Stand Up to Cancer, an initiative to raise funds for cancer research, has a new team of celebrity faces on board.

Yesterday, it was announced that Marcia Cross, Kirsten Dunst, Sally Field, Mandy Moore, Dave Annable, Fran Drescher, Dana Delany, Sharon Osbourne, Patrick Wilson, Sofia Vassilieva and David Archuleta will become part of a team lending their efforts and time to a cause that in the past has included Halle Berry and Jessica Alba.

Check out the ways other celebs give back.

“We are eternally grateful for the continuing support of the Hollywood community who have lent their time and talent to this cause, and engaged the public to do the same,” said Laura Ziskin, who is a member of SU2C executive leadership team. “The entertainment industry generously offered this
initiative the most incredible resources

Many of this year’s ambassadors have been personally affected by the disease.

Fran Drescher is a survivor of uterine cancer and the husband of Marcia Cross, Tom Mahoney, was diagnosed with cancer earlier this year and is currently undergoing treatment.

See which stars have battled cancer.

From its launch on May 28, 2008, SU2C has raised more than $100 million to fund translational cancer research programs.

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source:  usweekly.com

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To be honest I’m losing track on just who is attached to this project – the plug got pulled somewhere in early 06′ and has just now has been resuscitated. According to Variety, Patrick Wilson (who has seen his stock go up significantly since Todd Field’s Little Children and has starring roles in Lakeview Terrace, The Watchmen and Passengers) is probably taking over the lead role that was assigned to Luke Wilson – they both have the same build, so I’d argue that this is indeed the case.

Barry Munday still has Chris D’Arienzo on board to direct his debut (from his own script) with filming to being in April and remain in Los Angeles. The indie pic (2 dollar bet this preems in Sundance of 09′) is based on Frank Turner Hollon’s novel “Life Is a Strange Place”, this is about a womanizer who wakes up sans his “family jewels” after an irate father attacks him with a trumpet. Things go from bad to worse for the title character when he learns that he’s being sued for paternity by a woman he can’t even remember having sex with.

The project is co-financed by Mickey Barold and Stone Douglass’ Stick N Stone Prods. and Matthew Weaver and Scott Prisand’s Corner Store Entertainment. Eric Kopeloff is producing; Marcos Siega and Carl Levin will exec produce.

source:  ioncinema.com

Broadway’s Jane Fonda, John Lithgow, Tyne Daly, Sutton Foster and Patrick Wilson will appear as awards presenters at The 75th Annual Drama League Awards Ceremony and Luncheon on May 15 at Marriott Marquis Hotel in Manhattan.

The event will be co-hosted by Jeremy Irons (Impressionism) and Cynthia Nixon (Distracted).

Fonda, Lithgow, Daly, Foster and Wilson join previously announced awards presenters Harold Prince, Stephen Daldry and Irv Welzer.

Each season, The Drama League presents competitive awards in five categories: Distinguished Production of a Musical, Distinguished Production of a Play, Distinguished Revival of a Musical, Distinguished Revival of a Play and the Distinguished Performance Award. Nominations for these awards were announced on April 21.

For a complete list of nominees, please visit www.dramaleague.org.

Earlier this spring, The Drama League announced the recipients of its annual special recognitions: Elton John will receive the Distinguished Achievement in Musical Theatre Award, Arthur Laurents will be honored with the Julia Hansen Award for Excellence in Directing and Angela Lansbury will receive the Unique Contribution to the Theatre Award.

In addition, Broadway producer Herb Blodgett will receive The Drama League’s 75th Anniversary Leadership Award.

Tickets for The 75th Annual Drama League Awards Ceremony and Luncheon are now available. Individual tickets are $175-$450. Tables of ten range from $1,750 to $4,250.

In honor of the 75th Anniversary of The Drama League Awards, for the first time ever, mezzanine seating will be available for $75 per person. The “Celebration Ticket” price includes an open beer, wine and soda bar (lunch is not included).

For more information, call The Drama League at (212) 244-9494 ext. 5 or visit www.dramaleague.org.

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The Drama League was founded in 1916 as an association of theatre professionals and patrons dedicated to encouraging the finest in professional theatre.

A theatrical service organization, The Drama League “provides an unparalleled training program for emerging theatre artists through The Directors Project, which encourages and trains young talents while providing much-needed exposure and essential connections to the professional theatrical community. The Drama League’s Audience Project is dedicated to building strong, passionate audiences for the American theatre, providing discounted tickets for its members to the best Broadway, Off-Broadway and regional productions across the United States while enhancing the theatregoer’s understanding and experience of live theatre through its informative panels, luncheons and discussions with leading figures in the field.”

source:  playbill.com