Four-time Grammy Award-winning artist Christina Aguilera, winner of Sunday night's Grammy for best female pop vocal performance, and six-time Grammy Award-winning R&B artist Toni Braxton will join six-time Grammy Award-winning artist Mary J. Blige as the superstar entertainment for NBA All-Star 2007 in Las Vegas.
Christina and Toni will headline the halftime show of the 56th NBA All-Star Game, Sunday at the Thomas & Mack Center. The game will air live on TNT, ESPN Radio and in 215 countries and territories. Toni, who can be seen nightly in 'Revealed' at the Flamingo, will open Sunday's halftime extravaganza by performing "Making Me High" from her Secrets album and "Take This Ring" from her 'Libra' album. To culminate the show, Christina will perform two songs from her 2006 Grammy-nominated, certified platinum album 'Back to Basics,' "Ain't No Other Man," for which she won best female pop vocal performance at Sunday's Grammys and "Candyman." This will be Aguilera's last live performance before kicking off her nationwide tour Feb. 20, 2007. (She'll be in Vegas March 3, performing at Mandalay Bay with the gorgeous Pussycat Dolls opening!)
On Saturday, Feb. 17, multi-platinum Mary, who won three Grammys Sunday night, including best R&B album for 'The Breakthrough,' as well as best R&B song and best female R&B vocal performance for "Be Without You," will pay tribute to NBA Cares, the league's social responsibility initiative with a special performance of her rendition of the U2 original hit "One" during NBA All-Star Saturday Night at the Thomas & Mack Center, airing live on TNT at 5PM PST.
In addition to the musical acts during Sunday's All-Star Game, Cirque du Soleil artists will perform a dynamic display of acrobatic martial arts from the opening act of 'KA,' the gravity-defying production presented at MGM Grand. Prior to the start of the All-Star Game, nine-time Las Vegas "Entertainer of the Year" Danny Gans, who is celebrating his 11th year as a Las Vegas headliner and seven years as a solo performer, will perform the National Anthem.
In a special performance, "Mr. Las Vegas" Wayne Newton will be part of the NBA All-Star player introductions, which will include the famed Folies Bergere Showgirls from the Tropicana Hotel and Casino will dazzle the crowd with their signature moves providing a Vegas-style show for the worldwide TV audience!
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tauseef at 8:07AM on Jun 30th 2007