Julia, Tiffany tap into ‘Telethon for America’
A bevy of celebrities and social-media influencers will be taking part in The Telethon for America, which will be streaming online next week. But they’re not trying to raise money. Instead, the participating stars — including Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Judd Apatow, Chelsea Handler, Tiffany Haddish, Alyssa Milano, Allison Janney and Jessica Alba, among many others — are taking pledges to vote in attempt to boost turnout for the upcoming midterm elections.
The telethon, backed by former First Lady Michelle Obama, “flips the traditional telethon on its head,” said comedian Ben Gleib, who created and is executive producing the telethon.