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NEW YORK, March 11 /PRNewswire/ -- The first live "VIP/NYC" shoot kicks off this Saturday with a mega-event (March 13th, 8 a.m. - 4 p.m. at Caroline's On Broadway) featuring a meet and greet and interactive keynote speeches, with an exciting group of entertainment industry tastemakers and personalities from Broadway to Feature Film to Hip-Hop to TV and more! This Saturday brings attendees and talent together for an unprecedented launch of "VIP/NYC."

"VIP/NYC" encompasses the day-to-day events of "VIP TALENT CONNECT" with an amalgam of user-generated content, high-art-styled visuals and diverse locations throughout the tri-state area, all seamlessly strung together into one engaging five-minute segment. "VIP/NYC" captures the look and feel of the Empire State and the struggle of the quintessential aspiring NYC actor, singer, model and dancer.

Come join us this Saturday for the "VIP/NYC" kickoff event featuring:

Music:

Kobie Brown - Senior Director, Music Licensing & Business Affairs, Sony

Darren Beckett - Drummer from "The Killers"

Emilie Suman - Top-selling recording artist from Paris

Bonz Malone - Actor, Hip-Hop Historian and Producer

Randy Jones - Founding member, The Village People

Broadway:

Stephen DeAngelis - VP, Gray Advertising

Mark Schoenfeld - Creator of the Broadway musical "Brooklyn"

Jodi Katz - Trans-Siberian Orchestra, "Hannah Montana" backup singer

Film/TV:

Richard Stratton - Producer/Writer of "SLAM," creator of Showtime TV's "Street Time," editor-in-chief of "High Times Magazine"

Ali Houssanni - Director, featured in Whitney Biennial and  has recently worked with Johnny Depp, Isabella Rossellini and Brad Pitt

Patrick Quagliano - Stella Adler Studios

Modeling:

Kalyn Hemphill - Winner, "Project Runway"

Nole Marin - Judge of America's Next Top Model

Terri Bostaji - Manager, Wilhelmina Kids

Monica Diaz - FORD Modeling Agency

Fuji Ruiz - New Faces Director, Wilhelmina Models

Erica Moran - Model and Talent, BMG

Guests Include:

Andrew Asnes - Tony-winning Broadway producer, "The Color Purple," "Superior Donuts," "Legally Blonde"

Ed Bennett - Former President, Viacom; CEO, VH1; CEO, Prodigy Networks

Mary Anne Plunkett - Tony-winning actor, "Me and My Girl"

Howard McGillin - Phantom of the Opera, 10 years, 2,557 shows in NYC

Craig "Mums" Grant - Grandmaster Caz, one of the founding fathers of Hip-Hop, member of Cold Crush Crew

Jamal Joseph - OSCAR-nominated songwriter (August Rush), Chair of Columbia University Film School, ex-Black Panther

Marc Schoenfeld - Creator of Broadway musical "Brooklyn," consulting producer of "Rock of Ages"

Larry Fesseden - Independent filmmaker, "I Sell The Dead," "The Last Winter"

Roger Guenveur Smith - Obie-winning actor and writer, "A Huey P. Newton Story," "Frederick Douglass Now," "American Gangster"

Kim Jackson - Manager, Keith Shocklee, Public Enemy, Mos Def

Deborah Gregory - Creator of the "Cheetah Girls"

Natasha Galkina - "America's Next Top Model"

Richard Stratton - Former editor-in-chief, "High Times Magazine"; Executive Producer of Showtime TV's "Street Time"

Tshidi Manye - from Disney's "The Lion King" on Broadway

Nole Marin - America's Next Top Model judge, contributing "Elle" Magazine fashion editor

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SOURCE VIP Talent Connect