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Jennifer Aniston, Charlize Theron, Lance Armstrong and More Stand Up To Cancer

August 13, 2008 in Giving Back by Kristen Seymour | 4 comments

Occasionally, large groups of celebrities will get together to support a cause, but very rarely will three television networks join together as well. Don’t get me wrong — it’s happened before, for Hurricane Katrina support, but it’s not a common event, by any means. And that makes the Stand Up To Cancer telethon that much more special.

On September 5, CBS, NBC, and ABC will air a celebrity-jammed telethon for one hour, commercial-free, during which actors, singers, athletes, and other famous personalities will take part in musical performances and appeals to get people to dig deep and make a donation to fight cancer.

Celebrities taking part are (deep breath) Meryl Streep, Forrest Whitaker, Jennifer Aniston, Charlize Theron, Lance Armstrong, Hilary Swank, America Ferrera, Salma Hayek, Josh Brolin, Scarlett Johansson, Masi Oka and Danica Patrick. News anchors Brian Williams, Katie Couric, and Charles Gibson will join them, as will Good Morning America’s Robin Roberts and former Senator John Edwards’ wife, Elizabeth. Robin and Elizabeth have battled breast cancer.

It’s sure to be an entertaining, yet emotional night of television. Make sure you’ve got a comfy seat on the couch at 8 p.m. on September 5 — you can call the celebrity phone bank, make a donation, and make a difference by standing up to cancer.

Photo courtesy of jenaniston.net

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August 13, 2008 at 1:56 pm

Mary Raleigh

I’m so happy to see more people are as excited as I am about the SU2C telethon! I am working with a website, SocialVibe.com, that has partnered with Stand Up To Cancer to help raise funds for cancer research and put end to the 1 death every minute caused by cancer. For every person that signs up for SocialVibe at socialvibe.com/su2c, $1 is donated to Stand Up To Cancer. No catch, it’s really easy to support Stand Up To Cancer even before the telethon.

Thanks for posting about this amazing cause, I’m really glad everyone is rallying to support SU2C.

August 27, 2008 at 7:21 am

j. smith

It would be more effective if celebrities like Anniston and Theron did not smoke so much. Very hypocritical. They are not healthy, they are only thin.

September 5, 2008 at 5:32 pm

AJ

Jen Aniston looked very sad tonight during the special. I am willing to bet that it is not all because of cancer. I wish for her much happiness. She is one of my favorite celebrities even though she smokes and likes to suntan.


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