Tom Hanks and Justin Timberlake Join Stand Up To Cancer 2012

Christina Applegate and Sofia Vergara at the 2010 SU2C
Christina Applegate and Sofia Vergara at the 2010 SU2C - Photo by Richard Harbaugh/© 2010 American Broadcasting Companies, Inc

Oscar-winner Tom Hanks, singer/actor Justin Timberlake, Modern Family‘s Sofia Vergara, and Oscar-winner Halle Berry are joining Eric Stonestreet, Ray Romano, Felicity Huffman, Max Greenfield, Stacy Keibler, Maura Tierney, Rocco DiSpirito, Ethan Zohn, and Olympic Gold Medalists Gabrielle Douglas and Missy Franklin in participating in the third Stand Up To Cancer event. The 2012 fundraiser will be broadcast on Friday, September 7 at 8pm ET/PT commercial-free on ABC, CBS, FOX and NBC (the networks donated the hour).

BIO, E!, ENCORE, HBO, HBO Latino, ION Television, LMN (Lifetime Movie Network), Logo, MLB Network, mun2, Palladia, SHOWTIME, Smithsonian Channel, STARZ, STYLE, TBS and VH1 will also carry the Stand Up To Cancer event.

In addition to the above-mentioned celebrities, the list of those already confirmed to stand up for cancer patients and help raise money for cancer research includes Julia Roberts, Matt Damon, Michael Douglas, Jessica Biel, Samuel L. Jackson, Jeremy Renner, Seth Rogen, Emma Stone, executive producer Gwyneth Paltrow, and SU2C Co-Founder Katie Couric. Taylor Swift, Coldplay, Alicia Keys, and Tim McGraw will “deliver moving, one-of-a-kind performances alongside inspiring patient stories.”

Simon Baker, Jordana Brewster, Diem Brown, Dana Delany, Chelsea Handler, Marg Helgenberger, Minka Kelly, Joe Manganiello, Jillian Michaels, Masi Oka, Ana Maria Polo, and Alison Sweeney will also be a part of SU2C.

Viewers will be able to call into the celebrity phone bank or donate via text. All of the proceeds will go to fund cancer research, with $180+ million raised during the 2008 and 2010 SU2C events. For more details on Stand Up To Cancer, visit standup2cancer.org.

About Stand Up To Cancer:

Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C) — a program of the Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF), a 501(c)3 charitable organization — raises funds to hasten the pace of groundbreaking translational research that can get new therapies to patients quickly and save lives. In the fall of 2007, a group of women whose lives have all been affected by cancer in profound ways began working together to marshal the resources of the media and entertainment industries in the fight against this disease.

SU2C was founded on the belief that this is a pivotal juncture with the potential for transformative progress in cancer research because of two trends: breakthroughs made in our understanding of the basic science of cancer and technological advances that enable us to translate them into new treatments. Today’s cancer researchers need additional funding to fulfill the promise of life-saving discoveries, and Stand Up To Cancer engages the public to support their work.