they can continue their work and later tonight, one of these honorees is going to be named the 2017 cnn hero of the year and they ll receive an additional $100,000. it s wonderful that so many celebrities are here. they ve given their time and they re here to honor the heros work. the amazing actor christopher meloni is here, there he is. and sterling k. brown from this is us is here. that s the only other show besides this show that makes me ugly cry. yeah. and also, the bold and brilliant amber tamblyn is joining us for the first time. we ve also got the legendary actress, alfre woodard is here with us tonight. we re very thrilled she s with us. also andra day and common are going to perform their grammy-nominated song, stand up for something, to salute our heroes. i love duets. i love duets so much, and i volunteered our services to do a duet and cnn
common, stand up for something, andra day and common. you can have all the money in your hands all the possessions anyone can ever have but it s all worthless treasure true worth is only measured not by what you got but what you got in your heart you can have, you can have everything what does it, what does it mean it all means nothing if you don t stand up for something because you can t just talk the talk you got to walk that walk, yes you do it all means nothing if you
you re letting them know they matter. this may seem like a no brainer for a standard household, but for a kid growing up in foster or a low-income environment, it s really tough to find even one. i want to thank you to cnn and everyone involved for shining a light on these incredible kids who are showing up and putting in the time to better their own futures. and to the kids of los angeles back home, this is for you. you re not alone. we got you. thank you. do not go away. we have more to come. that s right. coming up next, a powerful performance by andra day and common, celebrating our heroes, grammy and critics choice nominated song stand up for something. we ll announce our 2017 cnn hero of the year.
lives. now, cnn has given each of our top ten heros $10,000 so they can continue their work and later tonight, one of these honorees is going to be named the 2017 cnn hero of the year and they ll receive an additional $100,000. [ cheers and applause ] it s wonderful that so many celebrities are here. they ve given their time and they re here to honor the heros work, the amazing actor, christopher maloney is here, there he is. and sterling k. brown from this is us is here. that s the only other show besides this show that makes me ugly cry. yeah. and also, the bold and brilliant amber tamlin is joining us for the first time. we ve also got the legendary actress, alfre woodard is here with us tonight. also andrew day and common will perform their emmy-nominated song, stand up for something to salute our heros. i love duets.
for a kid growing up in foster or a low-income environment, it s really tough to find even one. i want to thank you to cnn and everyone involved for shining a light on these incredible kids who are showing up and putting in the time to better their own futures. and to the kids of los angeles back home, this is for you. you re not alone. we got you. thank you. do not go away. we have more to come. that s right. coming up next, a powerful performance by andra day and common, celebrating our heroes, grammy acritics choice nominated song stand up for something. we ll announce our 2017 cnn hero of the year.