MLB teams with celebrity-studded lineup for SU2C telecast

Stand Up to Cancer’s fifth biennial telecast to help fund cancer research will be streamed live tonight at 8 p.m. ET on MLB.com, with Hall of Famer Frank Robinson representing founding donor Major League Baseball and a big lineup of celebrities, including Ben Affleck, Matthew McConaughey, Emma Stone, Viola Davis, Jon Hamm, Kristen Wiig, Zach Galifianakis, Anna Kendrick and more.

Also participating are Ed Helms, Matt Bomer, Dave Franco, Sonequa Martin-Green, Rob Riggle, Tony Hale, Terry Crews, Mel B, Bree Turner, Josh Gad, Niecy Nash, Eric Stonestreet, Alison Sweeney, Ken Jeong, Marcia Cross, Greg Grunberg, Danielle Campbell, Charlie Wilson, Brittany Daniel and SU2C co-founder Katie Couric, with special musical performances by Celine Dion and Dierks Bentley, who will join Keith Urban and Little Big Town.

Stars will have an opportunity to interact with the public via the SU2C phone bank and across social media. Additionally, SU2C is harnessing its digital presence by rallying the public through its #reasons2standup campaign. Leading up to and during the telecast, SU2C encourages supporters to share the reasons they have been moved to join in the fight against cancer by sharing photos and videos on social media with the hashtag #reasons2standup.

MLB has provided financial support and countless opportunities to build the Stand Up To Cancer grassroots movement by encouraging fans worldwide to get involved. Robinson, senior advisor to Commissioner Rob Manfred, will be in attendance, as MLB is part of the show once again.

MLB works year-round with SU2C in many ways, most visibly through its in-game moments at jewel events like the one this summer at the All-Star Game presented by MasterCard in San Diego. There, a sellout crowd — including on-field personnel and the Commissioner — stood as one to help raise cancer awareness and to hold “I STAND FOR” placards dedicated to individuals who have been …

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