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Niecy Nash 40, Fabulous N’ Flirty Party!

Monday, March 1st, 2010

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Niecy pic by Derek Blanks

I told you guys I had more pics to show you from my trip to Las Angeles. I was allowed to cover Niecy Nash  40 Fabulous N Flirty red carpet event and it was fierce,held at Kress nightclub! The celebs just kept coming and coming. I think I ran out of tape because soo many people came out to wish her happy birthday lol. J.D. my producer out in Los Angeles and I had a blast interviewing all the celebs!

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Niecy getting her fab on

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I got to finally meet Kathie Griffin, she was a hoot and very tiny in person. I loved her boots! I also interviewed actress Monique Coleman,Elise Neal,Dr. Lisa Masterson(The Doctors),Derek Blanks,Tammy Townsend(Sheri Shepherd),Lisa Wu Hartwell,Shari Headley,Carl Anthony Payne,Gary Sturgis,Omarosa,Trish Suhr& Linda Koopersmith(Clean House),Kim Coles,Naturi Naughton, and soo many more.I also loved the huge Vera Bradley totes filled with goodies, too fun! Niecy Nash looked very pretty and her dress and hair was gorg! I didnt get a chance to interview Sherri Shepherd because she arrived late but I did hear she was there. I also want to thank Joseph Babineaux from Perspective PR for inviting me out for this fantastic event!

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Kathie Griffin and I

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Actress Monique Coleman

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Actress Tammy Townsend

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Actor Carl Anthony Payne

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Actress Naturi Naughton

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Niecy Nash’s Mom

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Dr. Lisa Masterson

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Lisa Wu Hartwell

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Derek Blanks

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Comedian Kim Coles

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Omarosa

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Elise Neal looking fab!

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Actor Ross Mathews

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Actress Shari Headley

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Actress Tammy Townsend

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Naturi getting her pose on

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Loved Monique’s outfit we were matching

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Organizer Linda Koopersmith

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Actor Mark Brunetz

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Vera Bradley Tote goody bags for Niecy’s guest

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Items inside goody bags,wow!

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Posing in my Prchaia dress

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*I would also like to thank my sponsors for my trip to L.A. memorable! Thanks to Designer Thomas Hooker for my red carpet PrChaia dress, too pretty! Video coming soon!

Naacp Image Awards after party

Sunday, February 28th, 2010

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Hey there guys! I’m exhausted from covering all of these events,oh my gosh! I’m not complaining and I am having so much fun networking and going to all these places, but wow I’m beat lol. After the award show, Naacp held a great after party at the SLS hotel located in Hollywood.

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Me,Logan Browning,Ed Hartwell & Denise Bouttee

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Me,Quinton Aaron, friend,Lisa

At the party I got to mingle with some cool people. I met Soap actress Debbi Morgan,Blind Side actor Quinton Aaron,The Frog Princess Anika Noni Rose,Christopher Massey and his brother Kyle Massey,Demetria McKinneyChico Benymon and I met the first time at the Playboy Mansion a couple of years ago, he is still hott and smelling good! He said he has a new movie coming out and he is still doing what he loves. As he talked, I kept smelling his neck. I asked him what was he wearing and he never did tell me!

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Actor Christopher Massey and I

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Actress Anika Noni Rose and I

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Hottie Chico Benymon and I

Chico said he doesn’t know why when women reporters interview him, they always ask what fragrance he is wearing lol. I forgot to ask him was he married. Rumor is that he is… awh damn!

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Niecy Nash & Lisa Wu Hartwell

I saw Omorosa who told me she has a new reality show coming out. She also told me she has done over 25 reality shows and thats how she has made soo much of her money. She also thanked Donald Trump for alot of her success, we’re both Ohioans lol. I got to meet the fabulous June Ambrose who was dressed very stylish I must say! She styles the hottest celebrities. I also saw Marvet Britto publicist to the stars! She had on the sickest shoes ever in the whole party! She such down the Naacp Image Awards after party!

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The stylish June Ambrose and I

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June Ambrose posed up

I ran into singer Kenny Lattimore who was still working on his non profit. He told me they were going overseas with the foundation helping children with shoes and more.

Actor Idris was trying to remember where he knew me from and I laughed and started to talk when he told me,”Oh I remember you now the voice” lol. I said,”yes I interviewed you in Atlanta”. We laughed but ladies he is so tall,dark and yummy! Lance Gross and Mekhi Phifer looked handsome as ever in their suits. We got our snapshot on lol.

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Actor Lance Gross and I

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Mekhi Phifer and Lance Gross

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Lisa and I

Hill Harper also stopped through the party. He hosted the Naacp Image Awards and he brought along his mom. They look just alike, awh! Elise Neal is such a pretty girl and she told me she was going to come back to Atlanta to shoot more of ,The Manny on TBS. There were more celebs that I chatted with but I would be here all day,lol.

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Hill Harper and his mom

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Sexy Idris wow!

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Ed,Lisa and Marett Britto

I will be so happy to return to Atlanta, I miss my bed and family so much, argh! I had a great time out here and mostly everyone was pretty fun to talk to. I want to thank Ms.Steph for everything from Mingle Media Tv. You and J.D. rock and tell Wendy your dog hello for me! I also would like to thank my sponsors Thomas Hooker of Pamfa and Fuse Restaurant and Lounge and John Wind signature collection. Thanks for everything guys! All my behind the scenes scoop,drama,fashion and more will be spilled on my live streaming show on monday at 11am est time, so please tune in! http://www.minglemediatv.com/TalkingWithTami.html

Director Angela Barnes Gomes!

Thursday, February 5th, 2009

happyhour1 Director Angela Barnes Gomes!

TalkingWithTami: Hi Angela! I am so psyched about your new tv show My Manny! Tell us how
you came up with this show idea?

The idea first came from my husband.  He joked that all the celebrities were getting mannies, so we should get one when we had kids.  Ironically, I ended up getting pregnant after I pitched the show.  I wrote all of the episodes while pregnant and while I was shooting, my husband took care of the baby.  When he brought the baby to set to visit, he told people he was the manny.
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TalkingWithTami: You have a natural gift for writing I see. Did you know early on this would lead up to great projects like My Manny?
Thank you.  I’ve always liked writing, but when I first started thinking about the show as a concept, I never imagined that it would actually make it on the air.  I thought it would just be a nice project to shoot for my director’s reel.  There are so many great writers with great ideas, it really takes more than hard work to get a show on the air – it takes a lot of luck too.  I
was lucky enough that everything just sort of lined up.   And for that I thank the good Lord every day.  Amen!

TalkingWithTami: Outside of writing and directing,what else would you like to accomplish?
I would love to have “My Manny” become a half hour TV show.  We have a great cast and I would love to see them in a story that lasts longer than 2 minutes.  Long term, I hope this getting on the air is a sign that America is ready to see more people of color — especially women of color — on the screen. If we can vote a black man into the white house, I think we can get some
more sistahs in prime time.

TalkingWithTami: When you got the news that TBS was interested in your show, how did you feel?

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It was almost a year between when I pitched the show to when they decided to greenlight it, so I didn’t really believe that it was going to happen. Even once the contracts were signed, I didn’t really get excited until we started shooting.  When I came home after the first day of shooting, my husband asked how it went and I just started giggling.

TalkingWithTami: For up and coming writers and directors please give them some words of
wisdom.Don’t wait for someone to give you a shot, create your own opportunities.Part of why I came up with the idea of shooting a microseries is because I wasn’t getting offered the directing gigs I wanted.   I decided I’d shoot something I’d write, direct and pay for myself.  I mentioned the idea to a friend, who mentioned the idea to a friend who happened to work at TBS and that’s how “My Manny” came to be.  It never would have happened had I not decided to create my own opportunity to direct something.

For further info log onto: http://www.tbs.com/shows/mymanny/