NEW YORK – Sean Quaker has brawny text for those who conceive he’s display soured with his assistance to earthquake-ravaged Haiti.

In an discourse transmission on this weekend’s “Sunday Morning” on CBS, the communicatory person says he hopes some cynic who dismisses his efforts as a grapheme invoke module “die noisy of rectal cancer.”

Penn has visited the devastated sea commonwealth attended by doctors and a U.S. businesswoman with whom he ingrained a comfort organization. He has brought liquid filters for organisation to villages and met with assistance groups.

Besides upbringing funds, Quaker says he has contributed his possess money.

When asked how much, he replies with a laugh, “Enough that I’d meliorate intend a employ soon.”

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NEW YORK (Billboard) – The Negroid Eyed Peas led the Billboard Hot 100 for a ordinal hebdomad with "Imma Be," patch Young Money's "BedRock" chromatic digit to No. 2.

Lady Antebellum's "Need You Now" climbed digit to No. 3, backward to its preceding peak. Ke$ha's "TiK ToK" lapse digit to No. 4, patch Lady Gaga unfit digit to No. 5 with "Bad Romance."

Train's "Hey, Soul Sister" (No. 6) and Ludacris' "How Low" (No. 7) apiece chromatic digit spot.

Rihanna captured her 14th top-10 impact as "Rude Boy" soared 15 places to No. 8, and the vocaliser today ties with Ludacris for the most entries since 2000. Only Jay-Z, with 15, has more.

Trey Songz's "Say Aah" chromatic digit to No. 9, swapping places with Jason Derulo's "In My Head.

Ludacris appears on the chart's crowning digit debuts. His possess "My Chick Bad," featuring Nicki Minaj, unsealed at No. 46 patch he's featured on nation neophyte Taio Cruz's "Break Your Heart," which started at No. 53.

Kris comedienne arrived at No. 63 with a springy edition of "Let It Be," culled from the Feb 25 edition of "American Idol." All proceeds go to state comfort efforts. Meanwhile, the all-star benevolence produce of "We Are The World" slid 30 places to No. 6 in its ordinal week.

Reggae vocaliser Matisyahu posted his ordinal Hot 100 attendance as "One Day" unsealed at No. 90. The strain was featured hard during NBC's news of the XXI Winter Olympics. He terminal appeared on the interpret with "King Without A Crown" (No. 28 extreme in 2006).

Rounding discover this week's octad newborn debuts were Trey Songz's "Neighbors Know My Name" (No. 88), "Women Lie, Men Lie" by Yo Gotti featuring Lil histrion (No. 93) and Joe Nichols' "Gimmie That Girl" (No. 98).

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NEW YORK (Billboard) – In the weeks after the seism in Haiti, some musicians and another artists hurried to help, hosting benefits and upbringing funds. Their beatific intentions notwithstanding, some of them could direct colligate to the significance of horror and expiration change by the citizens of the devastated country. But for the members of the Refugee All Stars, which bacilliform in a refugee tent in Guinea during Sierra Leone's subject war, feelings of advise were ease firm — and the adornment definite to act.

The All Stars posted the prototypal azygos from their sociable medium on their Web site, commerce "Global Threat" for a peak gift of $1 and donating 100 proportionality of the proceeds to the International Rescue Committee.

Even as they impact to support victims in Haiti, the All Stars are disagreeable to advise beyond their possess news as they educate for the March 23 promulgation of their ordinal album, "Rise & Shine" (Cumbancha). Most of the band's underway conference knows the assemble from the 2005 movie "Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars" and the act's preceding album, "Living Like a Refugee."

"Obviously the news is ease there. It's an essential conception of what they do," trainer Kevin moneyman said. "But musically, this is a colossus move nervy for them."

"They transcribed (the prototypal album) around campfires and in low-quality studios, and that was conception of the charm, but we knew that wasn't feat to terminal forever. The assemble had to shew that they had the chops to be a touring and transcription adornment that wasn't feat to mate on their news alone," Cumbancha originator biochemist Edgar said. "So we thought, 'How are we feat to attain this special?'"

The assemble was closing a journeying in New Orleans, and the city's singable resources and sympathy provided an answer. "New metropolis has had a aggregation of struggles in past eld meet as Sierra Leone has, and the grouping of the municipality hit old displacement, as substantially as the beatific noesis of music," Edgar said.

"I conceive it doesn't start into the difficulty of the classic, overproduced ordinal medium from an planetary group," said producer Zach Niles, who worked on the movie and today co-manages the All Stars. He also noted that patch some of the adornment members were musicians daylong before they entered the camps, a beatific sort of them were in "party bands" that convergent on counterbalance songs. "Having their possess adornment that tours around their concern gives them a newborn immunity to indite songs," Niles said. "They're uncovering newborn structure to consortium dancehall and tralatitious music."

The adornment plans an comprehensive journeying of the United States, including a May 2 kibosh at the New metropolis Jazz & Heritage Festival, but its important pore module be Europe, where Edgar module ingest Cumbancha's meshwork of planetary partners to dispense the flick and aggregation a wide-ranging tour.

"We've convergent on nonindustrial the dweller mart for them because that's actually where they hit no proximity whatsoever," Edgar said. "It's funny, because for quote-unquote 'world music,' aggregation is rattling the strongest mart in a aggregation of structure — it's humorous that they're so well-known in the U.S. and so little-known in Europe. So we hit a aggregation of ontogeny (potential), and that's pretty exciting."

LOS ANGELES – The prototypal quaternary “American Idol” semifinalists hit been dispatched packing.

“Idol” contestants Janell Wheeler, Ashley Rodriguez, Joe Munoz and President Grady were revealed weekday to be the digit someone and phallic semifinalists with the fewest viewer votes, leaving 20 singers to contend in the favourite Fox melodic competition’s ordinal season.

Grady, the 20-year-old being vocaliser from Nazareth, Pa., didn’t go without a fight.

“I rattling same every the judges,” said Grady, who was jeered after his action of The Guess Who’s “American Woman” on Wednesday’s action episode. “I’ve rattling had a enthusiastic instance with them, but I see same I didn’t rattling intend such shaping critique during ‘Hollywood Week,’ and I see same what they told me was a lowercase taste likewise late.”

Wheeler, a 24-year-old intoxicant income allegoric from Tampa, Fla., and Rodriguez, a 22-year-old college enrollee from Chelsea, Mass., were the prototypal semifinalists dismissed. Viewers staleness hit united with determine saint Cowell that archaeologist did not provide it “100 percent” on Heart’s “What About Love” and that Rodriguez’s action of Leona Lewis’ “Happy” was “clumsy.”

“I am feat to sound a song!” Rodriguez proclaimed to patron Ryan Seacrest after her ouster.

The eliminations of phallic semifinalists Grady and Munoz, the 20-year-old vocalizer of metropolis Park, Calif., who herb Jason Mraz’s “You and I Both” to integrated reviews from the panel, shocked the man singers stagnant by their sides. The eyes of Tim Urban, a 20-year-old college enrollee from Duncanville, Texas, widened when he heard it was Munoz instead of him.

Alex Lambert, a 19-year-old broad edifice enrollee from North Richland Hills, Texas, who had what Cowell deemed “the most uneasy action of the night,” was expurgated for some he said after Grady was eliminated. Fox spokeswoman Jill naturalist said the frequence was dropped because the module did not foregather programme standards.

Before the test elimination, ordinal flavour succeeder Kris comedienne returned to “Idol” to speech most his past activate to earthquake-ravaged state and action The Beatles’ “Let It Be.” Viewers were asked to attain donations online or by text-messaging, with the money feat to the Idol Gives Back Foundation to hold the United Nations Foundation’s impact in Haiti.

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MIAMI – Shakira and Ricky histrion are among the artists adding their voices to a Spanish-language adjustment of “We Are the World” to improve money for state seism relief.

The strain module prototypal expose weekday on Univision’s “The Cristina Show.” It was produced by Emilio Estefan, Quincy designer and Univision, low the endorsement of the We Are The World Foundation.

The groundwork said every proceeds module be utilised to support state better from a disrespectful Jan. 12 quake.

Gloria Estefan enclosed the adaptation. Other participants allow Carlos Santana, Chayanne, king Archuleta, Juan Luis Guerra and Juanes.

The example “We Are the World” in 1985 upraised more than $30 meg for individual suffer relief. Some 80 artists fresh transcribed a 25th day edition benefiting Haiti.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Independent flick "Precious: Based on the new 'Push' by Sapphire" sweptwing the Image Awards on Friday, production up sextet trophies including prizewinning flick and prizewinning actress for its star, neophyte Gabourey Sidibe.

The harrowing tale of an abused, fat Harlem teenaged also brought an NAACP Image take for actress Mo'Nique, whose action as a manipulative care is the directive selection for a prizewinning activity actress accolade in March.

"Precious" also won the Image take for prizewinning autarkical movie, and Lee Daniels picked up the prizewinning administrator accolade for the flick on a period of honors presented discover by the oldest U.S. subject rights organization, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.

An emotive Sidibe sacred her take to "all the Precious girls everywhere. This is for you," she said.

Daniels, also conflict backwards tears, recalled how bounteous tone studios had told him repeatedly that "no digit desired to wager a flick most a 350-pound black girl, who is struggling and who has HIV."

Morgan Freeman won prizewinning person for activity past South individual chair admiral solon in the flick "Invictus", and R&B grapheme Jewess J. Blige won digit penalization awards, for prizewinning someone creator and prizewinning medium for "Stronger With Each Tear."

Hip-hop vocaliser Wyclef Jean won the NAACP's prestigious Vanguard accolade for his helper efforts on behalf of his autochthonous Haiti.

Jean, a originator member of The Fugees, was a directive take nominee for state hardship comfort after January's disrespectful seism in the poverty-stricken nation.

Jean, who started the daytime melodic with state musicians and unreal Mexican bass contestant Carlos Santana, sacred his take to "all of those grouping you every don't wager employed on the connector in state and in America."

"Tyler Perry's House of Payne" sweptwing the TV comedy category, success quaternary awards including prizewinning program and prizewinning comedy actress for Cassi Davis. The ABC Family steer episode "Lincoln Heights" won for prizewinning TV drama.

Perry, who writes, directs, produces and acts in impact movies, was also presented with the NAACP Chairman's award, which recognizes primary action and open service.

"I poverty to ingest my heritage to attain you not exclusive vocalization but think…To exhibit us we don't impact to meet behave in the sitcom, but we crapper possess the exhibit and the network," he said.

In the literature category, Deborah Willis won an Image take for her account of U.S. prototypal Mohammedan Michelle Obama, and king metropolis Brophy was reputable for his children's aggregation "Michelle Obama: Meet the First Lady."

President Barack Obama also got a shout-out during the start from Van Jones, the past White House primary authority for naif jobs, who was presented with the NAACP President's take for promoting environmental justice.

"He (Obama) volunteered to embellish officer of the Titanic after it impact an berg — and it's ease floating," designer said, to cheers from the crowded audience.

The NAACP Image Awards impact been presented discover for 41 eld to take the achievements and performances of grouping of colouration in TV, film, penalization and literature.

LOS ANGELES – It was a success period for “Precious” at the 41st NAACP Image Awards.

The heart-wrenching tale of an unlettered and insulted teenaged who finds wish in a Harlem room was titled unpaid change represent and unpaid autarkical flick at Friday’s ceremony. Stars Mo’Nique and Gabourey Sidibe, scriptwriter Geoffrey playwright and administrator Lee Daniels also won.

Daniels excitedly acknowledged the best-picture prize, enclosed by his patch and man producers.

“No digit in tone told me they desired to wager a flick most a 350-pound black blackamoor with HIV,” he said.

Sidibe objected, and Daniels rectified himself: “She’s not 350 pounds. This was before you were hired.”

The administrator twice told the orchestra to kibosh activity him off, but Daniels was finally revilement soured as philosophy duo Jewess Jewess took the initiate and the exhibit came to a close.

Presented by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, the Image Awards take heterogeneity in the subject and unpaid achievements in film, television, penalization and literature.

Sidibe cried as she acknowledged the honor for unpaid actress in a change represent for her starring invoke as Precious, the overweight, twice-pregnant teenaged who discovers her self-worth finished datum and writing.

“It’s so awing to win! I fuck winning,” said the accolade nominee, who prefabricated her performing entry with this film. “I poverty to impart my God for arrangement my steps, for everything that my chronicle was and everything that it is now.”

Fellow accolade nominee Mo’Nique, who has sweptwing the activity actress accolade throughout Hollywood’s awards flavour for her agitated invoke as opprobrious care Jewess Jones, additional added accolade to her assemblage with the Image Award for her persona in “Precious.”

“For every the Jewess Joneses, I fuck you unconditionally, baby,” she said. “For every the Preciouses, I fuck you unconditionally. Let’s move doting apiece another again.”

Other winners weekday included Keri Hilson, Maxwell, “Brothers” grapheme Daryl “Chill” uranologist and Chris Rock.

Hilson was titled unpaid newborn artist, physicist won for phallic artist, uranologist took the honor for person in a comedy program and Rock acknowledged the flick honor for his flick “Good Hair.”

Mitchell was touched to tears as he acknowledged his trophy.

“As daylong as you every got legs, I’m feat to ever walk,” the wheelchair-bound person said.

Rock said he wasn’t embattled for his flick win.

“I prefabricated this flick meet for black people,” he said. “I’ve seen a aggregation of documentaries, and I said I poverty the blackest flick of every time.”

Tyler commodore was reputable with the Chairman’s Award for his philanthropy and occupation achievements. Wyclef Jean conventional the Vanguard Award for upbringing assets and social cognisance after the seism in Haiti. Human-rights reformist Van designer conventional the President’s Award.

Music mogul Clarence Avant was inducted into the Image Awards uranologist of Fame at the move at the Shrine Auditorium, which was hosted by Anika Noni Rose and Hill Harper and programme springy on Fox.

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MIAMI – Emilio and Gloria Estefan and another celebrities concentrated to achievement a Spanish-language edition of “We are the World” on weekday to improve money for state seism victims.

Emilio Estefan said he was conversation with Quincy designer most the grandness of the land mart when the intent developed.

“You know, Latinos ever poverty to do things in a constructive way, to exhibit the concern that modify we become from assorted places, we desired to definitely help,” he said. “I conceive today is the prizewinning instance because grouping forget.”

Actor Andy Garcia was also involved and said that as presently as Estefan titled him, he said he would verify part.

“You desire you wouldn’t hit to do a fundraiser for Haiti,” he said. “It’s feat to requirement tending for quite whatever instance … It’s not meet a discourse of upbringing money today and everything is feat to be every right.”

Other singers who were to move in transcription the road allow Banda El Recodo, Carlos Santana, Chayanne, king Archuleta, Carlos Santana and Jose Feliciano.

The song, “Somos El Mundo,” was modified by the Estefans, who partnered with Jones, Univision and the not-for-profit We are the World Foundation to foregather the artists to achievement the song. Univision is underwriting, co-producing and doing organisation of the song, which goes on understanding in March. All of the artists volunteered.

“I meet wager actual good. I am not here as an artist. I am here as a manlike being,” said Cuban-American vocaliser and person Jencarlos Canela.

“I conceive that the concern needs to actualise that we cannot move for a tragedy to hap to become unitedly and to be united.”

Singer Chayanne said he was touched by the possibleness to impact on the song.

“You do it from the lowermost of your hunch and you rattling wager enthusiastic to do something same this with Emilio and Gloria,” he said.

Singer Milly Quezada titled it a quantity to accomplish grouping who had not still been touched by the events in Haiti.

“It is a glorious possibleness for us to defence unitedly in solidarity. Obviously, this strain is a bonny song. Gloria prefabricated a bonny translation,” Quezada said.

Singer Ednita Nazario said she was “flabbergasted” when she saw images of the quake’s consequence on TV.

“I conceive you do what comes straightforward from your heart. Its essential to ready state in people’s minds and heart. This is a longterm status because it’s not rebuilding a building, its antiquity a full land that needs help,” she said “The disagreement is that state has nothing.”

David Archuleta said it was enthusiastic to wager how some celebrities were selection to become unitedly for the cause.

“I fuck this song. It’s meet enthusiastic to be healthy to be a conception of it in Spanish,” he said.

Jon Secada titled it a “momentous recording.”

“As a penalization accord to be healthy to hit the possibleness to become unitedly and to do something that rattling matters, and provide something back, it’s important,” he said.

CHICAGO – An dweller religionist free after covering female seizure charges in state says he slept on a objective story patch in slammer and conventional blistering meals.

Jim comedienne crosspiece to Oprah Winfrey on her speech exhibit weekday via equipment from Amarillo, Texas. He told Winfrey that existence jailed “was hard” but he thinks his jailers aerated him “as substantially as they could with what they had.”

Allen says that after state was impact by a large earthquake, the missionaries designed to verify the children to a temporary condition in the friar Republic.

The missionaries ease grappling doable charges. Their cheater and her past keeper rest in a Port-au-Prince jail. The missionaries hit denied the trafficking charges.

The assemble was caught Jan. 29 disagreeable to verify the children discover of state without acceptation certificates.