Nicole Scherzinger, Jeff Dye, Michael Che, Hoda Kotb, Gilbert Gottfried, Cheryl Burke, One Direction, Jimmy Fallon, Jennifer Garner, Keith Urban, John Mellencamp, Zac Efron, Helen Mirren, Robert Pattinson and more are joining NBC’s star-studded charity event ‘Red Nose Day’ on Thursday, May 21 (8-11 p.m. ET) to have fun, raise money and change the lives of children living in poverty in the U.S. and in some of the poorest communities around the world.

A sketch film documenting the creation of ‘Game Of Thrones: The Musical,’ written by Coldplay and featuring a number of the HBO show’s cast members, will be one of the many highlights in ‘Red Nose Day,’ along with John Mellencamp and Keith Urban performing “Pink Houses.” An enormously popular event in the U.K. that has raised more than $1 billion for charity over the last 30 years, ‘Red Nose Day’ is coming to America for the first time ever on May 21.

In addition to great comedy, videos produced by Funny Or Die, incredible music performances and almost 100 of Hollywood’s favorite stars, the benefit event will also feature short appeals films that shed light on those in need.  Jack Black travelled to Africa to visit children in Uganda living on the streets, witnessing firsthand the devastating effects of preventable diseases at a hospital.  Blake Shelton visited a mobile health clinic in Los Angeles that is providing free, life-changing care to underprivileged children.  In Peru, Michelle Rodriguez met children having to work to survive and seeing how projects there are helping them get the education they need.

source: entertainmentrocks.com