Sparkle
- Whitney Houston
- Laz Alonso
- Anthony Anderson
- American Idol
- Mara Brock Akil
- Essence
- The Cosby Show
- Stomp The Yard
- Spike Lee
- Tracy Byrd
- Lil Kim
- Gravy
- Jamal Woolard
- Elaine Williams
- Tracey Moore
- Julie Hughes
- Jeffrey Byrd
- casting director
- Michael Kenneth Williams
- Twinkie
- Tracy "Twinkie" Byrd
- Sparkle
- Salim Akil
- Columbus Short
- Naturi Naughton
- The Notorious B.I.G.
- Jordin Sparks
- Gabrielle Union
- Brooklyn
by Aliya Ewing
- black filmmakers
- Debra Martin Chase
- Sparkle
- African American filmmakers
- film industry
- filmmaker
- film production
- filmmaking
by Darralynn Hutson
- Barbra Walters
- Brandy Norwood
- Kevin Costner
- The Bodyguard
- BE Decoded
- Sparkle
- Clive Davis
- Grammy Awards
- Bobby Brown
- Whitney Houston
- Waiting to Exhale
- Decoded
- Terry McMillan
- Denzel Washington
- Oprah Winfrey
- MTV
by Ben Viera
- Whitney Houston
- Music Industry
- Mara Brock Akil
- Music
- entertainment industry
- Ray J
- Grammys
- Sparkle
- Clive Davis
- Grammy Awards
by Elayne Fluker
- BET
- Hollywood
- Mara Brock Akil
- Whitney Houston
- The Game
- Girlfriends
- Jumping the Broom
- Jordin Sparks
- Salim Akil
- Sparkle
- Akil Productions
- UPN
by Darralynn Hutson
