nd Airborne division. The boxes are unfolded and held up by wooden poles and coat hangers. A mini Haitian flag flies in front and a painted sign proclaims
Celine Dion, Justin Bieber, moviemaker James Cameron and Nelly Furtado are to compliment George Clooney’s Haiti telethon on Friday night with a Canada For Haiti special.
While Clooney and Haitian superstar Wyclef Jean lead Help For Haiti Now, a host of celebrity Canadians are planning their own TV benefit.
The one-hour, commercial-free special will air live across Canada from Toronto.
The impressive line-up also includes The Tragically Hip, Sarah McLachlan, (more…)
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — George Clooney says the “Hope for Haiti” benefit for victims of the earthquake in Haiti will include performances from Bono, Sting, Justin Timberlake, Christina Aguilera and Alicia Keys.
Speaking to The Associated Press at the Golden Globes ceremony at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, Clooney said that more than 40 celebrities
