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Donnie Wahlberg Donnie Wahlberg lights the Empire State building in red, blue and white in honor of the New York Police and Fire Widows and Children's Benefit Fund at The Empire State Building today, in New York City. Photo By: Corredor99/MediaPunch Inc.

**** STARS WITH A HEART **** Keith Lockhart With Joey McIntyre Holiday music will fill the halls at Children’s Hospital Boston as Keith Lockhart and members of the Boston Pops performed an exclusive holiday concert for Children’s Hospital patients today. Joey McIntyre, the youngest member of the New Kids on the Block, joined Keith and members of the Pops to spread holiday cheer among patients and their families with Yuletide tunes such as Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town, The Twelve Days of Christmas, and Sleigh Ride, as well as a seasonal sing-along. Mr. McIntyre also followed the Pops back to Symphony Hall, to appear as a guest narrator on A Visit from St. Nicholas (“’Twas the Night Before Christmas”), and a vocalist on Winter Wonderland and O Holy Night during the 4 p.m. matinee Boston Pops performance. The concert was aired throughout the hospital on closed-circuit televisions. Following the performance, several Boston Pops musicians made individual in-room patient visits. Photo Cour...

Epic Hotel Miami Celeb hotspot EPIC Hotel is the place to be seen this summer. The musical group New Kids on the Block checked into Kimpton’s EPIC Hotel in Miami on Wednesday. Jordan and Jonathan Knight, Joey McIntyre, Donnie Wahlberg and Danny Wood were in town for their New Kids on the Block Cruise on the Carnival Destiny, which departed yesterday from Miami. Why EPIC? A member of the award-winning San Francisco-based Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants, EPIC is located at the edge of the Miami River and Biscayne Bay, and combines the style of a cosmopolitan boutique hotel with the amenities of a resort to create a sophisticated oasis for guests amidst the energy and pulse of Miami. The hotel’s 411 rooms and suites are artfully designed by Cheryl Rowley, with furnishings that convey an understated sense of cool, and all feature private balconies that provide inspiring views of the city and bay. Hotel offerings include a 13,752-square-foot wrap-around pool deck with private cabanas; A...

Joey McIntyre New Kids On The Block singer Joey McIntyre has become a father again. His beautiful wife Barrett delivered the new bundle of joy Rhys Edward McIntyre at 9 p.m. Sunday in Los Angeles California, the singer's press rep confirmed to People exclusively. "He and his mom are both rock stars," McIntyre Tweeted yesterday. Rhys weighed in at 7 lbs., 10 oz. Photo By: Sara De Boer/Retna

Donnie Wahlberg Joey McIntyre With Danny Wood And Jonathan Knight The New Kids On The Block hosted a album Release Party at Marquee in New York City yesterday. A little older but still rocking, the New Kids are on tour. Photos By: RD / Dziekan / Retna Digital

They are all almost 40, but the New Kids On The Block are returning to the neighborhood.The hit boy band, which sold 70 million albums in the 1980s and early '90s, has reunited and plans to release a new album and go on a world tour. The reunion comes 20 years after the release of the group's multi-platinum album, Hanging Tough. "The fan response to this has been incredible," band member Donnie Wahlberg told the Boston Herald. Wahlberg said he was persuaded to get back together with his former band mates - Joey McIntyre, brothers Jordan and Jonathan Knight and Danny Wood - when they decided to record new music. Wahlberg said he wrote 80% of the new material with McIntyre and Jordan Knight. "I had no interest going out on a nostalgia tour and singing the same material," said Wahlberg, 38. But he added: "We absolutely will do the old songs for sure." Producer Maurice Starr formed the group in Boston in the 1980s, hoping to recreate the success he ha...