Cincinnati Native Gary Owen to Perform in 'Martin Lawrence Presents 1st Amendment Stand-Up' on Aug. 6

Cincinnati Native Gary Owen to Perform in 'Martin Lawrence Presents 1st Amendment Stand-Up' on Aug. 6

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

ENGLEWOOD, Colo., July 31 /PRNewswire/ -- Cincinnati native and funnyman Gary Owen will perform in the Starz original stand-up comedy series "Martin Lawrence Presents 1st Amendment Stand-up" on Wednesday, Aug. 6 at 10 p.m. (ET/PT).

Owen has performed on stage at Pittsburgh Improv comedy club and his film credits include Daddy Day Care, Little Man, Rebound and Held Up. Being the only Caucasian ever to host BET's "Comic View," Owen was named "Funniest Serviceman in America" after only one year of doing stand-up comedy and he was the winner of the "Funniest Black Comedian in San Diego" contest. Owen has also released a comedy CD entitled "Live from Tampa" and a DVD "Breakin Out The Park."

"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 Rickey Smiley ("Comic View"), 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, LLC

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