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September 3, 2008

Stand Up to Cancer

Posted on September 3, 2008

"Extra" is going one-on-one with the Hollywood A-listers behind the star-studded "Stand Up to Cancer" event -- and they're breaking news about the telethon, which airs this Friday. The "Stand Up to Cancer's" leadership team includes Laura Ziskin, Lisa Paulsen, Kathleen Lobb, Sue Schwartz, Noreen Fraser, Ellen Ziffren, Sherry Lansing, Rusty Roberston, and Katie Couric.

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Former Paramount CEO Sherry Lansing touched on the brave cancer survivors who are using their stories and star power to raise money to fund a worldwide scientific dream team to study the disease, including Christina Applegate, Melissa Etheridge and Sheryl Crow. "When a public personality comes forward, it gives hope to everybody else and it no longer makes it a secret," said Lansing.

Lisa Paulsen, President of the Entertainment Industry Foundation says she was not surprised at how many superstars wanted to participate, "Almost everyone we went to had some kind of cancer in their family. They all said yes immediately."

Tomorrow, "Extra" talks with CBS anchor Katie Couric about her participation in "Stand Up to Cancer" -- and why the cause is so close to her heart.

Click here to listen to "Just Stand Up," the song being used for the cause!


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- nick_taboli
Posted 12/26/08 08:03 PM
 
 

I am looking forward to watching the show when it airs. It will give a lot of people a good understanding how people deal with the disease day to day. Whether it be them as a survior or still having it or a close family member with cancer. I am only 28yrs old and have lost my grand-father a year ago in august to liver cancer and my uncle two years ago in november to lung cancer. Those days were the hardest i have ever been through to see someone so close to you die right in front of you. Now I live with my father who has lung cancer and seeing him every day and what he is going through and the pain. It’s hard because there is nothing you can do for them but give them love and be there for them everyday.


- Rachel
Posted 12/15/08 06:58 PM
 
 

I am looking forward to seeing the show. With awareness, we can bring a cure to cancer. As a survivor of Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, I understand the need for cancer to be addressed. It has been a hard road for me and I can say I am in remission for over two years. I hope with this telethon and more awareness we can make sure Cancer does not strike any more of our special loved ones any more and take them away from us.


- Warren
Posted 09/04/08 05:33 AM
 
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