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Angelina Jolie Honored With Honorary Oscar For Humanitarian Work Nov 17, 2013

Angelina Jolie has been awarded an Honorary Oscar for her humanitarian work. More →

Stars Attend LA Philharmonic’s Walt Disney Concert Hall 10th Anniversary Celebration Oct 3, 2013

The Los Angeles Philharmonic and its Music Director Gustavo Dudamel opened the 2013/14 season with the 10th Anniversary Celebration: Opening Night Gala Concert, a star-studded evening honoring the anniversary of the opening of Walt Disney Concert Hall, Monday, September 30. More →

Brooke Burke-Charvet Honored By American Cancer Society Jul 31, 2013

On Sunday, July 28, The American Cancer Society hosted its 29th Annual California Spirit Gala at the Pacific Design Center. Guests joined Barbara Lazaroff and Sherry Lansing, co-founders and co-hosts of the gala, in honoring thyroid cancer survivor Brooke Burke-Charvet. More →

Mark Harmon Stands Up To Cancer Jun 14, 2013

Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C) and the Cancer Research Institute (CRI) have teamed up to develop a new print public service announcement featuring NCIS star Mark Harmon. More →

Marcia Cross Releases Prostate Cancer PSA May 23, 2013

The Safeway Foundation and Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C), a program of the Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF), have teamed up to develop a print, radio and digital public service announcement featuring actress and SU2C Ambassador Marcia Cross. More →

Giada De Laurentiis Stands Up To Cancer Apr 12, 2013

Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C), a program of the Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF), and the Melanoma Research Alliance (MRA) have collaborated on a new television and radio public service announcement starring Emmy Award-winning celebrity chef Giada De Laurentiis, who tragically lost her brother to melanoma. More →

All-Star Cast For Alzheimer's Play Apr 4, 2013

US against ALZHEIMER’S is announcing an all-star cast for the ensemble reading of the acclaimed play, “Surviving Grace”, written by Trish Vradenburg (“Designing Women”, “Family Ties” and “Kate & Allie”) on Wednesday, June 19th at a fundraising benefit at Warner Bros Studio. More →

Stand Up To Cancer Raises Over $81 Million Sep 10, 2012

Stand Up To Cancer has announced that more than $81 million has been pledged so far in connection with its star-studded September 7 roadblock fundraising telecast to accelerate ground-breaking research and bring new treatments to patients as quickly as possible, including pediatric cancer patients through the creation of a new pediatric cancer research “Dream Team.” More →

Stand Up To Cancer Telecast Returns In September Jul 11, 2012

Building on two historic fundraising telecasts in 2008 and 2010, groundbreaking grassroots movement Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C), a program of the Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF), will return to primetime television on Friday, September 7 (8:00-9:00 PM ET & PT). More →

Oprah Awarded Honorary Oscar For Charity Work Nov 15, 2011

Oprah Winfrey was presented with the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award – a special Oscar for her charity work – at a dinner in LA on Saturday night. More →

Oprah Winfrey Awarded Humanitarian Award Aug 4, 2011

Oprah Winfrey is to be this year’s recipient of the prestigious Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award. More →

Stand Up To Cancer Announces Celebrity Lineup Aug 20, 2010

An extraordinary line-up of actors, musicians, athletes and journalists have banded together for Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C), the groundbreaking initiative aimed at raising funds to accelerate innovative cancer research bringing new therapies to patients quickly that will saves lives now. More →

Jake Gyllenhaal Stands Up To Cancer Jul 14, 2010

The Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C) television event is set to air live and commercial-free on FOX, September 10, 2010, at 8p.m. EST & PST / 7 p.m. CST. Joining ABC, CBS and NBC, FOX will donate one hour of live simultaneous commercial-free primetime for the nationally televised September 10th fundraising special, to be broadcast from Los Angeles. More →

Stand Up To Cancer To Return With Second Celebrity Charity Telecast May 20, 2010

Two years after an historic fundraising telecast and the start of a groundbreaking grassroots movement, Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C) will return to primetime television on September 10, 2010, at 8PM EST & PST / 7PM CT, with a star-studded appeal to build continuing public support and donations for cutting-edge cancer research that translates at a rapid pace from the laboratory to treatments and technologies that benefit patients. More →

Alyssa Milano Among New Stars Named In Red Cross Celebrity Cabinet Mar 30, 2010

The American Red Cross has announced eight new members to its National Celebrity Cabinet, a group of celebrity supporters who promote Red Cross services by donating their time, helping neighbors prepare for emergencies, responding to disasters and lending a helping hand to those in need – down the street, across the country and around the world. More →

Celebrity Women Honored At Humanitarian Awards Sep 28, 2009

Some of the hottest female stars in show business, including Christina Applegate, Christina Aguilera, Maria Bello and Anne Hathaway, were honored for their charity work at Variety’s first annual Power Of Women Luncheon last week. More →

American Red Cross Announces Celebrity Cabinet Aug 21, 2009

The American Red Cross is pleased to announce five new additions to its National Celebrity Cabinet, a group of celebrity supporters who promote Red Cross services by donating their time, helping neighbors prepare for emergencies, responding to disasters and lending a helping hand to those in need. More →

Jerry Lewis Awarded Oscar For Charity Work Feb 23, 2009

Actor Jerry Lewis was awarded a very special humanitarian award at last night’s Oscars. More →

More Stars Stand Up To Cancer Jul 29, 2008

Stand Up To Cancer has announced another selection of stars that will take part in their television extravaganza on September 5. More →

Stand Up To Cancer: Sherry Lansing Tells Us How And Why Jul 18, 2008

Sherry Lansing was the chair of the Motion Picture Group of Paramount Pictures from 1992 to 2005, where she oversaw the release of more than 200 films including Academy Award winners Forrest Gump (1994), Braveheart (1995), and the highest grossing movie of all time, Titanic (1997). More →

Red Cross Announces The 2008 Celebrity Cabinet Feb 29, 2008

The American Red Cross unveiled their 7th annual National Celebrity Cabinet yesterday, February 28, with 15 new members from movies, sports, and television. More →