Comedy Legend Steve Harvey's Film Steve Harvey: Still Trippin' Kicks Off The Urbanworld...

Comedy Legend Steve Harvey's Film Steve Harvey: Still Trippin' Kicks Off The
Urbanworld Film Festival Presented by BET Networks on Wednesday, September 10
Opening Night Film Premieres at Harlem's Magic Johnson Theaters Featuring Red
Carpet Premiere with Steve Harvey

NEW YORK, Sept. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- The Urbanworld Film Festival, presented
by BET Networks, will launch its five-day festival at Magic Johnson Theaters
Harlem (300 W. 125th St.) on Wednesday, September 10 with the stand-up comedy
extravaganza, Steve Harvey: Still Trippin'. Steve Harvey, a film festival
favorite since Urbanworld's presentation of The Original Kings of Comedy in
2000, returns to Urbanworld presenting his newest film success.
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In an all-new live stand-up performance presented by Codeblack
Entertainment, Still Trippin' features Steve Harvey once again commanding the
stage. On a trip where no topic is off limits, from tattoos and family
weddings to polygamous compounds and diaper-wearing astronauts, Harvey keeps
it real and never misses a beat. Filmed in New Jersey to a packed house, his
energy and comedic timing are second to none.
"We're very excited to have Steve Harvey return to the festival," states
Stacy Spikes, founder of Urbanworld. "He has always been an Urbanworld
audience favorite."
"Having fan favorite Steve Harvey join us on opening night will ensure the
Urbanworld festival starts off in an incredible way," said Alvin Bowles,
Senior Vice President, Integrated Marketing, BET Networks. "BET Networks
supports Urbanworld's inherent ability to continuously attract such high
quality talent from both in front of and behind the camera to be a part of the
festival."
"With its broad list of marquee sponsors, this year's Urbanworld festival
showcases the importance of the event's unique selling environment," said
Louis Carr, President, Broadcast Media Sales, BET Networks. "In our
partnership with Urbanworld, we are proud to embrace the affinity our audience
shares with the world of film."
The Urbanworld Film Festival, with 2008 Honorary Chair Queen Latifah, is
dedicated to the exhibition of independent and mainstream cinema by and about
people of color. Urbanworld will screen 85 films in New York City from
September 10 through 14. With the exception of the opening film, all festival
screenings will be held at the AMC Loews 34th Street Theaters.
A recent addition to the festival slate, the Cinemax presentation of the
new original series Zane's Sex Chronicles will preview at The Urbanworld Film
Festival. In association with New York Times best-selling author Zane and
Oscar(r) nominee and two-time Emmy(r) winner Suzanne de Passe, this new series
will debut Friday, October 10 (midnight ET), with new episodes on subsequent
Fridays at the same time, exclusively on Cinemax. This new urban late-night
series -- based on the wildly popular book series by the same name -- follows
heroine Patience James and her girlfriends Maricruz, Lyric, Eboni and Ana
Marie as they take on their lives in the big city, look for love and empower
themselves -- both in and out of the bedroom.
RECENTLY ADDED SPONSORS
CoverGirl Queen Collection joins the Festival this year as a 2008 Prestige
Sponsor, the highest available after that of Presenting Sponsor BET Networks
and Founding Sponsor HBO. The Queen Collection's participation will feature
multi-platform support of the Festival consisting of Title Sponsorship of the
Closing Night Presentation of Fox Searchlight's The Secret Life of Bees
starring Academy Award nominee Queen Latifah, on-air support of the BET
broadcast of "Inside Urbanworld: A Conversation with The Queen," and exclusive
behind-the-scenes footage of Queen Latifah as she prepares for her role as
Honorary Chair of the 12th Annual Urbanworld Film Festival that will stream
online at http://www.bet.com and http://www.urbanworld.org.
Time Warner Cable joins the Festival sponsor lineup this year at the
Prestige level. As part of their sponsorship, Time Warner Cable will host the
annual Filmmaker's Ball reception on September 10th, which kicks off the
Festival event schedule. Time Warmer Cable customers receive an exclusive 20%
discount to the VIP all-access pass to the Festival. Visit
http://www.urbanworld.com for more information.
ABOUT THE 2008 URBANWORLD FILM FESTIVAL:
Beginning this year, BET Networks has signed on for a three-year strategic
partnership to present the Urbanworld Film Festival. The unique partnership,
strengthened by BET's position as the leading media and entertainment provider
for African-Americans and consumers of Black culture, will further establish
the festival as one of the world's largest competitive film festivals designed
to redefine and enhance the roles of multicultural constituents in
contemporary cinema.
ABOUT BET NETWORKS:
BET Networks, a division 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 87 million households according to Nielsen Media
Research, and can be seen in the United States, Canada and the Caribbean. 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; BET Digital Networks -- BET J, BET
Gospel and BET Hip Hop, attractive alternatives for cutting-edge entertainment
tastes; BET Event Productions, a full-scale event management and production
company; BET Home Entertainment, a collection of BET-branded offerings for the
home environment including DVDs and video-on-demand; BET Mobile, which
provides ringtones, games and video content for wireless devices; and BET
International, an extension of BET network programming for global
distribution.
ABOUT CODEBLACK ENTERTAINMENT
Codeblack Entertainment, the first African-American owned film studio, is
engaged in the business of producing, acquiring, marketing and distributing
quality content to today's urban consumer across a variety of traditional and
digital platforms. The company, which is both independent and vertically
integrated, was created out of the necessity for the positive representation
of African Americans in film. Codeblack's reach is all encompassing, from
production and national distribution of feature films to its innovative E-
commerce arm.
ABOUT URBANWORLD FILM FESTIVAL:
Urbanworld launched in August 1997 and was founded by former executive at
Miramax Stacy Spikes. Over the past eleven years, Urbanworld has presented
approximately 700 features, shorts and documentaries, with estimated
attendance reaching 15,000+. Now in its twelfth year, the Urbanworld Film
Festival is the largest internationally competitive festival of its kind.
Urbanworld re-defines the competitive film festival landscape with its fresh
and necessary approach to spreading the voices of a multicultural world. The
Urbanworld Film Festival is an initiative produced by the Urbanworld
Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to implementing programs and
events that support the development and success of the urban filmmaking
community. Stacy Spikes serves as chairman emeritus. Gabrielle Glore serves
as executive producer.
OPENING NIGHT FILM

Steve Harvey: Still Trippin'
(Presented by Codeblack Entertainment)
Magic Johnson Theaters Harlem (300 W. 125th St.)
September 10, 2008
Approximately 7:30pm

www.urbanworld.org

SOURCE BET Networks

Nancy Hirsch, +1-212-967-3805, nancy@nhirschgroup.com, or Lon Bouldin,
+1-917-370-1002, lon@venturespr.com, both for Urbanworld; or Bernadette Simpao
of BET Networks, +1-212-205-3154, bernadette.simpao@bet.net