Mobile UPI  |   About UPI  |   UPI en Español  |   UPI Arabic  |   UPIU  |   My Account
Search:
Go

United Negro College Fund honors Wonder

|
|
 
  
Published: Dec. 29, 2005 at 10:13 PM

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- The United Negro College Fund's annual "An Evening of Stars" fundraiser will honor Stevie Wonder for his music and humanitarian efforts.

Fantasia, Maroon 5, India.Arie and Toni Braxton are among the performers paying tribute to Wonder during the four-hour show that will be taped for syndicated broadcast Jan. 6-8, Billboard.com reported.

Also set to appear during the gala at Hollywood's Kodak Theatre are Lou Rawls, Quincy Jones and Doug E. Fresh, actors Jeremy Piven, Vivica A. Fox, Gary Dourdan, Idris Elba and Terrence D. Howard, and comedians D.L. Hughley, Robert Townsend and Tyler Perry.

Topics: D.L. Hughley, Doug E. Fresh, Gary Dourdan, Idris Elba, Jeremy Piven, Lou Rawls, Quincy Jones, Robert Townsend, Stevie Wonder, Toni Braxton, Tyler Perry, Vivica A. Fox
© 2005 United Press International, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Any reproduction, republication, redistribution and/or modification of any UPI content is expressly prohibited without UPI's prior written consent.

Order reprints
  
Join the conversation
Most Popular Collections
Protesters, police clash at NATO summit Notable deaths of 2012 2012 Billboard Music Awards
The 137th Preakness Stakes Annual Solar eclipse occurs in U.S. Chen Guangcheng arrives in the U.S.
Additional Entertainment News Stories
1 of 29
Members of the Army's Old Guard place flags at Arlington National Ceremtery
View Caption
U.S. flags are seen in the rucksack of a soldier with the Army's 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment, The Old Guard, as he places flags at gravesites in Arlington National Cemetery as part of the Flags-In Memorial Day ceremony on May 24, 2012 in Arlington, Virginia. American flags were placed at each of the more than 220,000 grave markers in honor of those who served and Memorial Day. UPI/Kevin Dietshc
fark
Photoshop this frog jumping coach
China criticizes the U.S. on its "dismal" human rights record, citing police brutality, arresting...
Hey, why don't we have a gardening thread? BRING ON THE ORGANIC TROLLS
What happens when a precious little snowflake get his JD and goes to work on Wall Street? He sues...
Alcohol was definitely involved
Ink is pink