We Are The World

The full list of stars performing the remake of the hit song 'We Are The World' has been released! The recording and music video, which took place in the same studio where the original 'We Are The World' track was recorded, will debut on NBC on February 12, 2010 during the Opening Ceremony of the 2010 Winter Olympics....


The Cast of Characters includes:

• Will.I.Am
• Wyclef Jean
• Justin Bieber
• Lil Wayne
• Josh Groban
  
• T-Pain
• Kanye West
• Bizzy Bone
• Kid Cudi
• LL Cool J
  
• Snoop Dogg
• Drake
• Mann
• Nipsey Hussle
• Busta Rhymes
• Swizz Beatz
• Miley Cyrus
• Keri Hilson
• Zac Brown
• Barbra Streisand
• Carlos Santana
• Natalie Cole
• BeBe Winans
• The Members of Heart
• Freda Payne
• Harry Connick Jr.
• Earth, Wind & Fire
• The Beach Boys' Brian Wilson and Al Jardine
• Tony Bennett
  
• "Slumdog Millionaire" film score composer A.R. Rahman
• "American Idol" judge Randy Jackson
  
• Patti Austin
• Celine Dion
• Gladys Knight
  
• Jeff Bridges
  
• Vince Vaughn
• Lionel Richie
• Quincy Jones
• Nicole Richie
  
• Rashida Jones
• The Members of 3T (the sons of Tito Jackson), Taj, Taryll and TJ Jackson
• Joel and Benji Madden
  
• Akon
• Brandy
• Melanie Fiona
• Mya
• Musiq Soulchild
• Katharine McPhee
• Trey Songz
• Faith Evans
• Jimmy Jean-Louis ("the Haitian" from Heroes)
  
• Former Michael Jackson guitarist Orianthi.
• The Members of Sugarland
• Jennifer Hudson
• Jason Mraz
• India.Arie
• Mary Mary
• Tyrese Gibson
• Raphael Saadiq
• Pink
• Jordin Sparks
• Rob Thomas
• Usher
• The Fray's Isaac Slade
  
• Ethan Bortnick
• Enrique Iglesias
• Robin Thicke
• Jamie Foxx
  
• Maroon 5's Adam Levine
• The Jonas Brothers
• Nicole Scherzinger
  
• Julianne Hough

Co-producer Lionel Richie has noted that Janet Jackson will be singing Michael Jackson's part, but wouldn't be recording with everyone else in the studio.... Apparently Beyonce, Jay-Z, Justin Timberlake, Taylor Swift and Lady Gaga didn't show up either, but I'm sure they'll record at a later date too....

Did anybody else watch the original and say 'Holy crap! That's Dan Aykroyd!' I guess Vince Vaughn's taking his spot....

Here's my question..... I understand that this will raise a gigantic amount of money for charity, and that it's coming from a good place.... But you have the most talented stars in music today, couldn't you get some of them together to put together a new song? I'm sure that Jay-Z and Justin Timberlake could get together to write an amazing new song.... I think 'We Are The World' is one of those classics that shouldn't be touched....

Animals Named After Celebrities

David Bowie has received an honor that few can claim. The man who brought you "Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars", has a spider named after him.

Scientist Peter Jäger, in an effort to bring attention of the rapid rate of extinction of spiders and the destruction of their habitats, has named the Malaysian spider 'heteropoda davidbowie'.


Look at this.... While trying to get more information about the David Bowie spider, I found this! In 2007, scientist Jason Bond from North Carolina found a new spider and named it 'myrmekiaphila neilyoungi', after Neil Young.

Wow! Apparently there's a huge list of animals and insects that have been named after celebrities and musicians.... Here's a link to the list.... List Of Animals Named After Celebrities. Yeah, I know it's a Wikipedia list, but most of the animals are noted in scientific journals and on respected science web sites if you look for them on Google.

The list includes a woolly lemur named after John Cleese (avahi cleesei), a snail named after Boris Becker (bufonaria borisbeckeri), a roach named after Jerry Garcia (cryptocercus garciai), an ant named after Harrison Ford (calponi harrisonfordi), and a jellyfish named after Frank Zappa (phiallela zappai). Also, each of the Ramones have a trilobite named after them!

My favorite is the wasp named after an Elvis' song, the 'Preseucolia imallshookupis'.

If you discovered a species, what would you name it? I would have to go with something historically bad.... Like naming the animal after Kevin Federline or Jon Gosselin.... Ooooooh.... Or something historically good, like naming the animal after Katharine McPhee or Christina Hendricks!