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Jermaine Dupri, Cameo, Richelieu Dennis, Tamika Mallory, Marley Dias, Dr. Lonnie Johnson, Rhyon Brown Announced as Recipients of 2018 Bounce Trumpet Awards Performers to Include Doug E. Fresh, Keke Wyatt, Anthony Hamilton, Bow Wow, Sir the Baptist, Arrested Development, Estelle Cee Lo Green, Omar Gooding, Angell Conwell Among Presenters Larenz Tate (Power) and Erica Ash (Survivor’s Remorse) to Host 26th Annual Event World Premieres on Bounce Sun. Feb. 11 at 9:00 p.m. ET ATLANTA, GA —  The 2018 Bounce Trumpet Awards,  the prestigious annual event celebrating African-American achievements and contributions. The gala black-tie ceremony was held at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre in Atlanta, Georgia on Sat. Jan. 20, 2018 and will air exclusively on Bounce on Sunday, February 11 at 9:00 p.m. ET. Bounce recently acquired all assets of The Trumpet Awards and now owns, produces and exclusively premieres the star-studded ceremony. Larenz Tate, Scr...

Best friends Ryan, Sasha, Lisa and Dina are in for the adventure of a lifetime when they travel to New Orleans for the annual Essence Festival. Along the way, they rekindle their sisterhood and rediscover their wild side by doing enough dancing, drinking, brawling and romancing to make the Big Easy  blush. The film stars  Regina Hall ,  Queen Latifah ,  Tiffany Haddish ,  Jada Pinkett Smith ,  Larenz Tate  and  Mike Colter  and produced by  Will Packer Release date:  July 21, 2017 (USA) Director:  Malcolm D. Lee Budget:  28 million USD Production companies:  Universal Pictures ,  Will Packer Productions Producers:  Malcolm D. Lee, Will Packer "Women, particularly black women, we made this movie for you," said Director Malcom D. Lee. "It’s time you receive the big-screen treatment and we hope we delivered for you." For the ladies o...

Larenz Tate & Laurence Fishburne Launch “Bronzeville” Podcast BRONZEVILLE audio series FINALE is HERE! Experience all 10 episodes FREE on iTunes We’ve loved  Larenz Tate  since he burst on the scene as “O-Dog” in “Menace II Society.”  After that the Chicago native starred in films such as “The Inkwell”, “Love Jones”, “Dead Presidents” just to name a few. This time around, Larenz used his theatrical talents to produce, direct and act in the 10-part podcast series that premiered in February titled “Bronzeville.” Set in 1940’s Chicago, a concept that came to Tate when he was working on the film “Ray.” Tate partnered with  Laurence Fishburne  to produce “Bronzeville,” which is distributed through their production companies TateMen Entertainment and Cinema Gypsy. The two took on the endeavor when they were unable to secure sponsorship for TV. The cast, along with Fishburne and Tate, includes  Wood Harris, Omari Hardwick, Tika ...

SCRIPTED AUDIO DRAMA “BRONZEVILLE” EXECUTIVE PRODUCED BY AND STARRING LAURENCE FISHBURNE AND LARENZ TATE, SET TO PREMIERE ON MULTIPLE DIGITAL AUDIO PLATFORMS TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 7 LOS ANGELES, Calif. – Cinema Gypsy Productions and TateMen Entertainment alongside AudioHQ are set to release the 10-episode scripted audio drama, “Bronzeville,” an unparalleled look into Chicago’s “policy” games of the 1940’s, on Tuesday February 7, 2017. The audio series will premiere hour-long episodes every Tuesday on digital platforms including Spotify, the Podcasts app and iTunes for Apple customers, GlobalGrind, Radio One Digital, SoundCloud, TuneIn and Google Play with new content debuting through April 11, 2017. The audio drama is presented by GEICO, Blue Apron, Quicken Loans, and Viceland. Written by Academy Award® and BAFTA nominee Josh Olson (A History of Violence), “ Bronzeville ” will chronicle the lives of players in the lottery games while illuminating the self-sustainability of...