Stars Unite To Help Hope For Haiti Now Telethon – After a heartbreaking week for Haiti, which resulted to countless death and massive devastation following the January 12 earthquake. Some of our popular screen actors and music legends joined forces in a telethon for Haitian victims called “Hope For Haiti Now.”
The list of participating celebrities who manned phone calls and connected with the 2-hour telethon: Justin Timberlake, Brad Pitt, former President Clinton, Muhammad Ali, Beyonce, Madonna, Bruce Springsteen, Halle Berry, and many more. Luminaries like Steven Spielberg worked the phone banks, talking to donors.
“Enough of this moping, man, let’s rebuild Haiti, let’s show ‘em how we do it where we come from!” singer-producer Wyclef Jean, shouted after singing the downbeat “Rivers of Babylon,” with a Haitian flag around his neck.
Performances from Jennifer Hudson, Alicia Keys, Taylor Swift, Beyonce, Shakira, Bruce Springsteen, Keith Urban, Justine Timberlake, Madonna and more.
Most anticipated collaborations from U2’s Bono and The Edge and Rihanna with Jay-Z. But one of the most-surprising trios included unlikely harmonizers Sheryl Crow, Keith Urban, and Kid Rock. Their moving rendition of “Lean on Me” managed to combine both country and rock to reach out to a wide music audience demographic.
The telethon, shown on all the major US networks and streamed live on many Web sites, was quickly put together by George Clooney and MTV Networks, along with the help of others, to raise millions of dollars for the Caribbean country.
Watch these clips and performances from the telethon “Hope For Haiti Now.”
The long wait is almost over for the much anticipated ninth season of television’s no.1 show American Idol 2010. I have been a fan of this reality show since its first season. American Idol will start on January 13 with a two-night premiere showcasing extraordinary singing talent and outrageous new auditions. And it was also confirmed that Ellen Degeneres will be the 4th judge together with Simon Cowell, Randy Jackson and Kara DioGuardi. Goodbye Paula Abdul but what do you think of Ellen joining the American Idol this season? …with no musical background unlike Abdul, but could that be a good thing?
You know what’s exciting about the auditions? There will be a series of guest judges every audition locations including some of the big names in the music industry like Mary J. Blige, Victoria Beckham, Neil Patrick Harris, Joe Jonas, Avril Lavigne, Katy Perry, Kristin Chenoweth and Shania Twain. Ryan Seacrest, host.. of course.
I think Ellen will be an awesome judge. She’s got good taste and I think she treats people fairly. I’m a bit excited wooohoo!!! But I’m looking forward to see Katy Perry as one of the guest judges.
American Idol is created and executive-produced by Simon Fuller, founder of 19 Entertainment; and executive-produced by Cecile Frot-Coutaz, CEO, FremantleMedia North America; and Ken Warwick, executive producer, FremantleMedia North America.
Natalie White won the title of Sole Survivor last December 20, 2009. The former pharmaceutical sales representative from Arkansas declared winner on the 19th season of Survivor Samoa with a 5-4 vote over the manipulative castwaway Russell Hantz.
Once again, a contestant who played a safe, passive game has come out on top. A game that many people felt Russell had wrapped up suddenly went in Natalie’s favor.
Sigh. It was clear all along whom the better player was, but of course they had to face a jury of their peers, one that was made up of a group of people they slighted to get there. It all came down to one question: ‘Will the jury operate under logic or emotion?’
As a consolation prize, Russell did win the Sprint $100,000 Player of the Season prize, as voted on by viewers of the show. His closest competition for this prize was Shambo and Brett.
Survivor Samoa Finale Video
Spoiler: The 20th season of Survivor is set to air on February 2010 with previous castaways as Survivor’s greatest players as heroes and “villains” compete.
Brittany Murphy Cause Of Death, Drugs Suspected - Actress Brittany Murphy, 32 has died. Among other film roles such as Girl, Interrupted and Clueless, she was known as the voice behind the character of Luanne Platter on tv comedy King of the Hill.
According to news Murphy was pronounced dead at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center at 10:04 PT. The cause of death is not yet confirmed, the investigation on that matter is still ongoing as of now. A lot of speculations that Ms Murphy has suffered from diabetes, that she was very ill before she went into cardiac arrest or even drug related issues. Her mother with husband Simon Monjack a British screenwriter, found Murphy unconscious in the shower.
The entertainment industry were shocked by the early death of Brittany Murphy. They have posted some of their reactions to Twitter. A tweet from Ashton Kutcher, former boyfriend and co-star from the movie “Just Married”. Kutcher’s tweet – “2day the world lost a little piece of sunshine. My deepest condolences go out 2 Brittany’s family, her husband, & her amazing mother Sharon.” Later, Kutcher added, “see you on the other side kid.”
Iron Man HD Trailer – This is a sequel to Iron Man, Iron Man 2 starring Robert Downey, Jr. (Tony Stark/Iron Man) and Gwyneth Paltrow (Pepper Potts) and with a new cast Don Cheadle as Colonel James Rhodes after replacing Terrence Howard’s role in the movie. It was also confirmed that actor Mickey Rourke is set to appear in the film as a villain combining elements of Crimson Dynamo and Whiplash. A bit exciting. The movie is scheduled for release on May 2010.
Later that day, news agencies confirmed that Scarlett Johansson has been cast as the Black Widow in the Iron Man 2 movie. According to rumor sites, the deal ties her to several movies in the Marvel franchise and according to Deadline Daily’s Nikki Finke the pay is unsubstantial. Johannson replaces Emily Blunt who was forced to drop out due to schedule conflicts.
Cast
Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark / Iron Man; Gwyneth Paltrow as Pepper Potts; Don Cheadle as Col. James “Rhodey” Rhodes; Mickey Rourke as Whiplash; Sam Rockwell as Justin Hammer; Scarlett Johansson as Black Widow; Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury; Kate Mara as Bethany Cabe; Clark Gregg as Agent Coulson; Mathew Lorenceau as French Prison Guard
2009 Best Musical Performance Winner on Oprah Show. The Oprah Winfrey Show has just released the online poll result for the best musical performance of 2009. Just heard the news while ago that our very own singing sensation Charice Pempengco tops Oprah’s online poll. Yes she’s the landslide winner with a whopping 70% votes, the Note to God performance remember?
“Note to God” is Charice’s debut international single which was launched on “The Oprah Winfrey Show” last May 18 this year. Note To God, is written by Diane Warren and produced by David Foster, peaked at No. 35 in the Canadian Hot 100 and No. 44 in the US Billboard Hot 100.
Other nominees were the comeback performance from Whitney Houston, Michael Buble, James Taylor and Journey, fronted by a filipino singer Arnel Pineda. Jennifer Hudson and the country band Rascal Flatts for “Summer Nights.”
Video of Black Eyed Peas kick-off party in Oprah Show:
Susan Boyle I Dreamed A Dream Still No.1 on Billboard – Britain’s Got Talent contestant Susan Boyle released her first album called “I Dreamed A Dream” last November 2009 and topped the Billboard 200 Albums Chart.
This Youtube singing sensation sold 700,00 copies in its first week and still topping the charts. From a simple and plain appearance on the stage of UK’s reality show to a powerful voice that gave her a standing ovation and led to international stardom. According to Billboard, “The arrival of “I Dreamed a Dream” … marks the best opening week for a female artist’s debut album since SoundScan began tracking sales in 1991.” – not bad for a BGT second placer.
Here are the Top 10 List on Billboard 200 Albums Chart:
(1) “I Dreamed A Dream” – Susan Boyle; (2) “My Christmas” – Andrea Bocelli; (3) “Fearless” – Taylor Swift; (4) “Untitled” – R Kelly; (5) “The Fame” – Lady Gaga; (6) “Play On” – Carrie Underwood; (7) “The Fall” – Norah Jones; (8) “Michael Jackson’s This Is It” – Michael Jackson; (9) “The Twilight Saga: New Moon” – Soundtrack; (10) “Crazy Love” – Michael Buble.
The good thing about “I Dreamed A Dream” is that it is easily one of the most anticipated musical releases of 2009 and fans will be happy to hear that it does not disappoint but I think the bad thought is that she doesn’t have “guts” or what it takes to last in the music industry but Susan Boyle’s crystal clear voice is unlike any other, I guess she’ll gonna do well and with her new album.
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The list of participating celebrities who manned phone calls and connected with the 2-hour telethon: Justin Timberlake, Brad Pitt, former President Clinton, Muhammad Ali, Beyonce, Madonna, Bruce Springsteen, Halle Berry, and many more. Luminaries like Steven Spielberg worked the phone banks, talking to donors.
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