Diva TV Announces Stand Up 2 Cancer Special

Diva TV Announces Stand Up 2 Cancer Special

LONDON, September 11/PRNewswire/ --

- Jennifer Aniston, Halle Berry, Ellen DeGeneres, Leona Lewis and
Jessica Alba Help Raise US$100m

Diva TV will be showing the UK premiere of a Stand Up 2 Cancer one-hour
special on Friday 12 September (21:00). The fundraising extraordinaire,
broadcast recently across America, was hosted by the Hollywood elite
including Jennifer Aniston, Scarlett Johansson, Meryl Streep, Christina
Applegate and Lance Armstrong and raised over US$100m for the charity.

UK women's channel Diva TV has secured rights to a one-hour highlights
special of the show which features the video premiere of "Just Stand Up," the
all-star charity event single with a stellar cast of female recording artists
including Mariah Carey, Beyoncé, Mary J. Blige, Rihanna, Fergie, Sheryl Crow,
Miley Cyrus, Melissa Etheridge, Ashanti, Natasha Bedingfield, Keyshia Cole,
Leona Lewis, LeAnn Rimes and Carrie Underwood. The single is produced by the
legendary L.A. Reid and Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds in their first creative
reunion on record in nearly two decades.

Other celebrity A-listers scheduled to make personal appearances on the
show include Casey Affleck, Charlize Theron, Christina Ricci, David Spade,
Diane Keaton, Ellen Degeneres, Fran Drescher, Jennifer Garner, Jessica Alba,
Kate Bosworth, Mandy Moore, Mekhi Phifer, Jack Black, Kirsten Dunst, America
Ferrera, Halle Berry, Hilary Swank, Forrest Whitaker, Keanu Reeves and many
more.

Jon Farrar, Programming Director at NBC Universal Global Networks
comments, "We are very proud to be the exclusive UK broadcaster for the Stand
Up 2 Cancer special. The roll call of A-listers coming together in the fight
against cancer is a testament to the passion behind this initiative."

Stand Up 2 Cancer, (http://www.standup2cancer.org), is a new initiative
which launched on 28 May 2008, to accelerate ground-breaking cancer research.
The project was founded by a group of media, entertainment and philanthropic
leaders whose lives have all been affected by the disease.

Diva TV, home of The Oprah Winfrey Show, The Bold & the Beautiful and
Rachael Ray is available on Sky (channel 282) and Virgin Media (channel 192).

Source: NBC Universal Global Networks

For further information please contact Chloe Nicholls on +44(0)20-7566-2990 or email (chloe@braben.co.uk). Or visit the NBC Universal Global Networks press and affiliates site: http://www.nbcuniglobalnetworkspress.com

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