Top stars join US tsunami TV show

[emad]

BBC

Brad Pitt, Robert De Niro and Hugh Grant have been added to the line-up for a two-hour US TV special to raise money for victims of the Asian tsunami.
Andy Garcia, Lucy Liu, Natalie Portman and Jay Leno are also among the new names for Saturday's Tsunami Aid.

They will join A-list singers Madonna, Sir Elton John, Nelly and Usher plus actors Kevin Spacey, Halle Berry and George Clooney on the NBC broadcast.

Viewers will be urged to phone in to make donations throughout the night.

Norah Jones, Diana Ross, Stevie Wonder, Maroon 5, Mary J Blige and Eric Clapton will give musical performances on the show described as "A Concert of Hope".
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/4173601.stm

[AngryAmish]

1. It'll be almost as cool as "Hands Across America"!!!

[fertilizeonarbusto]

2. hee, hee

Much better than the lineup at the coronation.

[underpants]

3. Let's compare this to the "talent" line up for W's inauguration

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x2950200

America's Future Rocks Today will now feature a decidedly more wholesome lineup of singers, including teen queen Duff, up-and-comer JoJo, Gloria Estefan (news), 3 Doors Down and 2003 American Idol champ Ruben Studdard (news). The two-hour event, held at the D.C. Armory Stadium Complex, will also feature video clips and "guest speakers" (Mom and Dad perhaps?).


In addition to the music acts, former Frasier star Kelsey Grammer (news), comedian Ben Stein and New York Giant football player Jason Sehorn will make appearances at inaugural-related events on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.

[Zuni]

4. Ruben Stoddard?

sounds....great

[russian33]

6. well, Jason Sehorn got a lot of free time on his hands....

..so guess he's partying up :)

go PATS!

[Richardo]

5. I'm sure this won't be a tasteless, overproduced, maudlin treacle-fest...

:eyes:

C'mon people, do you REALLY need to be 'entertained' by this over-hyped crap to be motivated to contribute to the victims one of the worst natural disasters ever?

'Tsunami Aid'.

For Christ's sake. :grr:

[russian33]

7. The 9/11 telethon wasn't tasteless, overproduced, maudlin treacle-fest

and it raised a lot of money

[Richardo]

8. I wouldn't know - I refused to watch it.

Why is this crap necessary? I find it offensive.

[russian33]

9. Ok, i'm not following

You can consider it tasteless, to each its own (even though if you brand it tasteless, without watching it...isn't that similar to people decrying Michael Moore's film without watching it?)...But offensive? What's the offensive part? Some people, whose faces are recognized world wide, take some time to appeal to other people to donate for a good and necessary cause...I trully don't see the big deal. Yes, you are probably the type that doesn't have to be asked to donate...and I applaud you...but there are those, the ones that salivate at Brad Pitt's divorce, that might need that extra kick...

[Richardo]

11. Here's my take:

...but there are those, the ones that salivate at Brad Pitt's divorce, that might need that extra kick... That's one of the offensive parts.

Spending two hours watching this supposed 'talent' stumble and mumble their way through misread cue cards, then break for those oh so manufactured, dramatically lit emotional song stylings offends me.
Will Elton have yet ANOTHER version of 'Candle in the Wind' for us to sob to?

Why not just take all the money it takes to produce the damned thing and donate THAT to the cause?

[bobbobbins]

10. Elton John and Madonna together...maybe there will be a cat fight

[johnnie]

12. All these librul, left winged commie idiots should just stfu

Stay in Hollyweird people, we don't want to hear from you!

How was that? Did I sound like some people you know?