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November 5, 2010
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ED GORDON INTERVIEWS ANIKA NONI ROSE TO DISCUSS NEW MOVIE, "FOR COLORED GIRLS," ON THE NEXT INSTALLMENT OF "WEEKLY WITH ED GORDON," AIRING SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 7 AT 12:00 P.M.*
Roundtable Panelists Include Judge Glenda Hatchett, Democratic Pollster Cornell Belcher and Conservative Commentator Amy Holmes
(L to R) Host Ed Gordon and NAACP Image Award-winner Anika Noni Rose sit down to discuss new movie "For Colored Girls" on this week’s episode of WEEKLY WITH ED GORDON. Premieres Sunday, November 7 at 12:00 p.m. ET/PT
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New York, NY (BlackNews.com) — This Sunday, November 7th at 12:00 p.m.* on WEEKLY WITH ED GORDON, seasoned journalist Ed Gordon sits down with multi-award winning actress Anika Noni Rose to discuss her highly-anticipated new project, "For Colored Girls," directed by Tyler Perry. The actress also talks candidly about the power of image, particularly for black women, and how being the first African American princess in the Disney movie "The Princess and the Frog" helped to inspire thousands of young black girls.
Also on this week’s episode, panelists Judge Glenda Hatchett, democratic pollster Cornell Belcher and conservative commentator Amy Holmes discuss the portrayals and images of blacks in the media, as well as the recent midterm elections and what the GOP’s victory in the House of Representatives means for President Obama.
WEEKLY WITH ED GORDON provides a platform for BET to engage the most prolific thinkers, news makers and lawmakers on a weekly basis and also serve as a forum to focus on local and national solutions to issues affecting African American communities.
For more information, please visit out www.bet.com/weekly.
*All times are ET/PT
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BET Networks, a subsidiary of Viacom Inc. (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B), is the nation’s leading provider of quality entertainment, music, news and public affairs television programming for the African-American audience. The primary BET channel reaches more than 90 million households and can be seen in the United States, Canada, the Caribbean, the United Kingdom and sub-Saharan Africa. BET is the dominant African-American consumer brand with a diverse group of business extensions: BET.com, a leading Internet destination for Black entertainment, music, culture, and news; CENTRIC, a 24-hour entertainment network targeting the 25- to 54-year-old African-American audience; BET Digital Networks – BET Gospel and BET Hip Hop, attractive alternatives for cutting-edge entertainment tastes; BET Home Entertainment, a collection of BET-branded offerings for the home environment including DVDs and video-on-demand; BET Event Productions, a full-scale event management and production company with festivals and live events spanning the globe; BET Mobile, which provides ringtones, games and video content for wireless devices; and BET International, which operates BET in the United Kingdom and oversees the extension of BET network programming for global distribution.
