Nicole Kidman was among a handful of A-listers who were on hand in Hollywood on Saturday night (November 21) for the third-annual CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute at the Kodak Theatre.
The star-studded broadcast, which honors the top 10 CNN Heroes of 2009, featured performances by Grammy Award-winning artist Carrie Underwood, R&B crooner Maxwell and British pop sensation Leona Lewis, who sang Happy from her sophomore album, Echo.
The top 10 CNN Heroes, chosen by a blue-ribbon panel from an initial pool of more than 9000 viewer nominations, were each honored with a documentary tribute and introduced by a celebrity presenter. Each of the top 10 Heroes receives $25 000.
“With the recognition they receive on our stage,” said hunky Anderson Cooper, who hosted the tribute, “they’ll be able to help thousands and thousands of people. Through their efforts, lives will be changed and lives will be saved.”
Presenters included Kate Hudson, Neil Patrick Harris, Dwayne Johnson, Eva Mendes, Julia Louis-Dreyfus among others.
The gala event, taped before an audience of 3000, premieres on Thanksgiving, November 26, on the global networks of CNN.
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Who watches CNN anymore.
They lie by omission.
Or give you old news after every internet news source has beaten them to it.
^^ Good morning, Sarah!
How about all those acorn and seiu scandals swept under the news rug.
Anonymous, WorldNetDaily is calling. Take your faux conspiracies over to the tinfoil hat sites rather than polluting a celeb blog with your fanatical rantings, again.
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