Angelina Jolie: Support Pakistan Flood Relief

Angelina Jolie is hoping to bring awareness and support to Pakistan’s flood victims.

The floods have already displaced nearly 20 million residents but has not received as much media attention as the Haitian earthquake.

“It is getting hard for people — they see Haiti, they see these other events … and they get exhausted by the time another big one rolls around,” Angelina said (via THR).

Pakistanis deal with “mass death, mass displacement,” she added, “and this situation is going to get worse.”

Ang added that she may visit Pakistan when “the cameras go away”.

To learn how you can help, visit RedCross.org.

Wyclef Jean Debuts New Campaign Ad For Haiti Presidential Bid

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Danny Glover Loses His Mind – Equates Haitian Earthquake to WWII Bombing!

Danny Glover added that what was needed was another Marshall Plan - which the USA used to help Europe rebuild after WWII. Of course today most Europeans dispise the USA forgetting who bailed them out and fought for them.   If it wasn’t for the USA, Canada, Australia, and Russia all those Englishmen, Frenchmen, Dutch, and Italians would be speaking German and wearing swastikas. Maybe Danny Glover thinks the USA owes Haiti something?   Like its our fault that Haiti is the poorest nation in the West? I don’t think so.   And I surely hope Haitians will appreciate all that is being done for them by the USA and other Western Nations.  Photo: Fame Pictures

Today On The Internet: Sue’s CornerCelebuzz

You guys ready for this? Check out the best of the best of what’s buzzing around the ‘net today. You WON’T be sorry:
Glee’s Sue Sylvester (Jane Lynch) something to say about the gays in her latest edition of “Sue’s Corner” — stop being so dang sneaky! (Buzzfeed)

Some super cool celebrities who are auctioning off some of their handmade crafts to help Haiti. Check it out! (Crafts For A Cause)

Everything you need to know about the Sandra Bullock cheating scandal in 100 seconds. (Videogum)

George Bush thinks Haitians are icky! (Dlisted)

Super Mario Brothers sushi is sorta, kinda, amazing. …

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Kris Allen Visits Haiti

Kris Allen Visits Haiti

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Jay-Z Calls Original ‘We Are The World’ ‘Untouchable’

‘I think it’s great, but ‘We are the World’ is [musically] untouchable, like ‘Thriller’ ‘ Jay-Z says during NBA All-Star weekend.
By Shaheem Reid

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DALLAS — “We Are the World: 25 for Haiti,” the all-star remake of the classic 1985 charity single, premiered on Friday night during the Winter Olympics opening ceremony. The song features dozens of today’s biggest musical artists, ranging from Kanye West and Pink to Barbra Streisand and Tony Bennett, and unlike the original, it also features a large number of rappers. However, the genre’s biggest star said that to him, musically speaking, nothing could ever come close to the original.

“I have a interesting take on that,” Jay-Z said Saturday at the annual “2 Kings” dinner, which was sponsored by Sprite and Bing and took place during NBA All-Star weekend. “I know everybody is gonna take this wrong: ‘We Are the World,’ I love it, and I understand the point and think it’s great. But I think ‘We Are the World’ is like [Michael Jackson's] ‘Thriller’ to me. I don’t ever wanna see it touched. I’m a fan of music. I know the plight and everything that’s going on in Haiti. I applaud the efforts: [Millions have been raised] through text [donations] to Haiti. So I appreciate the efforts and everything, but ‘We are the World’ is [musically] untouchable like ‘Thriller’ is untouchable. Some things are just untouchable. It was a valiant effort, but for me, it’s gonna be untouchable.”

Jay said he felt that a new song should have been written instead of re-creating the 1985 classic.

“I would have loved that idea better,” he said. “As everyone knows, I have tremendous respect for Quincy Jones. Of course, I think he’s genius, as everyone else does. [But] I think it’s time for us to make a new [song]. I tried to do that with ‘Stranded,’ the song Jay, Rihanna and U2′s Bono and the Edge premiered at the ‘Hope for Haiti Now’ telethon]. I didn’t try to make ‘We Are the World,’ but I tried to make our take on how we felt.”

In fact, Jay and LeBron James spent the early part of Saturday giving back in Dallas. They visited a local Boys & Girls Club and gave out not just scholarships, but words of advice and inspiration telling the kids to pursue their dreams.

The “2 Kings” dinner and afterparty was held at the W Hotel in Dallas. Diddy, Mario Lopez, Terrell Owens, Magic Johnson, Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones and Major League Baseball Hall of Famer Dave Winfield were among those who attended.

What do you think of Jay’s comments? Do you like “We Are the World: 25 for Haiti,” or should a new song have been created for the benefit?

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The Fiercest, Fabulousest, Glitteriest Olympian Johnny Weir Battle with ‘Crazy Fur People’

…has produced the best wire report maybe ever. Johnny Weir has to stay in the Olympic Village with all the funky Eastern Europeans and people who don’t speak awesome because he is being threatened by fur activists…for being fierce.

Johnny Weir is terrified of the same passionate furpeople who like to throw paint on catwalks and pie Michael Kors because Canada’s full of crazies who show up to the Olympics that might wild out or something and who definitely send him crazy angry letters. Vogued Weir:

“All these crazy fur people definitely changed my mind. Security wise, staying in a hotel would be very difficult,” Weir told reporters after turning up for an 0800 news conference sporting a striking red and white silk scarf looped around his neck and with his nails manicured.

That’s an actual quote, with actual context (“a striking red and white silk scarf,” Reuters?), from a wire report. And if you can’t trust an Olympian whose style icons include Dr. Frank N. Furter and Liberace, who can you trust? Weir’s actually switched to faux before after receiving death threats and the like, but never renounced the Real McCoy, and now appears to have crossed the threshold again. This man’s safety must be protected.

“I decided to stay in the village and my team has made it as comfortable as possible. I don’t want any outside influences to hurt my chances here. Even though I’m not always comfortable rooming with somebody or being in a communal village sort of situation, it’s what I’ve got to deal with.” The American figure skater had talked about staying in a hotel because he didn’t enjoy his experience in the Olympic village four years ago.

Your passe, pedestrian, protie Olympic Villages simply aren’t fab enough for Johnny Weir, bottom line. So instead Johnny Weir is rooming with Olympic Ice Dancer Tanith Belbin, who will help Weir do Weir things, like, I don’t know, eat brunch? He’s also spruced up his previously underwhelming pad:

The self-styled diva makes no secret of liking his own space and creature comforts but for the second Winter Games in succession, he has been forced to “rough it” — albeit in a room lit with scented candles and decorated with pink bath mats.

Also, via the AP, this:

Weir is sharing a room with American ice dancer Tanith Belbin, which will feature “our icon,” Lady Gaga, on the wall. “She needs to be there watching over us, protecting us,” Weir said.

Our Lady of the Immaculate Penis will indeed protect you, Johnny. But all of this begs the question: What the fuck is the big deal on either side that this warrants death threats and/or standing your ground like Weir? Weir notes that fur activists find the Olympics prime time to get their cause out in the spotlight, and are capitalizing on Weir for their cause.

Well, yes. Exactly.

But on the other hand, Weir’s got a significant bone to pick, and we’re not talking about Lady Gaga’s penis:

“There are humans dying everyday. There are thousands if not millions of homeless people in New York City. Look at what just happened in Haiti. I tend to focus my energy, if there is a cause, on humans. While that may be callous and bad of me, it’s my choice.”

While it’s not the “eat it, bitches” I wanted to hear: well, yes. Exactly.

No, Johnny, they can’t read your Poker Face, ’cause you’re gonna keep rocking that fur, and in spite of the assholes putting death threats his way, can you blame him?

Tell ‘em, girl. Requisite video of Johnny Walker/Lady Gaga fabulousness in action:

How can you not like this person?*

Previously: That Dude Geigh?

*I have no doubt some of you humorless awfuls will find a way. And for that, I’m sorry. For you.

‘We Are The World’ Soloists Lil Wayne, Pink Take Cues From The Original

For the Haiti-benefiting remake, Mary J. Blige channels Tina Turner and Celine Dion includes a Cyndi Lauper-esque vocal run.
By Maura Johnston

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Lil Wayne performs during the “We Are the World: 25 for Haiti” recording session


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“We Are the World” and its Haiti-benefiting remake both brought a galaxy of pop stars under one roof for charity. Put the two songs side by side, and you can see why certain singers were offered verses that were originally laid down by some of the 1980s’ most prominent musicians.

The most talked-about torch-passing in the days leading up to the song’s release was Lil Wayne being given a verse originally ad-libbed by rock icon Bob Dylan. Wayne and Dylan’s voices share a distinctly buzzy quality, although in the finished product Weezy’s delivery was smoothed over by Auto-Tune and backed by Carlos Santana’s furious guitar playing.

But from the first verse — in which Justin Bieber takes over for “We Are the World” co-writer Lionel Richie to sing “There comes a time/ When we heed a certain call” — to the song’s ending, in which Wyclef Jean toasts Haiti over the song’s chorus fading out, there are other notable vocal parallels.

Jennifer Hudson more than ably performed a verse originally sung by Stevie Wonder; Pink, singing a line originally taken on by former Journey lead singer Steve Perry, played up the rock elements of her gritty voice; and Mary J. Blige paid tribute to pioneering R&B singer Tina Turner with her take on Turner’s 1985 performance.

The big-voiced Celine Dion was given a verse originally wailed by outlandish pop star Cyndi Lauper, who ad-libbed an octave-leaping “whoa, whoa, whoa” in the lead-in to her verse, and Dion paid dutiful homage to that iconic vocal run.

Barbra Streisand stepped in for a fellow diva, Diana Ross, on the lines “There’s a choice we’re making/ We’re saving our own lives/ It’s true we’ll make a better day, just you and me.” And Miley Cyrus sang a line originally performed by Dionne Warwick with pitch-perfect inflection.

Two singers paid homage to vocalists who appeared on the 1985 version of the track: Adam Levine used his verse to channel Stevie Wonder (Levine’s verse was performed originally by pop/rock singer Kenny Loggins), and Jamie Foxx re-created some of the ad-libs performed by soul pioneer Ray Charles. That’s nothing new for Foxx, since he won an Oscar for his portrayal of the pianist/singer in the 2004 film “Ray.”

Finally, the late Michael Jackson’s vocal contributions to “We Are the World” remained intact, with his sister Janet singing along to the tracks he laid down for the song’s original release. Jackson co-wrote the song with Richie in 1985.

Learn more about what you can do to help with earthquake-relief efforts in Haiti, and for more information, see Think MTV. Visit HopeForHaitiNow.org or call (877) 99-HAITI to make a donation now.

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‘ROUND THE TENTS (DAY 2): CHRIS BROWN / NAOMI / ANGELA / ESTELLE / KEKE / DIGGY

Mercedes Benz Fashion Week (Day 2) was filled with celebrities attending various Runway shows. Check out some of the top flicks from Friday (February 12), including pics from Naomi Campbell’s ‘Fashion for Relief (Haiti)” show – where singers Chris Brown and Estelle walked the runway.

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