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Stand Up To Cancer, which also receives corporate donations, is a program of the Entertainment Industry Foundation, a philanthropic arm of the TV and movie industries. “I heard from a good friend of mine that this kind of thing (the telethon) brought him a lot of hope while he was being treated,” he said. Burrell said there are many reasons to take part in the event. His “Modern Family” co-star, Ty Burrell, lost his dad to cancer in 1989. Stonestreet said his mother was diagnosed with two types of cancer within one year.
“But I definitely feel his presence, and I think he would be really happy that I’m here tonight doing this and trying to spare other people from what he went through.” “It’s been almost a decade now and I’m sort of more used to the fact that he’s not here in physical body,” she said. Paltrow, who was an executive producer for the telethon, talked before the broadcast about her father, director Bruce Paltrow, who lost his life to cancer. Researchers said the fund supports collaborative team science and innovative ways of approaching new treatments. The entertainment community has gathered to go after this disease “with everything we’ve got,” Roberts said. This extraordinary movement has assembled dream teams of the best doctors and scientists collaborating at a frantic pace to save our lives,” the actress said. “This is why we have to support Stand Up to Cancer. The broadcast walked a line between harsh reality and hope.ĭuring Roberts’ remarks, she cautioned viewers that one in two men and one in three women will get cancer and that cancer “kills a child every four hours in this country.” Other performers included Alicia Keys (“Not Even the King”), Coldplay (“Paradise”) and Tim McGraw, who closed the show with his poignant “Live Like You Were Dying.”Īmong those staffing the phone banks were Olympic champion Gabby Douglas, Eric Stonestreet, Ray Romano and Chelsea Handler,
The song is available on iTunes, with proceeds to go to cancer-related charities. Swift wrote “Ronan” after reading the blog of the child’s mother, Maya Thompson, who is credited as a co-writer. Taylor Swift performed a song she wrote for a young cancer victim, a 3-year-old who died last year. Donations also can be made online at, the group said. The amount of money pledged during the telethon was not immediately available. “And now it’s up to us to continue moving forward to achieve her dream.” “Like every great hero, she had a vision and she set us into motion,” Emma Stone said in a videotaped tribute to Ziskin. She died last year at age 61 after battling breast cancer for seven years. The program honored the memory of “Spider-Man” movie producer Laura Ziskin, who helped found Stand Up to Cancer. That’s what you have to be as a child facing a mountain like cancer,” Timberlake said. Onstage, Justin Timberlake asked the studio audience to stand up for the child, who attended the event. But if I ever do, I’m taking my Legos with me,” he said in the video, with a feisty smile. “I don’t really think about me passing away. The telethon included short films about people fighting the disease, including a 3-year-old boy, Justin, who distracts himself from treatment with a favorite toy. I stand tonight because I want to be part of this effort to find an end to cancer. “Cancer didn’t bring me to my knees, it brought me to my feet. “It picked a fight with the wrong guy,” said Douglas, who had throat cancer. Others had fought the disease themselves. Some of the stars who participated had seen cancer sicken or claim a family member. “Let’s build a world where cancer is no more,” a somber Hanks said on the hour-long program that was carried commercial-free by the major broadcast networks and a number of cable channels.
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