On September 10 Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C) returns to primetime featuring a star-studded lineup to raise funds for innovative cancer research.
The live, one-hour fundraising event will include celebrity supporters Gwyneth Paltrow, George Clooney, Will Smith, Olivia Munn, Zachary Levi, Reese Witherspoon, Fran Drescher, Christina Applegate, Lance Armstrong, Renée Zellweger, Marg Helgenberger, Tony Hawk, Denzel Washington—to name just a handful.
“Plain and simple, cancer takes too much from us,” said Laura Ziskin, SU2C co-founder and executive producer of the September 10th broadcast, who is a cancer survivor. “Loved ones lost to it, pain and suffering endured by those in treatment, even the recent report that cancer has the most devastating economic impact of any cause of death…this disease exacts a very high price. We want people all over the country to rise up and say, ‘ENOUGH!’”
Musical guests scheduled to perform include Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day, Natasha Bedingfield, Martina McBride, Aaron Neville, Dave Stewart, Neil Diamond, The Edge, Delta Goodrem, Herbie Hancock, Kris Kristofferson, Lady Antebellum, Leona Lewis, Orianthi , and Ann Wilson and Nancy Wilson of Heart.
SU2C will be simulcast commercial-free on ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, Bio, Current TV, Discovery Health, E!, G4, HBO, HBO Latino, MLB Network, mun2, Showtime, Smithsonian Channel, The Style Network, TV One, and VH1 and hosted by network news anchors Katie Couric, Diane Sawyer, and Brian Williams. The broadcast will air in 195 countries, as well as on the Armed Forces Network.
“We’ve gone to the moon and pioneered a technology that revolutionized the way the world communicates. Applying that same innovation and commitment, scientists are on the cusp of making enormous strides in their efforts to combat cancer, but they need the public’s support and additional funding to do that. Through Stand Up To Cancer and the September 10th broadcast, people all over the country can help to whatever degree they can,” said Sherry Lansing, SU2C co-founder, founder of The Sherry Lansing Foundation and Chair of the Entertainment Industry Foundation Board of Directors.
Tune into your favorite channel on September 10 at 8 p.m. ET and 7 p.m. CT to watch the landmark fundraising telecast.
Daelyn Fortney | @daelyn
Daelyn is the co-founder & managing director of This Dish Is Veg. In addition to her work at TDIV, Daelyn homeschools her three daughters.
Photo credit: su2c.standup2cancer.org
