TOP TALENT COMES OUT FOR UNCF TRIBUTE TO PATTI LABELLE

ANITA BAKER, FANTASIA, JENNIFER HUDSON AND JOSS STONE AMONG THOSE TO PERFORM

AN EVENING OF STARS® Presented by Target -Tickets Go on Sale on August 3, 2008

Grammy-winning ladies of soul Anita Baker and Joss Stone, Oscar winning Jennifer Hudson and American Idol-winner Fantasia are among those slated to perform at UNCF’s 30th Anniversary An Evening of Stars® Tribute to Patti LaBelle Presented by Target. This year’s event promises to be a night to remember when UNCF salutes Patti LaBelle before a live audience on Saturday, September 13, 2008 at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, California.

Tickets to An Evening of Stars® Tribute to Patti LaBelle Presented by Target will be available for purchase beginning Sunday, August 3, 2008 at the Kodak Theatre box office, the Ticketmaster web site and at all Los Angeles area Ticketmaster locations. Ticket prices start at $28.

Also scheduled to sing Patti LaBelle’s praises will be the incomparable Dionne Warwick, the soulful Brian McKnight, the multi talented comic and singer Wayne Brady and gospel legend Yolanda Adams. Additional performers and an all-star cast of presenters, to be announced later, will join UNCF’s salute to the soulful songbird during a two-hour tribute that will air in January 2009.

Patti LaBelle, who has been an active supporter of UNCF through her appearances on past AEOS® tributes and participation in numerous UNCF fundraising events, will be on hand to accept UNCF’s Award of Excellence, given in recognition of her distinguished career as an artist and for her longstanding support of UNCF. She joins the esteemed company of prior award honorees Lou Rawls, Quincy Jones, Steve Wonder, Aretha Franklin and Smokey Robinson

This year’s show is made possible by Target, the Presenting Sponsor of AEOS®, and by national corporate sponsors McDonald’s, Toyota, and AT&T. American Airlines is the official airline of An Evening of Stars® and Wachovia is the VIP Hospitality sponsor.

Returning for his twelfth year as executive producer and director of An Evening of Stars® is five-time Emmy® winner Louis J. Horvitz, Returning for his twelfth year as executive producer and director of An Evening of Stars® is five-time Emmy® winner Louis J. Horvitz. Horvitz and his team received the prestigious NAACP Image Award for a Tribute to Stevie Wonder benefiting the UNCF earlier in 2007.

Later in the month Horvitz will direct the “60th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards” for the 14th year.

In February Horvitz directed "The 80th Annual Academy Awards," marking his 12th year at the helm of the Oscars. He also garnered his 13th Emmy nomination for the direction of the program. Horvitz completed his 16th stint directing both "The Kennedy Center Honors" and "The American Film Institute Life Achievement Award."

In a career that has spanned more than three decades, Horvitz has helmed many high-profile programs, including "The American Music Awards," "Fashion Rocks," "The MTV-Video Music Awards," "VH-1 Hip Hop Honors," "VH-1 Divas," "VH-1 Concert for New York City" benefiting survivors of 9/11, "U2 Half-Time at the Superbowl XXXVI," "Paul Simon in Central Park," "The Rolling Stones Steel Wheels Tour," "Live Aid" and the Paramount series phenomenon "80's Solid Gold."

Horvitz is a native of Los Angeles, California and earned a Bachelor of Arts and Master of Fine Arts at the University of California at Los Angeles.

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