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September 27th, 2010

Singer and one-time Haitian presidential hopeful Wyclef Jean was hospitalized yesterday for exhaustion, his rep has confirmed.

Jean is “suffering from stress and fatigue based on the grueling eight weeks he’s had,” says the rep, referring to Jean’s failed attempt to get on the ballot to become Haiti’s next president.

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August 22nd, 2010

Wyclef Jean is not giving up on his bid to become president of Haiti, even though he was deemed ineligible on Friday by the nation’s electoral council.

It’s been speculated that the singer and activist was left off the list of 19 candidates because of residency issues.

Jean said today that his lawyers will appeal the electoral decision in a Haitian court tomorrow. Do you think he should be able to run?

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August 6th, 2010

Shortly after Wyclef Jean officially announced last night his bid to become president of Haiti, Sean Penn went on the attack, telling CNN he is “suspicious” of Jean’s motives. Penn, an activist who has spent most of his time in Haiti since the January earthquake, alleges that the former Fugees member “as an ambassador at large, has been virtually silent” since the quake. What do you think of Jean’s bid and Penn’s concerns?

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July 26th, 2010

Wyclef Jean is considering a run for president of Haiti.

His Yele Haiti foundation released a statement indicating that the performer is seriously weighing a bid as support rallies around the native son who raised awareness of the country’s plight after January’s massive earthquake.

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June 20th, 2010

In an unannounced visit, Angelina Jolie quietly returned yesterday to Haiti, where she met with President René Préval.

Jolie, a goodwill ambassador for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, also met with other government and U.N. officials to discuss the situation of Haiti’s children, many of whom were orphaned and left homeless after the nation’s devastating earthquake on January 12.

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February 16th, 2010

“Actress Lindsay Lohan was reportedly not invited to Jill Stuart’s Fashion Week show because she was considered a ‘brand damager,’” claims the New York Daily News.

According to a Daily News source, “A lot of designers, and especially Jill’s camp, don’t think she’s worth all the press she’d get their show.”

Well, not only did Stuart deny the ban to the Daily News, but the story is also way off base when it further declares Lohan’s “absence from NYC is a little personal, too: Her ex-girlfriend, deejay Samantha Ronson, and Sam’s twin sis, designer Charlotte, practically run Fashion Week.”

Uh, Lohan’s absence in New York has nothing to do with any ban… or even with Fashion Week.

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February 9th, 2010

After cheering on the New Orleans Saints at the Super Bowl in Miami, Angelina Jolie traveled to the Dominican Republic, where she spent time yesterday with hospitalized victims of the Haiti earthquake.

And later today, Jolie, a U.N. Goodwill Ambassador, will head to Haiti to meet with those who affected by the earthquake.

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February 2nd, 2010

Today sees the premiere of Simon Cowell’s star-studded cover of “Everybody Hurts” to raise funds for relief efforts in Haiti.

Performers including Mariah Carey, Susan Boyle, Jon Bon Jovi, Rod Stewart, Miley Cyrus, Kylie Minogue, Robbie Williams, and many others. The single, recorded in Los Angeles and London, will be available for digital download starting Sunday, February 7, and is already available for pre-order on British retailers such as Amazon.co.uk.

Proceeds go to the Helping Haiti fund.

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