Jennifer Aniston - Images - Magazine Scans - Part VII

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From the Whoï¿½s News Blog of USA Weekend. Click on the picture to enlarge. Beautiful cover.

Kathy's Weekend Outlook: TV marathons
Posted by Lorrie Lynch
August 29, 2008

Also, don't miss USA WEEKEND's cover story on next Friday's big Stand Up To Cancer telethon. Three huge stars ï¿½ Jennifer Aniston, Sidney Poitier and Terrence Howard ï¿½ came together for our cover to talk about how their lives have been affected by cancer.

From USA Weekend more on the cover story.

Hope against disease
Issue date August 31st

Tune in: Watch "Stand Up to Cancer" on ABC, CBS and NBC Sept. 5 at 8 p.m. ET/PT.

The stars align to raise funds to fight cancer -- and help victims and their families realize they're not alone.

When Hollywood stars show up for something that really matters -- not a movie, not a TV show, not an album, but something that could help their loved ones and the families of thousands in America -- you get a glimpse of them at their best.

Jennifer Aniston (whose aunt died of liver cancer), Sidney Poitier (a prostate cancer survivor) and Terrence Howard (he says his mom has stage 4 colon cancer) are using their star power to promote "Stand Up to Cancer," a one-hour telethon to raise awareness and funds for cancer research. The special will air simultaneously on three networks -- ABC, CBS and NBC -- on Sept. 5 at 8 p.m. ET/PT.

The show, which will be hosted by Katie Couric, Charles Gibson and Brian Williams, will feature stars such as Meryl Streep, Scarlett Johansson and Forest Whitaker.

At the USA WEEKEND photo shoot, the three stars spoke easily, if emotionally, about the topic that brought them together. "About 1,500 people a day die from cancer," says the petite Aniston, who rarely gives interviews. "Both my grandmothers died of cancer," she says softly.

"You feel so helpless in a situation like I have with my mom," Howard says, "but being part of this makes you feel not so helpless."

"Cancer has directly impacted my life," Oscar winner Poitier says. He was diagnosed with prostate cancer 14 years ago. His brother Cyril died of the disease. Aftersurgery to remove a tumor, he says he is now cancer-free.

"I would like to speak to all men, especially to the African-American male, who needs to be aware of the danger prostate cancer poses, because it gives you sometimes very little if any warning at all. Be tested," he says.

Howard, who was nominated for an Academy Award for best actor in 2005's "Hustle & Flow," sits on a gray sofa in skinny jeans and a green V-neck shirt and bows his head. "My mother cries a lot," he says. "She doesn't want to die. I say, 'Mommy, you have been running from death for five years. Just stand up and fight it'. I want to give my mother hope. That's why I am involved in this."

Some of the most powerful women in Hollywood and in the media feel the same way. Women like Couric, former movie exec Sherry Lansing and Ellen Ziffren, one of the show'sco-producers, among others, banded together when they realized that TV could have a profound effect on fundraising for cancer research. "We were all cancer advocates and had been touched by cancer in some way," says Lansing, whose mother died of ovarian cancer at age 64. "So we got together and dreamed. This is Hollywood, so we dreamed big! What's bigger than getting all three networks to do a simultaneous broadcast?"

Cover and cover story photography by Robert Sebree for USA WEEKEND; illustrations by Jim Nuttle for USA WEEKEND

Hair for Aniston: Chris McMillan; makeup for Aniston: Angela Levin; styling for Aniston: Nina and Clare; grooming for Howard: Natalie Miller; styling for Poitier and Howard: Jennifer Azoulay. Inside clothing: Howard's shirt by Zadig & Voltaire; Aniston's shirt: Zooey Tees by Alice Heller; Poitier's shirt: John Varvatos