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The Biz of Baseball: As part of the upcoming 80th All-Star Game festivities in St, Louis, Major League Baseball has announced the tentative list of celebrities slated to play in the Taco Bell All-Star Legends & Celebrity Softball Game. The festivities start Sunday, July 12 at 2:00 p.m. CT, the Legends and Celebrities will take Batting Practice at the Home Run Derby Attraction at FanFest.
At approximately 4:30 p.m. CT, the Taco Bell All-Star Legends & Celebrity Softball Game will take place at Busch Stadium.
MLB Legends Scheduled to Appear: Hall of Famers Ozzie Smith and Bruce Sutter, both from the Cardinals, plus Dave Winfield, Rollie Fingers, Goose Gossage, and Ernie Banks; Cardinals legends Lee Smith, Vince Coleman and Whitey Herzog; plus legends Tommy John and Fred Lynn.
Celebrities scheduled to appear are Ashanti, Chingy, James Denton, Carlos Diaz, Carl Edwards, Jenna Fischer, Ginuwine, Mike Golic, Mike Greenberg, Brian Littrell (Backstreet Boys), Nelly, Billy Bob Thornton, and much more.
Examiner.com: The Encores! Summer Stars production of The Wiz starring Ashanti will host a free post-matinee talkback on Wednesday, July 1 at NY City Center, 131 W. 55th St. (between Sixth and Seventh avenues).
Encores Artistic Director, Jack Virtel, and other company members will take questions from the audience about the show and show business. The program will run about 45 minutes.
The production opened June 18 and stars Ashanti, LaChanze and Orlando Jones. The show is based on The Wizard of Oz by Frank L. Baum. The book is by William F. Brown and music and lyrics by Charlie Smalls.
Thursday June 25th
Boys and Girls Club of America’s “BE GREAT” campaign in Times Square.
ALSO, don’t forget to tune in to BET’s 106 & Park today at 6PM to catch Ashanti on the show. Right after the show is over, tune in to Access Granted (same network) as Ashanti gives us a behind-the-scenes look at “The Wiz”. Don’t miss it!
Ashanti will record an interview with Dana Tyler for the WCBS’ Sunday Morning Show on Tuesday, June 23rd. There’s a lot going on this week, make sure to double-check the calendar on the sidebar to the left so you won’t miss anything.
Fort Stewart, where 3rd Infantry Division Soldiers train hard to get and stay ready to defend the United States of America, will be the site for a celebration of the birth of the nation, July 2-5.
Soldiers and their Families will celebrate with song, picnics, a 50-gun salute, hot air balloon rides, fun, games, food and a number of other activities.
The events, including the traditional fireworks, will make up the 3rd ID and Fort Stewart-Hunter Army Airfield “Worth Fighting For!” Independence Day Weekend Celebration.
Country music star Trace Adkins and R&B singer Ashanti will perform in the Independence Day Weekend Celebration concert, July 3.
But the 3rd ID, Fort Stewart and Hunter Army Airfield will celebrate the nation’s birthday with much more than music.
Scheduled on July 2 are a golf tournament at Taylors Creek Golf Course, a carnival at Walker Field and a 50-gun Salute to the nation at Cottrell Field, beginning at 6 p.m.
On July 3, the operative word will be “free” for Corkan Family Recreation Area activities such as swimming, skating, laser tag and miniature golf. There will be picnic sites, kids’ interactive games, a carnival, a petting zoo and hot air balloon rides, among other activities, at the Walker Field Picnic Area. Adkins and Ashanti will perform that night at Donovan Field East. After the concert, fireworks will light up the sky.
The carnival at Walker Field continues through July 5. It is free all days except July 2 and July 5, when it is pay as you go. - SOURCE
This year’s inductees honored during Boys & Girls Clubs of America’s 103rd National Conference include: (L to R) former Chairman/CEO, Principal Financial Group and current Pres., Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines, J. Barry Griswell; Head coach of the 2009 Super Bowl Champions Pittsburgh Steelers, Mike Tomlin (represented by his mother); and former Minnesota Viking, turned juvenile Court Judge, Hon. Tim Irwin; five-time Grammy Award-winner and entreprenuer Usher; and Grammy Award-winning R&B performer, Ashanti. (PRNewsFoto/Boys & Girls Clubs of America).
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Nicknamed the “Princess of Hip Hop,” Ashanti performed for the very first time on the stage at the Glen Cove Boys & Girls Club, where her mother, Tina Douglas, taught dance. She began writing songs in high school. Her 2002 debut album, Ashanti, landed at the #1 spot on both the Billboard Top 200 and R&B album charts and received a Grammy for best contemporary R&B album. She has released three hit studio albums since. In 2008, she partnered with jeweler Cartier on a “Love” bracelet benefiting Boys & Girls Clubs of America. Recently she joined the organization’s BE GREAT campaign to inspire young people to pursue their dreams.
“There’s No Place Like Home” for homeless shelter dogs, according to Nigel, the former street-dog-turned-stage-star, who is making his New York professional debut in The Wiz at City Center in June. The need for a home is what inspired Nigel, along with co-star Ashanti (who plays Dorothy) to host “There’s No Place Like Home”Adoption Day on Saturday, May 30 at 11:00 am at City Center (55th Street between 6th and 7th Avenues).
Nigel will be signing “pawographs,” and will pose for photos on a bright Yellow Brick Road that will be installed on the sidewalk in front of City Center. The Humane Society of New York, along with Broadway animal trainer and handler Bill Berloni, will be bringing adorable, star-quality dogs to City Center for adoption. All pups would like nothing better than to click their four heels together and go home with a loving human.
AJC.com: Six former Boys & Girls Clubs members will be inducted into the group’s Alumni Hall of Fame Thursday at the Hyatt Regency Hotel ballroom in Atlanta. Inductees include Grammy Award-winning performers Ashanti and Usher, Cathy Hughes, founder of Radio and TV One, Tom Irwin, a former Minnesota Vikings players who is now a juvenile court judge in Tennessee, and J. Barry Griswell, the former chief executive of Principal Financial Group, who attended a club in metro Atlanta. Mike Tomlin, head coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers, will be inducted but won’t attend.
This is actually GOOD news, Ashanti wanted to leave the label a long time ago, so Irv Gotti is not really “dropping her”, he’s giving her what she wants.
MTV.com: Irv Gotti says he and Ashanti, the Princess of the Inc., will soon be parting company. He said they haven’t been on speaking terms for some time, and the label head/ reality TV star says there’s nothing he can do but end their musical and business affiliation.
“The relationship has run its course,” Gotti explained earlier this week while visiting the MTV offices. “The chemistry of what’s needed — we’re in two totally different places. You’re talking to somebody that took her and shaped and molded her and put her out there for the world, and it blew up. We [hold the record] for the [fastest] selling debut by a female R&B artist — 503 [thousand]. We did it! My views and philosophies and her views and philosophies are not meeting up.”
Ashanti’s last LP, The Declaration — her first in four years — came out in June of last year on The Inc and was created with virtually no input from Gotti. The album was her first in-studio project not to go platinum. Gotti says it’s because the singer deviated from their winning formula and tag-team effort.
“I personally believe for her to be successful, it took the energy … when you seen her it, was 30 n—as around her, and she’s the princess so nice and pretty walking through,” he said. “The music was great, but it was the energy that was created. It wasn’t just her standing there and singing a song.
“We don’t really speak or talk or anything like that,” he continued. “It’s sad in a way. But in another, it’s like its all good.”
Well, maybe not that good. Gotti said it is best for them to part ways.
“I don’t think she can win. She needs some guidance with that,” Gotti added. “But she’s not thinking like that. Really, I couldn’t tell you what’s she’s thinking. So that relationship has run its course and honestly, I’m gonna just drop her.”
At press time, a rep for Ashanti had not granted MTV News’ requests for comment.
Gotti told MTV News that he’s maintained the rights to all of his artists including Ashanti, Lloyd and of course Ja Rule. The exec says he’s working on a deal to reunite with his fellow Def Jam alumni Lyor Cohen, Kevin Lyles and Julie Greenwald over at the Warner Music Group. He says new albums by Lloyd, new rapper Newz and Rule are in the cooker. He explains the delay of Rule’s The Mirror is because they are trying to craft a classic LP.
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