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Wide of Kodak Theatre2. Marquee3. Backdrop4. Wide of arrivals5. Camera cutaway6. Casey Affleck speaks to reporter7. SOUNDBITE (English) Casey Affleck/Actor:\"Well I believe cancer is the...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eAssociated Press\u003cbr/\u003eLos Angeles, 05 September 2008\u003cbr/\u003e1. Wide of Kodak Theatre\u003cbr/\u003e2. Marquee\u003cbr/\u003e3. Backdrop\u003cbr/\u003e4. Wide of arrivals\u003cbr/\u003e5. Camera cutaway\u003cbr/\u003e6. Casey Affleck speaks to reporter\u003cbr/\u003e7. SOUNDBITE (English) Casey Affleck/Actor:\u003cbr/\u003e\"Well I believe cancer is the leading cause of death in this country. So this seems like a fairly important thing to kind of get behind and see if this is something you can contribute to. It's not often that you get to contribute to something quite as big as this. Especially if you ever had someone that you know have cancer. If you have ever had cancer and dealt with it in any way you know how frustrating it can be.\"\u003cbr/\u003e8. Abigail Breslin speaks to reporter\u003cbr/\u003e9. SOUNDBITE (English) Abigail Breslin/Actor:\u003cbr/\u003e\"My shirt actually says, 'In Memory of Grandpa Larry.' My grandpa had cancer a couple of years ago so he passed from it and we still miss him.\"\u003cbr/\u003e10. Camera cutaway\u003cbr/\u003e11. SOUNDBITE (English) America Ferrera/Actor:\u003cbr/\u003e\"One of my best friends just lost a cousin to breast cancer when her cousin was 24 years old. I'm 24 now. When I was 16 it seemed like forever ago, but how to imagine that somebody of my age with so much life ahead of them would have to deal with something like that. We have so much technology in our world. We really should be channeling that towards the quality of our lives.\"\u003cbr/\u003e12. Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig speaks to reporter\u003cbr/\u003e13. SOUNDBITE (English) Bud Selig /MLB Commissioner:\u003cbr/\u003e\"Baseball committed team million dollars which was a very large amount for us at that point and it's a privilege. These women have done one of the most remarkable jobs.\"\u003cbr/\u003e14. Christina Ricci speaks to reporter\u003cbr/\u003e15. SOUNDBITE (English) Christina Ricci/Actor:\u003cbr/\u003e\"Well I certainly believe that every American deserves free health care. Every American should be able to get the same treatments that anyone else can get.\"\u003cbr/\u003e16. Forest Whitaker speaks to reporter\u003cbr/\u003e17. SOUNDBITE (English) Forest Whitaker/Actor:\u003cbr/\u003e\"My parents have adopted a certain eating lifestyle. I think there are certain preventative things you can do as far as trying to eat healthy. They adapted a vegetarian lifestyle to try in order to try to sway some health issues. I'm encouraging them and everyone to watch themselves and to monitor themselves. I think monitoring yourself is very important.\"\u003cbr/\u003e18. Kate Bosworth speaks to reporter\u003cbr/\u003e19. SOUNDBITE (English) Kate Bosworth/Actor:\u003cbr/\u003e\"I know my uncle passed away from brain cancer this past year so this event this year for me means a lot and I'm really happy to be here to fight in this battle.\"\u003cbr/\u003e20. Ellen De Generes walks arrivals\u003cbr/\u003e21. Player Charles Barkley speaks to reporter \u003cbr/\u003e22. SOUNDBITE (English) Charles Barkley/Athlete:\u003cbr/\u003e\"They asked me to do a colonoscopy because in the black community it's become a big deal in the last ten years. They are asking us to get a colonoscopy at 45 instead of 50. I was a guinea pig and I'm glad I did it.\"\u003cbr/\u003e23. Melissa Etheridge speaks to reporter \u003cbr/\u003e24. SOUNDBITE (English) Melissa Etheridge/Musician:\u003cbr/\u003e\"First of all just hearing you have cancer brings up years of, 'Oh my God. Movie of the week. The girl that dies of cancer.' And you are so conditioned that cancer is so sad and so, yet you can absolutely survive it. It's totally survivable, sometimes. We lose a lot of people to it. But to be here and have everyone raising money for the one cause of getting closer to a cure. That's what it's about. It's not about the, we've come a long way in little parts of cancer research. But to really go over the finish line. That's what it's about.\"\u003cbr/\u003e25. Jimmy Fallon speaks to reporter\u003cbr/\u003e26. SOUNDBITE (English) Jimmy Fallon/Actor:\u003cbr/\u003e\"If you can donate anything from 25 cents to a dollar it's all it matters. Instead of buying coffee tomorrow at Starbucks, spend the five, six dollars on cancer research. It's all going to a great cause. Honestly.\"\u003cbr/\u003e27. Salma Hayek walks arrivals\u003cbr/\u003e28. Jason Mraz speaks to reporter\u003cbr/\u003e29. SOUNDBITE (English) Jason Mraz/Musician:\u003cbr/\u003e\"Cancer touched my life hard core about six years ago when one of my best friends from high school was diagnosed with...a rare kind of bone cancer. He had his collar bone removed. He had about ten months of chemo. Really gnarly. I just couldn't understand why someone who is my age was going through this. It was the first time it became very real. He set an example for a lot of us in our community just about how we chose to live. That's why I am here today.\"\u003cbr/\u003e30. Wide of arrivals\u003cbr/\u003eThree TV networks, cancer research advocates and more than 60 celebrities from music, sports, TV and film made history Friday night with a live telethon that aired simultaneously on NBC, ABC and CBS.\u003cbr/\u003eJack Black, Jennifer Aniston, Halle Berry and Keanu Reeves - along with presidential nominees John McCain and Barack Obama - were among the stars participating in \"Stand Up to Cancer,\" an hour long, commercial-free fundraising show spearheaded by entertainment-industry heavyweights whose lives have been touched by the disease.\u003cbr/\u003eBefore entering the benefit, stars all talked about how cancer has touched their lives individually. Academy nominee Abigail Breslin wore a shirt in memory of a family member. \"My shirt actually says, 'In Memory of Grandpa Larry.' My grandpa had cancer a couple of years ago so he passed from it and we still miss him.\"\u003cbr/\u003e\"Ugly Betty,\" star America Ferrera feels very lucky to be alive and well at the young age of 24. \"One of my best friends just lost a cousin to breast cancer when her cousin was 24 years old. I'm 24 now. When I was 16 it seemed like forever ago, but how to imagine that somebody of my age with so much life ahead of them would have to deal with something like that. We have so much technology in our world. We really should be channelling that towards the quality of our lives.\"\u003cbr/\u003eGrammy nominated singer songwriter Jason Mraz noted, \"Cancer touched my life hard core about six years ago when one of my best friends from high school was diagnosed with...a rare kind of bone cancer. He had his collar bone removed. He had about ten months of chemo. Really gnarly. I just couldn't understand why someone who is my age was going through this. It was the first time it became very real. He set an example for a lot of us in our community just about how we chose to live. That's why I am here today.\"\u003cbr/\u003eAmerican comedian, actor, and musician known for his work on \"Saturday Night Live,\" had a suggestion for the public. \"If you can donate anything from 25 cents to a dollar it's all it matters. Instead of buying coffee tomorrow at Starbucks, spend the five, six dollars on cancer research. It's all going to a great cause. Honestly.\"\u003cbr/\u003eCancer kills 550,000 Americans and six million people worldwide each year. 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