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The full lineup for the "Hope for Haiti" telethon airing Friday, Jan. 22 has been announced. London, Los Angeles and New York City each have their own roster of celebrities hoping to raise much-needed aid for the earthquake-ravaged country of Haiti.The telethon will feature performances by Wyclef Jean, Bruce Springsteen, Jennifer Hudson, Mary J. Blige, Shakira, and Sting in New York City; Alicia Keys, Christina Aguilera, Dave Matthews, John Legend, Justin Timberlake, Stevie Wonder, Taylor Swift and a group performance by Keith Urban, Kid Rock, and Sheryl Crow in Los Angeles; and Coldplay, and a group performance by Bono, The Edge, Jay-Z, and Rihanna in a newly added London location.
All musical performances will be available for purchase for $.99 per song through the Apple® iTunes® Store beginning Saturday, January 23, with all proceeds benefiting Haiti relief funds managed by "Hope for Haiti Now" charities.
The telethon will air at 8 p.m. ET/PT, 7 p.m. CT on ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX, CNN, BET, The CW, HBO, MTV, VH1, CMT, PBS, TNT, Showtime, COMEDY CENTRAL, Bravo, E! Entertainment, National Geographic Channel, Oxygen, G4, CENTRIC, Current TV, Fuse, MLB Network, EPIX, Palladia, SoapNet, Style, Discovery Health, Planet Green, and Canadian networks including CBC Television, CTV, Global Television, and MuchMusic.
The event will be live streamed online globally across sites including YouTube, Hulu, MySpace, Fancast, AOL, MSN.com, Yahoo, Bing.com, BET.com, CNN.com, MTV.com, VH1.com, and Rhapsody and on mobile via Alltel, AT&T, Sprint, Verizon, and FloTV, making "Hope for Haiti" the most widely distributed telethon in history.
We have a feeling it may also turn out to be the most successful telethon in history. We certainly hope so.
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wooohooo taylor swift
Can't wait to see Christina Aguilera
why do millionaire stars need to ask us peasants for money. each of them could donated $500,000 and that would garner more than any telethon. it will costs several million just to put the thing on. (yes a few have, nearly all have not)
i would like to see a rule/law that says you can't make an appearance on a telethon without first disclosing how much cash you have donated personally.
it will be just like what rosie oddonnel encountered after 9/11, no stars wanted to donated, just make appearances.
I'd like to know why some people get so offended when celebrities take time out of their schedules to arrange benefits like this.
They are bringing attention to a problem and encouraging people to give what they can. I'm not rich by any means but I was still able to donate money. Every little bit counts--that's the entire point.
Well hopefully they can raise alot of money for the people in Haiti.
I love how some people can only see the dollar amount of things, Amanda, this telethon isnt about the celebrity, its about Haiti and its people, also if you wanna consider yourself a peasant, thats nice but dont put myslef and other people in ur selfish position, let the rest of us, who actually care and dont whine about the $ sign, do what we can to help others
100 million is more than enough and money we don't have. My area hospitals I'm paying for too. But my neighbor needs an operation, no telethon for that and all who are homeless do to the economy. May God help us!
It is great to see all these major and pay channel networks work together and not compete for ratings in order to help others that have suffered a major tragedy. Maybe those negative-minded people will someday be a victim and others will be saying that about you.
"why do millionaire stars need to ask us peasants for money."
'cause that is what they do. That's part of their job.
Hey, ctgottapee what have you done for me lately?
numb nuts - do you really think that the people of haiti need 'attention brought to their plight'.
They are taking advantage of them and us.
Just do what Sandra Bullock did - and shut up and try to act!