Anchors set for cancer benefit

September 04, 2008 CBS' Katie Couric, NBC's Brian Williams and ABC's Charles Gibson are set to leave St. Paul almost immediately after the conclusion of the Republican National Convention and fly to Los Angeles for Friday's three-network benefit "Stand Up to Cancer." "It's great after these two political conventions, with two very different visions, to be able to take part in a tripartisan event that will really unite the country behind a common cause," Couric said told The Hollywood Reporter on Thursday. Within the past year, several in the industry -- including Couric, producer Laura Ziskin, former Paramount CEO Sherry Lansing and the Entertainment Industry Foundation's Lisa Paulsen -- began working separately on a telethon to benefit cancer research and call attention to the disease.

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