Benedict Cumberbatch, star of The Imitation Game, John Leguizamo, star of Fugly!, Taye Diggs, star of Murder in the First, Christina Hendricks, star of Mad Men, Kelly Ripa, host of LIVE with Kelly and Michael, and Kathy Griffin, award-winning comedienne, will present at CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute, hosted by Anderson Cooper. The star-studded tribute airs tonight, December 7, at 8:00 p.m. ET, from The American Museum of Natural History in New York City.
Morgan Spurlock, acclaimed filmmaker and star of
CNN Original Series Inside Man, and Questlove, drummer for The Roots, executive producer of new music show
SOUNDCLASH and member of The Tonight Show house band are also presenting in this year's show.
Each celebrity presenter will join one of the Top Ten
CNN HEROES on stage to share their inspirational story.
During the celebration, the 2014
CNN Hero of the Year will be announced.
Quvenzhané Wallis, Oscars' youngest Best
Actress nominee and star of the upcoming film remake of Annie, and
Nick Jonas, actor, singer-songwriter will also recognize youths who are being honored by
CNN as Young Wonders.
Capping off the evening will be musical performances by multi-platinum selling, three-time Grammy Award-winning powerhouse vocalist
Trisha Yearwood who will perform her new single, PrizeFighter, and nine-time Grammy Award-winning guitarist and singer-songwriter
Sheryl Crow, who has sold more than 50 million albums worldwide.
Now in its eighth year, the Peabody Award-winning, Emmy-nominated
CNN Heroes: An All Star Tribute has received more than 50,000 nominations from more than 100 countries and profiled over 200 everyday heroes doing extraordinary work.
Stories and videos of the Top Ten Heroes can be found at CNNHeroes.com. Supporters of the Top Ten
CNN HEROES may make a direct charitable donation to their designated nonprofits by using Amazon Payments through December 31, 2014.
Social media users are encouraged to "like"
CNN HEROES on Facebook, follow @CNNHeroes on Twitter, and use hashtag #CNNHeroes. Behind-the-scenes images can be viewed on
CNN Heroes' Instagram account.
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CNN reaches more individuals on television, the web and mobile devices than any other cable TV news organization in the United States; internationally,
CNN is the most widely distributed news channel reaching more than 271 million households abroad; and
CNN Digital is a top network for online news, mobile news and social media. Additionally,
CNN Newsource is the world's most extensively utilized news service partnering with hundreds of local and international news organizations around the world.
CNN is division of Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., a Time Warner Company.
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