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  Funnyman Bill Bellamy on "Inside Urban Hollywood"

  Tanya Kersey

  Date / Time: 12/1/2009 2:00 AM UTC

  Category: Entertainment

  Call-in Number: (646) 200-3290

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  Comedian-actor Bill Bellamy (Who's Got Jokes, Last Comic Standing) will discuss the business of acting and producing comedy for television and film.

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  Lonnie Ramati on "Inside Urban Hollywood" Mon. Nov. 16

  Tanya Kersey

  Date / Time: 11/17/2009 2:00 AM UTC

  Category: Entertainment

  
  

  Lonnie Ramati - Executive VP Business And Legal Affairs, Nu Image/Millenium Films, will engage in a broad conversation about film financing and distribution from the perspective of a major indie production company.

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  Original Air Date: 4/28/2009 1:00 AM UTC

  Writer-director-producer Preston A. Whitmore II on "Inside Urban Hollywood," with host Tanya Kersey,

  Writer-director-producer Preston A. Whitmore II will discuss the art and business of writing, directing and producing indie and studio-financed films on the Monday, April 27th edition of "Inside Urban Hollywood" with host, Tanya Kersey at 6pm PST/9pm EST. Whitmore's most recent film was the family holiday drama "This Christmas." His other film credits include "Crossover," "Doing Hard Time," "Lockdown," "Civil Brand," "Fled" and "The Walking Dead." Whitmore was worked with a long list of stars including Laurence Fishburne, Steven Baldwin Chris Brown, Delroy Lindo, Loretta Devinne, Idris Elba, Loretta Devine, Regina Taylor, Mos Def, Clifton Powel, Boris Kodjoe, Lauren London, Allen Payne, Richard T. Jones, Gabriel Casseus, De'Aundre Bonds, Lisa Raye, N'Bushe Wright, Monica Calhoun, Michael K. Williams, Giancarlo Esposito, Sticky Fingaz, Steven Bauer, Reagan Gomez-Preston, Jazsmin Lewis, DaBrat, Eddie Griffin, Joe Morton, Vonte Sweet and the late Bernie Mac.
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• Original Air Date: 4/22/2009 12:00 AM UTC

  Producer Will Packer from Rainforest Films on "Inside Urban Hollywood" Tuesday April 21st 5pm PST

  Producer Will Packer will discuss producing indie and studio-financed films on "Inside Urban Hollywood" with host, Tanya Kersey on Tuesday, April 21 at 5pm PST/8pm EST. As Co-Founder and Chairman of Rainforest Films, Packer is responsible for producing and overseeing the company's studio financed and self-financed films and distribution projects. The company's first theatrically released motion picture, "Trois," grossed $1.2 million dollars and became the fastest million dollar grossing film distributed by African Americans. Based on Rainforest Film's success as an independent distributor, Packer brokered a profitable partnership in 2001 between Rainforest Films and Sony's Columbia Tri-Star to produce and distribute urban films. This partnership has also resulted in Packer overseeing production and distribution budgets of numerous urban-themed releases including "Trois: The Escort," "Motives" and the independent breakout hit film, "The Gospel." Next, Will brokered a deal to produce Mekhi Phifer's feature film directorial debut, "Puff Puff Pass," in Los Angeles, before returning to Atlanta to produce the company's largest project to date, Stomp The Yard, which held the #1 position at the box office for two weekends in January of 2007 and received the 2007 Movie of the Year honors from the BET Hip Hop Awards. Packer enjoyed the success of "This Christmas," which starred Regina King, Loretta Devine, Delroy Lindo, Mekhi Phifer, Columbus Short and Chris Brown, which opened a strong #2 at the box office on Thanksgiving weekend in 2007. While many filmmakers struggle to get top talent in their films, the talent starring in Packer's films read like a "who's who" in music and entertainment. In April 2009, "Obsessed," a femme -fatal thriller starring Beyonce Knowles, Idris Elba and Ali Larter will release nationwide. Another star-studded film on the horizon is the action movie "Takers," starring Matt Dillon, Idris Elba, Paul Walker, Hayden Christensen, TI, Chris
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• Date / Time: 4/21/2009 12:37 AM UTC

  Super producer Will Packer on "Inside Urban Hollywood" - Special Date and Time - Tuesday April 21st

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  Super producer Will Packer will discuss producing indie and studio-financed films on "Inside Urban Hollywood" with host, Tanya Kersey on Tuesday, April 21 at 5pm PST/8pm EST. As Co-Founder and Chairman of Rainforest Films, Packer is responsible for producing and overseeing the company's studio financed and self-financed films and distribution projects. His next film is "Obsessed" starring Idris Elba, Beyonce and Ali Larter which opens April 24th.  The show streams live from the home page at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/insideurbanhollywood.com.  Listeners can call-in and ask questions to 646-200-3290.
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• Date / Time: 4/14/2009 2:52 AM UTC

  $100 off on Stacey Parkes' Going Global Weekend Bootcamp

  Tonight's guest Stacey Parks is offering $100 off on her upcoming GOING GLOBAL WEEKEND BOOTCAMP. Go to: http://www.filmspecific.com/public/800.cfm?affID=tkersey for more information on this fantastic weekend event.
  
  Remember in order to save $100 use the Referer Code: HBFF. You get $100 off TONIGHT ONLY until midnight PST.
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• Date / Time: 4/14/2009 1:34 AM UTC

  TIME SENSITIvE INFO : Discount Offer on Stacey Parks' Going Global Weekend Boot Camp

  Stacey Parks is offering a $100 discount to "Inside Urban Hollywood" listeners who want to attend her Going Global Boot Camp.  Use this link: http://www.filmspecific.com/public/800.cfm?affID=tkersey to register and put BTN or HBFF as the referrer code.  You must register by midnight tonight to take advantage of this discount.
  
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• Original Air Date: 4/14/2009 1:00 AM UTC

  Film Distribution Guru Stacey Parks on "Inside Urban Hollywood"

  Who says urban films don't sell overseas? Film distribution guru Stacey Parks will appear on "Inside Urban Hollywood" with host Tanya Kersey on Monday, April 13, 2009, at 6pm PST/9pm EST, to discuss how to tweak an urban film for global appeal. Parks will talk about some of the most effective ways to get your projects made, seen and distributed worldwide. The show will stream live from the host page at http://blogtalkradio.com/InsideUrbanHollywood. As many filmmakers out there can tell you, the distribution process can be a very rough road. Parks, the founder of Film Specific (http://www.filmspecific.com/public/800.cfm?Affid=tkersey) and author of The Insider's Guide to Independent Film Distribution, has spent years as a sales agent and knows the worldwide marketplace, and the major players, inside and out. Having been responsible for finding distribution for hundreds of independently produced films, Stacey has unique insight into what some of the most successful filmmakers are doing right. Just as importantly, she sees the mistakes some filmmakers are making which are preventing them from being more successful. Find out how you can tweak your urban film for global appeal on Monday, April 13 at 6pm on "Inside Urban Hollywood," http://www.blogtalkradio.com/insideurbanhollywood.
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• Original Air Date: 4/7/2009 1:00 AM UTC

  Screenwriter/Producer Antwone Fisher on "Inside Urban Hollywood," with host Tanya Kersey, April 6

  Screenwriter Antwone Fisher will discuss screenwriting and the filmmaking process on the Monday, April 6th edition of "Inside Urban Hollywood" with host, Tanya Kersey at 6pm PST/9pm EST. Antwone has work in Hollywood for sixteen years as a producer and screenwriter; with an impressive fourteen writing projects with the major studios to his resumé. His New York Times Best Seller Finding Fish a Memoir, is the inspiring story of his incredible life's journey. The film, "Antwone Fisher," directed by Denzel Washington and based on Fisher's life and written by Fisher himself reflects on Fisher's life as a young boy abandoned in an abusive foster home in Cleveland who rises to liberation, manhood, and extraordinary success in Hollywood. Through his collection of poetry titled, Who Will Cry For The Little Boy? a National Best Seller and now one of the best selling books of poetry of all time, Fisher reveals the inner truths that took him from a tumultuous childhood to the man he is today. A professor teaching at UCLA Extension, Antwone's current film writing project is "Training Day 2," for Warner Brothers Studios. He also has a book deal with Simon & Schuster for a book entitled, A Boy Should Know How to Tie a Tie. Antwone's work of poetry is featured in Nikki Giovanni's upcoming book for children, "Hip Hop Speaks to Children".
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