Oprah Winfrey found a little time to get her Instagramming on during Tuesday night's [September 12] "Hand in Hand" telethon for the benefit of Hurricane Harvey and Hurricane Irma victims. The media magnate shared a clip of some of the biggest names in the entertainment industry readying to man telephones and receive contributions from viewers who found it in their hearts to give.
Wanda Sykes, Marlon Wayans, the Black Eyed Peas and Tom Hanks are some of the stars that Oprah picked up with her cell phone camera, but there were dozens more on hand, including Cher, Al Pacino, Barbra Streisand, Billy Crystal, Jay Leno, Robert DeNiro, Kevin Hart, Leonardo DiCaprio and Stevie Wonder, who opened the telecast.
Reports began to come in one hour after the telethon's start time, and it is confirmed that $14 million had been raised up until that point. The event, which was organized by Bun B and talent manager Scooter Braun was shot live from Los Angeles but had performances aired from locations in New York City and Nashville, Tennessee as well. The televised portion of the fund raiser was one hour long and aired on ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox, HBO, MTV, BET, and Univision.
