More than One Hundred of the Biggest Names in Film, Television, and
Music to Work the Phones and Take Donations in Support of "Hope for
Haiti Now" NEW YORK, LOS ANGELES, and LONDON, Jan. 22 /PRNewswire/
-- "Hope for Haiti Now: A Global Benefit for Earthquake Relief,"
today announced that some of the biggest names in film, television,
and music will be working the phones and taking donations from Los
Angeles during tonight's broadcast. "Hope for Haiti Now" will air
on Friday, January 22, 2010 at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT and 7:00 p.m. CT.
The lineup of superstar operators includes (in alphabetical order):
Ben Affleck, Tim Allen, Jennifer Aniston, David Archuleta, Alec
Baldwin, Ellen Barkin, Drew Barrymore, Jack Black, Emily Blunt,
Russell Brand, Benjamin Bratt, Pierce Brosnan, Gerard Butler, Chevy
Chase, Kristin Chenoweth, Sacha Baron Cohen, Common, Cat Cora,
Bradley Cooper, Daniel Craig, Cindy Crawford, Penelope Cruz, Billy
Crystal, John Cusack, Eric Dane, Ellen DeGeneres, Fran Drescher,
Michael Clarke Duncan, Zac Efron, Jenna Elfman, Colin Farrell, Andy
Garcia, Mel Gibson, Tyrese Gibson, Selena Gomez, Neil Patrick
Harris, Taraji P. Henson, Dijmon Honsou, Vanessa Hudgens, Randy
Jackson, Jimmy Jean-Louis, Dwayne Johnson, Nick Jonas, Kevin Jonas,
Joe Jonas, Quincy Jones, Diane Keaton, Michael Keaton, Anna
Kendrick, Greg Kinnear, Jane Krakowski, John Krasinksi, Jessica
Lange, Taylor Lautner, Daniel Day Lewis, Jared Leto, Justin Long,
Rose McGowan, Ewan McGregor, Toby Maguire, Ricky Martin, Katharine
McPhee, Debra Messing, Alyssa Milano, Jack Nicholson, Keke Palmer,
Holly Robinson Peete, Tyler Perry, Chris Pine, Jeremy Piven, Jeremy
Renner, Tim Robbins, Ray Romano, Jeri Ryan, Meg Ryan, Zoe Saldana,
Adam Sandler, Nicole Scherzinger, Gabourey Sidibe, Kimora Lee
Simmons, Russell Simmons, Christian Slater, Steven Spielberg, Molly
Sims, Ringo Starr, Charlize Theron, Ashley Tisdale, Marisa Tomei,
Amber Valleta, Sofia Vergara, Mark Wahlberg, Joe Walsh, Sigourney
Weaver, Forest Whitaker, Olivia Wilde, Rainn Wilson, Robin
Williams, Reese Witherspoon, and Noah Wyle. "Hope for Haiti Now"
will begin accepting donations at 12:00 p.m. ET/9:00 a.m. PT on
Friday, January 22 via the following methods: -- Online:
http://www.hopeforhaitinow.org/ -- Phone: 877-99-HAITI -- Text:
Text "GIVE" to 50555 -- Mail: Hope For Haiti Now Fund,
Entertainment Industry Foundation, 1201 West 5th Street, Suite
T-700, Los Angeles, CA 90017 "Hope for Haiti Now" will feature
Wyclef Jean in New York City, George Clooney in Los Angeles, and
CNN's Anderson Cooper reporting from Haiti, as well as 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, and
Muhammad Ali. "Hope for Haiti Now" will also include performances
by Wyclef Jean, Madonna, Bruce Springsteen, Jennifer Hudson, Mary
J. Blige, Shakira, and Sting in New York City; Alicia Keys,
Christina Aguilera, Dave Matthews, John Legend, Justin Timberlake,
Stevie Wonder, Taylor Swift, Emeline Michel and a group performance
by Keith Urban, Kid Rock, and Sheryl Crow in Los Angeles; and
Beyonce, Coldplay, and a group performance by Bono, The Edge,
Jay-Z, and Rihanna in London. "Hope for Haiti Now," will benefit
Oxfam America, Partners in Health, the Red Cross, UNICEF, United
Nations World Food Programme, Yele Haiti Foundation, and the newly
formed Clinton Bush Haiti Foundation. Proceeds from "Hope for Haiti
Now" will be split among each organization's individual funds for
Haiti earthquake relief. With the exception of the Clinton Bush
Haiti Fund, each partner organization was selected for its history
of operation and collaboration within the NGO community in Haiti.
"Hope for Haiti Now" will air across 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 will be live streamed online
globally across sites including YouTube, Hulu, MySpace, Facebook,
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. "Hope for Haiti Now" will also air
internationally on BET International, CNN International, National
Geographic, and MTV Networks International, which is available in
640 million homes worldwide. "Hope for Haiti Now" will be available
non-exclusively to all terrestrial radio stations around the globe
and SIRIUS XM Radio as a one time only radio broadcast via the MTV
Radio Network and Westwood One. Based on production needs and venue
sizes, all "Hope for Haiti Now" studio locations will be closed to
the media. Photos, pool video footage and talent interviews from
"Hope for Haiti Now" will be serviced to news outlets immediately
following the event. "Hope for Haiti Now" is produced by Joel
Gallen and Tenth Planet Productions, in collaboration with Viacom's
MTV Networks and George Clooney. About MTV Networks MTV Networks, a
division of Viacom (NYSE:VIANYSE:VIA.B), is one of the world's
leading creators of entertainment content, with brands that engage
and connect diverse audiences across television, online, mobile,
games, virtual worlds and consumer products. The company's
portfolio spans more than 150 television channels and 400 digital
media properties worldwide, and includes MTV, VH1, CMT, Logo,
Harmonix, Nickelodeon, Nick at Nite, Nick Jr., TeenNick,
AddictingGames, Neopets, COMEDY CENTRAL, SPIKE, TV Land, Atom,
GameTrailers, and Xfire. DATASOURCE: MTV Networks CONTACT: Carole
Robinson, +1-212-846-8760, , or Mark Jafar, +1-212-846-8961, , both
of MTV Networks; For Anderson Cooper: Shimrit Sheetrit,
+1-310-788-6796, ; For George Clooney: Stan Rosenfield,
+1-310-407-3444, Web Site: http://www.mtv.com/
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