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...victims. Playwrights and actors in New York plan an evening of short plays written for the occasion to raise money. Comic-book artists, including Will Eisner, collaborated on a volume of stories about the attacks. And Friday night, every broadcast network and numerous cable channels aired the two-hour telethon America: A Tribute to Heroes. Surprisingly restrained, held on spare, candlelit stages, it featured elegiac performances from musicians including Bruce Springsteen, Neil Young, Sheryl Crow and Alicia Keys and so many star presenters--Tom Hanks, Muhammad Ali, Julia Roberts--that the likes of Jack Nicholson and Meg Ryan were answering...
Celine Dion, the French-Canadian who helped close the telethon with a rousing rendition of “God Bless America,” is planning to headline a Montreal show that will benefit victims as well. “Quebec-New York” is slated...
...telethon for victims of the Sept. 11 attacks, simulcast on 31 networks last Friday night, has already raised more than $150 million. That figure represents pledges that were made until 7 a.m. Monday morning...
...four major networks are joining forces for an unprecedented industrywide telethon Friday night. It will probably...
JERRY LEWIS Apologizes for women-comedians-are-baby-machines gibe. May need telethon for slander...