Robert Downey Jr., Sofia Vergara join 'Stand Up 2 Cancer' lineup
Robert Downey Jr., Melissa McCarthy, Steve Carell, Sofia Vergara and Ben Falcone, Kevin Bacon and Dave Grohl are among the latest batch of stars to join the lineup for this year'sStand Up To Cancerfundraising event, which takes place at 8 p.m. ET/PT on Friday.
Money raised goes to fund cancer research programs.
Other stars who have just signed on to participate are Anna Kendrick, Tony Goldwyn, Hailee Steinfeld, Josh Gad, Giada De Laurentiis, Jaime King, Mira Sorvino, Joe Manganiello, Jordana Brewster, Alison Sweeney, Charlie Wilson and Diem Brown.
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.
Special musical performances include: The Who, Jennifer Hudson, Lupe Fiasco & Common, Ariana Grande and Dave Matthews.
The event, which is co-executive produced by Paltrow, will air on 32 broadcast and cable networks and stream on Hulu and Yahoo.