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Lady Gaga announces COVID-19 benefi t telecast
BY LISA RICHWINE
REUTERS
Pop music superstar Lady Gaga on Monday announced
a worldwide telecast featuring Paul Mc-
Cartney, Lizzo, Billie Eilish and others to support
healthcare workers responding to the global coronavirus
outbreak.
The event, called “One World: Together at Home,” will
be shown on multiple television and digital networks
around the world on April 18. It will be hosted by latenight
television comedians Jimmy Kimmel, Jimmy Fallon
and Stephen Colbert.
Gaga, who said she helped curate the celebrity lineup,
called in to World Health Organization’s coronavirus
briefing on Monday to unveil the project, a joint effort
with advocacy group Global Citizen.
Organizers already have raised $35 million to help
with the crisis, Gaga said. The money will benefit WHO’s
COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund.
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