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If you weren’t aware, today is Red Nose Day. Red Nose Day started in the United Kingdom and has been a traditional event for the past 30 years. It is a huge comedic live event to help raise money for children and families in poverty in Africa, Latin America, and Asia. Red Nose Day is coming to the U.S. for the first time today.
Here is an excerpt from the Red Nose Day website. “Red Nose Day is a campaign dedicated to raising money for children and young people living in poverty by simply having fun and making people laugh. The inaugural Red Nose Day will be held in the US on May 21st, 2015. People across the country will come together to have fun and raise funds and awareness. The day’s events will culminate in a three-hour entertainment TV special on NBC featuring the country’s favorite comedians, musicians and Hollywood stars—it’s a show not to be missed! ”
You will see comic sketches like the one Anna Kendrick did below.
Check it out tonight on NBC at 8-11 P.M. ET. You will be greeted by many familiar faces such as Julia Roberts, Will Ferrell, Jennifer Aniston, Reese Witherspoon, Jodie Foster, Julianne Moore, Jack Black, Coldplay and Neil Patrick Harris will also appear, along with John Krasinski, Emily Blunt, Michelle Rodriguez, Gwyneth Paltrow and music sensations John Legend and “Voice” coaches Adam Levine, Blake Shelton, Christina Aguilera and Pharrell Williams. Sienna Miller, Paul Rudd, Olivia Wilde, Eddie Redmayne, Benedict Cumberbatch, Sir Ian McKellen, Orlando Bloom, Leslie Mann, January Jones and Simon Cowell will also be joining the fun, as well as Matt Lauer, Carson Daly, Nick Offerman, Elizabeth Banks, Chris Pine, Jeff Goldblum, Billy Eichner, Martin Short, Laura Linney, Anna Kendrick, Sean “P. Diddy” Combs, John Michael Higgins, Bill and Melinda Gates, Stephen Merchant, Naomi Campbell, Anna Camp, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Yvette Nicole Brown, Retta, Natalie Morales, Danny Pudi and Rob Huebel.
Artists such as One Direction, Little Mix, and Sam Smith have all put out charity singles to support Red Nose Day. This year Sam Smith & John Legend did a duet of Smith’s song Lay Me Down. You can buy it here and support the cause.
You can pick up your red nose at Walgreen’s stores.
A lot of the celebrities who partake in Red Nose Day have been able to visit the places that will be benefiting from the cause. Here is a snippet of when One Direction went to Ghana back in 2013.