Red Nose Day Telethon Raises $21M for Fighting Poverty

Red Nose Day Telethon

Red Nose Day Telethon Raises $21M for Fighting Poverty

Seth Meyers and Gwyneth Paltrow at the Red Nose Day telethon. CBS
Seth Meyers and Gwyneth Paltrow at the Red Nose Day telethon. CBS

NEW YORK, May 23 (UPI) — The inuagural U.S. Red Nose Day telethon has raised $21 million to help impoverished young people around the world, NBC announced.

More than 100 A-list artists took part in Thursday’s three-hour entertainment program, which featured musical performances, comedy sketches and pre-taped videos.

The event took place in New York and was hosted by Seth Meyers, David Duchovny andJane Krakowski.

Coldplay’s hilarious Game of Thrones: The Musical mockumentary short, which was narrated by Liam Neeson and starred numerous GOT cast members, has become a viral sensation with 3.75 million hits on YouTube since Thursday.

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