Latest Lionel Richie News

The world premiere of the “We Are The World” reboot will air tonight (February 12) at 8:45/7:45c during the Opening Ceremony of the Vancouver Winter Olympics!

With more than 80 artists involved and a good reason to re-record the song, “We Are The World 25 For Haiti” will raise money and make grants for efficient Haiti relief and continual development of programs to benefit the nation in the future through the newly created We Are The World Foundation.

As soon as the song premieres on NBC, it’ll be available for download and on World25.org, iTunes and on YouTube. You can see the music video on all three sites.

To see the complete list of artists involved or to donate, visit World25.org!

Quincy Jones and Lionel Richie are planning to re-record “We Are The World” 25 years after its original release!

The industry legends are currently gathering talent to record the song together on Monday, February 1, just after the Grammy Awards!

According to THR, Usher and John Legend have already been invited to participate and Sting, Fergie, Alicia Keys and Justin Timberlake will all likely be likely in the song.

Nicole Richie comes out to support longtime love Joel Madden at the 1st Annual Noble Humanitarian Awards on Sunday (October 18) in Beverly Hills, Calif.

Joel was honored for his work with The Art of Elysium, which presented to him by Nic and her father, Lionel Richie.

“They are just as much a part of it,” Joel told People. “Nicole does just as much as I do with Art of Elysium and all the charities we work with. And so does [my twin brother Benji, who's also here]. He actually does more then I do, and he plays the guitar better then I do, so he is a little more entertaining for the kids.”

FYI: Nic wore a cream chiffon dress from Jasmine Di Milo.

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Nicole Richie arrives at the CNN building in Hollywood with her 16-month-old daughter, Harlow, for an appearance with her dad, Lionel Richie, on Larry King Live on Tuesday (May 26).

However, the 27-year-old expectant mom and her dad were unexpectedly pushed to another day due to news about the death of Mike Tyson’s daughter and other breaking news.

“Lionel Richie and Nicole Richie were scheduled to be here tonight,” said Larry King on the show. “Due to breaking news developments in many areas, they graciously agreed to be here Thursday night and for the whole hour.”

Nicole made the best of it and even joked as she tweeted “They said I’m too embarrasing [sic] to actually be on the show, so they held me back in the green room.”

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Nicole Richie glows in a strapless floor-grazing Missoni gown at the 2008 ASCAP Pop Awards held at Kodak Theatre in Hollywood on Wednesday (ASCAP = American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers).

Nicole, 26, was accompanied by her 9-year-old sister Sofia and 58-year-old father Lionel, who was honored with the ASCAP Golden Note Award for achieving extraordinary career milestones. Legendary songwriter/producer Quincy Jones and ASCAP President and Chairman Marilyn Bergman presented the award to Lionel.

The invitation-only awards celebration honored the songwriters and publishers of ASCAP’s most performed songs of 2007. Songwriter of the Year was awarded to Timbaland while Song of the Year was a tie between Fergie’s “Big Girls Don’t Cry” and Gwen Stefani’s “The Sweet Escape.”

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