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NEW YORK (AP) — Beyonce and Madonna have been added as performers to Friday’s multi-network “Hope for Haiti Now” telethon, and Denzel Washington, Brad Pitt, Leonardo DiCaprio and former President Bill Clinton are among the participants.
A statement released Thursday said Beyonce would perform from London, and Madonna from New York City. The list of musical performers already includes such heavyweights as Bruce Springsteen, Alicia Keys, Stevie Wonder, Taylor Swift, Justin Timberlake and Keith Urban.
“It’s a big world out there, and we all have a lot of responsibility to look out for people who can’t look out for themselves,” telethon organizer George Clooney said in an MTV interview that aired Thursday night. “So what we can do is first and foremost, raise money. Period. That’s it …
“If I thought we could all pick up shovels and go in there and help without being in the way, I think a lot of people would do that.”
An estimated 200,000 people were killed after a powerful earthquake struck Haiti last week, devastating the nation.
The two-hour telethon will be shown on all the major networks and a host of other channels. It will be broadcast from New York, London, Los Angeles and Haiti.
People can begin donating even before the start of the 8 p.m. EST concert via phone and text. Viewers can also download musical performances from the show via iTunes for 99 cents. Those profits will also be donated to Haiti relief.
Also Thursday, DiCaprio announced he was donating $1 million to the Clinton-Bush Haiti Fund, the relief effort led by former Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush and one of the organizations benefiting from the telethon.
I bet the white people are so pissed off because the usa is helping.
I would put money on it, that the whites wished all of haiti would die.
I am white & I was a republican.
Gee I wonder how many white republicans are helping ZERO
Trick are you racist! I’m curious?
Wow susAN, you’re really a looser. I bet white Republicans are giving allot more than you have. But if it helps you to sleep at night then I guess that’s ok too. I’m a white 48 year old man that donated what I could, unfortunately I haven’t gotten a pay raise in three yearss so I’m sorry that I couldn’t give more. That’s sorry to them, not to you. Your opinion matters zero.
waste of money for third world country doomed anyway. Hollywood libs… Susan Bush is a republican and you are a white guilt idiot.
Who do you think you are Susan? Speak for yourself. How do you know what “white” people are doing to help? I’m white and I helped even though I can’t afford my mortgage payment. It’s hatred and prejudice like you have that fuels society. Realize that people like you are the problem…not the “whites”.
this makes me really mad, you would think that we had come further than this when it comes to prejudice. This country has been in ruins/poverty forever, but that doesnt mean we need to believe they are doomed. What has happened to the human race that we have so much hatred….??
Wow, I am sure if you checked the donations, a lot of white people have donated. That is the most ridiculous thing I have ever heard. I am a republican and I am donating as well. Republicans have big hearts….. I am not sure what rock you have been hiding under. It doesn’t matter if they are a third world country, they still need assistance to get back on track.
i cant believe what i just read from susAN i m glad she is no longer a republican and im hoping she s not an american what a biggot .. im so angery at that statement that i cant even sit here anymore ….