HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — Some of Hollywood's top young stars are teaming up with the global advocacy group ONE for a worthy cause.
Actors from such hit movies and television shows as Twilight, Gossip Girl, 90210 and Heroes are appearing in a new PSA campaign titled "Coming Together as ONE," which is designed to encourage young people to get involved in the fight against extreme poverty and preventable disease, particularly in Africa.
Among the stars participating in the campaign are Ashley Greene, Kellan Lutz, Nikki Reed and Jackson Rathbone from Twilight; Leighton Meester, Jessica Szohr and Ed Westwick from Gossip Girl; Hayden Panettiere from Heroes; Corbin Bleu from High School Musical; Tristan Wilds from 90210; John Cho from Star Trek and Brandon T. Jackson from Tropic Thunder.
The campaign, which is being launched in conjunction with tomorrow's World AIDS Day 2009, will first appear on TV during the Dec. 2 episode of Gossip Girl. The spots were created by filmmaker Jesse Dylan, who created the Emmy Award-winning "Yes We Can" Barack Obama video campaign with will.i.am of the Black Eyed Peas.
"In the last election, and over the course of history, young people have shown that when we get organized and committed, we are powerful. The fight against extreme poverty and preventable disease in poor countries needs our support, our energy and our commitment," said Greene, who stars as vampire Alice Cullen in the hit Twilight franchise.
ONE was co-founded by U2 lead singer Bono.
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