| release date: | August 20, 2010 Tuesday November 16, 2010 (dvd) |
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| genre: | Comedy |
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| running time: | 99 min. |
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| director: | Erik White |
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| studio: | Warner Bros. Pictures |
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| producer(s): | Andrew A. Kosove, Broderick Johnson, Mark Burg, Matt Alvarez, Oren Koules |
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| screenplay: | Abdul Williams |
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| cast: | Shad "Bow Wow" Moss, Brandon T. Jackson, Naturi Naughton, Keith David, Charlie Murphy, Gbenga Akinnagbe, Terry Crews, Loretta Devine, Ice Cube, Bill Bellamy, Mike Epps, Faheem Najm |
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LORETTA DEVINE
Date of Birth: August 21, 1949
Loretta Devine graduated from the University of Houston in 1971 with a BA in Speech and Drama and Brandeis University in 1976 with a MFA in Theater.
She originated role of Lorell in the Broadway stage production of Dreamgirls.
Devine also has many TV and feature film credits, including making a cameo in the film version of Dreamgirls. For her work on the TV series Boston Public she won three Image awards in 2003, 2004 and 2001) and she also shared a Black Reel Award with the rest of the cast of Crash (2004), for Best Ensemble.
Devine played Cynthia in Death at a Funeral (2010) and is also one of the stars of For Colored Girls (2010), based on the Broadway play.