Clooney’s Haiti Relief Telethon Adds Madonna, Beyonce

Pan-network event benefits Oxfam, Partners in Health, UNICEF, Clinton Bush Haiti Foundation, more

George Clooney’s all-star benefit for earthquake ravaged Haiti just got even more star-studded.

Among the celebrities adding their talents to "Haiti Now: A Global Benefit for Earthquake Relief,” are Beyonce, Madonna and Haitian artist Emeline Michel.

Beyonce will perform in London, Madonna will appear in New York City and Michel will film his segment in Los Angeles.

They join such previously announced participants as President Bill Clinton, Shakira, Sting, Bruce Springsteen, Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert Pattinson, Tom Hanks, Ben Stiller, Clint Eastwood, Stevie Wonder and Muhammad Ali.

Proceeds from the program 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.

The two-hour event starts at 8 p.m. EST on Friday. The event will be available through all of the major broadcast networks and PBS, as well as cable channels including CMT, TNT, Showtime, Comedy Central and Bravo.

It will also stream via sites including YouTube, Hulu, MySpace, Fancast, AOL, MSN.com, Yahoo, Bing.com, BET.com, CNN.com, MTV.com, VH1.com and Rhapsody.

From Saturday, all of the performances will be available to buy on Apple’s iTunes.

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