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Canadian celebs participate in benefit for Haiti

Posted on Friday, Jan. 22, 2010
by Associated Press and Cineplex Entertainment Staff

Canada for Haiti

Some of Canada's biggest stars including Celine Dion, James Cameron and Michael J. Fox will take part in a televised benefit for Haiti.

Film stars who will participate in the January 22 "Canada for Haiti" benefit include Jason Reitman, Ryan Reynolds, William Shatner, Rachelle Lefevre, Joshua Jackson, Pamela Anderson, Eugene Levy, Norman Jewison, Will Arnett and Sandra Oh.

Musicians Justin Bieber, Nelly Furtado, Sarah McLachlan, The Tragically Hip, Barenaked Ladies, Simple Plan and David Foster will also participate.

Hockey star Wayne Gretzky and basketball player Steve Nash will be there as well as Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Gov. Gen. Michaelle Jean, who will have special messages for Canadians.

Following this benefit, efforts in New York, L.A. and London will be televised as part of the George Clooney-organized “Hope for Haiti now: A Global Benefit For Earthquake Relief”.

Drawing support from a slew of music's major players, Jay-Z, U2, Justin Timberlake, Stevie Wonder, Madonna, Beyonce and Coldplay will be performing, along with appearances by hundreds of A-listers, some of whom will even be showing their support by answering phones. CNN's Anderson Cooper will be reporting from Haiti, giving this telethon an impressively global reach.

The two-hour "Hope for Haiti" benefit will be the most widely distributed telethon in history, both internationally and across media platforms, appearing on all the major networks, and niche channels, live-streaming on the web and earning the honour of being the first U.S.-based telethon airing on MTV in China.

"Canada for Haiti", which will be streamed online as well as broadcast via radio, begins at 7pm ET, followed by "Hope for Haiti".

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