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3 DAYS 'TIL 'JUMPING THE BROOM!'
PLUS, 'JUMPING THE BROOM' CAST HOST
NYC PRESS DINNER 

Mike Epps, Pooch Hall, Tasha Smith and Laz Alonso at PRANNA in NYC

  

(NEW YORK) May 3, 2011 - Just days before the opening of one of this year's most anticipated films, JUMPING THE BROOM cast members Laz Alonso, Tasha Smith, Mike Epps and Pooch Hall hosted an intimate press dinner at New York's PRANNA Restaurant. As guests noshed on lettuce wraps and hanger steak, the talented actors addressed everything from typecasting - ("The characters I play may be strong women, but they aren't the same," said Smith) - to the brilliance of director Salim Akil. "In the next five years, Salim will be one of the top directors in Hollywood," praised Alonso. "Not just a top black director, but one of the best in the business...period!"

"This is a movie about choices. You choose how your life should go," said Hall, who revealed that he's married and had already 'jumped the broom.' "It's a film everyone can relate to."

Attendees included: Abby West (Entertainment Weekly), Carlos Greer (People), Jozen Cummings (HuffingtonPost), Whitney Gayle-Benta (MTV News), Angela Fisher (VH1/Centric), Thuy-An Julien (iTunes), Keisha Lamothe (CNNMoney), Jermaine Hall (VIBE), Kim Osorio (BET.com), Demetria Lucas (ESSENCE), Joane Amay (LUCKY), Danielle Kwateng (Glamour), FREE (radio/tv personality), Jacklyn Monk (Real Simple), Akiba Solomon (freelance writer), Shayla Sommerville (TheYBF), Jerry Barrow (TheUrbanDaily), Isoul Harris (UPTOWN), Kia Miakka Wood (TheGrio.com), Yvonne Mitchell (Amsterdam News), Jennifer Cooper (ESSENCE.com), Blogxilla (GlobalGrind), Chasity Saunders (Jones Magazine), Gary Gentles (Singersroom), Tai Beauchamp, Rae Holliday (StuffFlyPeopleLike) and Jasmine Waters (NecoleBitchie).

JUMPING THE BROOM is in theaters May 6! Visit www.jumpingthebroom-movie.com.

 

Photos: Stephen Knight

    
                             Laz Alonso and FREE                                                               Pooch Hall and Laz

      
                                Mike Epps                              Tasha Smith                                            Demetria Lucas

     
               Tai Beauchamp, Tasha Smith and Jennifer Cooper                      Angela Fisher and Whitney Gayle-Benta

 

      
    Carlos Greer                                          Kim Osorio                                           Jermaine Hall       
  
   

                  Jacklyn Monk and Abby West                                                        Laz Alonso and Jerry Barrow                 

 
    
    The actors field questions from the press.
 
 
                      There was plenty of laughter that night!                      TheUrbanDaily's Jerry Barrow poses a tough question.
  
     
     Laz chats up Huffington Post's Jozen Cummings afterward.       Rae Holliday, Jasmine Waters & Blogxilla                               
 
 
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THE 'JUMPING THE BROOM'
HBCU TOUR VIDEOS ARE NOW LIVE! 

 

See the action and excitement as Meagan Good, Pooch Hall,

Paula Patton and Laz Alonso visit Florida A&M, NC A&T,

Clark-Atlanta and Howard!
 

 FAMU: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvJnydRVpHQ 

 


 
 

 NC A&T: http://vimeo.com/23180788

 

CLARK-ATLANTA: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrZgfV-5lC0 

 

 

 

                 
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