Haiti telethon brings at least $58 million

They're still counting up the figures, but estimates show George Clooney's organized celebrity telethon for Haiti brought in at least $58 million. The "Hope for Haiti Now" album also set the record for the biggest one-day album pre-order in iTunes.

The entertainment community banded together, hoping to make a difference for an island nation in ruins, with "Hope for Haiti Now."

Last Friday's telethon raised tens of millions of dollars for Haiti's earthquake victims. Sigourney Weaver told me she was privileged to be a part of such an important event.

"The desire to help and the compassion and the desire to reach out was just so profound and I think it was very moving to be with all those other actors taking those calls," said Weaver.

Some of the biggest names in acting and in music volunteered their time and their talent for "Hope for Haiti Now."

At Saturday night's Screen Actors Guild Awards, I learned their showbiz peers are proud of what the entertainment world is capable of accomplishing.

"Our profession no matter how much smack you want to talk about, they step up to the plate," said Bullock. "If you think about it our profession can afford to give it up easier than any other profession. We need to give up what we get so generously. That's what it's there for, give it back."

"Hope for Haiti Now" turned into a global outpouring of support for a country in crisis.

The compassion came from all over for a two-hour moment to remember. And thanks to some famous faces who cared enough to get involved, there's now big money to aid the people who need it.

"It's not about our status, title, trophy, it's about your heart," said actress Mo'Nique. "So if everybody has a heart, Haiti will stand."

相關(guān)中文新聞報(bào)道：好萊塢全明星為海地籌款超5800萬(wàn)（摘自廣州日?qǐng)?bào)）

到昨日為止，從上周五開始的好萊塢全明星“關(guān)愛海地賑災(zāi)行動(dòng)”為海地災(zāi)民捐款活動(dòng)已籌得善款超過(guò)5800萬(wàn)美元。這創(chuàng)造了救災(zāi)募捐活動(dòng)的一個(gè)新的紀(jì)錄，而這次海地募捐活動(dòng)現(xiàn)場(chǎng)的原聲記錄專輯也創(chuàng)造了iTunes歷史上單日預(yù)售的最高紀(jì)錄。

當(dāng)日開始的“Hope for Haiti Now”為海地災(zāi)民捐款活動(dòng)有上百位明星參與，包括男星喬治·克魯尼（發(fā)起者之一）、麥當(dāng)娜、賈斯汀·汀布萊克、泰勒·斯威福特、碧昂斯、Jay-Z、茱莉亞·羅伯茨、萊昂納多·迪卡普里奧、梅麗爾·斯特里普、妮可·基德曼、羅伯特·帕丁森、湯姆·漢克斯等。

據(jù)為這場(chǎng)晚會(huì)提供協(xié)助的“娛樂產(chǎn)業(yè)基金會(huì)”總裁麗莎·保爾森介紹，包括美國(guó)廣播公司和全國(guó)廣播公司在內(nèi)的六大電視臺(tái)轉(zhuǎn)播了這場(chǎng)長(zhǎng)達(dá)兩小時(shí)的電視晚會(huì)，共有1610萬(wàn)觀眾收看。如果再加上音樂電視（MTV）、有線電視新聞網(wǎng)和VH1等在內(nèi)的收視人數(shù)，收看這場(chǎng)轉(zhuǎn)播的電視觀眾還要多。美國(guó)廣播公司的收視率高達(dá)460萬(wàn)人次，為多年來(lái)的最高收視紀(jì)錄。

此外，這場(chǎng)晚會(huì)還是使用iTune多媒體平臺(tái)的各國(guó)網(wǎng)民關(guān)注度最高的節(jié)目。由于主辦方只開放一天時(shí)間供網(wǎng)民預(yù)訂晚會(huì)原聲記錄專輯，網(wǎng)站幾乎癱瘓。

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