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Rob and the “Hope for Haiti” Telethon — January 22nd 8pm ET
January 19th, 2010 | filed in: Internet/Bloggers, Press, Site News, Television

As it has been confirmed that Rob will participate in the “Hope for Haiti” telethon on Friday, January 22nd at 8pm ET, we have decided to make this post your one-stop for major efforts in fund raising for Haiti. We will also include Rob’s portion of the telethon on here soon after it has aired in case you missed it!


Robert Pattinson – Hope For Haiti Now Appearance
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9:01 EST – Robert Pattinson talks about how the tragedy in Haiti has brought the world together, and how it’s up to all of us to help out.


Hope
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Rob’s Speech Transcript

“Underneath a flattened university, Maxine Fallon waited. She was crouched in a fetal position and could barely move. In the darkness and during the hectic sounds of the day, through the pain, the hunger and thrist, she prayed that someone would find her. And on the sixth day her prayers were answered, she was found because of a text message from the rubble sent rescuers to her side. Unlike any other event in history, our world has been connected to this tragedy because of technology. Twitter updates, Facebook pages with pictures of the missing and text messages for help. This technology is working right now to connect us, too. At hopeforhaitinow.org, you can donate and you can instantly interact with people in Haiti and anywhere in the globe. Join with those watching and see what they’re saying about something we all care deeply about — helping the Haitian people get back on their feet. Please go to hopeforhaitinow.org. Thank you.”

Everything You Need to Know:

Hope for Haiti Now: A Global Benefit for Earthquake Relief airs Friday at 8 p.m. ET/PT and 7 p.m. CT on MTV and all MTV networks with no commercial interruptions. The event will also be streaming live on MTV.com. For those in Latin America, the telecast airs at 7:00 p.m. in Mexico, 8:00 p.m. in Colombia and 10:00 p.m. in Argentina.

More than one hundred celebrities including Madonna, President Bill Clinton, Brad Pitt, Julia Roberts, Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert Pattinson, Tom Hanks, Meryl Streep, John Stewart, Nicole Kidman, Chris Rock, Halle Berry, Matt Damon, Clint Eastwood, Denzel Washington, and Muhammad Ali will participate in the benefit.

Performances include Beyoncé in London, Madonna in New York City, and Haitian artist Emeline Michel in Los Angeles. Additional performers include Wyclef Jean, Bruce Springsteen, Jennifer Hudson, Mary J. Blige, Shakira, and Sting in New York City; Alicia Keys, Christina Aguilera, Coldplay, Dave Matthews, John Legend, Justin Timberlake, Stevie Wonder, Taylor Swift, a group performance by Keith Urban, Kid Rock, and Sheryl Crow in Los Angeles, and Coldplay, and a group performance by Bono, The Edge, Jay‐Z, and Rihanna in London.

Hope for Haiti Now will benefit Oxfam America, Partners in Health, the Red Cross, UNICEF, United Nations World Food Programme, Yele Haiti Foundation, and the newly formed Clinton Bush Haiti Foundation.

Though the televised event airs Friday at 8 p.m. ET/PT and 7 p.m. CT on MTV and all MTV networks, Hope for Haiti Now will begin accepting donations at 12:00 p.m. ET/9:00 a.m. PT on Friday, January 22 via the following methods:

• Online: www.hopeforhaitinow.org
• Phone: 877‐99‐HAITI
• Text: Text “GIVE” to 50555
• Mail: Hope For Haiti Now Fund, Entertainment Industry Foundation, 1201 West 5th Street, Suite T‐700, Los Angeles, CA 90017

Musical performances from Hope for Haiti Now will be available for purchase and download at the iTunes® Store. On Friday, January 22, iTunes customers can pre‐order the Hope for Haiti Now full performance album and the full two‐hour video telecast. Apple, the record labels and the artists will donate their share of the proceeds to Haiti relief funds managed by “Hope for Haiti Now” charities. Hope for Haiti Now performances will also be available on AmazonMP3 and Rhapsody, with proceeds from those purchases going to Haiti relief funds managed by Hope for Haiti Now charities.

In addition to MTV, Hope for Haiti will air on ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox, CNN, BET, The CW, HBO, VH1, CMT, PBS, TNT, Showtime, Comedy Central, Bravo, E! Entertainment, National Geographic Channel, Oxygen, G4, CENTRIC, Current TV, Fuse, MLB Network, EPIX, Palladia, SoapNet, Style, Discovery Health, Planet Green, CNN en Español, HBO Latino, and Canadian networks including CBC Television, CTV, Global Television, and MuchMusic.

The event will be live streamed online globally across sites including YouTube, Hulu, MySpace, Fancast, AOL, MSN.com, Yahoo, Bing.com, BET.com, CNN.com, MTV.com, VH1.com, and Rhapsody and on mobile via Alltel, AT&T, Sprint, Verizon, and FloTV.

Hope for Haiti Now will also air internationally on BET International, CNN International, National Geographic, and MTV Networks International
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Additionally, the telethon will be available non-exclusively to all terrestrial radio stations around the globe and SIRIUS XM Radio as a one time only radio broadcast via the MTV Radio Network and Westwood One.

Resources to Donate to the Haiti Relief Effort:

SMS Donations (US Residents Only):

  • SMS text “HAITI” to 90999 to donate $10 to Red Cross relief efforts
  • SMS text “YELE” to 501501 to donate $5 to Yele Haiti’s Earthquake Relief efforts
  • SMS text “GIVE10″ to 20222 to donate $10 to Direct Relief
  • SMS text “SUNHAITI<space>10″ to 27138 to donate $10 to the Sundance Film Festival for Haiti Relief

Thank you to Google and The Huffington Post for making relief effort organizations easily accessible!

If you don’t see your organization listed, please leave a comment and we’ll be glad to add it to our list!

The Live Streams Have Been Added!

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