Beyonce arrives in the press room for the MTV Video Music Awards at Radio City Music Hall in New York on September 13, 2009. UPI/Laura Cavanaugh |
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NEW YORK, Jan. 21 (UPI) -- Beyonce and Madonna have joined the lineup for Friday's "Hope For Haiti Now: A Global Benefit for Earthquake Relief" telethon, organizers said.
Also slated to perform on the program are Emeline Michel, Wyclef Jean, Bruce Springsteen, Jennifer Hudson, Mary J. Blige, Shakira, Sting, Alicia Keys, Christina Aguilera, Dave Matthews, John Legend, Justin Timberlake, Stevie Wonder, Taylor Swift and Coldplay. Keith Urban, Kid Rock and Sheryl Crow plan to perform together, as do Bono, The Edge, Jay-Z and Rihanna, MTV Networks said.
Among the other celebrities scheduled to participate in the telethon are former U.S. President Bill Clinton, Ben Stiller, Brad Pitt, Chris Rock, Clint Eastwood, Denzel Washington, Halle Berry, Jon Stewart, Julia Roberts, Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Meryl Streep, Morgan Freeman, Nicole Kidman, Robert Pattinson, Samuel L. Jackson, Tom Hanks, Will Smith and Muhammad Ali.
"Hope for Haiti Now" is expected to begin accepting donations via online, phone, text and mail at 12 p.m. ET/9 a.m. PT Friday.
The telethon is to air 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, CNN en Espanol, HBO Latino, and Canadian networks including CBC Television, CTV, Global Television and MuchMusic.
The event also will be live streamed online globally across Web 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.
