Big hearted couple, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have donated $500,000 to help the struggling victims of the Joplin, Mo tornado.

RadarOnline.com can report that the A-list pair handed over the half a million dollars to the Community Foundation of the Ozarks, which will help to rebuild the area which was devastated by the natural disaster.

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Pitt - who is a Missouri native and also attended the state's university - issued a statement about their generous donation.

"With the devastating loss of thirty percent of the city, the Joplin community faces great challenges ahead," he said. "Having spent my of my childhood there, I know these people to be hardworking, humble and especially resilient.

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LeAnn Rimes and her new hubby Eddie Cibrian held a benefit concert for victims of the tornado that ripped through the South, and they were so overcome with emotion that they both cried on stage during the event.

LeAnn burst into tears when she described being part of the Evening With LeAnn Rimes and dedicated her new single Give to the victims of the Joplin tornado.  “There wasn’t a dry eye in the house,” a concert goer told RadarOnline.com.  “She apologized to the crowd for being so emotional. She was obviously so caught up in the movement and genuinely moved.”

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The benefit was arranged by popular event planner and producer Jonathan Jaxson who approached LeAnn via Twitter to help the hurricane victims.  The 450 seat show raised over $30,000 for tornado relief with auctions items from Oprah, Taylor Swift, Justin Bieber, Kelly Clarkson, Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, Kim Kardashian, Reba McEntire, Tim Tebow, Marla Maples, and the cast of Glee.

Authorities have reported that the death toll that struck Joplin has now risen to 116 making it one of the deadliest tornadoes in US history.

The huge 165 mph tornado tore a six mile long, half mile path through the Missouri city on Sunday destroying churches, schools, businesses and homes to fall in its path.

The devastation was reminiscent of the tornadoes that killed more than 300 people in the mid-west last month.

A monster tornado destroyed the city of Joplin, Missouri late Sunday, killing at least 89 persons; the death toll is expected to rise Monday as rescue workers frantically search for more victims.

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Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon declared a state of emergency Sunday night and activated the Missouri National Guard in response to the widespread destruction.