{"id":63778,"date":"2012-08-17T10:56:48","date_gmt":"2012-08-17T10:56:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/0de2709a84.nxcli.net\/0-kjasnb\/2012\/08\/17\/pics-from-sparkles-la-premiere\/"},"modified":"2018-12-18T10:44:31","modified_gmt":"2018-12-18T10:44:31","slug":"pics-from-sparkles-la-premiere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/pics-from-sparkles-la-premiere\/","title":{"rendered":"Pics from Sparkle&#8217;s LA Premiere"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Pics from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/2011\/11\/sparkle\/\">Sparkl<\/a>e&#8217;s LA Premiere<\/strong>Posted by Wilson Morales<\/p>\n<p>August 17, 2012<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Sparkle-LA-Premiere-cast-members-Derek-Luke-Omari-Hardwick-Tika-Sumpter-Carmen-Ejogo-Mike-Epps.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" class=\"lazyload aligncenter size-full wp-image-27896\" title=\"Sparkle LA Premiere - cast members Derek Luke, Omari Hardwick, Tika Sumpter, Carmen Ejogo, Mike Epps\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 580 386'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Sparkle-LA-Premiere-cast-members-Derek-Luke-Omari-Hardwick-Tika-Sumpter-Carmen-Ejogo-Mike-Epps.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"580\" height=\"386\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Last night, Black Hollywood came out in force to help celebrate the premiere of <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/2011\/11\/sparkle\/\">&#8216;Sparkle&#8217;<\/a> <\/strong>at Grauman&#8217;s Chinese Theatre on in Hollywood, California.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Sparkle-poster-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" class=\"lazyload alignleft size-medium wp-image-27440\" title=\"Sparkle poster 2\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 212 300'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Sparkle-poster-2-212x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"212\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The cast (<strong>Jordin Sparks, Tika Sumpter, Carmen Ejogo, Derek Luke, Mike Epps, Omari Hardwick, Cee-Lo Green<\/strong>), director <strong>Salim Akil<\/strong>, screenwriter <strong>Mara Brock Akil<\/strong>, casting director <strong>Twinkie Byrd<\/strong> and executive producer <strong>Debra Martin Chase<\/strong> were in attendance.<\/p>\n<p>Celebrities who were there included <strong>Amber Riley, Bobbi Kristina Brown, Nick Gordon, Bre&#8217;ly Evans, CeCe  Winans, Cicely Tyson, costume designer Ruth E. 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