"Idol" Charity To Top $100M


	"Idol" Charity To Top $100M

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4-8-2008 8:59 AM

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I can feel it," "American Idol" executive producer Nigel Lythgoe told the audience at Hollywood's Kodak Theatre, where the special was taped on Sunday.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.reuters.com/article/entertainmentNews/idUSN4718110020080408">Disney teen sensation Miley Cyrus, rap star Snoop Dogg, singer Mariah Carey and past "Idol" winner Carrie Underwood headlined a list of celebrities who performed on the show.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.reuters.com/article/entertainmentNews/idUSN4718110020080408">Democratic presidential candidates <A title="More on Barack Obama's campaign for the 2008 Election" href="http://www.reuters.com/news/globalcoverage/barackobama">Barack Obama</A> and <A title="Full Election 2008 coverage of Hillary Clinton's campaign" href="http://www.reuters.com/news/globalcoverage/hillaryclinton">Hillary Clinton</A> and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown appealed by video to viewers to donate via telephone or the Internet.</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/7020E506-2A07-4289-B25D-1163273B5ACB/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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