Posts Tagged ‘Stand Up To Cancer’

Carrie Underwood Records for Charity

September 3rd, 2008

What a line-up!

 

Mariah Carey, Beyoncé, Mary J. Blige, Rihanna, Sheryl Crow, Melissa Etheridge and more musical women are all on the list to record "Just Stand Up" for the Stand Up To Cancer charity effort.

 

And now, country powerhouse Carrie Underwood has also joined her voice to theirs.

 

Proceeds from the song, produced by Kenny "Babyface" Edmonds and Antonio "L.A." Reid on sale exclusively on iTunes, will go to the charity.

 

“It seems that everyone has been touched by cancer these days, whether it be a personal experience, a family member or friend, or their families,” says Carrie.  “If by participating in this charity effort I entice just one person to give funds for cancer research, then it will be so worthwhile.”

 

The all-female lineup will also debut the song during the Stand Up To Cancer fundraising event, broadcast commercial free simultaneously on ABC, CBS and NBC on Sept. 5.

A-List Stands Up To Cancer

July 29th, 2008

It looks like the Stand Up To Cancer fundraiser is shaping up to be HUGE!

Jennifer Aniston, Charlize Theron, Lance Armstrong and David Cook, all announced today that they are going to take part in the show on September 5th.

Some are going to perform, some will present and some will man the phone banks to take donations for the public when they call in.

The event, set up by a group of media players who have all faced cancer in one way or another, is going to be a mix of entertainment and hard-hitting documentary segments (with star anchors, Katie Couric, Brian Williams and Charles Gibson) a la Idol Gives Back.

But the organizers think this one’s going to be something special.

 

For one night only, even the rival TV networks are going to call a truce to the ratings war, and ABC, CBS and NBC are all going to broadcast it simultaneously, commercial free, for an hour during prime time.

Apparently Marge and Homer Simpson are going to pitch in, too.

"The support we’ve received from the creative community is remarkable," said the producer and cancer survivor Laura Ziskin, who made the Spider-Man movies and Pretty Woman.

"My phone is constantly ringing with people asking, ‘What can I do and how can I help?’ We hope viewers all over the country will do the same," she said on the New York Times Web site.

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