STAND UP TO CANCER. It was a star-studded night as leaders from the worlds of entertainment, sports, science, and industry came together in an unprecedented campaign to stop the scourge of cancer. The commercial-free, one-hour program (which aired simultaneously on NBC, CBS, and ABC on Friday September 5th) raised significant contributions for cancer research, awareness, and patient advocacy. Watch the special now!
Stand Up To Cancer is an ongoing effort and a unique collaboration between the American Association for Cancer Research and the Entertainment Industry Foundation. It was founded on the belief that there is now sufficient knowledge of the basic science behind cancer--and that technologies are available now that can translate this knowledge into real advances in treatment and prevention.
Stars Unite to Fight Cancer
Performers scheduled to appear include:
Casey Affleck, Jennifer Aniston, Christina Applegate, Lance Armstrong, Abigail Breslin, Josh Brolin, David Cook, Katie Couric, Dana Delany, Fran Drescher, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Kirsten Dunst, Elizabeth Edwards, Jon Favreau, America Ferrera, Charles Gibson, Neil Patrick Harris, Salma Hayek, Scarlett Johansson, Masi Oka, Danica Patrick, Christina Ricci, Robin Roberts, Homer Simpson, Marge Simpson, Meryl Streep, Hilary Swank, Charlize Theron, Goran Visnjic, Forest Whitaker, Brian Williams and Reese Witherspoon. They’ll be joined by singers Mariah Carey, Beyonce, Mary J. Blige, Rihanna, Fergie, Sheryl Crow, Miley Cyrus, Melissa Etheridge, Ashanti, Natasha Bedingfield, Keyshia Cole, Ciara, Leona Lewis, LeAnn Rimes and Carrie Underwood.
Why Now?
Cancer takes one person every minute. They are our brothers, our sisters, our fathers and mothers, our husbands and wives, our best friends, our children, ourselves. Stand Up To Cancer is launching a new movement to attack cancer by pushing promising scientific breakthroughs to the finish.
