This morning I attended the launch for Red Nose Day 2009 in Leicester Square! The event which was held at the Empire Theatre started at 9am and kicked off with an hour long photo call with celebs braving the cold and milling around the red carpet, taking interviews and posing in their silly red noses. In attendance was TV favourite Steve Jones, girl band The Saturdays and comedienne J0 Brand (wearing a full red nose body suit!), to name a few. By ten o clock we were ushered inside to watch a short screening of what this year’s campaigns and celebrities had in store for us.
First up was Fearne Cotton who gave us a rather heart felt speech about her trip to Uganda before Christmas. Malaria is the biggest killer in the East Africa and Fearne explained how a simple malaria net can save a whole family from the disease. Other celebrities who briefly addressed the audience was Gavin and Stacey favourite Ruth Jones who revealed she’d taken part in one of the two official singles for Comic Relief entitled ‘Barry Islands In The Stream’ which features backing vocals (!) from Tom Jones and Robin Gibb, the other being The Saturdays take on Depeche Modes ‘Just Can’t Get Enough’. Claudia Winkleman then proceeded to get teary eyed before introducing a video which showed us how Comic Relief cash is helping those in Africa and the UK, and the morning finished with Rob Brydon encouraging us all to go out and big up RND 09! The strongest message throughout the presentation was how tough and depressing this year will be, but the good news is a fiver can make a difference to a small village in Africa so there are no excuses! So go on, as the brilliant tag line says - Do Something Funny For Money!
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