Stand Up to Cancer telecast draws Hollywood elite

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 6 (UPI) -- Hollywood celebrities the likes of Gwyneth Paltrow, Reese Witherspoon and Jon Hamm showed up Friday night in support of the Stand Up to Cancer telecast.

The non-profit charity held its fourth televised fundraiser, broadcast without commercials on more than 30 networks and streamed on Yahoo and Hulu.

Ariana Grande, The Who and Dave Matthews Band performed at the event, as well as Lupe Fiasco, Jennifer Hudson and Common, who together performed a remix of Fiasco's Mission, called Remission.

Remission is available to download through various digital retailers, royalties from which will be donated to the Stand Up to Cancer charity.

Also performing Friday night was comedian and actor Will Ferrell, who did a stand-up routine as his Anchorman character Ron Burgundy.

"I love Stand Up to Cancer," he said. "But we shouldn't stop there? As a society we need to stand up to Libras and Pisces and Tauruses and Capricorns"

Organizers don't yet know how much money was raised Friday night, but hoped to raise more than $100 million. The previous three telecast events raised $261 million combined.