Atlanta Native Bruce Bruce to Perform in 'Martin Lawrence Presents 1st Amendment Stand-up' on July 16

Atlanta Native Bruce Bruce to Perform in 'Martin Lawrence Presents 1st Amendment Stand-up' on July 16

'Martin Lawrence Presents 1st Amendment Stand-up' Airs on Starz Every Wednesday at 10 p.m. (ET/PT)

ENGLEWOOD, Colo., July 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Georgia native and funnyman Bruce Bruce will perform in the Starz original stand-up comedy series "Martin Lawrence Presents 1st Amendment Stand-up" on Wednesday, July 16 at 10 p.m. (ET/PT).

Born and raised in Atlanta, Ga., Bruce Bruce's television credits include HBO's "Def Comedy Jam," BET's "Comic View" and "Comedy Central Presents." From 2000 to 2002, Bruce Bruce was the front man on BET's 10th Anniversary "Comic View" receiving the highest ratings as host of that show. Author of the book "Baby James Brown" and spokesperson for Popeye's Chicken and Biscuit, Bruce Bruce has also appeared in the film Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector and had a cameo role in the film Idlewild. In addition Bruce Bruce has been seen in multiple music videos such as the 1996 summer hit "Come on Ride the Train (Ride It)," Outkast's music video "So Fresh, So Clean" and other music videos featuring Ludacris and the Ying Yang Twins.

"Martin Lawrence Presents 1st Amendment Stand-up" is executive produced by one of America's most popular actor/comedians, Martin Lawrence. Now in its third season, the weekly series features 35 talented, explosive, and certainly not politically correct, comedians who take the spotlight to tell it like it is in their own hard-hitting style. Filmed before a live audience in Washington, D.C. at the historic Lincoln Theatre, the show is hosted by comedian Doug Williams who adds his own style of comedy. Spinning the music is celebrated entertainer and DJ Biz Markie. Featured comedians are Joey Medina ("The Original Latin Kings of Comedy"), Angelo Lozada ("Showtime at the Apollo"), Steve Brown ("Def Comedy Jam") and others.

Starz Entertainment, LLC, is a premium movie service provider operating in the United States. It offers 16 movie channels including the flagship Starz(R) and Encore(R) brands with approximately 16.8 million and 31.4 million subscribers respectively. Starz Entertainment airs more than 1,000 movies per month across its pay TV channels and offers advanced services including Starz HD, Encore HD, Starz On Demand, Encore On Demand, MoviePlex On Demand, Starz HD On Demand, Encore HD On Demand, MoviePlex HD On Demand, and Starz Play. Starz Entertainment (http://www.starz.com/) is an operating unit of Starz, LLC, which is a controlled subsidiary of Liberty Media Corporation, and is attributed to Liberty Entertainment Group, a tracking stock group of Liberty Media Corporation.

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CONTACT: Rhiannon Hendrickson, +1-720-852-5802,
rhiannon.hendrickson@starz.com, or Michele Gregoire-Langevin, +1-720-852-4504,
michele.langevin@starz.com, or Chelsye J. Burrows, +1-720-852-5838,
chelsye.burrows@starz.com, all of Starz Entertainment

Web site: http://www.starz.com/

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