What do Lady Gaga, Linkin Park, Katy Perry, Justin Bieber, and JYJ have in Common? ^_^

Question: What do Lady Gaga, Linkin Park, Katy Perry, Justin Bieber, and JYJ have in Common?

Answer: They all care deeply for Japan and are helping to raise money to provide relief to the nation. The article below by Business World on US-based pop stars’ efforts to help Japan recognizes that and features a JYJ picture. It’s so nice to see so many celebrities stand up to help Japan.

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Japan quake strikes a chord with celebrities

WASHINGTON — US celebrities are rallying their fans to raise money for survivors of the massive earthquake and tsunami in Japan, with Lady Gaga leading the charge and raising $250,000 in 48 hours.

The larger-than-life pop icon announced her plan on Monday to raise money for Japan by selling red and white wristbands bearing the message “We Pray for Japan” for $5 a piece via her online merchandise Web site.

Forty-eight hours later, Gaga posted a new tweet praising her fans for ordering 50,000 of the wristbands.

“Monsters: in just 48 hrs you’ve raised a quarter of a million dollars for Japan Relief,” Gaga said Wednesday on Twitter .

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On the same day that Gaga launched her wristwear, rock band Linkin Park began taking orders on its Web site for T-shirts to raise money for Japan, where 13,000 people are dead or missing after a 9.0-magnitude quake and tsunami.

Both the shirts were designed by band member Mike Shinoda, whose father is Japanese-American. One featured an origami butterfly against a black background and the other has the words “Not Alone,” the name of a song by Linkin Park.

The T-shirts cost $25 each and 100% of proceeds from sales will be donated to Music for Relief, a group of artists, industry professionals and music fans that works to support disaster relief, Shinoda said on Twitter.

Shinoda tweeted that he is also working on a single to raise money for Japan.

Popstar Katy Perry joined several celebrities who have tweeted to their followers to either pray, shop or donate money for relief efforts in Japan.

Perry tweeted to fans in Germany ahead of a concert there on Tuesday, urging them to buy a light-up wand at the show’s merchandise stand.

“All proceeds will go to #Japanredcross. And when I play Firework, let’s ignite the light for them tonight,” she wrote.

Canadian teen idol Justin Bieber tweeted within hours of the quake on Friday: “Japan is one of my favorite places on earth…it’s an incredible culture with amazing people. My prayers go out to them. We all need to help.”

The television and cinema worlds are also mobilizing for Japan, with Warner Brothers pledging part of proceeds of DVD sales of its movie Hereafter to relief funds for Japan, the Los Angeles Times reported.

The movie starring Matt Damon and Cecile de France was pulled from cinemas in Japan after Friday’s quake because it opens with scenes of death and devastation caused by a tsunami.

Other movies have also been deemed inappropriate for screening in Japan in the wake of the disaster that has hit the country, including one called Aftershock, directed by Xiaogang Feng and originally due to be released next week.

The movie is about the 7.8-magnitude quake that struck the city of Tangshan, China in 1976, killing a quarter of a million people and reducing most of the city to rubble.

Meanwhile, hip-hop stars the Black Eyed Peas have appended a message to the end of their new music video, urging fans to donate to the Red Cross to help victims of the catastrophe in Japan, according to US media reports.

The video for the Black Eyed Peas’ song “Just Can’t Get Enough” was shot in Japan a week before Friday’s massive quake.

“Our heart goes out to all of the Japanese people who have been affected by this natural disaster,” Black Eyed Peas’ Fergie was quoted as telling the Entertainment Tonight television show, which will air the new video on Thursday.

Celebrities have the potential to raise millions to help the victims of the quake and tsunami in Japan by harnessing their fan bases.

If every one of Lady Gaga’s eight million-plus Twitter followers were to buy one of her wristbands and if every Linkin Park follower bought one of Shinoda’s T-shirts, $47 million would be raised for Japan. — AFP

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World Vision Japan thanks JYJ for their 600 million KRW donation

World Vision Japan expressed its gratitude towards boy group JYJ (Kim Jaejoong, Park Yuchun, Kim Junsu).

On March 17th, words expressing gratitude toward JYJ’s good deed for victims of Japan’s massive earthequake were published on World Vision Japan Twitter Blog.

World Vision wrote, “boy group JYJ, who has been working as supporter of children, hassent us a donation of 600 million KRW and a message of support for all victims of the massive earthquake which occurred on the 11th in North Eastern Japan.

Furthermore, they also conveyed JYJ’s video message which stated, “our heats ache and we are extremely sad that so many people suffered from the unexpected massive earthquake. We hope everything will become stabilized as soon as possible, and JYJ will pray that everyone in Japan will stay safe.”

After seeing the video message, Japanese fans expressed their thanks saying, “I was moved by their heartfelt worries” and “they were even supporting children secretly, I can only be very thankful.”

Meanwhile, JYJ caught attention by donating all of World Vision’s goal of fund-raising 600 million KRW for the worst-hit areas from Japan’s massive earthquake.

Source: NateNews

Trans by: withJYJ

You can watch JYJ’s message to Japan on World Vision Japan Youtube account here:

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TVXQ, Beast In SBS’ “Welcome To The Show” Cast

An all-star cast will be participating in SBS’ latest production “Welcome to the Show”. This includes the debut for numerous popular Korean singers.

“Welcome to the Show” is a new concept drama series re-enacting real scenarios. In actual fact, it is used to showcase the dazzling stories and incidents behind the scenes of the magnificent stages of SBS’ “Inkigayo”.

In this series, apart from Nickhun, Sulli, Seulong and IU, who will be playing the roles of the emcees in “Inkigayo”, there will also be behind-the-scenes stories of TVXQ, Beast, Lee Jung, ZE.A and many more other celebrities.

The concept in “Welcome to the Show” where singers are acting out a real-life scenario drama has gained much attention. In addition to that, “Welcome to the Show” has prepared varied and magnificent footages to be broadcasted, like behind-the-scenes footages from the start of the live broadcasting of “Inkigayo” in the morning until the end of broadcasting, how the live footages of “Inkigayo” are shot, how singers prepare for their live performances and backstage scenes in their dressing rooms.

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