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Wyclef would appear to be the ideal pick for Haiti president.
Through his Yele Haiti non-profit organization, Wyclef raised money and advocated for his native Haiti long before hurricanes tore through the country to claim thousands of lives and leave millions homeless.
Then, he participated in the remake of Michael Jackson’s “We Are the World” and televised celebrity-stacked concerts and telethons to raise money for hurricane relief.
But Oscar-winning actor Sean Penn, who has been down in the trenches helping to rebuild Haiti, charges that Wyclef pocketed $400,000 of the money collected through Yele Haiti for hurricane relief, and the actor frowned upon the singer’s run for president of Haiti.
Penn said he “hasn’t seen or heard anything about Wyclef” in the six months he has volunteered in Haiti. However, he witnessed Wyclef’s recent appearance to announce his run for the presidency and disparaged the “vulgar entourage of vehicles” and “obsecene demonstration” of wealth around the poor and homeless in Haiti. Penn said he wants to see a presidential candidate who can “truly sacrifice” for the country.

If what Penn says is true, Wyclef shouldn’t win the presidency just to put a notch in his belt and have free reign to take more money from needy Haitians.

By Teneshia LaFaye

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Fans of the CBS network’s three CSI television shows received a treat when Rock and Roll Hall of Fame band The Who was picked to perform during halftime at Super Bowl XLIV on Sunday.

Many people don’t have a clue who The Who is and so they scratched their heads and wondered, “Who is The Who” when the band was announced as the Super Bowl’s halftime performers.

Well, anyone who has watched an episide of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation has heard The Who’s “Who Are You” during the show’s intro. The Who’s songs “We Don’t Get Fooled Again” and “Baba O’Reilly” are the intros for CSI: Miami and CSI: New York, respectively.

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation theme song from The Who’s “Who Are You”

CSI: Miami theme from The Who’s “We Don’t Get Fooled Again”

CSI: New York theme from The Who’s “Baba O’Reilly”

Incidentally, CBS televised the Super Bowl.

The Who’s “My Generation” ignited the UK band’s career in 1965, and their performance in 1968 at The Woodstock Music and Art Festival catapulted the group’s success in the U.S.

Black Eyed Peas front man will.i.am and Guns N’ Roses guitarist Slash remixed The Who’s “My Generation”, and it is available on Itunes to raise money for Haiti, where a massive earthquake killed 100,000 and left millions homeless in January.

The Who has sold 100 million records and produced 17 top 10 albums in the U.S. The band was enshrined into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990.

After The Who’s magnificent halftime performance, every Super Bowl viewer now should know who The Who is.

By Teneshia LaFaye
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We know that everyone deserves a second chance, and it appears that Chris Brown’s female fans have forgiven him for beating the crap out of his former girlfriend Rihanna a year ago.
Girls and young women blew kisses at the sexy singer and screamed continuously as Chris sang “Crawl” from his new album, Graffiti, and “With You” from his previous album during the SOS: Help for Haiti concert in Miami. The concert was televised live on MTV, BET and VH-1 to raise money for Haiti, where massive earthquakes left 100,000 dead and millions homeless.
The screaming started before he even sang and the noise was so loud that Chris pulled out his ear pieces before beginning his first song.

Before performing, Chris wore a cool “Don’t Hate on Haiti” T-shirt while he mingled with other celebrities in attendance, such as Brian McKnight and L.L. Cool J.

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The stars literally have aligned in Michael Jackson’s favor.
First, the deceased King of Pop was honored on Sunday with a captivating 3-D tribute featuring Celine Dion, Smokey Robinson, Usher, Carrie Underwood and Jennifer Hudson to bestow the Grammys’ Lifetime Achievement Award.
Then, mega singers, rappers and actors united this week to remake “We Are the World”, a song MJ and Lionel Richie co-wrote in 1985 for USA for Africa to address famine in Ethiopia.

An accompanying video for the remake will be produced in 3-D and premiere on Feb. 12 to raise money for Haiti relief. Some of the featured singers are Barbra Streisand, Celine Dion, Gladys Knight, Toni Braxton, Usher, Lady Gaga, Pink, Kanye West, Jennifer Hudson, Lil Wayne, Jordin Sparks, Jeff Bridges, Tyrese and Wyclef Jean, a native of Haiti.

And in another move in Michael’s favor, police finally brought criminal charges against Dr. Conrad Murray, the doctor responsible for Michael Jackson’s fatal prescription overdose last June, and Dr. Murray turned himself in Tuesday.

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Actress Jennifer Aniston and her ex-husband Brad Pitt appeared at the L.A. site for the “Hope for Haiti” telethon on Friday to join dozens of big-name celebrities in the phone banks to express gratitude to callers who donated during the live televised fundraiser.
Angelina Jolie was not there, but Jen and Brad kept their distance.
By now, it should be common knowledge that Brad hooked up with Angelina during filming of Mr. and Mrs. Smith in 2005 while he was still married to Jennifer Aniston. I knew Brad and Angie would end up together as soon as I saw the promo poster for Mr. and Mrs. Smith.
Incidentally, Jen has followed Brangelina’s example by giving $500,000 to Haiti relief this week.
Brad and Angelina, who are raising six natural and adopted kids, gave $1 million to Haiti shortly after a massive earthquake hit the Caribbean island and killed 100,000 and left millions homeless and without food earlier this month.

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Actress Jessica Biel is still Justin Timberlake’s girlfriend in spite of the many, many breakup rumors. They began dating shortly after his split with actress Cameron Diaz in 2007, and at the time, Cameron wasn’t pleased to see Justin with Jessica.
But the former ‘N Snyc frontman and Cameron made amends while appearing at the L.A. site for the “Hope For Haiti Now” telethon Friday to raise money for the victims of the Haiti earthquakes that killed at least 100,000 and left many more without food or shelter earlier this month.
The telethon raised $57 million for Haiti relief efforts as Justin, Madonna, Jay-Z, Beyonce, Rihanna, U2’s Bono, Taylor Swift, Kid Rock and many other musical artists took turns at the microphone. Cameron Diaz was among the many actors, including Julia Roberts, Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt and Tyrese, who manned the phone lines to express gratitude to callers who donated during the telethon.
Justin, Harvard University’s 2010 Man of the Year, sang “Hallelujah” with his Mickey Mouse Clubmate Matt Morris. The song has been downloaded on Itunes more than any other from the telethon and is No. 2 on Itunes’ singles chart.

It’s amazing that Justin is able to raise money for the needy and make peace at the same time. Those are qualities of a leader.

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Jay-Z and Beyonce were among the musical artists to perform Friday for the “Hope for Haiti Now” telethon that raised $57 million for food, shelter, medical assistance and rebuilding efforts in Haiti, where two massive earthquakes left 100,000 dead and millions homeless and hungry.
Yet, Jay and B, Forbes magazine’s highest earning celebrity couple for the second consecutive year with a combined $122 million between June 2008 and June 2009, have not been mentioned among the celebrities that have given large contributions to Haiti.
However, celeb couple Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie and fellow actors Leonardo DiCaprio and Sandra Bulllock each gave $1 million. Madonna, who also performed on Hope for Haiti Now, chipped in $250,000.
Brazilian model Giselle Bundchen, the highest paid supermodel last year and the new wife of NFL quarterback Tom Brady, gave a whopping $1.5 million to Haiti.
But Jay-Z and Beyonce, who secretly married in 2008 after dating on the down low for six years, have only lent their talents to raise money for Haiti. On the Haiti relief telethon Friday, Jay-Z joined Rihanna and U2’s Bono for the song “Stranded” and Beyonce sang her hit song, “Halo”, and substituted “Haiti” for “Baby” in her verses, “Baby, I can see your halo. You know you’re my saving grace”.
With Coldplay’s Chris Martin playing the piano, Beyonce sang,”You’re everything we need and more. It’s written all of your face. Haiti we can see your halo. I pray you wont fade away.”

The day after the Haiti telethon, Jay and B were photographed dining in a restaurant in Paris, and they were spotted leaving the Nice, France airport on Sunday.
While I respect they took the time to help raise money for Haiti, it would be nice to know if the power couple made any significant contributions to the hungry, homeless victims in Haiti.
Maybe, Jay-Z and Beyonce and other celebrities will step forward and give now that Haiti contributions will be tax write-offs for 2009.
To give $10 to Haiti through the American Red Cross, text HAITI to 90999 or give $5 to Haitian American artist Wyclef Jean’s non-profit Yele Haiti by texting YELE to 501501. My teen son and I each contributed to both charities.

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Rihanna appears to be fully recovered from her humiliation nearly a year ago after the public found out about her physical abuse at the hands of her then-boyfriend and now ex Chris Brown.
After numerous interviews at the end of the year to help young girls learn from her experience, Rihanna used her voice to help millions of NBC viewers ring in New Year’s.

Then she spent the first couple weeks of 2010 with her new boyfriend, L.A. Dodgers outfielder Matt Kemp, relaxing in Mexico and attending NBA games.
Now, the Barbados-born singer has turned her attention to the Haiti crisis, where two massive earthquakes hit earlier this month to kill an estimated 100,000 and leave millions hungry and homeless.
Appearing on The Oprah Show on Wednesday, Rihanna sang Bob Marley’s “Redemption Song” to draw attention to the suffering in Haiti, which is not far from her Caribbean homeland. Rihanna’s version of the song can be purchased on Itunes, and the proceeds will go to Haiti relief.
Rihanna said Marley’s song helped her get through difficult problems in her life. Ironically, Oprah sent a message to Rihanna that “he will hit you again” when she went back to Chris Brown last February after a photo of her battered face was leaked to the media. But Oprah didn’t mention the incident when Rihanna appeared on the show Wednesday.
Then on Friday, Rihanna teamed with Jay-Z and U2’s Bono to sing “Stranded” during the networks’ “Hope for Haiti Now” telethon to raise money for Haiti relief efforts.

So Rihanna recovered from her personal pity party just in time to use her talents to lift the spirits of others.

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When Kanye West is in a music sound room, there’s no doubt he’s going to produce a No. 1 hit song for himself or another artist.
But when he steps to the microphone at a live event, there’s no telling what he’s going to say, and judging from Kanye’s history, it’s not good. Remember his 2005 Grammys acceptance speech. NBC’s Hurricane Katrina relief telethon in which he said “George Bush doesn’t care about black people.” The Taylor Swift/MTV Video Music Awards fiasco. And a few other public outbursts.
So Kanye West is being banned from joining other celebrities at 8 p.m. Eastern Friday during MTV’s “Hope For Haiti” fundraising concert to raise money for the victims in Haiti, where two massive earthquakes in less than two weeks have left millions homeless, hungry or dead.
Haitian American hip hop artisit Wyclef Jean and Oscar-winning actor George Clooney are hosting the event. Rihanna, U2’s Bono, Jay-Z, Coldplay, Bruce Springsteen are some of the dozens of big names who will perform.
Rihanna and Jay-Z will perform a new song called “Stranded”. Last year, Kanye West was making the rounds with Rihanna and Jay-Z to perform their hit song, “Run This Town”. But after Kanye’s VMA outburst, he gave a final performance with Jay-Z and Rihanna on The Jay Leno Show and announced that he would take time off to self reflect because he never properly grieved his mother’s sudden death from a botched cosmetic surgery in 2007.
So far, Kanye has kept his word and laid low.
And I think he would be a helper rather than a hindrance if he were allowed to participate in the Haiti fundraiser based on how he has kept his mouth shut for going on three months and spent the Christmas holidays serving food to L.A.’s homeless with his model girlfriend Amber Rose by his side.

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It’s no secret to Michael Jackson fans that he was very generous to the needy and sick children.
In 2000, the King of Pop was crowned King of Charity by the Guiness Book of World Records for donating more money to charity than any pop star. He donated to 39 different organizations, including Camp Ronald McDonald, Juvenile Diabetes Association and Make-A-Wish Foundation. He also had his own charities, such as Heal The World and Heal The World Kids.
And of course, MJ co-wrote the chart-topping, Grammy Award winning charity song “We Are The World” with Lionel Richie in 1986.

Dozens of legendary singers lent their voices to “We Are The World” to provide hope and to encourage everyone to “start giving” to charity and make the world a better place for every human being because “we are all part of God’s great big family” and by giving “we’re saving our own lives”.

There’s no doubt that Michael Jackson would be helping out in Haiti, where a massive earthquake left at least 100,000 dead and millions homeless last week, if he had not died from a doctor-induced drug overdose in June.
Michael and his pop star little sister Janet Jackson were reportedly supposed to perform in Haiti in 2008, and former U.S. president Bill Clinton praised Michael during a summer trip to Haiti following the King of Pop’s death.
Janet Jackson is actively seeking donations for the victims in Haiti through her Twitter page. She tweeted “$8 can feed a child for a whole month” and gave three options for giving.
- Call 1-800-HELP-NOW
- Text “Haiti” to 90999 to donate $10 to the American Red Cross
- Text “Yele” to 501501 to donate $5 to Haitian American hip hop star Wyclef’s Yele Haiti non-profit organization.

Michael Jackson would be proud to know that his sister is stepping up in his place along with many other celebrities, such as George Clooney, Diddy, Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie and supermodel Gisele Bundchen. U.S. President Barack Obama has pledged $100 million toward Haiti relief.
But Michael Jackson would say that it shouldn’t just be left up to celebrities to help in the Haiti crisis. This is a world issue and everybody should chip in whatever they can, even $5, $8 or $10.
In MJ’s This Is It movie, he stated, “Everybody says, ‘Oh they’ll take care of it. The government will intervene.’ But it starts with us.”
Say what you want about his personal life, but Michael Jackson would be right there in Haiti lending a hand because he believed in loving each other and doing what you can to help your fellow man, even if the person is in another land.

By Teneshia LaFaye
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