Sharon Stone Stumps for Tsunami

02/14/2005 5:35 PM, E! Online
Julie Keller

Sharon Stone's new basic instinct: helping victims of the tsunami disaster.

The actress is ready to her best "We Are the World" rendition, joining forces with socialite music producer Denise Rich to produce the all-star charity single "Come Together Now."

The duo are cowriting the single and enlisting the voices of a slew of rock, pop and country superstars to lend their pipes. Among the participants: Aretha Franklin, Lindsay Lohan, Natalie Cole , Wyclef Jean, Peter Gabriel , Patti LaBelle, Lionel Richie, Mya, JoJo, Gavin DeGraw , Bryan McKnight, Kelly Price and Paulina Rubio.

While Stone is new to the music biz, she is no stranger to charity. Just last month, the 46-year-old Basic Instinct star offered up $10,000 of her money at the World Economic Forum for malaria-related health efforts. Within minutes, she had collected $1 million from the rest of the well-heeled crowd.. As for Rich, she's more than just a party-hopping lady who lunches. She penned "Candy" for Mandy Moore and "Don't Waste Your Time," a Grammy-nominated tune sung by Aretha Franklin.

Stone and Rich will look to stand out in what is becoming a mini-industry of A-list tsunami relief songs.

The star-studded, if slightly amateurish, rendition of the classic Beatles song "Across the Universe," from Sunday's Grammy Awards, with vocal turns by Bono, Stevie Wonder, Norah Jones , Alicia Keys, Velvet Revolver, Tim McGraw, Steven Tyler and Brian Wilson is now available for download on iTunes. According to Apple, all proceeds from the 99-cent download cost of the song will go to the Southeast Asia tsunami relief efforts.

Then there's the charity cover of Eric Clapton 's "Tears in Heaven," featuring the likes of Elton John , Gwen Stefani , Josh Groban , Rod Stewart , Velvet Revolver, Ozzie Osbourne and Andrea Bocelli also in the works. That project is helmed by Sharon Osbourne and American Idol grump Simon Cowell.

Clapton, who wrote "Tears in Heaven" after the death of his 4-year-old son in 1991, gave his permission to use the song as his contribution to the efforts.

Meanwhile, several British artists, including surviving Bee Gees Robin and Barry Gibb, ex-Rolling Stone Bill Wyman , Steve Winwood and Boy George are recording a charity single called "Grief Never Grows Old."

And several Asian performers, including martial arts star Jackie Chan , worked a new version of "We Are the World" to help victims.

With the various "We Are the World"-inspired projects in the works, the organizers of the original charity single/musical event have just released a 20th anniversary DVD, with, yes, a portion of the proceeds earmarked to tsunami relief.