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Top fundraising teams will be highlighted during Sept. 10th nationally televised broadcast NEW YORK, Aug. 17 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- As part of a new long-term alliance, Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C) is gearing up for its next Team Fundraising Challenge by joining forces with one of television's most popular shows, Survivor on CBS. For the first time ever, Survivor will stand up and issue the "Challenge The Odds" Team Challenge with Stand Up To Cancer Ambassador and winner of Survivor:...
LOS ANGELES and NEW YORK, Aug. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- 'Change the Odds' PSA to air on Stand Up To Cancer broadcast on September 10th Watch Now on Stand Up To Cancer's YouTube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwC87ZKF1dQ (Full Embed Code at End of Release) More than a dozen of Hollywood's young stars - a cast including Zac Efron, Dakota Fanning, Andrew Garfield, Vanessa Hudgens, Logan Lerman, Kristen Bell, Jon Heder, Aubrey Plaza, Zachary Levi, Sofia Vassilieva, Clark Duke, Olivia Munn,...
LOS ANGELES and NEW YORK, May 19 /PRNewswire/ -- 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 EDT & PDT / 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. (Logo:...
PHILADELPHIA and LOS ANGELES, Dec. 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Comcast Corporation and Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C) have joined together to create the first-ever video-on-demand (VOD) initiative Stand Up 2 Cancer On Demand to broaden awareness and raise critical funds for innovative cancer research. Debuting exclusively on Comcast beginning December 15th, Stand Up 2 Cancer On Demand will feature an extraordinary library of musical entertainment including hundreds of music videos from many...
NEW YORK, Oct. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Every year Glamour celebrates Women of the Year by paying tribute to courageous and inspiring women who are changing the world. This year the magazine features First Lady Michelle Obama on the cover, accompanied by an interview with new Glamour monthly columnist Katie Couric in which they discuss the importance of role models and mentoring the next generation. (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20091028/NY00590-a) (Photo:...
VERMILLION, S.D., Oct. 6 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Free public seating will be available, first-come, first-served, in Vermillion's DakotaDome when CBS News anchor Katie Couric speaks Thursday night at The University of South Dakota. No tickets are required for DakotaDome sections A, B, C, G, H and I. Doors will be open by 6 p.m. Last seating is at 6:45 p.m. The program will begin at 7 p.m. The USD Jazz Band will perform from 6 to 7 p.m. Couric, managing editor and anchor of the "CBS...
CBS anchorwoman Katie Couric has joined Glamour magazine as a monthly columnist, editor-in-chief Cindi Leive announced Thursday. Couric, the anchor and managing editor of TV's CBS Evening News with Katie Couric, will start her Glamour gig by interviewing First Lady Michelle Obama for the magazine's December issue, Leive said. Couric is expected to explore in a month Q&A column what makes her female subjects so inspiring to other women and girls. Whether she's sitting down with a head of...
NEW YORK, Sept. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Award-winning journalist Katie Couric has joined Glamour magazine as a monthly columnist, editor-in-chief Cindi Leive announced today. Couric, the anchor and managing editor of CBS Evening News With Katie Couric, will interview the world's most captivating women, starting with an exclusive talk with First Lady Michelle Obama for the magazine's December issue. In a monthly Q&A column, Couric will explore what makes her subjects so inspiring to other...
VERMILLION, S.D., Aug. 26 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Katie Couric, anchor and managing editor of the "CBS Evening News with Katie Couric," will speak at The University of South Dakota on Thursday evening, Oct. 8, when she is presented with the 2009 Al Neuharth Award for Excellence in the Media. Couric will be the 22nd individual honored by the university and the Freedom Forum since the Neuharth Award program began in 1989. The award, recognizing lifetime achievement, is named for USA TODAY...
CBS News says it will honor the late anchorman Walter Cronkite with a primetime special entitled That's The Way it Was: Remembering Walter Cronkite. The CBS division said Sunday night's honorary special to Cronkite, who died Friday at the age of 92, will feature top political and entertainment figures sharing their memories of the former CBS Evening News anchorman. Among those sharing remembrances on the program are President Barack Obama, former CBS Evening News anchor Katie Couric and...
