Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C) raised more than $111 million collectively in connection with the star-studded Sept. 9 “roadblock” live fundraising telecast from The Music Center’s Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles. The show featured an all-star cast of celebs including Executive Producer Bradley Cooper, SU2C Co-Founder Katie Couric, Anna Kendrick, Ben Affleck, Emma Stone, Eva Longoria, Jamie Lee Curtis, Jussie Smollett, Katherine Heigl, Kathy Bates, Kevin Hart, Kristen Wiig, Laverne Cox, Matthew McConaughey, Mel B, Shannen Doherty, Tom Hanks and Viola Davis.
Musical performances during the show included Keith Urban with Little Big Town and Dierks Bentley covering David Bowie’s “Heroes” from the Academy of Country Music Honors, and songs performed by Alessia Cara, Charlie Puth and Gallant. Canadian superstar Céline Dion closed the show with a moving rendition of “Recovering,” a song given to her by Pink about rebounding from loss, which she dedicated to her husband, father and brother, all of whom died of cancer.
The show helps fund SU2C’s groundbreaking approach to translational research, accelerating the delivery of new therapies to patients. SU2C brings together scientists from different disciplines across various institutions to work collaboratively. One hundred percent of the donations received from the general public go directly to cancer research programs.
Every day, cancer kills 1,800 people in the United States and Canada—more than one person every minute. With this telecast, since launching in 2008, more than $481 million has been pledged to support SU2C’s innovative model of collaborative cancer research. The research is aimed at ending cancer’s reign as a leading cause of death worldwide.
