George Clooney will host a telethon to raise funds for the Haiti earthquake relief effort as Hollywood ramped up efforts to assist the shattered Caribbean nation, reports said.
Clooney became the latest celebrity to lend his weight to the fundraising effort by agreeing to host an event on the MTV Network on Friday which will involve a bevy of stars, several reports said.
MTV was not immediately available to confirm the reports.
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But a spokesperson told the Hollyscoop website: "I can confirm that George Clooney is working with MTV Networks to plan a Haiti relief telethon for next Friday, but those are the only details we can share at the moment.
"It's all still coming together."
News of Clooney's fundraising efforts came as power couple Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie donated one million dollars to Doctors Without Borders for the organization's operations in Haiti.
"It is incredibly horrible to see a catastrophe of this size hit a people who have been suffering from extreme poverty, violence and unrest for so many decades," Jolie said in a statement released to People.com.
Three hospitals run by Doctors Without Borders were damaged in Tuesday's devastating earthquake.
"We understand the first response is critical to serve the immediate needs of countless people who are now displaced from their homes, are suffering trauma, and most require urgent care," Pitt said in the statement.
Pitt and Jolie are among the most generous philanthropists in Hollywood, and in 2008 donated two million dollars to help children affected by AIDS and tuberculosis in Ethiopia.
The couple also reportedly donated 11 million dollars received for exclusive photos of their twin children born in 2008 to a humanitarian cause.
