The world premiere of the video for “We Are the World 25″ for Haiti premiered in a condensed version during NBC’s coverage of the opening ceremony of the Vancouver Winter Olympics on Friday, with the complete video airing on Saturday.

(View the video for “We Are the World 25″ below.)

Lionel Richie and Quincy Jones re-collaborated (in addition, Wyclef Jean) on the new version of “We Are the World” to raise money for victims of the Haiti earthquake.  The new version was recorded on February 1 in the same studios used 25 years ago for the original song, which was originally written by Richie and Michael Jackson and sung by USA for Africa (stars of the 1980s were featured).

(Click here for a list of the stars involved and a behind the scenes video at the recording of the new “We Are the World.”)

The only original singer from the 1985 version was a clip of the late Michael Jackson, and his sister, Janet Jackson, joined in.  New stars for “We Are the World 25″ included Pink, Fergie, Lil Wayne, Celine Dion, Justin Bieber, Miley Cyrus, and many more.  A highlight of the video was actor/singer Jamie Foxx re-enacting the late Ray Charles, an original “We Are the World” artist whom Foxx portrayed (and won the 2004 Best Actor Oscar) in the movie “Ray.” 

To learn more about the We Are the World Foundation and make a donation, click here.

To download the new version of “We Are the World,” visit iTunes.com/wearetheworld25 (NOTE: You may have to download iTunes to your laptop or PC.)

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The 2010 Winter Olympics kick off Friday night with the opening ceremony in Vancouver.

Olympics Opening Ceremony

Performers for the opening ceremony include Bryan Adams, Nelly Furtado, and Sarah McLachlan, according to NBC. 

Among the other highlights of the opening ceremony will be the world broadcast premiere of the music video for the 2010 version of “We Are the World.”  The new version was re-made to benefit victims of the Haiti earthquake, and includes singers such as Celine Dion, Barbra Streisand, Miley Cyrus, Jamie Foxx, and more. Click here for more about “We Are the World” for Haiti and a list of performers.

(Click here for a list of the stars involved and a behind the scenes video at the recording of the new “We Are the World.”)

The 2010 Winter Olympics opening ceremony will air live on Friday at 7:30 p.m. (ET) on NBC.

British Fashion designer Alexander McQueen was found dead at his home in London on Thursday, February 11. The cause of committing suicide has not been determined yet. The creative core of the fashion industry has been hit hard due to his death.

McQueen, 40, was famous for representing volatile imagination that transformed clothes into a cultural tapestry. He launched the greatest number of trends that trickled down to suburban malls. In addition, his work was especially known for controversial and non-conventional catwalk shows including his Autumn/Winter 1995 collection called “Highland Rape” featuring disheveled looking models in torn clothes.

McQueen dropped out of school at the age of 16 to pursue his interest in the fashion industry. It was at that time that he took an apprenticeship at Savile Row Tailors. Later, he went on to graduating from one of the prestigious colleges in London – Central St. Martins.

Clearly, he was a designer of substance. His career took him from Savile Row to the corporate boardrooms of LVMH Moet Hennessey Louis Vuitton where he served as the creative director for Givenchy. In 2000, he defected from the French firm to join the Gucci Group. He retained creative control and the company bought a controlling interest in his signature label. McQueen has flagship stores in New York, Milan, London, and Los Angeles.

It is commonly referred that his death is quite tragic and sad for the whole fashion industry has become poorer without his presence.

The world premiere of the video for “We Are the World” 2010 for Haiti will air during NBC’s coverage of the opening ceremony of the Vancouver Winter Olympics on Friday, February 12.

The new version of “We Are the World” was recorded on Monday night in the same studios used 25 years ago for the original song, which was by USA for Africa.  Stars on the new recording include Celine Dion, Barbra Streisand, Usher, Wyclef Jean, the Jonas Brothers, Justin Bieber, Vince Vaughn, Pink, Lil Wayne, Jennifer Hudson, and more.

(Click here for a list of the stars involved and a behind the scenes video at the recording of the new “We Are the World.”)

Lionel Richie and Quincy Jones re-collaborated on the new version to raise money for victims of the Haiti earthquake.

The new version of “We Are the World” and the accompanying video will be available for purchase through a consortium of online and retail partners, with all proceeds going directly to the earthquake-relief efforts in Haiti through the We Are The World Foundation.

For more information about the new “We Are the World,” click here.

Twenty-five years after the original, Lionel Richie and Quincy Jones have re-collaborated on a new version of “We Are the World” to raise money for victims of the Haiti earthquake.

(Watch a behind-the-scenes video of the making of the new “We Are the World” below.)

More than 80 stars gathered on Monday night (the night after the Grammy Awards) at Henson Studios, the same studio used for the 1985 recording of “We Are the World.”  The original song was produced by Jones and co-written by Richie and the late Michael Jackson for USA for Africa.  Richie said he wanted to approach the project from a modern perspective and new artists from today’s era were featured in the new version. 

The new version of “We Are the World” and the accompanying video will be available for purchase through a consortium of online and retail partners, with all proceeds going directly to the earthquake-relief efforts in Haiti through the We Are The World Foundation, a newly created not-for-profit organization made up of board members Jones, Richie, Wyclef Jean, Paul Haggis, Randy Phillips and Ambassador Louis Moreno of the Inter-American Development Bank, according to a press release.

The following is a list of some of the stars who lent their voices to the new “We Are the World:”

Pink, Lil Wayne, Kanye West, Nick Jonas, LL Cool J, Robin Thicke, Celine Dion, Akon, Rob Thomas, Wyclef Jean, Jeff Bridges, Vince Vaughn, Barbra Streisand, Jordin Sparks, Good Charlotte’s Joel and Benji Madden, Tony Bennett, Josh Groban, Snoop Dogg, Justin Bieber, Jennifer Hudson, Keri Hilson, Jamie Foxx, Tyrese, Katharine McPhee, Sean Garrett, Will.I.Am, Carlos Santana, Melanie Fiona, Enrique Iglesias, Toni Braxton, Jason Mraz, Miley Cyrus, Busta Rhymes, Nicole Scherzinger, Nicole Richie, Usher, Julianne Hough, Raphael Saadiq, Zac Brown, India.Arie, “American Idol” judge Randy Jackson, Musiq Soulchild, Heart’s Ann and Nancy Wilson, Fonzworth Bentley, Kid Cudi, Iyaz, Bizzy Bone, Nipsey Hussle, the Beach Boys’ Brian Wilson and Al Jardine, Trey Songz, Faith Evans, Mya and Gladys Knight.

For more information on how other music artists have raised money for Haiti, read the following:

Mary J. Blige, Andrea Bocelli’s Grammy/Haiti Relief ‘Bridge Over Troubled Water’ On iTunes

Fans Can Download ‘Hope For Haiti Now’ Music on iTunes

Nine-time Grammy winner Mary J. Blige and world-renowned pop tenor Andrea Bocelli will join forces and perform live together in a special fund-raising segment for Haiti relief at the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards, according to Grammy.com.

The once-in-a-lifetime performance (audio and video) of the Simon & Garfunkel classic “Bridge Over Troubled Water” will be made available for download at iTunes.com/Target following the telecast.  All proceeds will go to the American Red Cross, benefiting ongoing earthquake relief efforts in Haiti.

This year marks the 40th anniversary of “Bridge Over Troubled Water” receiving Grammy Awards for Record Of The Year, Album Of The Year, and Song Of The Year.  The song will provide a moving tribute to the survivors of the tragic events in Haiti, according to Grammy.com.

The 52^nd Annual Grammy Awards will air on Sunday live at 8 p.m. ET on CBS.

You can find the download of “Bridge Over Troubled Water” by Mary J. Blige and Andrea Bocelli for Haiti relief (after the Grammy telecast) at iTunes.com/Target. (NOTE: You may have to download iTunes to your PC).

Also, check out the following related stories:

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Anderson Cooper rescues boy in Haiti.  Anderson Cooper, popular CNN journalist, was caught on tape rescuing a boy that was being stoned and beaten by looters.  In the wake of the 7.0 earthquake that shook the city of Port-au-Prince it comes as no surprise that violent outburst occur over a week after the devastation.

People are suffering, hungry, and have lost everything.  Haiti is also a nation where violence occurs even under the best circumstances. 

The Haitian boy rescued by Anderson Cooper was struck with a large piece of concrete when looters tried to grab stolen items from a store.  Anderson Cooper grabbed the young boy, and swept him away to a safe place and handed him over to a local.

Currently, Anderson Cooper doesn’t know the whearabouts of the boy that he rescued.  He hopes that he is doing well, but the fact still remains that the boy is in a very dangerous place.

The death toll in Haiti is about 70,000 with as many as 100,000 feared dead. Relief efforts are underway and there was even a star studded concert last night that benefited the Haitian relief efforts.  If you missed the concert, CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS ABOUT DOWNLOADING THE PERFORMANCE ON ITUNES.

iTunes Haiti and downloading for earthquake relief. Itunes is teaming up to help out Haiti and those who use iTunes (and who doesn’t these days) can use the popular software interface to give to the relief efforts.

For those of you that may not watch the news all the time, Haiti was hit with an earthquake on January 12.  Since then, the country has pretty much been in ruins and stars are teaming up to help out the Haitians.

Tonight’s Hope for Haiti Telethon was a star-studded event benefiting relief efforts.  Many stars from Beyonce to Madonna to Dave Matthews partook in the nights festivities.

iTunes just adds to the many ways people can help out the Haitians.  Not only can you text donations, donate through traditional methods such as mailing in checks or calling hotlines – but now you can donate while shopping for the latest song to add to your iPod library.

There’s a lot of great information on the Web about the Hope for Haiti concert benefit that took place tonight.

CLICK HERE To watch a YouTube video featuring CHRISTINA AGUILERA

Not only can fans donate to the Haitian relief efforts using iTunes, but they can also downloadthe performance with proceeds, of course, benefiting the relief efforts.

The “Hope For Haiti Now: A Global Benefit for Earthquake Relief” telethon will air Friday night, with more than 100 celebrities expected to operate the phones.

Actor George Clooney, who organized the event, will host from Los Angeles, while Wyclef Jean will co-host from New York and CNN’s Anderson Cooper will report from Haiti for the event.  It will air at 8 p.m. (ET) on all major television and cable networks.  Joining them will be Hollywood A-list actors including Brad Pitt, Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, Clint Eastwood, Denzel Washington, Halle Berry, Jon Stewart, Julia Roberts, Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Meryl Streep, Morgan Freeman, Nicole Kidman, Robert Pattinson, Samuel L. Jackson, Tom Hanks, and Will Smith.

“You got about 130 to 140 actors, athletes, singers and television hosts, and they’re all coming up not to be on TV, but simply to answer the phones,” Clooney told MTV News .

Stars scheduled to answer the phones include the following (from USAToday.com):

Ben Affleck, Tim Allen, Jennifer Aniston, David Archuleta, Alec Baldwin, Ellen Barkin, Drew Barrymore,  Jack Black, Emily Blunt, Russell Brand, Benjamin Bratt, Pierce Brosnan, Gerard Butler, Chevy Chase, Kristin Chenoweth, Sacha Baron Cohen, Common, Cat Cora, Bradley Cooper, Daniel Craig, Cindy Crawford, Penelope Cruz, Billy Crystal, John Cusack, Eric Dane, Ellen DeGeneres, Fran Drescher, Michael Clarke Duncan, Zac Efron, Jenna Elfman, Colin Farrell, Andy Garcia, Mel Gibson, Tyrese Gibson, Selena Gomez, Neil Patrick Harris, Taraji P. Henson, Dijmon Honsou, Vanessa Hudgens, Randy Jackson, Jimmy Jean-Louis, Dwayne Johnson, Nick Jonas, Kevin Jonas, Joe Jonas, Quincy Jones,  Diane Keaton, Michael Keaton, Anna Kendrick, Greg Kinnear, Jane Krakowski, John Krasinksi, Jessica Lange, Taylor Lautner, Daniel Day Lewis, Jared Leto, Justin Long, Rose McGowan, Ewan McGregor, Toby Maguire, Ricky Martin, Katharine McPhee, Debra Messing, Alyssa Milano, Jack Nicholson, Keke Palmer, Holly Robinson Peete, Tyler Perry, Chris Pine, Jeremy Piven, Jeremy Renner, Tim Robbins, Ray Romano, Jeri Ryan, Meg Ryan, Zoe Saldana, Adam Sandler, Nicole Scherzinger, Gabourey Sidibe, Kimora Lee Simmons, Russell Simmons, Christian Slater, Steven Spielberg, Molly Sims, Ringo Starr, Charlize Theron, Ashley Tisdale, Marisa Tomei, Amber Valleta, Sofia Vergara, Mark Wahlberg, Joe Walsh, Sigourney Weaver, Forest Whitaker, Olivia Wilde, Rainn Wilson, Robin Williams, Reese Witherspoon, and Noah Wyle.

Musical performances are also scheduled by Madonna, Beyonce, Bruce Springsteen, Taylor Swift, Kid Rock, Bono, and more. For more on the “Hope For Haiti Now” musical performances, click here.

For donation information, visit HopeForHaitiNow.org.

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