IT'S PARTY TIME: ALL-STAR EXTRAVAGANZA HITS THE BIG APPLE

          The '98 NBA TeamUp Celebration, hosted by Ahmad Rashad
     and Willow Bay tomorrow at 12:00pm EST, will be simulcast by
     seven networks -- NBC, TNT, Nickelodeon, BET, Telemundo, MSG
     and YTV in Canada.  Among the celebrity participants: LL
     Cool J, Tyra Banks, Spike Lee, Brandy, Salt-N-Pepa, Jennifer
     Love Hewitt and the Knicks City Dancers (NBA).
          BRING IN DA' HALFTIME: Over 100 Broadway cast members,
     including "Chicago's" Bebe Neuwirth and "Titanic's" David
     Garrison, will perform numbers from 10 Broadway shows during
     halftime of Sunday's All-Star Game.  Paul Simon and cast
     members of "The Capeman" will perform the national anthems
     (NBA)....The NBA's kick-off party is The Show -- with Stevie
     Wonder and Bette Midler -- tonight at the MSG Theater.
     Meanwhile, "countless other bashes will be thrown in clubs
     and restaurants around town" by the likes of Michael Jordan,
     Puffy Combs, Sam Cassell and Reggie Miller.  Shaquille
     O'Neal will throw "two huge parties," the first being
     tonight with The Source, the hip hop magazine, at a midtown
     club with Combs to perform for the invitation-only audience
     of 500.  On Saturday, O'Neal will host a party and concert
     for 1,000 at the All-Star Cafe.  On Saturday, the TBS and
     TNT networks will host a party for 1,000 clients, staffers
     and ballplayers at the China Club (N.Y. DAILY NEWS, 2/6).