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NBC, MTV to air concerts for Katrina victims 1 hour, 36 minutes ago{
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Three Louisiana-born stars -- Harry Connick Jr., Wynton Marsalis and Tim McGraw -- will headline a televised charity concert to air live on Friday for victims of Hurricane Katrina, NBC said on Wednesday.BKcz~V
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Plans for the one-hour, commercial-free show, called "A Concert for Hurricane Relief," were announced as the Bush administration and Congress began working on legislation to assist in hurricane recovery efforts.~_H
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"I am heartbroken by the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina in my home state," said country star McGraw, born in Delhi, Louisiana, in a statement. "It's at times like these that each of us must work together to provide life-saving aid to those in terrible need."\D4[
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Joining McGraw are two New Orleans natives, trumpet player Marsalis and jazz singer Connick, whose hometown was left largely submerged in floodwaters.8
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In addition to music, the special will feature appearances by movie star Leonardo DiCaprio and other celebrities.i
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Separately, cable channel MTV and sister networks VH1 and CMT plan to simulcast a live hurricane-relief special on September 10 featuring such acts as Green Day, Alicia Keys, John Mellencamp and the Dave Matthews Band.h}HQB
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And veteran entertainer Jerry Lewis said he would devote a portion of his annual Labor Day telethon for the Muscular Dystrophy Association, which starts on Sunday, to hurricane recovery. Lewis said the association has pledged $1 million to help storm victims.^;
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Katrina has claimed more than 200 lives, left tens of thousands of people homeless and caused billions of dollars in damage since slamming into the U.S. Gulf Coast on Monday.qvBb"!
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NBC aired a similar star-studded charity concert in January that raised more than $18 million for survivors of the tsunami that killed hundreds of thousands of people and left millions more homeless in South Asia and East Africa. An estimated 19.5 million viewers tuned in to some part of that broadcast on NBC and its sibling cable TV outlets.lC
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Both efforts were reminiscent of a two-hour telethon carried by all four major U.S. TV networks 10 days after the September 11, 2001, attacks on America. That special raised more than $150 million in pledges.
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