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Hope for Haiti Now: A Global Benefit for Earthquake Relief is scheduled to get underway tonight on nearly every network and cable outlet.

 

The two-hour program is designed to raise funds for the victims of the January 12th earthquake that devastated the country with a death toll nearing an estimated 200,000.

 

Musical guest set to perform are Madonna, Wyclef Jean, Bruce Springsteen, Jennifer Hudson, Mary J. Blige, Shakira, and Sting in New York City; Haitian artist Emeline Michel, Alicia Keys, Christina Aguilera, Dave Matthews, John Legend, Justin Timberlake, Stevie Wonder, Taylor Swift and a group performance by Keith Urban, Kid Rock and Sheryl Crow in Los Angeles; and Beyoncé, Coldplay and a group performance by Bono, The Edge, Jay-Z and Rihanna in London.

 

In addition to musical performances Wyclef Jean in New York City, George Clooney in Los Angeles, and CNN’s Anderson Cooper reporting from Haiti, Hope for Haiti Now will feature 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 with Muhammad Ali and more than one hundred of the biggest names in film, television, and music.

 

Hope for Haiti Now: A Global Benefit for Earthquake Relief kicks off 8:00 p.m. ET/PT (tape delayed for the West Coast).


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