Stand Up To Cancer’s fifth telecast takes place on Friday, September 9 (8:00-9:00 pm ET/PT), with an impressive list of stars committed to the hour-long show, including bold-faced names Ben Affleck, Matthew McConaughey, Emma Stone, Tom Hanks, Anna Kendrick, Viola Davis, Jon Hamm, Kristen Wiig, Ed Helms, Zach Galifianakis, Eric Stonestreet, Alison Sweeney, Ken Jeong, Kevin Hart, and SU2C co-founder Katie Couric, with special musical performances by recording artists Celine Dion and Dierks Bentley, who will join Keith Urban and Little Big Town.
Per the organization’s press announcement, SU2C is harnessing its digital presence by rallying the public through its #reasons2standup campaign. Leading up to and on the night of the telecast, Stand Up To Cancer is encouraging its supporters to share the reasons they have been moved to join in the fight against cancer by sharing photos and videos on social media with the hashtag #reasons2standup
Bradley Cooper, Academy Award-nominated actor and founder of the Bradley Charles Cooper Foundation, will executive-produce the broadcast. Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C) is a program of the Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF).
“It’s truly inspiring to see so many people come together for this cause,” says Couric. “We have a great show lined up this year and are grateful to the amazing individuals taking time out of their schedules to participate. It will be a fantastic opportunity for people to learn about some of the incredible new breakthroughs in cancer research and treatment that are giving real hope to many patients and their loved ones.”
The telecast will broadcast live from The Music Center’s Walt Disney Concert Hall in downtown Los Angeles. The four broadcast networks ABC, CBS, FOX, and NBC with air the special, along with dozens of others including American Forces Network, Bloomberg TV, Bravo, Comedy Central, Discovery Life, EPIX, ESPNews, FS2, FXM, Great American Country, HBO, HBO Latino, HLN,Logo, MLB Network, National Geographic, Showtime, Starz, TBS, VH1, and WGN America who are donating one hour of simultaneous commercial-free primetime for the telecast. For the first time, there will be a Spanish version of the Stand Up To Cancer telecast airing nationally on Galavision, HBO Latino, Starz Encore Espanol and Univision Deportes. In addition, the show will stream live on SU2C’s Facebook page, Yahoo, SU2C’s YouTube page, MLB.com and in Spanish on Univision.com.
To date, more than $370 million has been pledged to support SU2C’s innovative model of collaborative cancer research. Since launching in 2008, Stand Up To Cancer has brought together more than 1,200 of the best and the brightest research scientists from 144 leading institutions in seven countries to fund 19 “Dream Teams,” and six translational research teams; as well as 36 early-career, innovative scientists carrying out high-risk, potentially high-reward projects. The research is aimed at ending cancer’s reign as a leading cause of death worldwide. SU2C-funded researchers have planned, launched or completed more than 160 clinical trials involving more than 9,000 patients. Work by SU2C-supported researchers has led to FDA approval of two treatments.
