MPTF Sets Date For Second ‘Lights, Camera, Take Action!’ Telethon
deadline.comThe Motion Picture & Television Fund said Tuesday that the Lights, Camera, Take Action! Caring for Hollywood’s Crews fundraising telethon will return for its second edition December 9, airing live on KTLA-Los Angeles from 7-9 p.m.
PT. It will also stream on the MPTF’s website. Yvette Nicole Brown and Tom Bergeron are back to host after doing the same last year, when the telethon raised more than $850,000 and was nominated for an L.A.
Area Emmy. A goal of $750,000 has been set for this year’s broadcast, which so far is expected to include appearances by Camilla Belle, Kyle Bornheimer, Jeff Bridges, Darren Criss, Lena Dunham, Colin Farrell, Jason George, Clark Gregg, Lalah Hathaway, Jodie Foster, Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, Wendy Liebman, Michael McKean, Leslie Odom Jr, Annette O’Toole, Phil Rosenthal, Daniela Ruah, Tiffany Smith, John Stamos, Billy Bob Thornton, Wilmer Valderrama, Ming-Na Wen and David Wild.
Rosenthal and Wild return as producers alongside Bergeron and Brown. The MPTF this year has been working to support members of the entertainment community impacted by the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes via the MPTF’s Community Care Fund.
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