The Dolby Theatre was filled with some of the biggest names in music, TV and movies on Friday night for the 4th biennial Stand UP 2 Cancer benefit.
Brave cancer survivors and their families were joined by supporters and celebrities like Robert Downey Jr., Melissa McCarthy, Steve Carell, Sofia Vergara, Ben Falcone, Kevin Bacon, Anna Kendrick, Tony Goldwyn, Dave Grohl, Hailee Steinfeld, Josh Gad, Giada De Laurentiis, Jaime King, Mira Sorvino, Joe Manganiello, Jordana Brewster, Alison Sweeney, Amanda de Cadenet, Charlie Wilson, and Diem Brown, will be part of the star-studded appeal to help build public support for SU2C’s groundbreaking translational research that can provide patients with new therapies to save lives now. They join previously announced participants including Gwyneth Paltrow, Katie Couric, Reese Witherspoon, Pierce Brosnan, Jennifer Aniston, Halle Berry, Jon Hamm, Kiefer Sutherland, Ben Stiller, Will Ferrell, Mark Harmon, Rob Lowe, Eric Stonestreet, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Tony Hale, Dane Cook, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Marg Helgenberger, Matt Passmore, Rob Riggle, Italia Ricci, Ethan Zohn and Bree Turner at the event.
The night also featured special musical performances by The Who, Jennifer Hudson, Lupe Fiasco & Common, Ariana Grande, and Dave Matthews Band. Ariana took the stage and performed a beautiful rendition of the title track of her album My Everything. Watch her beautiful performance below.
supporting a cause that is near & dear to my heart. tonight I'm singing for grandps! i miss u #StandUpToCancer @su2c http://t.co/F2reRZG4dt
— Ariana Grande (@ArianaGrande) September 5, 2014
thank u for having me & for the work u do “@SU2C: We stand up with @ArianaGrande & her beloved grandfather who she recently lost to cancer"
— Ariana Grande (@ArianaGrande) September 6, 2014
sobbed my eyes out as soon as I got back. idk how he was just here & now he's not & I'm singing a song in his honor. sucks a lot #fuckcancer
— Ariana Grande (@ArianaGrande) September 6, 2014
To learn more and to make a donation to Stand Up 2 Cancer, visit standup2cancer.org.
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