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Leonardo DiCaprio Donates $1 Million For Haiti Relief

Actor’s money will go to near-term and long-term earthquake recovery through Clinton Bush Haiti Fund. By Jocelyn Vena Leonardo DiCaprio Photo: Sean Gallup/GettyImages Leonardo DiCaprio has donated $1 million to the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund. The actor, who will be on hand Friday night (January 22) for MTV’s “Hope for Haiti Now: A Global Benefit for Earthquake Relief” telethon, is the latest Hollywood A-lister to donate a large amount to help Haiti’s recovery after last Tuesday’s 7.0 earthquake

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George Clooney Marvels At All-Star ‘Hope For Haiti’ Phone Bank

‘They’re all coming up not to be on TV, but simply to answer the phones,’ he says of telethon, which airs Friday at 8 p.m.

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Who Does This Car Belong To?

We spotted this gold Cadillac Escalade parked in Manchester, England today, which is pretty freaking ridiculous with its matching rims, tinted windows and blacked out lights.

George Clooney’s Hope For Haiti Benefit

George Clooney has taken the helm organizing a star-studded benefit to raise funds for victims of the earthquake in Haiti.

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Madonna, Bill Clinton, Many More Join ‘Hope For Haiti’ Lineup

Participants include President Bill Clinton, Brad Pitt, Julia Roberts, Leonardo DiCaprio, Meryl Streep, Robert Pattinson, Tom Hanks and Will Smith.

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Wyclef Calls Haiti’s Situation An ‘Apocalypse’

Singer tells Fox News that his native country is in a state of emergency. By Gil Kaufman A day after rushing to Haiti to help with recovery efforts following Tuesday’s devastating 7.0 earthquake , Wyclef Jean told Fox News Channel’s Bill Hemmer that the situation on the ground is dire. Watch the latest news video at video.foxnews.com “This is apocalypse,” said Jean during a special report with Bret Baier about the utter destruction of the capital city of Port-Au-Prince, where first responders were struggling to deal with the reported thousands trapped under mounds of rubble from the worst earthquake to hit the impoverished Caribbean nation in two centuries.

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Haiti Airports, Waterways Overwhelmed By Earthquake Relief Efforts

Flights into the island nation have been temporarily halted due to a lack of fuel. By Jayson Rodriguez Rubble from a destroyed church in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on Thursday Photo: Joe Raedle/ Getty Images International aid has been pouring in to Haiti on Thursday (January 14) as government officials struggled to overcome the aftereffects of the devastating earthquake that struck the country earlier this week

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Book: John Edwards and Bill Clinton are Cheaters; Harry Reid is a Racist; Sarah Palin is Not Smart

The 2008 U.S. presidential election is over and done with, but a new book called Game Change by New York Magazine ‘s John Heilemann and Time ‘s Mark Halperin has stirred up a lot of interesting gossip about the most recent White House race. While not providing that much truly new or startling, the book has offered tremendous fodder for national political conversation.

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Book: John Edwards and Bill Clinton are Cheaters; Harry Reid is a Racist; Sarah Palin is Not Smart

Jimmy Kimmel, David Letterman Weigh In On Conan/Leno War

‘Hello, I’m Jay Leno, and I’m taking over all the shows in late night,’ Kimmel jokes. By Kyle Anderson Jimmy Kimmel Photo: John M

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Wyclef Jean Urges Quick Earthquake Relief In Haiti

Singer’s native country is said to be in dire straits after 7.0 quake strikes near Port-au-Prince. By Gil Kaufman Wyclef Jean (file) Photo: MTV News In the wake of the Tuesday’s devastating 7.0 earthquake in Haiti, singer Wyclef Jean has issued an urgent plea for help for his struggling homeland. “Haiti today faced a natural disaster of unprecedented proportion, an earthquake unlike anything the country has ever experienced,” Jean wrote on his Web site of the island nation, which is one of the most impoverished countries in the Western Hemisphere

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