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Time to cue the Rocky theme and start chasing chickens: Michael Lohan wants Perez Hilton to be his human punching bag.

Lindsay's dad was initially slated to duke it out with Kevin Federline for a New York children's charity, but since that fell through, he's targeting a new sparring partner.

“Out of all the people on this planet, if there is one person I would really love to get in the ring with me," he says, "it would be Perez Hilton."

And the gossip blogger isn't backing down. "The only thing [Lohan]'s good at is throwing jabs in the media toward Dina Lohan and Samantha Ronson," Hilton tells E! News.

"I don't think Michael Lohan can handle the whooping I'd throw his way. I would obliterate him with my right hook in the ring!"

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On the heels of two viral pro-Barack Obama singles, political activist and celeb wrangler extraordinaire will.i.am has released yet another star-studded music video into the online ether, this time in an attempt to eradicate global poverty.

The Black Eyed Pea frontman today launched the In My Name campaign to support the Global Call to Action Against Poverty. The announcement took place in front of the United Nations, with the rapper joined by Krisin Davis, Elle Macpherson and Jordan's Queen Rania Al Abdullah. All appear in the new video along with Scarlett Johansson, Fergie, Wyclef Jean, Annie Lennox and John Legend, among others.

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Mariah Carey is making a run for the border...for a good cause.

The Grammy winner has signed on as the latest Hunger Ambassador for the Yum! Foundation's World Hunger Relief, an annual effort that aims to raise money for the United Nations World Food Program and bring an end to starvation around the world.

Her duties include becoming the actual poster child for the cause, appearing on print ads that will be featured in more than 100 countries and 36,000 franchises.

"The change from hunger to hope starts with you," Carey's poster reads.

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Jennifer Lopez may not have clocked the fastest time, but she and the other competitors at Sunday's 22nd Nautica Malibu Triathlon helped raise nearly $1 million for the Pediatric Cancer Research Program at Children's Hospital in Los Angeles.

As reported earlier today, J.Lo turned in a seriously impressive 2 hours, 23 minutes and 38 seconds and raised $125,000 on her own for the event, which was presented by Toyota.

The winner overall was Chris McCormack, while The Bachelor's Andy Baldwin won the celebrity bragging rights, if not a rose, with his time. Other stars who competed were Felicity Huffman, William H. Macy, Jon Hamm, Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Jon Cryer, Monique Coleman, Scott Foley and Anna Kournikova.

Since they did so much good, we thought we'd offer you a treat for the eyes with our Sweatin' With the Stars gallery.

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Wedding Planner costars Jennifer Lopez and Matthew McConaughey reunited on the shores of Malibu on Sunday morning.

The two were among the hundreds of participants at the annual Nautica Malibu Triathlon, which benefits Children's Hospital of Los Angeles' Pediatric Cancer Research Program.

The 39-year-old singer-actress finished the half-mile ocean swim, 18-mile bike ride and four-mile run in 2 hours, 23 minutes and 28 seconds.

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Matt Damon and Wyclef Jean spent the weekend touring the Caribbean—but it wasn't a vacation.

The pair joined forces to bring attention to the desperate situation in Haiti, which has been hit by four tropical storms and hurricanes since mid-August, including Hurricane Ike last week. Hundreds of thousands of residents have been left hungry and homeless, and more than 300 people have died.

"It's inhumane," said Jean, who was born in Haiti. "I wish there was a word in the dictionary. No human should be living like this."

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Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt may have newborn twins and four other children to care for, but that doesn't stop them from looking after hundreds of thousands of children in Ethiopia, too.

The Jolie-Pitt Foundation made a $2 million donation to the Global Health Committee on Saturday to create a center for AIDS- and tuberculosis-affected children in Ethiopia. The center will be named after the couple's daughter Zahara, 3, who was adopted from the African nation in 2005.

"It is our hope when Zahara is older, she will take responsibility of the clinic and continue its mission," Pitt said in a statement announcing the donation.

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Wyclef Jean is trying to keep his homeland above water.

The Haitian singer, who serves as a Goodwill Ambassador to the notoriously poor Caribbean nation, and his Yelé Haiti foundation have launched the Haiti Storm Relief Fund in response to the devastation wrought by Hurricanes Gustav, Ike and a series of storms that have also battered the southeastern U.S, the Bahamas and Cuba.

Jean's group has been doling out food, water, purification tablets, tents, blankets, medical supplies, hygiene kits and cash to various nonprofit relief organizations currently toiling away in Haiti, where hundreds of people have died over the past several weeks.

Teaming with the Pan American Development Foundation and the World Food Program, Yelé Haiti is planning for a massive emergency food delivery to begin within the next few days.

"My country is facing a serious catastrophe at the moment, and we urgently require assistance," Jean said. "But the long-term catastrophe is that we have less than 2 percent tree cover, and without restoring our forests, we will always be susceptible to mudslides and flash floods from storms and hurricanes."

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Even in a tough economy, people will open their wallets for a great cause!

Organizers say Friday night's historic, star-studded Stand Up to Cancer telethon helped push donations to the charity past the $100 million mark.

"On behalf of the Stand Up To Cancer leadership team, we are tremendously grateful to everyone who contributed to make this historic event a success," said Lisa Paulsen, head of the Entertainment Industry Foundation, the charitable organization behind Stand Up to Cancer. "This money will go directly to funding the research programs necessary to defeat this insidious disease."

More than 100 stars from music, sports, TV and film, including cancer survivors Sheryl Crow, Christina Applegate and Lance Armstrong, came together for Friday's live telethon, which was co-emceed by rival network news anchors Katie Couric, Charles Gibson and Brian Williams.

Passionate stars who care, Ellen DeGeneres, Jennifer Garner and Neil Patrick Harris take time out to talk with Jason Kennedy of E! News on the red carpet at the Stand Up to Cancer event. For more on the charity juggernaut, read our news story here or tune in to E! News Now.

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The stars came out tonight with hopes of brightening the way for years to come.

Halle Berry, Jennifer Garner, Jennifer Aniston, Salma Hayek, Ellen DeGeneres, Keanu Reeves, Billy Crystal, Scarlett Johansson, Julia Louis-Dreyfuss, Casey Affleck, America Ferrera, Fran Drescher, Forest Whitaker, John Krasinski, Christina Applegate, Josh Brolin and Masi Oka are just some of the A-listers who participated Friday in the Stand Up to Cancer telethon, benefiting cancer research, at Hollywood's Kodak Theatre.

Meryl Streep, Charlize Theron, the stars of Lost, Lance Armstrong, Tina Fey and some fellow 30 Rockers, Carson Daly and Tom Green also spoke up via video.

But despite a roster of names that wouldn't have seemed out of place at the Oscars, it was sobering to see how many of the event's participants' lives have been affected by cancer, including Applegate, who, after being diagnosed with breast cancer this year, underwent a preventative double mastectomy, and Katie Couric, whose husband, Jay Monahan, died of colon cancer in 1998.

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VMA performance or not, Miley Cyrus is pumped up for Britney Spears to do whatever she's doing at the MTV self-love fest this weekend.

Cyrus is in New York City, prepping for a huge gig at CBS' upcoming Condé Nast-sponsored Fashion Rocks charity concert featuring music legends and fashionistas to benefit cancer research. When popping out of a midtown rehearsal space yesterday, photogs asked Cyrus if she was looking forward to Spears' do-over.

"It will be awesome, I can't wait," she said.

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