Love you Sue Simmons My JOY to produce some of your special projects in the late 90s/early 00s. 🥳🙏🏾❤️🤩 #HappyBelatedBirthday #WomenWhoInspiredMe #WomenWhoInspireMe #AllStarKaraoke #INSPIREDwithPatrickLRiley #TheLisforLeroy #WomenWhoInspireMe #WomenWhoInspiredMe Sue Simmons WNBC Ashley Bellman New York Live Tiffany L. Zeno Darius Walker
Hi Folks🙋🏾♂️! 🚨What are you doing TOMORROW? 🪘DRUMS ALONG THE HUDSON 2024 is a FREE event in @inwoodhillparknyc - from 11a to 6p. POP BY, if you can. 😎 I'm hosting the Noon stage and the late afternoon stage --- and we are honoring #ABC7's Sandra Bookman inside the NOON hour. 🙋🏾♂️ALSO IN THE MIX: 🔴Mohawk Elder Tom Porter 🟠a Powwow led by Louis Mofsie 🟡@dominicanartistscollective, @kathakdancecollective, @kalpulli.huehuetlahtolli, etc. 🟢storytelling, crafts, food, and more! 🔵Go to https://drumsalongthehudson.org/ for more info. 🙏🏾Has been my HONOR to HOST this event over the last 20 years --- just as I enjoy HOSTING my weekly Wednesday #AllStarKaraoke residency in East Harlem at Sapoara - @Sapoara_NYCHarlem - from 6 to 10p at #SapoaraRestaurant 2262 1st Ave and 116th Street. 🤩Remember to come and celebrate your BDAYS with us at #AllStarKaraoke - or just pop by and sing a song; enjoy the Happy Hour and Dinner Menu; take advantage of the $2 SHOTS; etc. What a WONDERFUL mid-week EXHALE! #INSPIREDwithPatrickLRiley #TheLisforLeroy #LifeofRiley #WomenWhoInspiredMe #WomenWhoInspireMe #MenWhoInspiredMe #MenWhoInspireMe
#FathersDay will hit differently for me this year🕊🤍💔😇 . But it's not stopping me from JOYFULLY producing some #GreatGets for the DESERVING DADS out there. And as @knocking._ #LifestyleExpert Ashley Bellman - @ashleybellman told @cbssaturday Co-Anchor Michelle Miller: @michellemiller29, folks will want to hurry over to cbsdeals.com for these AWESOME PRODUCTS at EXCLUSIVE PRICES ---- for Dad, Mom, and THE WHOLE FAMILY! ! And this is a group of #ReturnWinners🤑🔥👊🏽💪🏽🚨!!!THANK YOU for keeping up with @cbsdeals. #INSPIREDwithPatrickLRiley #TheLisforLeroy #WomenWhoInspiredMe #WomenWhoInspireMe #LifeofRiley #AllStarKaraoke
#FathersDay will hit differently for me this year🕊🤍💔😇 . But it's not stopping me from JOYFULLY producing some #GreatGets for the DESERVING DADS out there. And as @knocking._ #LifestyleExpert Ashley Bellman - @ashleybellman told @cbssaturday Co-Anchor Michelle Miller: @michellemiller29, folks will want to hurry over to cbsdeals.com for these AWESOME PRODUCTS at EXCLUSIVE PRICES ---- for Dad, Mom, and THE WHOLE FAMILY! ! And this is a group of #ReturnWinners🤑🔥👊🏽💪🏽🚨!!!THANK YOU for keeping up with @cbsdeals. #INSPIREDwithPatrickLRiley #TheLisforLeroy #WomenWhoInspiredMe #WomenWhoInspireMe #LifeofRiley #AllStarKaraoke
Ain't we lucky we got HIM: RALPH CARTER! Join me in WISHING a Happy Birthday to America's FAVORITE LITTLE BROTHER! #GoodTimes #MenWhoInspireMe #MenWhoInspiredMe #INSPIREDwithPatrickLRiley #TheLisforLeroy #LifeofRiley
Hey #AllStarKaraoke Fam! 🚨What are you doing this Sunday, June 2nd? 🪘DRUMS ALONG THE HUDSON 2024 is a FREE event in @inwoodhillparknyc - from 11a to 6p. POP BY, if you can. 😎 I'm hosting the Noon stage and the late afternoon stage --- and we are honoring #ABC7's Sandra Bookman inside the NOON hour. 🙋🏾♂️ALSO IN THE MIX: 🔴Mohawk Elder Tom Porter 🟠a Powwow led by Louis Mofsie 🟡@dominicanartistscollective, @kathakdancecollective, @kalpulli.huehuetlahtolli, etc. 🟢storytelling, crafts, food, and more! 🔵Go to https://drumsalongthehudson.org/ for more info. 🙏🏾Has been my HONOR to HOST this event over the last 20 years --- just as I enjoy HOSTING my weekly Wednesday #AllStarKaraoke residency in East Harlem at Sapoara - @Sapoara_NYCHarlem - from 6 to 10p. 👊🏽Special THANKS to brother friend Derrick Hemphill --- in town with more #DailyCommune giveaways: framed art-work for our #AllStarKaraoke TRIBE! 🥳Congrats to SUSIE - @susie1178 - who won last night's piece "In His Hands" by Charles Collins Jr.!!!! WE LOVE YOU, SUSIE ♥️🎨🖼️🖌️🙏🏽! 🖼️ FIVE MORE pieces to go from dailycommune.com. Derrick is an #AllStarKaraoke producing alum from our Harlem daze at Native, Billie's Black, and MIST Harlem restaurants. ⚫️These Charles Collins Jr. works employed convex and concave lines and a blend of radiograph pen, oil, and watercolor techniques. 🟤The intricate textures of the garments exhibit remarkable precision. 🟣This original reproduction is presented on exhibition-quality canvas with archival ink, preserving its timeless beauty. ⚪️ These pieces not only capture the eye but also embody the rich cultural heritage and artistic vibrancy which #AllStarKaraoke is all about. 🕺🏽And HAPPY BIRTHDAY to our GEMINI FAM including #GladysKnight and #PattiLaBelle who we LIFTED UP as they celebrate 80 YEARS ON EARTH🍾🥂! 🤩Remember to come and celebrate your BDAYS with us at #AllStarKaraoke - or just pop by and sing a song; enjoy the Happy Hour and Dinner Menu; take advantage of the $2 SHOTS; etc. What a WONDERFUL mid-week EXHALE! #INSPIREDwithPatrickLRiley #TheLisforLeroy #LifeofRiley #WomenWhoInspiredMe #WomenWhoInspireMe #MenWhoInspiredMe #MenWhoInspireMe
Hey #AllStarKaraoke Fam! Thanks to the many who came out to enjoy my Wednesday #AllStarKaraoke residency in East Harlem at Sapoara - @Sapoara_NYCHarlem. Special THANKS to brother friend Derrick Hemphill --- in town with more #DailyCommune giveaways: framed art-work for our #AllStarKaraoke TRIBE! Congrats to SUZY!!!! WE LOVE YOU♥️🎨🖼️🖌️🙏🏽! FIVE MORE pieces to go from dailycommune.com. Derrick is an #AllStarKaraoke producing alum from our Harlem daze at Native, Billie's Black, and MIST Harlem restaurants. These Charles Collins Jr. works employed convex and concave lines and a blend of rapidograph pen, oil, and watercolor techniques. The intricate textures of the garments exhibit remarkable precision. This original reproduction is presented on exhibition-quality canvas with archival ink, preserving its timeless beauty. These pieces not only capture the eye but also embody the rich cultural heritage and artistic vibrancy which #AllStarKaraoke is all about. And HAPPY BIRTHDAY to our GEMINI FAM! Remember to come and celebrate your BDAYS with us at #AllStarKaraoke. #INSPIREDwithPatrickLRiley #TheLisforLeroy #LifeofRiley #WomenWhoInspiredMe #WomenWhoInspireMe #MenWhoInspiredMe #MenWhoInspireMe @dailycommune @dailycommune2015 @sapoara_harlemnyc @ashleybellman @newyorklivetv #JusticeForBlackMen #Authors #Journalists #AngelaPDodson #LifeofRiley #INSPIREDwithPatrickLRiley #TheLisforLeroy #WomenWhoInspireMe #WomenWhoInspiredMe #MenWhoInspiredMe #MenWhoInspireMe @dryolandamd @debramchase
Hey #AllStarKaraoke Fam! Thanks to the many who came out to enjoy my Wednesday #AllStarKaraoke residency in East Harlem at Sapoara - @Sapoara_NYCHarlem. Special THANKS to brother friend Derrick Hemphill --- in town with more #DailyCommune giveaways: framed art-work for our #AllStarKaraoke TRIBE! Congrats to SUZY!!!! WE LOVE YOU♥️🎨🖼️🖌️🙏🏽! FIVE MORE pieces to go from dailycommune.com. Derrick is an #AllStarKaraoke producing alum from our Harlem daze at Native, Billie's Black, and MIST Harlem restaurants. These Charles Collins Jr. works employed convex and concave lines and a blend of rapidograph pen, oil, and watercolor techniques. The intricate textures of the garments exhibit remarkable precision. This original reproduction is presented on exhibition-quality canvas with archival ink, preserving its timeless beauty. These pieces not only capture the eye but also embody the rich cultural heritage and artistic vibrancy which #AllStarKaraoke is all about. And HAPPY BIRTHDAY to our GEMINI FAM! Remember to come and celebrate your BDAYS with us at #AllStarKaraoke. #INSPIREDwithPatrickLRiley #TheLisforLeroy #LifeofRiley #WomenWhoInspiredMe #WomenWhoInspireMe #MenWhoInspiredMe #MenWhoInspireMe @dailycommune @dailycommune2015 @sapoara_harlemnyc @ashleybellman @newyorklivetv #JusticeForBlackMen #Authors #Journalists #AngelaPDodson #LifeofRiley #INSPIREDwithPatrickLRiley #TheLisforLeroy #WomenWhoInspireMe #WomenWhoInspiredMe #MenWhoInspiredMe #MenWhoInspireMe @dryolandamd @debramchase
Hey Folks! Please join me in WISHING HAPPY BIRTHDAY to a woman I shout out inside the pages of my book "That's What Friends Are For: On The Women Who Inspired Me" as INSPIRATIONS: MEL B (who I interviewed for “Oprah, Where Are They Now?” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4ZQGNTqeWo); 3. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SCARY SPICE🔥🙏🏾👊🏽❤️! #INSPIREDwithPatrickLRiley #TheLisforLeroy #WomenWhoInspireMe # #MenWhoInspiredMe #LifeofRiley #AllStarKaraoke
Happy Birthday to LaToya Jackson & to her sister Rebbie Jackson - two INSPIRING WOMEN! #LifeofRiley #INSPIREDwithPatrickLRiley #TheLisforLeroy #WomenWhoInspiredMe #WomenWhoInspireMe LaToya Jackson #HeartDontLie #HotPotato #PartTimeLover #YoureGonnaGetRocked #Centipede
Hey NABJ FAM! Please join me in WISHING the HAPPIEST OF BIRTHDAYS to @abcgma3 Executive Producer #CatherineMcKenzie🙏🏾❤️👊🏽!!! Always CHEERING YOU ON, CATHERINE!! You make us ALL PROUD! #daytimeemmys #catincontrol #oneabcnews #INSPIREDwithPatrickLRiley #TheLisforLeroy #WomenWhoInspiresMe #WomenWhoInspireMe
Happy Birthday Nic Few! Always INSPIRED with your work! Was my JOY to amplify and support #90Days. #INSPIREDwithPatrickLRiley #TheLisforLeroy #LifeofRiley #MenWhoInspiredMe #MenWhoInspireMe #90Daysthefilm #LovingwithHIV #HIVSTOPSWITHME #Ilovesoulcinema #Power2theARTS #PureSoul #LetsGO @miss_jessies @90daysthefilm @nathanhwilliams @inhaleent @teyonahparris @nicfew @jenniafredrique @solaponte @kingnina @yvettemariejones @malinsworld diddy @richbella @revolttv mikobranch abodden @HarperCollinsus @amistadbooks @itsrodney_ @ettappw @thehappyhourtalkshow @vbozeman
Hey # #AllStarKaraoke FAM! Please join me in WISHING THE HAPPIEST OF BIRTHDAYS to #CheetahGirls CREATOR Deborah Gregory - #DeborahGregory - @mamacheetahs - who CAME OUT to my #AllStarKaraoke Wednesday residency in East Harlem at Sapoara - @Sapoara_NYCHarlem Summer 2023 bearing #CheetahGirl-themed giveaways!!! You all know she is the author of the book series The Cheetah Girls. She was co-producer of the Disney Channel Original Movies based on her books The Cheetah Girls and The Cheetah Girls 2. Additionally she was an executive producer for The Cheetah Girls: One World. Now, Deborah! If you are OUT & ABOUT TONIGHT, join us!!! WNBC's New York LIVE just profiled #AllStarKaraoke for how we AMPLIFY #BlackHistory: https://www.nbcnewyork.com/entertainment/the-scene/new-york-live/sing-at-an-all-star-karaoke-celebrating-black-culture/5117560/]. And brother friend Derrick Hemphill is in town (with more #DailyCommune giveaways, framed art-work, for our #AllStarKaraoke giveaway. #RefuseToBeSilent #JusticeForBlackMen #Authors #Journalists #AngelaPDodson #LifeofRiley #INSPIREDwithPatrickLRiley #TheLisforLeroy #WomenWhoInspireMe #WomenWhoInspiredMe #MenWhoInspiredMe #MenWhoInspireMe @dryolandamd @debramchase
My HONOR to produce Knocking LIFE-STYLE EXPERT #GayleBass - @gaylebasstv - for #CBSMornings and #CBSDeals. @vladduthierscbs @tonydokoupil and @michellemiller29 were on deck today. And we'd love for you to get in on the #ExclusiveDeals by visiting cbsdeals.com. 🎤👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽🙏🏽❤🤑 #INSPIREDwithPatrickLRiley #TheLisforLeroy #LifeofRiley #WomenWhoInspiredMe #WomenWhoInspireMe #MenWhoInspiredMe #MenWhoInspireMe @cbsmornings @cbssaturday @knocking.inc
HAPPY 80TH BIRTHDAY: You know I have been AMPLIFYING Ms. Gladys Knight since the beginning of my time in the business - including: 1. interviewing her for #GoodDayAtlanta when she was in town in the early '90s; 2. Then, some years later, I interviewed her at Oprah’s LEGENDS BALL - along with others of her Motown mates Diana Ross and Suzanne de Passe: https://youtu.be/G8YqOHlgJH4. 3. Then, along with Ross and dePasse again, the Opening Night of MOTOWN THE MUSICAL: https://youtu.be/KK1yncqPlOQ. 4. I also reference #GladysKnight inside the pages of my book "That's What Friends Are For: On The Women Who Inspired Me". 5. And you know I had to talk about her with #TitoJackson on #INSPIREDwithPatrickLRiley. 6. And Gladys Knight was among the 2022 Kennedy Center honorees - including also Amy Grant and George Clooney - all honored for a lifetime of achievement. I LOVE YOU, Gladys Knight... ALWAYS and OVERTIME!!!! #INSPIREDwithPatrickLRiley #TheLisforLeroy #LifeofRiley #WomenWhoInspiredMe #WomenWhoInspireMe
THOSE WHO KNOW KNOW THAT I DON’T PLAY WHEN IT COMES TO MY @maraakil! So PLEASE JOIN ME in Wishing her the HAPPIEST OF BIRTHDAYS TODAY! Inside the pages of my book "That's What Friends Are For: On The Women Who Inspired Me", I speak of CREATIVES and VISIONAIRIES - like Mara Brock Akil - of “Girlfriends”, “Being Mary Jane”, “Jumping the Broom,” "Love is..." and “The Game” FAME! What else?🤣😂 She is PROLIFIC, INSPIRING and a DEAR SISTER FRIEND! ENJOY YOUR DAY, MARA...and the ABUNDANT YEAR AHEAD! During my eight years of creative freelance dispatches from recurring client @bet #CreativeServices, #MaraBrockAkil actually introduced an @iamdebralee tribute I'd shot, written, and produced for @natpeofficial when #DebraLee received the The Brandon Tartikoff Legacy Award. AT 30:15, see the moment: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjwkPFbu2X4. RIP, YOUNG BROTHER. Your MOM certainly was PROUD!🙌🏾😥🙏🏽🖤💙💔 #LifeofRiley #WomenWhoInspiredMe #WomenWhoInspireMe #AllStarKaraoke #INSPIREDwithPatrickLRiley #TheLisforLeroy
Happy Heavenly Birthday Louis Gossett Jr - @jr.louisgossett🙏🏽✊🏾🕺🏽! Morehouse grew my childhood interests in pop culture and entertainment in two fell swoops: 🤩(1) @kennedycenter Honors 1991 when the Morehouse College Glee Club - @mcgclub - paid tribute to @atlantasymphony Orchestra and Chorus Conductor/Composer Robert Shaw (circa early December 1991) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZF2iK2VOY8); 🤩(2) When I was selected by everybody’s favorite Morehouse icon, Dean Anne Watts, to present an award to Louis Gossett, Jr. at the “Candle in the Dark Awards” during Founders Day Weekend [circa February 1992] – a moment captured on @bet’s Screen Scene. And all the stuff in between that would lead me to a career: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KK1yncqPlOQ. #morehouse #candleinthedark #LifeofRiley #INSPIREDwithPatrickLRiley #TheLisforLeroy #MenWhoInspiredMe #MenWhoInspireMe
Hi Folks!!! Save the Date, Sunday June 2nd for this FREE event Drums Along The Hudson @inwoodhillparknyc. I'm hosting the Noon stage and the late afternoon stage. Folks will be out 11a - 6p. We are honoring #ABC7's Sandra Bookman. I look forward to seeing you there🪘! XO PLR p.s. What time? Keep me posted, LOVE🥰! I have a 630p bday dinner -- but can transition. Thanks for thinking of me. XO PLR P.S. Meanwhile am managing current bookings as follows: 🤑 Producer, e-commerce media company Knocking's #CBSDeals for #CBSSaturdayMorning and #CBSMornings ✅ Hosting, Ms. Harlem Shake Coronation (6/29) 🟡 My current installment of #AllStarKaraoke is in East Harlem as a weekly Wednesday bar-side residency from 6 to 10p including $2 SHOTS & a 9:30p giveaway [WNBC's New York LIVE just profiled #AllStarKaraoke for how we AMPLIFY #BlackHistory: https://www.nbcnewyork.com/entertainment/the-scene/new-york-live/sing-at-an-all-star-karaoke-celebrating-black-culture/5117560/]. 🤑planning mode on WEB Dubois session for NABJ 24 in Chicago. 7/31 - 8/4 🤑producer/guest lecturer, The School of The New York Times (including ABC 7 studio tour) 🤑Digital Content Creator. Looking to do more #INSPIREDwithPatrickLRiley content where my 2021 NABJ Black Press Grant funded work left off: https://www.dropbox.com/s/qhyp6r4h9fjvkzj/INSPIRED%20WITH%20PATRICK%20L%20RILEY%20SIZZLE%20INSPIRATIONAL%20TALK%20JAN%208%202022.mp4?dl=0. #native #nativeamericans #powwow #friends #art #internationalfoods #naturelovers #INSPIREDwithPatrickLRiley #TheLisforLeroy #WomenWhoInspiredMe #WomenWhoInspireMe
Hi "INSPIRED with Patrick L. Riley" FAM! You all know that my L IS FOR LEROY, right? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnamKiiXLoc. Well, growing up, I had a favorite LEROY - from FAME! It was Gene Anthony Ray aka childhood idol!!! I will FOREVER REMEMBER HIS NAME from his run on the film and TV show! Yesterday without connecting the dots, I stumbled into classic episodes of "Fame" the TV show on one of those #firestick streaming set-ups --- and I was transported back to when I'd teach myself and do ALL of #Leroy's choreography - one episode after the next (muscle memory held up too as I joined in on "Mannequin"! Remember that?). Will you join me in amplifying #GeneAnthonyRay on his HAPPY HEAVENLY BIRTHDAY 🥳😇🕊🤍🕺🏽! He was born May 24, 1962 in Harlem, New York City #Fame #LifeofRiley #INSPIREDwithPatrickLRiley #TheLisforLeroy #MenWhoInspiredMe #MenWhoInspireMe @therealdebbieallen @officialdadance
Happy Birthday to actress and singer Leslie Uggams (born May 25, 1943). Leslie Uggams is another of my DIVAS! And I recognize her work and range in my book "That's What Friends Are For: On The Women Who Inspired Me" - available to buy on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and where all books are sold! #LifeofRiley #Roots #Kizzy #Fantasy #INSPIREDwithPatrickLRiley #TheLisforLeroy #WomenWhoInspiredMe #WomenWhoInspireMe
On this MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND 2024, @knocking._ Lifestyle Expert Ashley Bellman - @ashleybellman - brought a BOOST to #CBSSaturdayMorning HOST Michelle Miller: @michellemiller29 --- for the skin, our electronics, and the atmosphere - at home or on the go: https://youtu.be/wWXqwIuvvLk?si=-vtuB_-qP-jxd3PM . Still time to get in on some of these awesome @cbsdeals. Hurry over to cbsdeals.com for these EXCLUSIVE PRICES including 50% off one and a BOGO on another🤑! Enjoy your weekend! I will be --- alongside taking a moment to honor those who served our nation and are no longer with us. #Meaningful #TheLisforLeroy #WomenWhoInspiredMe #WomenWhoInspireMe #LifeofRiley #INSPIREDwithPatrickLRiley
On this MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND 2024, @knocking._ Lifestyle Expert Ashley Bellman - @ashleybellman - brought a BOOST to #CBSSaturdayMorning HOST Michelle Miller: @michellemiller29 --- for the skin, our electronics, and the atmosphere - at home or on the go: https://youtu.be/wWXqwIuvvLk?si=-vtuB_-qP-jxd3PM . Still time to get in on some of these awesome @cbsdeals. Hurry over to cbsdeals.com for these EXCLUSIVE PRICES including 50% off one and a BOGO on another🤑! Enjoy your weekend! I will be --- alongside taking a moment to honor those who served our nation and are no longer with us. #Meaningful #TheLisforLeroy #WomenWhoInspiredMe #WomenWhoInspireMe #LifeofRiley #INSPIREDwithPatrickLRiley
On this MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND 2024, @knocking._ Lifestyle Expert Ashley Bellman - @ashleybellman - brought a BOOST to #CBSSaturdayMorning HOST Michelle Miller: @michellemiller29 --- for the skin, our electronics, and the atmosphere - at home or on the go: https://youtu.be/wWXqwIuvvLk?si=-vtuB_-qP-jxd3PM . Still time to get in on some of these awesome @cbsdeals. Hurry over to cbsdeals.com for these EXCLUSIVE PRICES including 50% off one and a BOGO on another🤑! Enjoy your weekend! I will be --- alongside taking a moment to honor those who served our nation and are no longer with us. #Meaningful #TheLisforLeroy #WomenWhoInspiredMe #WomenWhoInspireMe #LifeofRiley #INSPIREDwithPatrickLRiley
On this MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND 2024, @knocking._ Lifestyle Expert Ashley Bellman - @ashleybellman - brought a BOOST to #CBSSaturdayMorning HOST Michelle Miller: @michellemiller29 --- for the skin, our electronics, and the atmosphere - at home or on the go: https://youtu.be/wWXqwIuvvLk?si=-vtuB_-qP-jxd3PM . Still time to get in on some of these awesome @cbsdeals. Hurry over to cbsdeals.com for these EXCLUSIVE PRICES including 50% off one and a BOGO on another🤑! Enjoy your weekend! I will be --- alongside taking a moment to honor those who served our nation and are no longer with us. #Meaningful #TheLisforLeroy #WomenWhoInspiredMe #WomenWhoInspireMe #LifeofRiley #INSPIREDwithPatrickLRiley
On this MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND 2024, @knocking._ Lifestyle Expert Ashley Bellman - @ashleybellman - brought a BOOST to #CBSSaturdayMorning HOST Michelle Miller: @michellemiller29 --- for the skin, our electronics, and the atmosphere - at home or on the go: https://youtu.be/wWXqwIuvvLk?si=-vtuB_-qP-jxd3PM . Still time to get in on some of these awesome @cbsdeals. Hurry over to cbsdeals.com for these EXCLUSIVE PRICES including 50% off one and a BOGO on another🤑! Enjoy your weekend! I will be --- alongside taking a moment to honor those who served our nation and are no longer with us. #Meaningful #TheLisforLeroy #WomenWhoInspiredMe #WomenWhoInspireMe #LifeofRiley #INSPIREDwithPatrickLRiley
Shout out to Rochelle Aytes! THE Rochelle Aytes who played Pebbles in the VH1 movie CrazySexyCool: The TLC Story! I met her years ago through Sidra Smith! BEAUTIFUL, TALENTED, and UBER-NICE! On this #FlashbackFriday, we were at Black Girls Rock! Inc. 2013 in Newark. #BlackGirlsRock #LifeofRiley #WomenWhoInspiredMe #WomenWhoInspireMe #INSPIREDwithPatrickLRiley # #TheLisforLeroy
Hi Folks! Please join me in WISHING the HAPPIEST OF BIRTHDAYS to Oscar winner Octavia Spencer: @octaviaspencer 🕊🍾🥂❤🤩🕺🏽!!!! And she serves up more than "chocolate" pie in her diverse body of work!!!✊🏾🙏🏽❤ I recognize her work and range in my book "That's What Friends Are For: On The Women Who Inspired Me" - available to buy on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and where all books are sold! #LifeofRiley #INSPIREDwithPatrickLRiley #TheLisforLeroy #WomenWhoInspiredMe #WomenWhoInspireMe
Hi Folks! Please join me in WISHING the HAPPIEST OF BIRTHDAYS to Oscar winner Octavia Spencer: @octaviaspencer 🕊🍾🥂❤🤩🕺🏽!!!! And she serves up more than "chocolate" pie in her diverse body of work!!!✊🏾🙏🏽❤ I recognize her work and range in my book "That's What Friends Are For: On The Women Who Inspired Me" - available to buy on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and where all books are sold! #LifeofRiley #INSPIREDwithPatrickLRiley #TheLisforLeroy #WomenWhoInspiredMe #WomenWhoInspireMe
Happy 80th Birthday PATTI LABELLE - a WOMAN who continues to INSPIRE! My book "That's What Friends Are For: On The Women Who Inspired Me" includes anecdotes about MISS LABELLE and her peers + via #AllStarKaraoke, I sing A LOT OF HER: https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10153400518588737&id=662073736. #YouAreMyFriend #LifeofRiley #WomenWhoInspiredMe #WomenWhoInspireMe P.S. My #AllStarKaraoke Wednesday residency us up in East Harlem at #SAPOARA Restaurant @sapoara_harlemnyc and we sing her there too! #WomenWhoInspireMe #WomenWhoInspiredMe #TheLisforLeroy #INSPIREDwithPatrickLRiley #LifeofRiley
Hey #AllStarKaraoke FAM!!! More framed works of art from dailycommune.com are en route to the 9:30p GIVEAWAY for my weekly Wednesday # #AllStarKaraoke residency at Sapoara Restaurant - 2262 1st Ave and 116th Street - from 6 to 10p. #AllStarKaraoke is GRATEFUL for our SUPPORTERS including my dear brother friend and #AllStarKaraoke producing emeritus #DerrickHemphill (from our Harlem daze at Native, Billie's Black, and MIST Harlem restaurants). He is responsible for these #DailyCommune gifts. #AllStarKaraoke has had a great year so far - and not just because of the $2 SHOTS: https://www.nbcnewyork.com/entertainment/the-scene/new-york-live/sing-at-an-all-star-karaoke-celebrating-black-culture/5117560/. XO PLR p.s. Will welcome you joining me for some other FUN fare in June. More details to come: 🪘Hosting 2024 DRUMS ALONG THE HUDSON (6/2) 🟢 Producing e-commerce media company Knocking's #CBSDeals segment for #CBSSaturdayMorning (and spot #CBSMornings). ✅ Hosting Ms. Harlem Shake Coronation (6/29) ✅ Producing, WEB Dubois session for NABJ 24 in Chicago. 7/31 - 8/4. YEAR THREE: a. Vegas - Chan Zuckerberg Initiative-powered - https://www.youtube.com/live/H2A1TuINkwE?si=U7qPNTjfz7yQnOGe b. Birmingham - ViiV Healthcare-powered - https://fb.watch/qDB2gglCSi/ #INSPIREDwithPatrickLRiley #TheLisforLeroy #LifeofRiley #WomenWhoInspiredMe #WomenWhoInspireMe #MenWhoInspiredMe
HAPPY BIRTHDAY @naomi - Naomi Campbell! Has been GREAT to interview and produce her over the years: https://youtu.be/x-tDSG7sVG8. This segment at New York City's J Sisters was done a few years back. I've also interviewed her at LEGENDS and I produced Naomi's post-LEGENDS interview with @the_real_iman - #IMAN. LOVE ME SOME NAOMI who stands on the SHOULDERS & SHOULDER PADS of "Inspired with @patrick.riley" guest actress Daphne Reid #DaphneMaxwellReid - @msdaphne13 - known as the second AUNT VIVIAN BANKS from "Fresh Prince of Bel-Air": @freshprince. But with #INSPIREDwithPatrickLRiley, she shares how Eileen Ford discovered her as a teen model and is responsible for making her the FIRST Black model to appear on the cover of GLAMOUR in America - @glamourmag: October 1969. Her FIRSTS go FURTHER than that in her career(s) and life/ love --- including also being the FIRST BLACK HOMECOMING QUEEN at predominantly White institution @northwesternu: 1. Daphne Reid & Tim Reid Love/Life Story: https://youtu.be/P2Rlnt4ixR0. 2. abridged Daphne Reid & Tim Reid Love/Life Story: https://youtu.be/eoQ3gKafxB0. 3. 2020 Pulitzer Prize Winner Jericho Brown promo: https://youtu.be/q08NreBuiug. 4. All-Guest Speed Round Promo: https://youtu.be/epuBkI2mHTs. #LifeofRiley #INSPIREDwithPatrickLRiley #TheLisforLeroy #WomenWhoInspiredMe #WomenWhoInspireMe #NaomiCampbell
HAPPY BIRTHDAY Avery Sunshine/ Avery*Sunshine!🌞 HAD a chance to interview the INSPIRING "sanger"/songwriter/pianist before her command performance for The Queen of Soul at her posh NYC birthday party --- a couple of years before Ms. Franklin transitioned. Once I got the personal invitation to attend the elegant set, she let me bring once-recurring client NBCBLK with me --- and once I got the word that my Spelman College sister Avery*Sunshine #AverySunshine was in the house, I knew I had to CHAT HER UP!!! #SPELHOUSE & #AUC INSPIRATION: http://www.nbcnews.com/watch/nbcnews-com/aretha-franklin-puts-on-star-studded-birthday-417968707987. In the mix on #INSPIREDwithPatrickLRiley, we've had the #HBCUmade: 1. @spelman_college BIG SISTERS/Authors & Co-Editors Wanda Lloyd: #WandaLloyd: mgmeditor & Tina McElroy Ansa: @tinamcelroyansa whose "Meeting at the Table: African American Women Write on Race, Culture and Community" features INSPIRING contributors and voices for our time - including a 3rd #SpelmanSister @njerifromspelman (and @wizkhalifa's mom Peachie Wimbush-Polk: @ogimpeachie): A. Tina McElroy Ansa INTRO: https://www.facebook.com/662073736/videos/10158357381068737/. B. Wanda Lloyd INTRO: https://www.facebook.com/662073736/videos/10158357385793737/. C. "Meeting At The Table" promo: https://www.facebook.com/662073736/videos/10158357310063737/. 2. FAMU Alumni alum: The Haves and the Have Nots @ownhahn star Angela Robinson-Whitehurst @angelarobschild: https://www.instagram.com/p/COnvaA7hZzf/. #INSPIREDwithPatrickLRiley #TheLisforLeroy #WomenWhoInspiredMe #WomenWhoInspireMe #MenWhoInspiredMe #MenWhoInspireMe #Avery*Sunshine #AverySunshine #ArethaFranklin #NBCBLK #AllStarKaraoke #INSPIREDwithPatrickLRiley #TheLisforLeroy #WomenWhoInspiredMe #WomenWhoInspireMe #Spelhouse #Morehouse #Spelman #HBCUmade
Happy Birthday @realjohnnygill22 🙏🏽🥳🕺🏽✊🏾👍🏾🎶🎵🎼💙 #LifeofRiley #INSPIREDwithPatrickLRiley #TheLisforLeroy #MenWhoInspiredMe #MenWhoInspireMe
Happy Birthday Naturi Naughton - @naturi4real #WOMANWHOINSPIRES #LifeofRiley #INSPIREDwithPatrickLRiley #TheLisforLeroy #WomenWhoInspiredMe #WomenWhoInspireMe #AllStarKaraoke #ASK2022
Hey NABJ FAM! Happy Birthday to OUR @nabjofficial brother-friend @kevinfrazier of @entertainmenttonight FAME! Among the MEN WHO INSPIRE ME who've shown support for my book "That's What Friends Are For: On The Women Who Inspired Me ". He is a KING in our industry. Please join me in WISHING #KevinFrazier a HAPPY BIRTHDAY! #LifeofRiley #INSPIREDwithPatrickLRiley #TheLisforLeroy #MenWhoInspiredMe #MenWhoInspireMe @nischelleturner @keltie @laurenzima @rachelsmithtv @ejmakestv @briecampbell @mattcohen4real
Happy Birthday to Mahershala Ali: @mahershalaali!!! ✊🏾🌍🌐🙏🏽💙💪🏽Was great to INTERVIEW the "many-awards-winning" actor when in NYC a few years ago to co-star in the off-Broadway production of Smart People - starring also Tessa Thompson: tessamaethompson; written by Lydia R. Diamond ( Stick Fly the Play); and directed by Tony Award winner Kenny Leon: @iamkennyleon (A Raisin in the Sun). Mahershala won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performances as Juan in the drama film Moonlight: @moonlightmov (2016) and for his portrayal of Dr. Don Shirley in the comedy-drama film Green Book: @greenbookmovie (2018). This made him the first Muslim actor to win an Oscar, and the first black actor to win two Academy Awards in the same category: https://youtu.be/PjTObhVKYGg. ENJOY YOUR DAY, SIR! #MenWhoInspireMe #MenWhoInspiredMe #INSPIREDwithPatrickLRiley #TheLisforLeroy
I got the chance to meet #XernonaClayton @trumpetawards FOUNDER. Fresh out of Morehouse, it was my HONOR to meet the ATLANTA Broadcasting Icon while I was emerging into this industry at her broadcasting alma mater WAGA-TV. I was on the first producing team hired to launch Fox 5's "Good Day Atlanta"... and Xernona reached out with invitations for GDA Host Amanda Davis and me to attend the first of what would be an annual, culture-amplifying event known globally. In many ways, #TheTrumpetAwards inspired the intention of my book "That's What Friends Are For: On The Women Who Inspired Me" which celebrates Black Women worthy of CELEBRATION including Ms. Clayton. I write of the ATL TV PIONEERS like Xernona who I was so excited to see here in NYC some years ago when @drumsalongthehudson honored her. I have hosted the live performance stage for that annual multicultural festival and pow wow for over 20 years now. BIG SHOUT OUT to #DrumsAlongTheHudson Co-Creator for inviting BFF Ern and me out to the Harlem International Film Festival for a special screening of documentary “Xernona Clayton: A Life in Black & White”, a compelling documentary that honors the remarkable journey of this pioneering figure in civil rights and African American media. The event took place at Columbia University, Harlem, New York... and as much as I thought I knew about Xernona Clayton's career and accomplishments, Emmy and Peabody award-winning director and producer Nancy Saslow unpacks so much more context about this iconic woman's journey. The comprehensive and compelling two-hour doc rounds out why and how she remains such a special FORCE IN THE WORLD for us all. #LifeofRiley #TheXernonaClaytonFoundation #INSPIREDwithPatrickLRiley #TheLisforLeroy #WomenWhoInspiredMe #WomenWhoInspireMe
I got the chance to meet #XernonaClayton @trumpetawards FOUNDER. Fresh out of Morehouse, it was my HONOR to meet the ATLANTA Broadcasting Icon while I was emerging into this industry at her broadcasting alma mater WAGA-TV. I was on the first producing team hired to launch Fox 5's "Good Day Atlanta"... and Xernona reached out with invitations for GDA Host Amanda Davis and me to attend the first of what would be an annual, culture-amplifying event known globally. In many ways, #TheTrumpetAwards inspired the intention of my book "That's What Friends Are For: On The Women Who Inspired Me" which celebrates Black Women worthy of CELEBRATION including Ms. Clayton. I write of the ATL TV PIONEERS like Xernona who I was so excited to see here in NYC some years ago when @drumsalongthehudson honored her. I have hosted the live performance stage for that annual multicultural festival and pow wow for over 20 years now. BIG SHOUT OUT to #DrumsAlongTheHudson Co-Creator for inviting BFF Ern and me out to the Harlem International Film Festival for a special screening of documentary “Xernona Clayton: A Life in Black & White”, a compelling documentary that honors the remarkable journey of this pioneering figure in civil rights and African American media. The event took place at Columbia University, Harlem, New York... and as much as I thought I knew about Xernona Clayton's career and accomplishments, Emmy and Peabody award-winning director and producer Nancy Saslow unpacks so much more context about this iconic woman's journey. The comprehensive and compelling two-hour doc rounds out why and how she remains such a special FORCE IN THE WORLD for us all. #LifeofRiley #TheXernonaClaytonFoundation #INSPIREDwithPatrickLRiley #TheLisforLeroy #WomenWhoInspiredMe #WomenWhoInspireMe
I got the chance to meet #XernonaClayton @trumpetawards FOUNDER. Fresh out of Morehouse, it was my HONOR to meet the ATLANTA Broadcasting Icon while I was emerging into this industry at her broadcasting alma mater WAGA-TV. I was on the first producing team hired to launch Fox 5's "Good Day Atlanta"... and Xernona reached out with invitations for GDA Host Amanda Davis and me to attend the first of what would be an annual, culture-amplifying event known globally. In many ways, #TheTrumpetAwards inspired the intention of my book "That's What Friends Are For: On The Women Who Inspired Me" which celebrates Black Women worthy of CELEBRATION including Ms. Clayton. I write of the ATL TV PIONEERS like Xernona who I was so excited to see here in NYC some years ago when @drumsalongthehudson honored her. I have hosted the live performance stage for that annual multicultural festival and pow wow for over 20 years now. BIG SHOUT OUT to #DrumsAlongTheHudson Co-Creator for inviting BFF Ern and me out to the Harlem International Film Festival for a special screening of documentary “Xernona Clayton: A Life in Black & White”, a compelling documentary that honors the remarkable journey of this pioneering figure in civil rights and African American media. The event took place at Columbia University, Harlem, New York... and as much as I thought I knew about Xernona Clayton's career and accomplishments, Emmy and Peabody award-winning director and producer Nancy Saslow unpacks so much more context about this iconic woman's journey. The comprehensive and compelling two-hour doc rounds out why and how she remains such a special FORCE IN THE WORLD for us all. #LifeofRiley #TheXernonaClaytonFoundation #INSPIREDwithPatrickLRiley #TheLisforLeroy #WomenWhoInspiredMe #WomenWhoInspireMe
I got the chance to meet #XernonaClayton @trumpetawards FOUNDER. Fresh out of Morehouse, it was my HONOR to meet the ATLANTA Broadcasting Icon while I was emerging into this industry at her broadcasting alma mater WAGA-TV. I was on the first producing team hired to launch Fox 5's "Good Day Atlanta"... and Xernona reached out with invitations for GDA Host Amanda Davis and me to attend the first of what would be an annual, culture-amplifying event known globally. In many ways, #TheTrumpetAwards inspired the intention of my book "That's What Friends Are For: On The Women Who Inspired Me" which celebrates Black Women worthy of CELEBRATION including Ms. Clayton. I write of the ATL TV PIONEERS like Xernona who I was so excited to see here in NYC some years ago when @drumsalongthehudson honored her. I have hosted the live performance stage for that annual multicultural festival and pow wow for over 20 years now. BIG SHOUT OUT to #DrumsAlongTheHudson Co-Creator for inviting BFF Ern and me out to the Harlem International Film Festival for a special screening of documentary “Xernona Clayton: A Life in Black & White”, a compelling documentary that honors the remarkable journey of this pioneering figure in civil rights and African American media. The event took place at Columbia University, Harlem, New York... and as much as I thought I knew about Xernona Clayton's career and accomplishments, Emmy and Peabody award-winning director and producer Nancy Saslow unpacks so much more context about this iconic woman's journey. The comprehensive and compelling two-hour doc rounds out why and how she remains such a special FORCE IN THE WORLD for us all. #LifeofRiley #TheXernonaClaytonFoundation #INSPIREDwithPatrickLRiley #TheLisforLeroy #WomenWhoInspiredMe #WomenWhoInspireMe
I got the chance to meet #XernonaClayton @trumpetawards FOUNDER. Fresh out of Morehouse, it was my HONOR to meet the ATLANTA Broadcasting Icon while I was emerging into this industry at her broadcasting alma mater WAGA-TV. I was on the first producing team hired to launch Fox 5's "Good Day Atlanta"... and Xernona reached out with invitations for GDA Host Amanda Davis and me to attend the first of what would be an annual, culture-amplifying event known globally. In many ways, #TheTrumpetAwards inspired the intention of my book "That's What Friends Are For: On The Women Who Inspired Me" which celebrates Black Women worthy of CELEBRATION including Ms. Clayton. I write of the ATL TV PIONEERS like Xernona who I was so excited to see here in NYC some years ago when @drumsalongthehudson honored her. I have hosted the live performance stage for that annual multicultural festival and pow wow for over 20 years now. BIG SHOUT OUT to #DrumsAlongTheHudson Co-Creator for inviting BFF Ern and me out to the Harlem International Film Festival for a special screening of documentary “Xernona Clayton: A Life in Black & White”, a compelling documentary that honors the remarkable journey of this pioneering figure in civil rights and African American media. The event took place at Columbia University, Harlem, New York... and as much as I thought I knew about Xernona Clayton's career and accomplishments, Emmy and Peabody award-winning director and producer Nancy Saslow unpacks so much more context about this iconic woman's journey. The comprehensive and compelling two-hour doc rounds out why and how she remains such a special FORCE IN THE WORLD for us all. #LifeofRiley #TheXernonaClaytonFoundation #INSPIREDwithPatrickLRiley #TheLisforLeroy #WomenWhoInspiredMe #WomenWhoInspireMe
I got the chance to meet #XernonaClayton @trumpetawards FOUNDER. Fresh out of Morehouse, it was my HONOR to meet the ATLANTA Broadcasting Icon while I was emerging into this industry at her broadcasting alma mater WAGA-TV. I was on the first producing team hired to launch Fox 5's "Good Day Atlanta"... and Xernona reached out with invitations for GDA Host Amanda Davis and me to attend the first of what would be an annual, culture-amplifying event known globally. In many ways, #TheTrumpetAwards inspired the intention of my book "That's What Friends Are For: On The Women Who Inspired Me" which celebrates Black Women worthy of CELEBRATION including Ms. Clayton. I write of the ATL TV PIONEERS like Xernona who I was so excited to see here in NYC some years ago when @drumsalongthehudson honored her. I have hosted the live performance stage for that annual multicultural festival and pow wow for over 20 years now. BIG SHOUT OUT to #DrumsAlongTheHudson Co-Creator for inviting BFF Ern and me out to the Harlem International Film Festival for a special screening of documentary “Xernona Clayton: A Life in Black & White”, a compelling documentary that honors the remarkable journey of this pioneering figure in civil rights and African American media. The event took place at Columbia University, Harlem, New York... and as much as I thought I knew about Xernona Clayton's career and accomplishments, Emmy and Peabody award-winning director and producer Nancy Saslow unpacks so much more context about this iconic woman's journey. The comprehensive and compelling two-hour doc rounds out why and how she remains such a special FORCE IN THE WORLD for us all. #LifeofRiley #TheXernonaClaytonFoundation #INSPIREDwithPatrickLRiley #TheLisforLeroy #WomenWhoInspiredMe #WomenWhoInspireMe
I got the chance to meet #XernonaClayton @trumpetawards FOUNDER. Fresh out of Morehouse, it was my HONOR to meet the ATLANTA Broadcasting Icon while I was emerging into this industry at her broadcasting alma mater WAGA-TV. I was on the first producing team hired to launch Fox 5's "Good Day Atlanta"... and Xernona reached out with invitations for GDA Host Amanda Davis and me to attend the first of what would be an annual, culture-amplifying event known globally. In many ways, #TheTrumpetAwards inspired the intention of my book "That's What Friends Are For: On The Women Who Inspired Me" which celebrates Black Women worthy of CELEBRATION including Ms. Clayton. I write of the ATL TV PIONEERS like Xernona who I was so excited to see here in NYC some years ago when @drumsalongthehudson honored her. I have hosted the live performance stage for that annual multicultural festival and pow wow for over 20 years now. BIG SHOUT OUT to #DrumsAlongTheHudson Co-Creator for inviting BFF Ern and me out to the Harlem International Film Festival for a special screening of documentary “Xernona Clayton: A Life in Black & White”, a compelling documentary that honors the remarkable journey of this pioneering figure in civil rights and African American media. The event took place at Columbia University, Harlem, New York... and as much as I thought I knew about Xernona Clayton's career and accomplishments, Emmy and Peabody award-winning director and producer Nancy Saslow unpacks so much more context about this iconic woman's journey. The comprehensive and compelling two-hour doc rounds out why and how she remains such a special FORCE IN THE WORLD for us all. #LifeofRiley #TheXernonaClaytonFoundation #INSPIREDwithPatrickLRiley #TheLisforLeroy #WomenWhoInspiredMe #WomenWhoInspireMe
I got the chance to meet #XernonaClayton @trumpetawards FOUNDER. Fresh out of Morehouse, it was my HONOR to meet the ATLANTA Broadcasting Icon while I was emerging into this industry at her broadcasting alma mater WAGA-TV. I was on the first producing team hired to launch Fox 5's "Good Day Atlanta"... and Xernona reached out with invitations for GDA Host Amanda Davis and me to attend the first of what would be an annual, culture-amplifying event known globally. In many ways, #TheTrumpetAwards inspired the intention of my book "That's What Friends Are For: On The Women Who Inspired Me" which celebrates Black Women worthy of CELEBRATION including Ms. Clayton. I write of the ATL TV PIONEERS like Xernona who I was so excited to see here in NYC some years ago when @drumsalongthehudson honored her. I have hosted the live performance stage for that annual multicultural festival and pow wow for over 20 years now. BIG SHOUT OUT to #DrumsAlongTheHudson Co-Creator for inviting BFF Ern and me out to the Harlem International Film Festival for a special screening of documentary “Xernona Clayton: A Life in Black & White”, a compelling documentary that honors the remarkable journey of this pioneering figure in civil rights and African American media. The event took place at Columbia University, Harlem, New York... and as much as I thought I knew about Xernona Clayton's career and accomplishments, Emmy and Peabody award-winning director and producer Nancy Saslow unpacks so much more context about this iconic woman's journey. The comprehensive and compelling two-hour doc rounds out why and how she remains such a special FORCE IN THE WORLD for us all. #LifeofRiley #TheXernonaClaytonFoundation #INSPIREDwithPatrickLRiley #TheLisforLeroy #WomenWhoInspiredMe #WomenWhoInspireMe
I got the chance to meet #XernonaClayton @trumpetawards FOUNDER. Fresh out of Morehouse, it was my HONOR to meet the ATLANTA Broadcasting Icon while I was emerging into this industry at her broadcasting alma mater WAGA-TV. I was on the first producing team hired to launch Fox 5's "Good Day Atlanta"... and Xernona reached out with invitations for GDA Host Amanda Davis and me to attend the first of what would be an annual, culture-amplifying event known globally. In many ways, #TheTrumpetAwards inspired the intention of my book "That's What Friends Are For: On The Women Who Inspired Me" which celebrates Black Women worthy of CELEBRATION including Ms. Clayton. I write of the ATL TV PIONEERS like Xernona who I was so excited to see here in NYC some years ago when @drumsalongthehudson honored her. I have hosted the live performance stage for that annual multicultural festival and pow wow for over 20 years now. BIG SHOUT OUT to #DrumsAlongTheHudson Co-Creator for inviting BFF Ern and me out to the Harlem International Film Festival for a special screening of documentary “Xernona Clayton: A Life in Black & White”, a compelling documentary that honors the remarkable journey of this pioneering figure in civil rights and African American media. The event took place at Columbia University, Harlem, New York... and as much as I thought I knew about Xernona Clayton's career and accomplishments, Emmy and Peabody award-winning director and producer Nancy Saslow unpacks so much more context about this iconic woman's journey. The comprehensive and compelling two-hour doc rounds out why and how she remains such a special FORCE IN THE WORLD for us all. #LifeofRiley #TheXernonaClaytonFoundation #INSPIREDwithPatrickLRiley #TheLisforLeroy #WomenWhoInspiredMe #WomenWhoInspireMe
I got the chance to meet #XernonaClayton @trumpetawards FOUNDER. Fresh out of Morehouse, it was my HONOR to meet the ATLANTA Broadcasting Icon while I was emerging into this industry at her broadcasting alma mater WAGA-TV. I was on the first producing team hired to launch Fox 5's "Good Day Atlanta"... and Xernona reached out with invitations for GDA Host Amanda Davis and me to attend the first of what would be an annual, culture-amplifying event known globally. In many ways, #TheTrumpetAwards inspired the intention of my book "That's What Friends Are For: On The Women Who Inspired Me" which celebrates Black Women worthy of CELEBRATION including Ms. Clayton. I write of the ATL TV PIONEERS like Xernona who I was so excited to see here in NYC some years ago when @drumsalongthehudson honored her. I have hosted the live performance stage for that annual multicultural festival and pow wow for over 20 years now. BIG SHOUT OUT to #DrumsAlongTheHudson Co-Creator for inviting BFF Ern and me out to the Harlem International Film Festival for a special screening of documentary “Xernona Clayton: A Life in Black & White”, a compelling documentary that honors the remarkable journey of this pioneering figure in civil rights and African American media. The event took place at Columbia University, Harlem, New York... and as much as I thought I knew about Xernona Clayton's career and accomplishments, Emmy and Peabody award-winning director and producer Nancy Saslow unpacks so much more context about this iconic woman's journey. The comprehensive and compelling two-hour doc rounds out why and how she remains such a special FORCE IN THE WORLD for us all. #LifeofRiley #TheXernonaClaytonFoundation #INSPIREDwithPatrickLRiley #TheLisforLeroy #WomenWhoInspiredMe #WomenWhoInspireMe
I got the chance to meet #XernonaClayton @trumpetawards FOUNDER. Fresh out of Morehouse, it was my HONOR to meet the ATLANTA Broadcasting Icon while I was emerging into this industry at her broadcasting alma mater WAGA-TV. I was on the first producing team hired to launch Fox 5's "Good Day Atlanta"... and Xernona reached out with invitations for GDA Host Amanda Davis and me to attend the first of what would be an annual, culture-amplifying event known globally. In many ways, #TheTrumpetAwards inspired the intention of my book "That's What Friends Are For: On The Women Who Inspired Me" which celebrates Black Women worthy of CELEBRATION including Ms. Clayton. I write of the ATL TV PIONEERS like Xernona who I was so excited to see here in NYC some years ago when @drumsalongthehudson honored her. I have hosted the live performance stage for that annual multicultural festival and pow wow for over 20 years now. BIG SHOUT OUT to #DrumsAlongTheHudson Co-Creator for inviting BFF Ern and me out to the Harlem International Film Festival for a special screening of documentary “Xernona Clayton: A Life in Black & White”, a compelling documentary that honors the remarkable journey of this pioneering figure in civil rights and African American media. The event took place at Columbia University, Harlem, New York... and as much as I thought I knew about Xernona Clayton's career and accomplishments, Emmy and Peabody award-winning director and producer Nancy Saslow unpacks so much more context about this iconic woman's journey. The comprehensive and compelling two-hour doc rounds out why and how she remains such a special FORCE IN THE WORLD for us all. #LifeofRiley #TheXernonaClaytonFoundation #INSPIREDwithPatrickLRiley #TheLisforLeroy #WomenWhoInspiredMe #WomenWhoInspireMe
I got the chance to meet #XernonaClayton @trumpetawards FOUNDER. Fresh out of Morehouse, it was my HONOR to meet the ATLANTA Broadcasting Icon while I was emerging into this industry at her broadcasting alma mater WAGA-TV. I was on the first producing team hired to launch Fox 5's "Good Day Atlanta"... and Xernona reached out with invitations for GDA Host Amanda Davis and me to attend the first of what would be an annual, culture-amplifying event known globally. In many ways, #TheTrumpetAwards inspired the intention of my book "That's What Friends Are For: On The Women Who Inspired Me" which celebrates Black Women worthy of CELEBRATION including Ms. Clayton. I write of the ATL TV PIONEERS like Xernona who I was so excited to see here in NYC some years ago when @drumsalongthehudson honored her. I have hosted the live performance stage for that annual multicultural festival and pow wow for over 20 years now. BIG SHOUT OUT to #DrumsAlongTheHudson Co-Creator for inviting BFF Ern and me out to the Harlem International Film Festival for a special screening of documentary “Xernona Clayton: A Life in Black & White”, a compelling documentary that honors the remarkable journey of this pioneering figure in civil rights and African American media. The event took place at Columbia University, Harlem, New York... and as much as I thought I knew about Xernona Clayton's career and accomplishments, Emmy and Peabody award-winning director and producer Nancy Saslow unpacks so much more context about this iconic woman's journey. The comprehensive and compelling two-hour doc rounds out why and how she remains such a special FORCE IN THE WORLD for us all. #LifeofRiley #TheXernonaClaytonFoundation #INSPIREDwithPatrickLRiley #TheLisforLeroy #WomenWhoInspiredMe #WomenWhoInspireMe
@knocking._ presented some awesome @cbsdeals today on #CBSSaturdayMorning. #CBSDeals HOST Ashley Bellman - @ashleybellman - brought the goods to @jeffglor. And you better hurry over to cbsdeals.com for these AWESOME PRODUCTS at EXCLUSIVE PRICES! #INSPIREDwithPatrickLRiley #TheLisforLeroy #WomenWhoInspiredMe #WomenWhoInspireMe #LifeofRiley
What a WONDERFUL night we had at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center!!! Diana Ross DELIVERED 🔥🙏🏾👊🏽🤩💃🏽!!! And we ALL left HAPPY!!!!💯🎶 #WomenWhoInspiredMe #WomenWhoInspireMe #LifeofRiley #INSPIREDwithPatrickLRiley #TheLisforLeroy #AllStarKaraoke #DianaRoss #BeautifulLove #dianarossthankyou #rossaholics #rosstribe #myendlesslove #foreverdiana #theboss @philgeston
Happy Birthday Hill Harper!!! #FlashbackFriday Great to interview him for New York City's Signature Theatre Company, MarciaPendelton's Walk Tall Girl Productions, and Black Theater Online's Signature Theatre Cultivation Event. He starred in "Our Lady of 121st Street" (by Stephen Adly Guirgis, directed by Phylicia Rashad): http://www.signaturetheatre.org/ #MenWhoInspiredMe #MenWhoInspiredMe #INSPIREDwithPatrickLRiley #TheLisforLeroy #LifeofRiley
Hey Fam! Please join me in WISHING the HAPPIEST OF BIRTHDAYS to JANET JACKSON! One of the #WomenWhoInspiresMe inside the pages of my book "That's What Friends Are For: On The Women Who Inspired Me", I HOLD DEAR the INSPIRATION I continue to GLEAN from this ICON! Plotting now to get our eyes on her in NYC, NJ, Denver, and London! We traveled to Chicago and Houston last year to be with her. Over the years, we've spent one-on-one time with her - from chatting her up at her "Oprah Show" post-reception to Oprah's Legends Ball to ALL THREE of her Tyler Perry MOVIE Premieres --- and many cities in between. We're always CALLING ON JANET
Many of you guys know my Wednesday #AllStarKaraoke residency is up weekly at Sapoara: 2262 1st Ave and 116th Street from 6 to 10p --- and it's an evening of FUN; FELLOWSHIP; $2 Shots; and our 9:30 GIVEAWAY!!! And like TONIGHT's BDAY BOYZ Bobby and Anthony, there's always SOMEBODY or something to CELEBRATE🔥🍾🥂🥳❤️!!! WNBC's New York Live recently profiled the way we AMPLIFY the CULTURE for Black & Brown Folks: https://youtu.be/kP6xouc3Nlc?si=u3EoK_MmdYO9JcDv. XO PLR p.s. 🤑And one booking at a time, sweet Jesus --- attracting FUN stuff coming up. Stay tuned to #LifeofRiley: 🪘Hosting 2024 DRUMS ALONG THE HUDSON (6/2) - drumsalonthehudson.org 🥰 Host, Divine 9/HBCU Night for Director Kenny Leon's upcoming play at The Roundabout: HOME🙏🏽 + moderating the post-performance discussion with the cast & creatives (6/7) ✅ Host, Ms. Harlem Shake Coronation (6/29) ✅Host, Theater Vibe with Patrick L. Riley (Pre and Post-Reception for Paper Mill Playhouse musical "Gun & Powder"). #AllStarKaraoke #LifeofRiley #INSPIREDwithPatrickLRiley #TheLisforLeroy #MenWhoInspiredMe #MenWhoInspireMe
She is one of the WOMEN WHO CONTINUES TO INSPIRE ME: SOMMORE! Keep us LAUGHING, LOVE! IT'S HER BIRTHDAY! Please join me in TOASTING SOMMORE! #LifeofRiley #WomenWhoInspiredMe #WomenWhoInspireMe #INSPIREDwithPatrickLRiley #TheLisforLeroy #QueensofComedy
🙋🏾♂️Great to produce #Knocking Lifestyle expert @gaylebasstv on @cbsmornings --- and sometimes @cbssaturday. And not just because #CBSMornings Co-Hosts @nateburleson and @tonydokoupil are so engaging🤓. Today, we got to join the WORLD in gushing over 2024 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit model @gayleking who is a cover star for this historic issue (as well as @chrissyteigen, @kateupton, and @huntermcgrady) 🔥. Pick up @si_swimsuit on newsstands May 17🤩! Congratulations #GayleKing - and @sportsillustrated - for KNOCKING IT OUT THE PARK⚾️!! And RIGHT NOW you can visit cbsdeals.com to take advantage of today's exclusive deals. 💖🙏🏽🙋🏾♂️🤩!! #SISwimsuit #SISwim60 #INSPIREDwithPatrickLRiley #TheLisforLeroy #LifeofRiley #WomenWhoInspiredMe #WomenWhoInspireMe
🙋🏾♂️Great to produce #Knocking Lifestyle expert @gaylebasstv on @cbsmornings --- and sometimes @cbssaturday. And not just because #CBSMornings Co-Hosts @nateburleson and @tonydokoupil are so engaging🤓. Today, we got to join the WORLD in gushing over 2024 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit model @gayleking who is a cover star for this historic issue (as well as @chrissyteigen, @kateupton, and @huntermcgrady) 🔥. Pick up @si_swimsuit on newsstands May 17🤩! Congratulations #GayleKing - and @sportsillustrated - for KNOCKING IT OUT THE PARK⚾️!! And RIGHT NOW you can visit cbsdeals.com to take advantage of today's exclusive deals. 💖🙏🏽🙋🏾♂️🤩!! #SISwimsuit #SISwim60 #INSPIREDwithPatrickLRiley #TheLisforLeroy #LifeofRiley #WomenWhoInspiredMe #WomenWhoInspireMe
Hi Folks! Please join me in wishing a Happy Birthday to GRAMMY-nominated SINGING LEGEND @shaniceonline - and WHAT SONG COMES TO MIND WITH THIS LEGEND!!!??? WAS SO GREAT TO HONOR her at @lgbtmusicfest in 2019 - in Cancun. SHANICE not only graced us with some impromptu vocals during her acceptance ("Lovin' You"). She also graciously joined #TheBossChoir: https://www.facebook.com/lgbtmusicfest/videos/1876582549074764/ and the #OurLoveChoir: https://www.instagram.com/tv/COSll1ZhKOy/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link. #INSPIREDwithPatrickLRiley #TheLisforLeroy #WomenWhoInspiredMe #WomenWhoInspireMe #LifeofRiley #AllStarKaraoke
Happy Birthday to @imvanessawilliams - among the actresses I celebrate inside the pages of my book "That's What Friends Are For: On The Women Who Inspired Me" (Available on Amazon, B&N, and other book outlets). I got the chance to interview #VanessaWilliams a couple years back on assignment for @naacp- IMAGE-AWARD-WINNING creator @sidrasmithofficial's "@aluvtale: THE SERIES" on BET Plus. #ALuvTale enjoys great streaming success just as its critically-acclaimed film festival tour - including the AT&T Audience Award for Episodic at framelinefest - set off the #Luv movement. My BTS interviews with Sid and her STUNNING CAST are available to see via #BETPlus - including: wwwjustleon; @rotimimusic from @Power_Starz - also an Executive Producer on A LUV TALE; @sheriairving; @amberscloset; @tanairi_v13; @rayanlawrence; @mayadays; @valariepettiford; @bigvicwilliams: https://www.facebook.com/frameline/videos/2107039576258056/. "A LUV TALE The Series" is adapted from Smith's 1999 critically-acclaimed, genre-bending short film, which also won The Hollywood Black Film Festival audience prize. Please join me in WISHING OUR BELOVED VANESSA WILLIAMS THE HAPPIEST OF BIRTHDAYS! #LifeofRiley #SoulFood #NewJackCity #InspiredwithPatrickLRiley #TheLisforLeroy #LifeofRiley #WomenWhoInspiredMe #WomenWhoInspireMe #AllStarKaraoke @patrick.riley
Hey y'all! My late, great mom Queen Elizabeth Bellinger Riley and I made EBONY @ebonymagazine a few years ago 😇🙏🏽🤍🕊✊🏾! I got an outreach from Savannah homegirl and fellow journalist/auteur Joicelyn Dingle @jjd1970 who says she was INSPIRED to see if I recalled a gem that my own mother used to exclaim for her "Mama Used To Say: Wit and Wisdom from Our Black Mothers" feature with @melanieymartin for #EBONY. I offered these words which made the cut: "You can’t reason with the unreasonable," my mama used to say. EBONY further reasons the wise quote's meaning to be: 'Don’t bother with folks who don’t have good sense.' I LOVE IT!💜 These words follows me throughout my life because many 'unreasonable' things cross my path - from social injustice to homophobia to doubting toms and tomasinas.🤷🏽♂️ And I don't always - as a first thought - think to mom's sage wisdom as I find myself sometimes looking crazier than the crazy.😂🤣 But when I get the grace - likely from her hand on high - 🙌🏾 - to come down to reason, I feel armed in that wisdom and let it guide me to resolve --- or sometimes, the most important aspect of the lesson, walking away. Thanks EBONY: https://www.ebony.com/life/mama-used-to-say-wit-and-wisdom-from-our-black-mothers/. Happy Mother's Day to ALL THE MOMS! Empathy & Encouragement to those who - like me - are missing your MOM💔🤍🕊😇👸🏽! #INSPIREDwithPatrickLRiley #TheLisforLeroy #WomenWhoInspiredMe #WomenWhoInspireMe
Happy Birthday Alyson Williams --- one of my FAV DIVAS! And it must be said that @alysonwilliamsmusic is noted accordingly in my book "That's What Friends Are For: On The Women Who Inspired Me" (Amazon and B&N). Please know that like DIONNE, PATTI, and ARETHA from that side of the diva galaxy ( in addition to the likes of BEY, JANET, MARIAH, and more), birthday girl ALYSON WILLIAMS is too a WOMAN WHO continues to INSPIRE ME...after all these years. I was in Savannah in the late 1980s when I heard her classic “Just Call My Name”. I'd sing it ALL THE TIME! Fast forward to the 2000s, as her smash is still played on "quiet storm" formats that count GLOBALLY and I've gotten the chance to call ALYSON "a friend" who: * invites me to all of her AMAZING shows * has supported many #LifeofRiley franchises over these years - including #AllStarKaraoke and other programming at THREE of our Harlem backdrops: Native, Billie's Black, and MIST Harlem. * once gifted #AllStarKaraoke with Dionne Warwick's ALFIE: https://www.facebook.com/ndcruise/videos/10205391950740804/ LOVE YOU, ALYSON! Patrick #allstarkaraoke #motownmay #b2harlem #bsquared #BILLIESBLACK #LifeofRiley #INSPIREDwithPatrickLRiley #TheLisforLeroy #WomenWhoInspireMe #WomenWhoInspiredMe @patrick.riley Alyson Williams
@knocking._ lifestyle expert Elizabeth Werner: @elizabethwernertv and Dana Jacobson did the heavy lifting on showcasing several #ExclusiveDiscounts on cbsdeals.com. Click on now... and take advantage of these #CBSDeals today. Folks in-studio were ABUZZ about each of them📲📸🧋🤑! #CBSNews #CBSSaturdayMorning #LifeofRiley #WomenWhoInspiredMe #WomenWhoInspireMe #INSPIREDwithPatrickLRiley #TheLisforLeroy #MenWhoInspiredMe #MenWhoInspireMe @danajacobsontv
I often mention that mama raised her boyz to love THE STORIES - #1 among them: Y&R! The character Drucilla Winters - niece of Abbott maid Mamie - would help grow an African American extended family which would lead to the hiring of Neil Winters (Kristoff St. John - RIP); Neil's brother, Malcolm (Shemar Moore); daughter Lily (Christel Khalil), sister, Olivia (Tonya Lee Williams); and more. TODAY is THE BIRTHDAY of Drucilla's portrayer VICTORIA ROWELL! Please join me in WISHING THIS AMAZING WOMAN WHO HAS INSPIRED ME A HAPPY BIRTHDAY! I shout her out in my book "That's What Friends Are For: On The Women Who Inspired Me" (Dorpie Books) - available via Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and where books are sold. #LifeofRiley #INSPIREDwithPatrickLRiley #TheLisforLeroy #WomenWhoInspiredMe #WomenWhoInspireMe
FROM THE SPLIT SECOND she put a move on OUR HEARTS in 1995, I WAS A FAN and TAMIA became a WOMAN WHO INSPIRED ME - from her voice to her beauty to her humility! In my book "That's What Friends Are For" - available on Amazon, B&N, etc., I had to shout out TAMIA who I'd have the chance to interview several times over the years - most recently a few years ago while guest co-hosting on Arise Entertainment 360: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vW1kFsgRINE&feature=youtu.be. Please join me in wishing one of my FAVORITE SINGERS - TAMIA - a HAPPY BIRTHDAY! #LifeofRiley #ThrowbackThursday #INSPIREDwithPatrickLRiley #WomenWhoInspiredMe #WomenWhoInspireMe #TheLisforLeroy
Hey #AllStarKaraoke FAM! 🚨⛹️🏾🏀!! @nyknicks GAME 2 is on TONIGHT - and word is many of our #Sapoara FAM want to know if the #Knicks encore game with the @pacers will be on the MAIN monitor at @sapoara_harlemnyc TONIGHT 📺! I consulted with Kareem, LeBron, Josh Powell, and Walt Frazier 🤣😂🤣😂! We all agree that we'll put #AllStarKaraoke on pause tonight until next Wednesday🤩😎. Bring a friend to our weekly, bar-side open-mic - from 6 to 10p including a 9:30p giveaway. For the next couple of months, we have some fun things in our grab bag including a forthcoming pair of tix for Broadway via our sister friend #MarviaPendelton with @walktallgirl Productions. The pair will be for the play @home.bway directed by @iamkennyleon & written by #Samm-ArtWilliams. I'll soon be able to hip you to a special night when I'll interview cast and creatives after one of their shows on stage for a talk back. Stay tuned, #AllStarKaraoke FAM! WNBC's New York LIVE profiled our FUN NIGHT - with $2 SHOTS - in February: https://www.nbcnewyork.com/entertainment/the-scene/new-york-live/sing-at-an-all-star-karaoke-celebrating-black-culture/5117560/. #LifeofRiley #INSPIREDwithPatrickLRiley #MenWhoInspiredMe #MenWhoInspireMe #TheLisforLeroy
Hey #AllStarKaraoke FAM! 🚨⛹️🏾🏀!! @nyknicks GAME 2 is on TONIGHT - and word is many of our #Sapoara FAM want to know if the #Knicks encore game with the @pacers will be on the MAIN monitor at @sapoara_harlemnyc TONIGHT 📺! I consulted with Kareem, LeBron, Josh Powell, and Walt Frazier 🤣😂🤣😂! We all agree that we'll put #AllStarKaraoke on pause tonight until next Wednesday🤩😎. Bring a friend to our weekly, bar-side open-mic - from 6 to 10p including a 9:30p giveaway. For the next couple of months, we have some fun things in our grab bag including a forthcoming pair of tix for Broadway via our sister friend #MarviaPendelton with @walktallgirl Productions. The pair will be for the play @home.bway directed by @iamkennyleon & written by #Samm-ArtWilliams. I'll soon be able to hip you to a special night when I'll interview cast and creatives after one of their shows on stage for a talk back. Stay tuned, #AllStarKaraoke FAM! WNBC's New York LIVE profiled our FUN NIGHT - with $2 SHOTS - in February: https://www.nbcnewyork.com/entertainment/the-scene/new-york-live/sing-at-an-all-star-karaoke-celebrating-black-culture/5117560/. #LifeofRiley #INSPIREDwithPatrickLRiley #MenWhoInspiredMe #MenWhoInspireMe #TheLisforLeroy
@leedaniels works with so many of the MUSES I amplify inside the pages of my book "That's What Friends Are For: On The Women Who Inspired Me" - like #GaboureySidibe who is PRECIOUS and continues to INSPIRE --- while celebrating a BIRTHDAY TODAY! Please join me in WISHING @gaboureysidibe A HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Met Gabourey Sidibe at the World Premiere of PRECIOUS in Hollywood and via #LeeDaniels, I've continued to be able to see her SHINE up close - including @empire: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/precious-butler-director-lee-daniels-building-empire-n290416?fbclid=IwAR1SD6jv4fMw3pBcLEJmj5Q__9IXQZPlg4Qj9tvdRjimlz8MdtydFBMK4Ag. #INSPIREDwithPatrickLRiley #TheLisforLeroy #LifeofRiley # #WomenWhoInspiredMe # #WomenWhoInspireMe
Hi Folks! Please join me in wishing the HAPPIEST OF BIRTHDAYS to #DarrinHenson! Am reminded of interviewing him along with Robert Ri'chard: Robert Ri'chard] and #VivicaAFox: @msvfox - as they promoted the Chocolate City Movie - @chocolatecitymovie2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIoknC5wYsg&feature=youtu.be!!! I've also had an opportunity to be an audience with Darrin DeWitt Henson: @iamdarrindhenson - promoting his book at #TBAAL in Dallas. 🎁🙏🏽👑✊🏾💖📺 #INSPIREDwithPatrickLRiley #TheLisforLeroy #WomenWhoInspiredMe #WomenWhoInspireMe #LifeofRiley
I miss me some Marva Hicks on whom I could call to support any of my projects! And she could count on me to amplify her bookings and appearances. One time, it was quid pro quo. While she was playing Gladys Knight in Broadway SMASH HIT "MOTOWN THE MUSICAL", she - and #MarvinGaye - Bryan Terrell Clark - split the sea of awaiting fans to hop in a Black car to Harlem - to share my #AllStarKaraoke stage for our #MotownMay finale - presented by #WalkTallGirlProductions and #BlackTheatreOnline: #Marva not only graciously judged and offered critique to our #Motown-inspired singers... but she grabbed a mic and SANG for the PACKED HOUSE💃🏽! Indeed a WOMAN WHO INSPIRES ME inside the pages of my book "That's What Friends Are For" - available to buy via Amazon, Barnes & Noble (or try a Black-Woman-owned Book-Seller), she's now an #Angel on our shoulders💔🤍🕊😇💪🏽👸🏽. PLEASE JOIN ME IN WISHING #MarvaHicks a HAPPY HEAVENLY BIRTHDAY🥳! #WomenWhoInspiredMe #WomenWhoInspiredMe #TheLisforLeroy #LifeofRiley #INSPIREDwithPatrickLRiley @valariepettiford @mtvvmas @saltnpepaoffical @envoguemusic @saltnpepaofficial @WBLS @djdocmartin @ownhahn @angelarobschild @shaniceonline @cbstv @jnylmt @hogarth1234 @venitamccollum @lilyachty @sayconsengbloh @owntv @delilahown @leedaniels