Written by | Ray Cornelius
The New Orleans premiere of “Girls Trip” was lit yesterday afternoon and yours truly RC was there to capture all the sights and sounds. The advanced screening took place at the luxurious Theaters at Canal Place on historic Canal Street.
The films four divas—Queen Latifah, Jada Pinkett Smith, Regina Hall and Tiffany Haddish—looked absolutely amazing on the red carpet along with their co-stars Larenz Tate and Kofi Soriboe. The film’s director Malcolm D. Lee and producer Will Packer were also in attendance.
As previously reported, “Girls Trip” features the ladies as lifelong friends who travel to New Orleans for the annual Essence Festival, where they rekindle their wild sides. The film features a lot of dancing, drinking, brawling and romancing to make even the Big Easy blush. Rounding out the cast is Kate Walsh and Mike Colter. “Girls Trip” was also written by “black-ish” creator Kenya Barris along with Tracy Oliver.
A number of celebrities were in attendance including reality show maven Mona Scott-Young; singer and actress LeToya Luckett, singer/songwriter Tank, “Insecure” actress Issa Rae, LHHNY Yandy Smith; rapper, actor and reality star him Romeo, South African actress Nomzano Mbatha, actresses Essence Atkins and Bresha Webb, “Queen Sugar” stars Omar Dorsey and Timon Kyle Durrett and many more.
The event was presented by Nissan and Hello Beautiful! Check out more pics below:
MONA SCOTT-YOUNG
TANK
LETOYA LUCKETT
ISSA RAE, KOFI SORIBOE AND LARENZ TATE
ESSENCE ATKINS AND BRESHA WEBB
STAR CAST – RYAN DESTINY, JUDE DEMOREST, BRITTANY O’GRADY AND MISS LAWRENCE
RONREACO LEE
OMAR J. DORSEY AND TIMON KYLE DURRETT
YANDY SMITH AND MIELLEORGANICS
TAI BEAUCHAMP
ELLE VARNER
NOMZAMO MBATHA
TY HUNTER AND KAREN CIVIL
SHYANN ROBERTS FROM JUNE’S DIARY
REGINA HALL
JADA PINKETT SMITH
QUEEN LATIFAH
TIFFANY HADDISH
MALCOLM D. LEE
WILL PACKER
Photo Credits: RayCornelius