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Christina Applegate, Sally Field, Laura Linney, Marissa Jaret Winokur, et al. Set for Stand Up to Cancer Special

Laura Linney
(© Tristan Fuge)
Laura Linney
(© Tristan Fuge)

Stage veterans Christina Applegate, Abigail Breslin, Fran Drescher, Sally Field, Michael C. Hall, Laura Linney, Ray Liotta, Maura Tierney, Sofia Vergara, and Marissa Jaret Winokur will be among the participants on next month’s Stand Up to Cancer TV special, according to TVGuide.com.

The one-hour show will be carried live on Friday, Sept. 10 at 8pm on ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, Bio, Discovery Health, E!, G4, HBO, HBO Latino, MLB Network, mun2, Showtime, Smithsonian Channel, The Style Network, TV One and VH1. It will be hosted by Katie Couric, Diane Sawyer, and Brian Williams.

Other confirmed participants include Stevie Wonder, Natasha Bedingfield, Queen Latifah, Martina McBride, Aaron Neville, Dave Stewart, Jake Gyllenhaal, Lance Armstrong, Elizabeth Edwards, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Sharon Osbourne, Robin Roberts, Ethan Zohn, Seth Rogen, Seth MacFarlane, Mandy Moore, Alyson Hannigan, Apolo Anton Ohno, David Boreanaz, Dr. Mehmet Oz, Jim Parsons, Cindy Crawford, Minka Kelly, and Reese Witherspoon.