[PHOTO] CHRISTINA AGUILERA POSES WITH FELLOW MUSIC LEGENDS AT HURRICANE SANDY TELETHON

The one-hour, live, 'Hurricane Sandy', Telethon, raised an-astounding-23-million-dollars (23,000,000+).

Watch Christina Aguilera's opening speech and performance, after the jump:

[NEWS] HURRICANE SANDY BENEFIT PLANS CAME TOGETHER OVERNIGHT, SAY ORGANIZERS

NBC's Friday night benefit for victims of Hurricane Sandy – set to feature Bruce Springsteen, Christina Aguilera, Sting, Billy Joel, Jon Bon Jovi and network stars Tina Fey, Jimmy Fallon, Brian Williams and Matt Lauer – came together in a rush of coast-to-coast communications, some challenged by sketchy post-hurricane cell service, throughout the day yesterday, organizers tell Rolling Stone.

Newsman Williams texted Springsteen; Lauer called Bon Jovi; NBC executives reached out to Sting, Joel and Aguilera (who was born on Staten Island). All agreed quickly.

Aguilera was planning to fly from Los Angeles to New York to promote The Voice this week. When she called her manager, Irving Azoff, to ask how she could help Hurricane Sandy victims in some way, he wasn't even sure if she could make it into the city. "She's already talking about 'how can I do something?' and coincidentally we're trying to figure out if she's even going to do her New York trip," Azoff says.

The manager and his team were frantically working on details when Paul Telegdy, NBC's president of alternative late-night programming and specials, called an hour later. "We're going to try to do this telethon," he said. "You think Christina's going to be interested?" Aguilera quickly accepted a singing slot during Friday night's benefit for the American Red Cross, and the post-storm travel plans came together.

[NEWS] CHRISTINA AGUILERA IS SLATED TO PERFORM AT NBCUNIVERSAL 'HURRICAN SANDY: COMING TOGETHER' BENEFIT

Several days after Hurricane Sandy ripped through the East Coast, destroying homes and leaving millions without power, NBCUniversal has announced its networks including NBC, Bravo and USA will air a one-hour, Matt Lauer-hosted telethon to benefit victims.

Hurricane Sandy: Coming Together will air Friday from 8 to 9 p.m, also on NBCU channels E!, CNBC, MSNBC, Style, Syfy and G4. Other networks might join ahead of the special, which will be broadcast live from NBC's 30 Rock studios in New York and live-streamed on NBC.com.

Bruce Springstreen,Christina Aguilera, Billy Joel, Sting and Jon Bon Jovi are slated to perform. NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams and late night host Jimmy Fallon will also appear.

Donations will go toward The American Red Cross' Sandy relief efforts.

Source: THR

[NEWS] CHRISTINA HAS BEEN RECORDING NEW SONGS WITH MADONNA AND BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN PRODUCERS

In Chicago, B96 listeners voted Christina Aguilera’s “Beautiful” as the best song of last decade. Unfortunately, Christina’s last album Bionic, which many thought was unfairly trashed because of Lady Gaga, Perez Hilton, and others, barely scored a hit in our Windy City. However, this may soon change.

Christina Aguilera has been recording new songs with Madonna’s “Ray of Light” producer William Orbit and Bruce Springsteen’s producer Brendon O’Brien. “She is going to hit a home run with this one and show everybody that you can’t forget what talent means,” says program director Jared Stelling.

Source: The Examiner