Los Angeles --
Even the Hollywood stars can not be the disaster of Haiti cold: George Clooney (48) stands up for a big TV campaign donations. The show was scheduled for Friday of next week at the U.S. MTV, told Hollywood columnist Roger Friedman.
In a movie event on Wednesday evening in Los Angeles, he had learned from Clooney that the actor, celebrity friends and celebrities for donations Marathon on 22 Wanted to win in January. The rock musician Sting had already been committed, they said. Producer Joel Gallen, who show a similar benefit after the terrorist attacks of 11 September had produced, was also on board.
Many actors and musicians have donated already and their fans called for help. The couple Angelina Jolie and actor Brad Pitt sent the aid organization Doctors Without Borders one million U.S. dollars. Hip-hop star Wyclef Jean has his own charity, "Yele Haiti" in his native Haiti in the field. Even Lindsay Lohan, Jessica Alba, Ben Stiller and talk show star Oprah Winfrey appealed to fans and viewers to donate for the victims.
Through a benefit show, which was broadcast on 30 U.S. TV channels that came in the fall of 2001 on 130 million U.S. dollars in donations for the families of the victims of 11 September together. The tsunami disaster in Southeast Asia in January 2005 brought a lot of stars for a fundraiser on the stage. Even Hurricane Katrina led to a major operation by musicians and actors.
