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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...

Mark your calendars: The Recording Academy has set Tuesday, Nov. 28 as the date for the announcement of nominees for the  60th GRAMMY Awards . The milestone telecast will take place Sunday, Jan. 28, 2018, at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Additionally, The Academy has completed its annual review of awards rules and regulations and established a series of new amendments to guide the GRAMMY Awards process moving forward. These amendments, effective immediately, include implementing online voting for the GRAMMY Awards, recognizing songwriters in the  Album Of The Year  category and establishing Nominations Review Committees for the Rap, Contemporary Instrumental, and New Age Fields. For the first time, all voting members will cast their GRAMMY Awards votes online rather than by paper ballot. This transition will provide the Recording Academy's more than 13,000 voting members greater access and flexibility than ever before, eliminate the possibility of inva...

On Thursday morning, “Veep” actress Anna Chlumsky and “Criminal Minds” alum Shemar Moore announced the nominations for the 2017 Emmy Awards, on behalf of The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. “Saturday Night Live” and “Westworld” lead the nominations with an impressive 22 nods each; the most nominations “SNL” has ever received for a single season. Hulu’s breakout “The Handmaid’s Tale” scored 13 nominations, including one for Elisabeth Moss (Lead Actress in a Drama Series) and one for director Reed Morano. In total, HBO earned 110 nominations for its programming, while Netflix came in second with 91 nods.  You can check out the list of nominees below, and be sure to tune into the Emmys on Sunday, Sept. 17, hosted by Stephen Colbert, on CBS.     Outstanding Drama Series   “Better Call Saul” “The Crown” “The Handmaid’s Tale” “House of Cards” “Stranger Things” “This Is Us” “We...