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**** PARTY IN THEM CRAZY HILLS **** Stevie Wonder Larry King And Shawn King Emily Ratajkowski Courtney Love Brittany Snow Brittany Snow along with Larry King And Shawn King,Stevie Wonder, Emily Ratajkowski and Courtney Love, attended the special event for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at a private residence in Beverly Hills, California the other day. Photos By: MPI99 / MediaPunch

Stevie Wonder Stevie Wonder was photographed at The Drai’s Beach Club & Nightclub in Las Vegas, Nevada over the weekend. Photo By: RD/GDP Photos/ Retna Digital

**** THE GLORIOUS CORNER Story By: G. H. HARDING **** Alicia Keys Stevie Wonder 50 YEAR AGO --- CBS’ much heralded Beatles anniversary show last night was a mixed bag on many levels. First: the music is timeless as ever. It sounded as fresh and as innovative as it did when it first came out. Watching the memories and reactions of everyone was pretty spectacular too: from fans in the original Ed Sullivan audience; to the production people involved in the show. One production person said that the screams were so deafening that night, that the plastic-type of headphones the crew wore that night, were immediately replaced the very next day that day to the much more rugged and secure ones used today. Even the original set designer described his design of of arrows pointing to the group’s performance on stage, which proved to be quite memorable indeed. The Sullivan broadcast was seen by 74 million people, more than 60 percent of the American television audie...

John Legend Bill Bellamy A nd A ctress/ M odel Kat Graham Soul Train Awards 2012, held at Planet Hollywood Live in Las Vegas, was simulcast on BET and Centric last night. The audience was treated to the best in music entertainment.   Host Cedric the Entertainer, kept everyone laughing while stellar performances from artists including: Stevie Wonder, Charlie Wilson, New Edition, Ne-Yo, and 2 Chainz, encouraged people of all ages to dance and sing along to their memorable and popular songs.  Celebrities from music, film, sports and television such as Jamie Foxx, Stevie Wonder, Eddie Levert, Billy Crystal, Earvin “Magic” Johnson, Melanie Fiona, Jody Watley, Doug E. Fresh, Tony Rock, Luke James, Estelle, Donny and Marie Osmond, Vampire Diaries star Kat Graham, and Tamar Braxton, joined Soul Train in celebrating some of the best musical contributions of 2012. This year's show honored New Edition with the Lifetime Ach...

**** The Westchester Jazz Orchestra Presents The Music of Stevie Wonder and Ray Charles **** Stevie Wonder The Westchester Jazz Orchestra, a Runner Up for “Best Big Band” in the recent JazzTimes readers’ poll, will perform The Music of Stevie Wonder and Ray Charles on Saturday, April 14 at 8 PM at the Irvington Town Hall Theater, 85 Main Street, Irvington, NY. WBGO’s Gary Walker is set to host the concert. In October 2011, the Huffington Post said, “You must make it your business to see . . . WJO . . . this year.” The group’s recent performances have been advance sell-outs. “This concert will have broad appeal,” said Emily Tabin, WJO’s Executive Director. “Stevie Wonder and Ray Charles are legendary in pop, soul, R&B and jazz. Both are multiple-Grammy winners, crossover artists with fans of all ages.” The performance will feature WJO-commissioned world premieres of Ray Charles’ #1 hit “Hit the Road Jack” and of Wonder’s “Creepin’.” Also on the roster are “Don’t You Worry ‘Bo...

**** WALTER MCBRIDE IN WASHINGTON DC **** Aretha Franklin Stevie Wonder Aretha Franklin And William Wilkerson B. Smith Gabrielle Union Debra L. Lee And Montez J. Anderson Paxton Baker And Rachel Baker Michael Eric Dyson Sally Stiebel And Mark Ein Vicki Free Luke James Dhani Jones Ann Jordan And Vernon Jordan Beverly Kearney Erika Liles And Kevin Liles Vincent Orange Demaurice Smith Tonya Lewis Lee And Spike Lee Marilee Fiebig With TJ Holmes TJ Holmes along with Stevie Wonder, Demaurice Smith, Luke James, B. Smith, Aretha Franklin And William Wilkerson, Vicki Free, Spike Lee and others, attended the BET Honors 2012 Pre-Honors dinner at the Corcoran Gallery of Art, in Washington, DC. Photos By: Walter McBride / WM Photography / Retna Ltd.

John Legend With Stevie Wonder John Legend performed with another legend, Stevie Wonder at The MONSTER 2010 Retailer Awards during the CES 2010 Convention week at the Paris Ballroom in the Paris Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. Photo By: RD/ Erik Kabik/ Retna Digital

Stevie Wonder received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Civil Rights Museum, then segued from his acceptance speech into a medley of his songs that included "My Cherie Amour" and "I Wish."Wonder, 56, received the honor Tuesday night. The museum also awarded civil rights pioneer Dr. Joseph Lowery the National Freedom Award and Doctors Without Borders co-founder Berna Playing an electronic keyboard, Wonder told an audience of about 5,000 that music is a gift he can share, challenging Memphis and the world to "use the gifts God has given us to help those less fortunate. You must use your eyes, voices, ears. Tomorrow is never promised to any of us. You must be the best you can be right now," he said.