Craig Ferguson and a star-studded cast of Hollywood stars will team up for the second annual “Red Nose Day Special” charity event on NBC, the network announced Wednesday.
Ferguson recently debuted his new History Channel show, “Join or Die,” and can currently be seen on the nationally syndicated game show “Celebrity Name Game,” for which he was recently awarded the Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Game Show Host for the second year in a row.
Red Nose Day raises money to help lift kids out of poverty. People from all walks of life are encouraged to get involved, have fun and raise money by buying red noses sold exclusively at Walgreens stores nationwide, organizing fundraising events and watching and donating during the television special.
Following the sell-out success of last year’s inaugural Red Nose Day, Walgreens is making more Red Noses available and expanded to Red Nose Day Flair merchandise. This ranges from red hats and springy novelty headbands to oversized sequin bowties and Red Noses for cars, to name just a few.
The money raised by Red Nose Day in 2016 will help support projects in some of the neediest communities in the U.S. and some of the poorest communities in the world.
Red Nose Day has raised over $1 billion globally in the last 25 years, and in the UK has become a cultural phenomenon where people across the country come together to have fun, raise money and change lives.
Red Nose Day launched in the U.S. in 2015, and raised more than $23 million, with the money now at work in all 50 states and 15 countries internationally.
Created by Oscar nominee and Emmy Award-winning writer-director Richard Curtis, the idea of Red Nose Day was built upon the foundation that mass media and celebrities can help raise money and awareness of poverty to save and change millions of lives.
Curtis is an executive producer for the live NBC telecast, along with John Irwin of Irwin Entertainment and Lily Sobhani.
“The Red Nose Day Special” will broadcast live from Los Angeles on May 26 at 9 p.m./8c.
Party Report in Pictures: Team 'Star Wars,' Elton John, Lady Gaga Join Forces for Charity (Photos)
At an intimate night of storytelling and music, Lady Gaga made an unannounced appearance to perform "You and I" on piano during the "Backstage at the Geffen" event on Sunday night.
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"Star Wars: The Force Awakens" writer/director J.J. Abrams chatted with Samuel L. Jackson, who told the crowd that he got in to acting to chase a girl. She is Mrs. Samuel L. Jackson today.
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George Lucas and Mellody Hobson (left and center) were two of the honorees, chosen by Geffen Playhouse boardmember Pamela Robinson (right).
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Before the show, an inner circle had a pre-dinner across Le Conte Ave. 100-year-old Louis XII and Piper-Heidsieck flowed.
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Yves de Launay with Geffen founding trustee and legendary music man, Quincy Jones.
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Fox films chief Jim Gianopulos is more used to people doing the over-the-shoulder to him on the dinner circuit.
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Lee England Jr., who also played at Mellody and George Lucas' wedding, covered "All of Me."
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It was Jeffrey Katzenberg's second hosting gig of the day in Westwood, after the "HOME" premiere around the corner.
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Katzenberg with the studio head who will release the new "Star Wars" on December 18, Alan Horn.
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Sir Elton John gets hands-on with Gianopulos.
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Gil Cates Jr., Pamela Robinson, Elton, Martha Henderson, David Furnish, and Randall Arney arrive on Sunday night.
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Katzenberg toasted the night by calling the Geffen "one of the true treasures of our city because of another true treasure, David Geffen."
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David Miller and Geffen Chief Development Officer Regina Miller, who had reason to smile on the $1.5 million-raising night.
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The four honorees that drew tickets and donations: George Lucas, Mellody Hobson, Elton John and David Furnish.
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Quincy Jones, Samuel L. Jackson and studio chiefs raise $1.5 million at Westwood gathering for the 20th anniversary of the Geffen Playhouse
At an intimate night of storytelling and music, Lady Gaga made an unannounced appearance to perform "You and I" on piano during the "Backstage at the Geffen" event on Sunday night.