Doctors Without Borders announced Wednesday that Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie were contributing $1 million to the organization's emergency medical operations responding to the earthquake.
• Ben Stiller tweeted late Tuesday that "people in Haiti need our help and attention right now." Hilton, Lindsay Lohan, Adam Lambert and Ryan Leslie also tried to spread the word to the masses via Twitter.
• Colombian singer Shakira, on her Web site, called for donations to Yele and to UNICEF.
• Coldplay singer Chris Martin urged people to donate to a Haiti appeal set up by the charity Oxfam.
"I visited Haiti with Oxfam a few years ago. It's a country of extreme poverty and brutal living conditions," Martin said. "Most people in Port-au-Prince live in tin shacks. The earthquake that has struck Haiti will have turned the city into an unimaginable hell."
• Oprah Winfrey began her television talk show Wednesday by asking viewers to donate to the Red Cross. "This is a time where we, as a global nation, should come together and support those who are in need," Winfrey said.
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