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Award winning director and producer Bobby Razak has signed with Brass. His films include "Rites of Passage" and Pit Fight. Razak currently has two films, Invincible Warrior and "Love, Pain, Eternal" that will premiere in the 2008 Cannes Film Festival.

Brass client Joauqin Perles produced Cages, a feature film, which will have its world premier in the Tribeca Film Festival. In addition, Joaquin recently starred as Chaz Royale, a flamboyant Brazilian, in a Ken Atchity produced film titled "HITTING THE BRICKS."

Brass Artists & Associates is proud to announce that we have signed Grammy Award Winner and actress TIONNE "T-BOZ" WATKINS for across the board representation. Tionne is an American R&B singer and lead singer of the group TLC.

Vocally, she is most known for her throaty, seductive voice; in fact, her baritonal contralto is so low, it rivals that of fellow R&B chanteuse Toni Braxton. Tionne first showed her lower register in the hit single, "Red Light Special" She has also proven she can hit a higher note on TLC's 3rd single Baby, Baby, Baby on the line "...Time for you, oh." T-Boz has also worked as an actress, appearing in Hype Williams' 1998 film Belly. More recently, Ms. Watkins also serve as one of the executive producers for the movie "ATL" featuring the rapper, T.I. (2006)

Brass Artists & Associates is proud to announce that we have signed Hip Hop artist and producer TOO $HORT. Too $hort is a rapper who started his career as a youth in Oakland, California. Through his music, Too $hort has cultivated a persona of a no-nonsense pimp, and is widely credited for popularizing pimp culture in hip hop, along with Ice T with over 16 albums and the current hit "Blow the Whistle."

Hip-Hop Star, Yung Joc, has signed with Brass Artists, Yung Joc, an American rapper from College Park, Georgia crafted a street buzz throughout his hometown of Atlanta with the street anthems "It's Going Down" and "I Know You See It". In 2006, Yung Joc released his debut album New Joc City, via the iconic Bad Boy Records. The first single, "It's Goin' Down" charted at #3 on the billboard top 100 and #1 on the R&B chart, and "New Joc City" is certified platinum.

Yung Joc is also featured on the songs "Show Stopper" by Platinum artists Danity Kane (from Diddy's Making The Band 3) & Cassie's album track Call U Out.

Yung Joc's has again enjoyed commercial success from his second album Hustlenomics with successful hits "Coffee Shop" and "Bottle Poppin"

Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins- Watkins will be appearing on the upcoming season of Celebrity Apprentice.

Robin McDonald lands feature films- "Hiding Out" and "Hooking Up & Falling in Love", in a co-starring role.

Yung Joc & Too Short represent Hip-Hop Icons for upcoming German One TV documentary "Icons of the 21st Century"; production to begin this summer.

Adrian Neal recent recurring credits include: Fox Network's top rated drama"24", "Guardian", HBO's wildly successful and popular "Entourage", and NBC's "Las Vegas"

Howard Rosen and Keith Metter both receive accolades as principal performers in National Network spots from TBS' most recent edition of TV's Funniest Commercials

Powerhouse Combat Sports has signed for representation with the Brass MMA Division. Powerhouse is a premiere fight promotion company in New Mexico and Texas, organizing professional fights in such arenas as the Pan Am Center and Dickerson Event Center. The next event, High Voltage, will take place in Las Cruces, New Mexico in May of 2008

Hip Hop Veteran B-Real of Cypress Hill joins the successful roster of Brass Artist - a Latin rapper of Mexican and Afro-Cuban heritage He is best known for being the lead rapper in hip hop group Cypress Hill,

In 1996 he contributed to the soundtrack for the movie Space Jam, In 2002, he teamed up with Mellow Man Ace (Brass client)

B-Real can also be seen in past productions such as "How High", "The Devil Inside" and upcoming projects such as "Big Pun: The Legacy".

Brass Artists has retained Melissa Berger Public Relations to oversee the Brass and the clients of the agency for all matters of public relation.

R&B Singer, Natalise, has signed with the Brass Artists. Natalise's first album "Forever Now" was released in 2003, and her second album "I Came to Play" was released in 2005. Natalise's album "I Came to Play" received awards for Best Dance CD of 2005, Best Produced, Best Video by a Female, and Best Dance Song by Muse's Muse. Natalise was also voted "Girlfriend of the Day" in August of 2005 by Maxim and "Video of the Week" by Blender.com.

Referee Herb Dean has been contracted to perform in a TapOut commercial that will air exclusively on Spike TV as a build up to the highly anticipated championship fight between Rampage Jackson and Forrest Griffin. TapOut is the leading brand in the MMA world.

Referee Herb Dean secured a National Network Commercial Campaign for top sports brand, Nike. He will appear in the first commercial with other notable athletes, such as UFC Champion, Rampage Jackson, San Diego Chargers Running Back Ladanian Tomlinson and tennis superstar Maria Sharpova.

Brass clients have recently performed in a wide range of roles:

Mary Alyce Nania secured recurring roles on "Dexter", "How I Met Your Mother" and the daytime soap "Passions"

Suzan Brittan tapped for a recurring role on Benjamin Bratt's new episodic series, "The Cleaner". Suzan will play the role of Bratt's love interest.

Kristi Engelmann performed as a Series Regular in Sam Has Seven Friends, an Emmy Nominated Web Series.

Nathan Lee Graham, who has starred in such blockbuster films as Hitch, Zoolander and Sweet Home Alabama, signed with Brass Artists for theatrical & commercial representation. Shortly after, he booked a supporting role in Tarzana, a feature film based upon a best selling novel

Burton Perez was tapped to perform a co-starring role in the upcoming blockbuster film, GI Joe. Based upon the successful cartoon series, the film cast includes an incredible cast, including Brendan Frasier, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and Sienna Miller

Richmond Dwayne Martyn has signed with Brass Artists. His credits include starring roles in "Stomp the Yard", Tyler Perry's Box Office Hit, "Daddy's Little Girl"

Romeo "Mayhem" Williams, star of the hit show American Gladiators has signed with Brass Artists and Associates.

Nate Gonzalez, host of Fox's Reality Remix, has signed with Brass Artists for commercial and theatrical representation.

Punk rocker and singer/song writer, Lukas Rossi, joins the Brass Family. After winning the role of lead singer for rock legend Tommy Lee's band Supernova on the CBS reality show Rock Star: Supernova, Rossi moved out on his own in the summer of 2007 and released a recording of 4 acoustic tracks on the "Love and Lust EP". Rossi and his new band, Stars Down, are currently working on a new album, entitled "Moodswings".

Herb Dean, Ultimate Fighting Championship Referee, has signed with Brass Artists & Associates. Herb is the most seen referee in Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) with well over 3000 professional MMA matches worldwide. He can be seen on the hit Spike TV show The Ultimate Fighter and Showtime Elite Extreme Combat.

BAA is proud to announce that sports agent, Mark Harshbarger, has joined the agency. After graduating from law school, Harshbarger began his career as a sports agent representing a wide range of professional athletes. Harshbarger will continue representing such athletes, while also developing clients within the MMA Division.

BRASS ARTISTS CREATES MIXED MARTIAL ARTS DIVISION

Recognizing the incredible growth and international popularity of Mixed Martial Arts, BAA is proud to announce the formation of one of the first and only Mixed Martial Arts Divisions to be overseen by a talent agency. The division will secure athletic, endorsement, sponsorship, commercial, marketing and licensing opportunities for the sport's most promising individuals and businesses, including fighters, personalities, fight promoters and other MMA related entities.

Talent Agent April Baker has joined the agency to oversee the youth commercial and theatrical department.Previously, April worked as a manager for Slate Entertainment, a successful youth management firm that also produced several successful projects. In addition, April has extensive experience as an acting coach, having trained young actors around the country.

Michael Dragomir has joined the agency as a theatrical agent. Michael was raised in New York City, where he began his career as an assistant with The William Morris Agency. After relocating to Los Angeles, he worked for Talent Works Talent Agency, where he was associated with clients such as William Shatner, Ashanti and David Hasselhoff.

Burton Perez currently appears opposite Joaquin Phoenix in We Own The Night, which stars Joaquin Phoenix, Mark Wahlberg, Eva Mendez and film legend, Robert Duvall.

Aki Aleong, recently signed with Brass Artists and was hired for a supporting role in Superhero, a comedic feature film being produced by the The Weinstein Company. In the film, Aki plays the Dali Lama. In addition, Aki completed his directorial debut with Chinaman's Chance, which stars a long list of notable actors.

Nicole Narain has been hired as a Series Regular on Zane's Sex Chronicles, an HBO produced series based upon a best selling novel of the same name.

Kimmee Balmelaro recently completed a world tour for Hi-Five, an internationally successful children's show, which she stars in as one of the five members of the Hi-Five group.

Elie Khoury currently plays a crucial role in Michael Mann's The Kingdom with Jamie Foxx, playing a young terrorist assassin. The film had a huge opening weekend and has garnered a great deal of attention for Elie.

Amara Cash recently completed a supporting role in College Confidential, a feature film and screen tested for a Series Regular role in High School Record, an MTV scripted series. She continues providing the voice to Polly, a character in the animated series, Unleashed.

John Durante will be working opposite Andy Garcia in an upcoming feature film, The Untitled Andy Garcia Project

Jeff Baker was hired for a supporting role in Powder Blue, starring Forest Whitaker.

Mike Marino, "The New Jersey Bad Boy" comedian performed his stand up show to a sell out crowd, which was filmed and distributed on DVD. It is currently available in Blockbuster and being sold in multiple major outlets.

Christianne Castellanos has been hired as a Network Host for LATV, a national spanish language channel. She will host three different programs for LATV, which focus on music and current events in the entertainment industry. Christianne also completed a major JC Penny commercial campaign, which is currently airing on a national level.

Spike TV's show, Wild World of Sports, which is hosted by Sam Tripoli, is one of the networks most successful programs and has been renewed for additional seasons.

RYAN DOWLER appeared as a Guest Star on one of the final episodes of the O.C.,

LIDET VIRAVONG was hired as a Guest Star on Crossing Jordan,

JAMES FERRIS played a Supporting role in Nite Tales, a feature film, SALLY SHAMRELL worked several dates on The Young & The Restless and

CANTRELL HARRIS was hired for roles on both Passions and General Hospital.

We are proud to announce that Ferrar Media & Associates, a successful commercial and theatrical talent agency, has merged with Brass Artists & Associates. As a result of the merger, veteran agent and founder of FMA, Tony Ferrar, and his client roster will join Brass Artists & Associates.

Brass clients have been appearing in many incredible television and independent films in guest starring or co-starring roles, including:

Musashi Alexander landed a recurring role on Jericho, Guest Starred on FX's he Unit and Co-Starred on NBC's Law and Order, Fox's 24, Sleeper Cell and Standoff.

Burton Perez in CBS' Cane

Terrence Flack in ABC's Grey's Anatomy

Sam Scarber in FX's The Shield, FOX's 24 and NBC's ER

Susan Brittan in TNT's The Closer

Cantrell Harris in NBC's Scrubs

Sally Shamrell in ABC's General Hospital

Gracie Mercedes in Dark Reality

Garrett Brawith in the feature film "Rolling"

Joaquin Perles in "Hitting the Bricks"

Jason Gray in "The Butcher",

Kenneth Mark Bhan in "Back to You"

Sara Van Horn in CBS' Criminal Minds

Sanjay Chandani in NBC's Chuck

Ron Botitta – NBC's ER,

Jaret Sacrey- NBC's Life,

Tak Kubota – NBC's Heroes,

Stuart McLean – "On The Lot",

Gregory Daven – NBC's Las Vegas,

Adam Donshik – FX's The Shield and Jericho,

Di Koob – NBC's ER,

Vivian Collins – NBC's The Office,

Michael Murton – FX's Its Always Sunny in Philadelphia and CBS' Two and Half Men

Nicole Narin has been hired as a SERIES REGULAR on Fox's new show THE HEIRESS

Comedian Sam Tripoli will be CO-HOSTING a new SPIKE TV show, WILD WORLD OF SPORTS

Kathleen "K-SLY" Taylor was hired as the RESIDENT DJ/HOST for the Pilot, Battle of the Djs

Ellie Gerber has been hired as RECURRING on the Hit Show NBC"s MEDIUM,

Musashi Alexander has also been hired for a RECURRING role on the new show JERICHO

Darrel Smith has begun work as RECURRING on HBO's THE WIRE,

Elie Khoury just completed a SUPPORTING role on Michael Mann's film, starring Jamie Foxx, The Kingdom,

Adrian Alvarado has had his role renewed on GENERAL HOSPITAL,

Shabba Doo is close to completing a deal as the Host for a dance competition reality show, Street Battles.

ADAM DONSHIK on CBS' Jericho

MICHAEL MERTON – on CBS' Two and a Half Men

RON BOTITTA – ABC's Lost

FRED ORNSTEIN –feature film, "The Wedding Bells".