It was a family affair for many Atlanta area celebrities last night as they attended the opening celebration of Atlanta’s new ‘Global Winter Wonderland’ (November 21, 2013).
Singer Keri Hilson played host to the event and even performed a few Christmas tunes while 2Chainz, Towanda Braxton, Mimi Faust and more brought out their families for the event.
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Actor Lance Gross was spotted out partying in Atlanta this past weekend.
Gross, best known for his role in Tyler Perry’s ‘House of Payne’ and most recently the movie ‘Temptation,’ hit up Prive Nightclub alongside DTP’s Chaka Zulu, BET’s Stephen Hill, Kenny Burns and more on Friday (November 15, 2013).
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I’m a lil late on this, but Lance recently took part in a four-part short-film series that consisted of documentary-style narrations taking viewers through specific points in Black history represented by artifacts in The Kinsey Collection.”
The Kinsey Collection holds a lithograph of the first African American men who served as congressmen of the US Congress. Actor Lance Gross, tells us about the struggles and accomplishments of these men and how their hard work is directly related to our lives today.
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ATL Live on the Park is known for legendary performances, breaking new artists and providing Atlanta with a quality music event with outstanding performances.
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As a kick-off to the City’s busy Hip-Hop Award’s festivities, Shanti Das and Marlon Nichols (co-founders of ATL Live on the Park) dedicated the entire event to the hip-hop genre and while historically Luda and Tip are rarely in he same space at the same dayum time, it was all love in Atlanta’s Piedmont Park venue.
ATL Live’s first-ever “Hip Hop Unplugged: Old School Meets New School” edition drew performances from Ludacris, Memphis’ own Tela, Chubb Rock, Jagged Edge, Que Parker (112), Bone Crusher, and ‘surprise’ guest T.I.
Attendees to the popular industry event included: Peter Thomas (RHOA), Walter Jackson (Kenya Moore’s play boyfriend from RHOA season 5) Towanda Braxton, Kawan “KP” Prather (Atlantic Records), ecording artist Netta Brielle, Jennifer Drake (ASCAP), Sabrina Rowe, Khadijah Rowe and Sharline-Rowe Parker (Big Rich Atlanta), D. Woods (formerly of Danity Kane), Chaka Zulu (DTP), Ray Daniels (VP of A&R for Epic Records) and more.
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It was apparently so bright last Saturday night that Christoper ‘Ludacris’ Bridges and his pal Usher Raymond had to wear shades!
The talented duo arrived at Compound night club rocking all-white everything for Luda’s annual ‘Luda-Day’ all-white affair. Luda was joined by his girlfriend/fiance Eudoxie (who didn’t get the ‘all-white’ memo) and her new bff Latoya Luckett.
Other attendees included Tyrese, Larenz Tate, Raven-Symone, Chaka Zulu (DTP executive), Scooter Braun, Josh Smith, and many more.
[Sidebar: The celebrity filled soiree got so crunk that Usher had to ditch his sunglasses AND that white waiter's shirt!]
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Christopher “Ludacris” Bridges and his DTP family played host to a star studded VIP screening screening of Fast & Furious 6 in Atlanta last Thursday (May 16, 2013).
Atlanta’s hometown hero stars in Universal Pictures’ upcoming release all of his celebrity friends and family members joined him at Cinebistro at Town Brookhaven.
Attendees included: LeToya Luckett, Young Jeezy, Antonia “Toya” Wright, Chaka Zulu (DTP), Sheneka Adams and her promoter boyfriend Jakob York, Keshia Knight Pulliam, Monica showed off her growing baby bump alongside her hubby Shannon Brown and more.
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Kandi Burruss of The Real Housewives of Atlanta hit up the pre-screening of “Django Unchained” with her boo Todd Tucker last night (December 18, 2012).
Just saw Django Unchained at an Atl screening & it was awesome!!!!!! A must see! #DjangoAtl
— Kandi Burruss (@Kandi) December 19, 2012
One thing’s for sure, no one is questioning the status of Kandi’s relationship! The two held hands and look quite cozy as they took in the highly anticipated new flick.
Django Unchained is a western written and directed by Quentin Tarantino and stars Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio, Kerry Washington and Samuel L. Jackson. Others spotted at the pre-screening included Love & Hip Hop Atlanta‘s Stevie J & Joseline Hernandez, Braxton sisters Trina & Towanda, Funky Dineva, Fonzworth Bentley, radio personalities Egypt Sherrod, Ryan Cameron & Art Terrell and More. Check out photos from “movie night” in the A + a few official trailers for ‘Django Unchained’ below… Continue Reading…
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