Handsome, intelligent, giving, great sense of humour, and can bust a move? Prince Harry definitely proves he’s got it all. Prince Harry was in Barbados to raise money by taking part in a charity polo match, for children in Africa. The Prince then preformed at a Haitian relief benefit as he danced on stage, with what appears to be pretty good moves. The Prince managed to raise $2,000 for his little calypso. Harry was later joined on stage by a fellow royal, African Prince Seeiso of Lesotho.
Naomi Campbell is organizing a charity catwalk show pairing top models and designers at New York Fashion Week. The event will take centre stage at this year’s Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week on February 12th at 7:00 p.m. Get your tickets at www.ticketmaster.com
The runway show will be hosted by Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York and will feature internationally recognized designers, celebrities and VIPs. Celebrity stylist Rachel Zoe is putting together the looks, and designer Marc Jacobs has already created a special Louis Vuitton handbag, one of many items that will go on auction.
The “Hope for Haiti Now” album has set the record for the biggest one-day album pre-order in iTunes history. The album is currently the No. 1 iTunes album in 18 countries. The original song performed by Bono, The Edge, Jay-Z and Rihanna during the telethon, is currently the No. 1 song on iTunes in 12 countries.
All of the proceeds from the sale of the album and any of its individual live performance tracks will go to Clinton Bush Haiti Fund, Oxfam America, Partners In Health, Red Cross, UNICEF, United Nations World Food Programme, and Yéle Haiti Foundation.
Lady Gaga never ceases to amaze me-Gaga is combining charity with her fashion sense. The pop-singer is selling Lady Gaga Haiti relief t-shirts on her Web site. The shirts sport her image, the word “Haiti” and the blue, red and green colors of the Haitian flag. All proceeds purchased on ladygaga.com TODAY, January 24, 2010 will be donated to Haiti earthquake relief. All tickets sold for her show at Radio City tonight will also go to the cause. Lady Gaga (@ladygaga) is spreading the word through Twitter. Spread the love.
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The Hollywood elite banded together on every major network in America on Friday to benefit the victims of the Haiti earthquake. Celebrities such as Tobey Maguire, Meg Ryan, Tim Robbins, Charlize Theron, Julia Roberts, Reese Witherspoon, Brad Pitt, Drew Barrymore, Mel Gibson and many others manned the phones while Beyonce, Madonna, Rihanna, Justin Timberlake, Jay-Z, Taylor Swift, along with others performed. The telethon raised more than $57 million. The star-studded event shattered records for money donated by the public through a telethon.
Derrick Rose, reigning rookie of the year had everyone cheering for him Friday night, even non-Bulls fans in Phoenix. he agreed to donate $1,000 per point he scored to the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund. Rose ended the night with 32 points, Giving $32,000 for the relief. Rose said he plans on doing a few other things in the next few weeks to help the people of Haiti.
Gisele Bundchen aka “Gisele” reportedly wrote a check for $1.5M to the Red Cross for the Haitian relief efforts. The Victoria Secret “Angel” is dubbed rightly so for her generous donation. Gisele is said to have been very moved by victims of the devastating earthquake, which has wiped out much of the impoverished country and is believed to have killed thousands.
Hope for Haiti is what the telethon hosted and co-produced by George Clooney will be called. Clooney announced that artists, Bono, Sting, Justin Timberlake, Christina Aguilera and Alicia Keys will be performing. Hope for Haiti will air this Friday, Jan. 22 from 8-10 P.M. on ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX, CNN, BET, The CW, HBO, MTV, VH1 and CMT.
Clooney will host from Los Angeles while Wyclef Jean will cover the telethon in New York City and CNN anchor, Anderson Cooper, be joining them from Haiti.
Clooney is no stranger to philanthropy. In this video, he talks about UN peacekeeping in Darfur, Bosnia, Haiti and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
According to MTV, Clooney will be hosting a telethon for the victims of the Haiti earthquake. Though MTV has confirmed that the telethon is in the works, details are yet to be released. It is expected to air Jan. 22, 2010 across all of MTV’s platforms, including VH1.
Haitian-born musician Wyclef Jean has been leading the charge to help victims of the devastating earthquake in Haiti. In 2005, Jean started the Yele Haiti charity organization, whose purpose is to restore pride and hope to the Haitian people. After the earthquake on Tuesday, Yele Haiti was among the first to initiate an appeal for aid via Twitter.
Jean is encouraging people to text “Yele” to 501501, which will automatically donate $5 to the Yele Haiti Earthquake Fund.
Jean’s former group, The Fugees coined the term “Yele” in a song, which means “a cry for freedom”.
For more information visit: http://www.yele.org/