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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:20.0pt">Richie Sambora and Stevie Wonder To Perform Surprise “Silent Night” Duet TONIGHT at the 82<sup>nd</sup> Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="Default"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Rock icon</span></b><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> Richie Sambora</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">
and </span><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">music legend
</span></b><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Stevie Wonder</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">will
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">perform a
<b>surprise duet of “Silent Night”</b> </span><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">tonight
</span></b><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">at the 82<sup>nd</sup> Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade</span></b><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">.</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">
The performance will take place <b>at 6pm PT on Co</b></span><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">ncert Stage A</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">on
<b>Hollywood Blvd. between Orange Dr. and Highland Ave. </b>Richie will also perform earlier in the evening with his band at 4:55pm PT on Concert Stage B.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="Default"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">The Hollywood Christmas Parade</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">,
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">one of Los Angeles’
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">biggest and longest-running Christmas
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">traditions,
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">is taking over Tinsel Town tonight.</span><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> Richie</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">
will be joined by an incredible line-up of performers, including <b>the Goo Goo Dolls, Daughty, Kenny Loggins, Leann Rimes, William Shatner, Billy Ray Cyrus, The McClain Sisters, Olate Dogs, Ace Young and Diana DeGarmo</b>, in addition to<b> Wonder.
</b>Astronaut <b>Buzz Aldrin </b>will be the grand marshal.<b> Erik Estrada, Laura McKenzie, Dean Cain and Montel Williams</b> will host the event, which will also feature appearances from <b>Debby Ryan, Susan Lucci, Wayne Brady, Marie Osmond, Taylor Hicks, Larry
King, Joe Mantegna </b>with the <b>cast of <i>Criminal Minds</i>,</b> and <b>stars of
<i>The Young and the Restless</i></b></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">who will be in attendance to celebrate the show’s 40<sup>th</sup> Anniversary.
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<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">The Parade
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">will be broadcasted as a
<b>two-hour primetime special</b> on the <b>Hallmark Channel</b> on <b>December 11<sup>th</sup></b> and will air again on the
<b>Hallmark Movie Channel</b> <b>on</b> <b>December 20<sup>th</sup> and 24<sup>th</sup></b>. The parade</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">, which will benefit
<b>Toys for Tots</b> and salute <b>Disabled American Veterans</b>, will </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">be also broadcast by more than 350 stations around the country</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">,
including KTLA in Los Angeles, on December </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">20<sup>th</sup>
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">from 8-10pm
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">and will air to more than 1 million American servicemen and women worldwide on
<b>American Forces Television Network</b>.</span><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c61YNPaFC2I"><b>PRESS HERE</b></a> to watch Richie’s
<b>new video</b> for song <b>“Come Back As Me.”<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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