Chris Brown To Host A Benefit Concert For Haiti

New York (AP) – Chris Brown will headline and host a benefit concert in Virginia next month. “Virginia Stand Up! A Call to Action” will be held May 15 at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond. Performers will include Trey Songz, Keri Hilson, T-Pain, Mario and Ryan Leslie.

The 20-year-old R&B singer said in a statement Monday he wanted to personally contribute to the Haitian relief effort and support an organization that helps people in his home state. Proceeds will benefit the American Red Cross and the Central Virginia Foodbank.

Brown was sentenced last year to five years’ probation and six months of community labor after pleading guilty to felony assault. He was charged in an attack on his then-girlfriend Rihanna hours before the 2009 Grammys.

Kris Allen and Allison Iraheta Return To Perform On Idol

Kris Allen and Allison Iraheta returned to Idol last night and performed during the results show.

Kris recently went to Haiti as a part of Idol Gives Back to aid in the relief effort and shared the footage from his trip while he performed ‘Let It Be’. You can download a copy of Kris’ performance on iTunes and all of the profits will be sent to Haiti.

Allison performed her new single ‘Scars’. The girl can definitely sing and she’s improved a lot since her days on Idol, but could someone hire her a media coach? Please! She’s so awkward and uncomfortable to watch.

John Mayer Donates $500,000 To Haiti

John Mayer has become the latest celebrity to help with tragedy of the Haiti earthquake. He has donated $500,000 to the American Red Cross to help with the relief effort.

He has also given charity bosses permission to use “The Heart of Life,” the song he performed on CNN TV special “Haiti: How You Can Help,” in a new public service announcement.

John Mayer joins the likes of Gisele Bundchen, Sandra Bullock, George Clooney, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, who have all given large sums of money to the relief effort.

Simon Cowell’s Haiti Charity Song Expected To Be Huge in The U.K.

A cover of R.E.M.’s 1992 classic “Everybody Hurts,” produced by Simon Cowell and re-recorded to help the victims of last month’s natural disaster in Haiti, is predicted to be a huge hit in the United Kingdom. It has even been said that it will most likely be Britain’s biggest-selling single in 10 years.

Stars that lent their voices to the single, include Kylie Minogue, Leona Lewis, Mariah Carey, Miley Cyrus, and Susan Boyle.

The track was released on Tuesday, but is expected to go platinum across the pond by the end of the week.

Miley Cyrus To Sell Grammy Dress For Haiti

Miley Cyrus is stepping up her efforts to help victims of the Haiti earthquake. She is planning on raising money by selling the dress she wore to Sunday night’s Grammy Awards.

Miley stepped out on the red carpet in Los Angeles wearing a teal-colored gown by Herve Leger. She has decided to put her dress on internet auction site eBay.com to raise money for charity efforts in Haiti, which was devastated by a massive tremor last month.

She tells USA Today, “I’m going to auction it (the dress) off on eBay for the Red Cross. It’s the little things you can do. I think it’s really important that everybody come (sic) together because disaster relief isn’t just now. It’s how we’re going to help years from now. We have to restore an entire place. It just can’t be one person, one foundation, one group of people. All people have to come together.”