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Haiti benefits raise $85M

January 25th, 2010

Hope For Haiti Now and Canada For Haiti raised nearly $77 million altogether for the earthquake relief efforts on Friday. George Clooney’s Hope For Haiti telethon featured performances by Justin Timberlake, Coldplay, and Beyonce, who altered the lyrics to her song Halo for the devastated country (“Haiti I can see your Halo…”)

Tags: beyonce, bono, Canada For Haiti, coldplay, george clooney, Hope For Haiti Now, jay-z, justin timberlake, madonna, metric, nelly furtado, rihanna, taylor swift, the edge, The Tragically Hip, U2
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Beyonce joins Hope For Haiti Now

January 21st, 2010

Beyonce has joined the growing list of stars taking part in George Clooney’s Hope For Haiti Now telethon. The singer will join her husband Jay-Z in London, along with Rihanna, Bono, The Edge, and Coldplay. Leonardo DiCaprio, Ashley Tisdale and Tobey Maguire have also been added as well as Selena Gomez, who tweeted that she’ll [...]

Tags: ashley tisdale, beyonce, bono, coldplay, george clooney, Hope For Haiti Now, jay-z, Leonardo DiCaprio, rihanna, selena gomez, the edge, tobey maguire
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Coldplay, Rihanna added to Hope For Haiti Now

January 20th, 2010

More big names have been added to George Clooney’s Hope For Haiti Now telethon. Coldplay have now been added as performers in London, as well as an all-star group performance by Bono, The Edge, Jay-Z and Rihanna. Also joining the star-studded benefit are performers Jennifer Hudson, Mary J. Blige and John Legend.

Tags: bono, coldplay, george clooney, Hope For Haiti Now, jay-z, Jennifer Hudson, John Legend, mary j blige, rihanna, the edge
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Hip-Hop for Haiti

January 18th, 2010

Diddy and Rick Ross are just a couple of the hip-hop artists who are doing their part for the relief efforts in Haiti. Rick Ross will be hosting a blood drive in Pembroke Pines Florida. Diddy posted a video on YouTube speaking about how affected he’s been by the tragic earthquake, and asked that people [...]

Tags: bono, diddy, Haiti, jay-z, rick ross, swizz beatz, the edge, U2
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Stars talk Haiti at Golden Globes

January 18th, 2010

The disaster situation in Haiti was a running theme at the Golden Globe Awards on Sunday night. Onstage, Nicole Kidman talked about the significance of the red ribbon she wore to the event. U2′s The Edge talked about how the award ceremony could be used to Haiti’s advantage.

Tags: Golden Globes, Haiti, house, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Nicole Kidman, Olivia Wilde, the edge, U2
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“It Might Get Loud”: It Might Also Get Friggin’ Awesome

June 24th, 2009

Take three actual guitar heroes, throw ‘em together in a room, and wait for, in the words of Jack White (of White Stripes fame), “probably a fist fight”. Okay, hopefully not (there are fragile guitars around!) but when you’ve got guitar legends like Led Zeppelin’s Jimmy Page and U2′s The Edge involved, pretty much anything [...]

Tags: it might get loud, Jack White, jimmy page, the edge
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