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THE PULSE OF ENTERTAINMENT: Comedian Annie McKnight at legendary Comedy Store
Also: Tony Rich's latest project is on Hidden Beach Recordings
Comedian/actress Annie McKnight at the legendary Comedy Store in Hollywood
*Comedian/actress Annie McKnight has an extensive list of credits that include acting in such films and television projects as The Soloist (starring Jamie Foxx - November 11th release), iCarly, Heroes, Everybody Hates Chris, Crimes of the Heart, Hairshow; commercials for The Home Depot and Southwest Airlines; stand-up performances on BET’s Comic View, The Tonight Show, The Tom Joyner Fantastic Voyage and Martin Lawrence presents 1st Amendment, and various voice-overs. McKnight recently hosted Shehezz Funny at the world famous Comedy Store in Los Angeles.
“I’ve always been considered funny, all my life, even as a child my auntie named me Bozo,” Annie laughs about her gift for making people laugh. “I was the only one who could get my grandmother to laugh. One day my brother told me I should get into comedy. I took an acting class and the bug bit me and here I am.”
As host of the Shehezz Funny show at the Comedy Store, which featured a list of talented female comedians such as Erin Schaer, Breeze, Sally Mullins, Ann Snowden and Jackie Jones, Annie kept the audience laughing. When I left the club my cheeks were aching from laughing so hard at her skits and punch-lines.
McKnight hopes to one day have her own television show and movie.
“I am a good girl at heart so I would want to be a bad girl (in her movie),” Annie said about the role she would play in her movie while make-up artist Tracy Kennedy was doing his thing on her face.. “Cicely Tyson would be a club owner….Penny Marshall would be a mobster. I’d have my bad girls, Queen LaTifah, Demi Moore, and Jennifer Hudson. And of course I need (some good looking men) Richard Roundtree, Shamar Moore, and Morris Chesnut. It would be directed by Bill Duke.”
That movie sounds like it would be worth waiting in a long line to see, in fact, after seeing Annie’s stand-up performance at the Comedy Store I am now a big fan who would wait in a long line just to see her perform again. Annie McKnight is truly a very talented comedian and actress.
Annie will be serving on a panel at the national Uplifting Minds II Entertainment Conference in Los Angeles Sunday, October 12th where she will give advice and wisdom about the entertainment business. She will share the panel with industry people such as Larry Williams (Williams Talent Agency in Hollywood); actor Allen Maldonado (The Shield/Young and the Restless); award winning jazz guitarist Vernon Neilly (Boosweet Records); radio personality Lee Bailey (RadioScope), television producer Chris Denson (Academy Awards), film director Ben Foster (Ben Foster Films), and celebrity fitness trainer Sam Bell.
For more information on Annie check out her web site at www.anniemcknight.com and for more information on the L.A. ULMII Conference visit www.upliftingminds2.com.
Tony Rich is back with a new project, ‘Exist’ on Hidden Beach Recordings
“I started as a staff writer at Laface Records,” singer/songwriter/producer Tony Rich said about his career in the music industry. “I penned hits for Boyz II Men, Elton John, Johnny Gil, TLC and Toni Braxton.”
Rich was later signed as a recording artist on Laface Records and his first Tony Rich Project was release, “Words.” That 1997 debut went platinum and garnered him a Grammy Award as Best R&B Album and two hit singles were released “Nobody Knows,” which reached number two and “Like a Woman,” which received a Grammy Award nomination. Three more albums were released “Birdseye” in 1998; “Resurrection” in 2003 and in 2006 “Pictures.”
Tony called a friend to see how he was doing, that friend was founder and CEO of Hidden Beach Recordings and by the end of the conversation Tony had a recording contract. The Hidden Beach debut, “Exist,” has 11 tracks. The first single is “Part the Waves” which was the number one most added single at Urban radio for its first week of release. The feel and sound of the CD is R&B, Jazz and Soul.
“Most people are not true to themselves,” Tony said about his unyielding demand to always be the artist he wants to be and not the artists a label would want him to be. “They build illusions, false perceptions in their music.”
The “Exist” CD is a must to get for those who love good songwriting. My favorite cuts on the “Exist” album are “I’m Thinking You Love Me,” “Take Me to Jordan,” “Sugar Hill,” “Sad Day,” and “Face the Wind.”
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