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• Usher, Jennifer Hudson and Celine Dion will honor the late Whitney Houston in a Grammy sponsored TV special, We Will Always Love You: A Grammy Salute to Whitney Houston. The one-hour special will tape on October 11 and will air on November 16 on CBS. More performers will be announced in the coming days. The week prior to the concert airing, a greatest hits album, I Will Always Love You – The Best of Whitney Houston, will hit stores. [Huffington Post]
• Swizz Beatz was named the Global Ambassador for the New York City Health and Hospital Corporation. His main goal will be to bridge the gap between therapeutic healing and the arts. “[Swizz Beatz] is committed to using his creativity, his innovation and his international stature to help spread the HHC message on a global scale to promote better health in our city and our world,” said Executive Director of the Fund for HHC, Joe Schick. [Grio]
• Today, Michelle Obama will tape an appearance on Steve Harvey’s new daytime talk show that will air on October 3. Harvey said he was honored to have the First Lady as a guest. It’s unclear what the focus of their interview will be – undoubtedly she will chat about the upcoming election and more. [Yahoo]
• Young hit-maker Tiffany Evans and husband Lorenzo Henderson welcomed their first child on Tuesday. Although the couple have not released a name yet, their little girl came in weighting 6 lbs 12 oz. Congratulations to the happy couple! [MSN]