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UPTOWN Magazine
Jan 2008
Agents Of Change

UPTOWN finds out what happens when 6 multifaceted, powerful, and beautiful black women confab on the subject of giving.

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Appearance on CBS Morning News
Jumpstart Literacy Program Helps Kids Get Ahead
April 19, 2007

A one-on-one reading mentorship is helping kids launch their educations in the rght direction. More than 12,000 children are part of Jumpstart, which mentors with underserved pre-school.

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UNEQ Magazine
Premiere Issue Spring 2007
Volume 1

Cover Appearance
Beauty & the b.
The Designer and His Love Affair with Beauty

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CRAIN'S New York Business
January 29-February 4, 2007
Author Entertains Vast Possibilities
By Hilary Potkewitz

While she was a young associate in entertainment Law at Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison, Crystal McCrary Anthony had an unfinished novel stashed in her desk drawer. She'd work on it late at night or on weekends, never showing it to anybody....

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BLACK ENTERPRISE
December 2006
Reel Prophets
By Nicole Marie Richardson

Crystal McCrary Anthony financed her new film, the highly anticipated Dirty Laundry, due in theaters March 2007, by any means necessary. "As executive producer of the film - with a budget "south of $1 million - it was her job to get the money - even if that meant shelling it out from her own pocket...

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TOWN & COUNTRY
December 2006
Fashion & Style: Crystal McCrary Anthony

OCCUPATIONS: Mother of two; lawyer; novelist (cowrote Homecourt Advantage and Gotham Diaries, both best sellers); film and television producer; TV host for BET J; board member of Jumpstart, a children's-literacy nonprofit...

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O AT HOME
December 2006
My House, My Style

My home is an extension of what's in my closet. I want what feels comfortable and is aesthetically pleasing on my body to surround me in my home. I bought a painting by African-American artist Rhonda Saffold, of a woman in a crimson dress, and I became drawn to red accent pieces...

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JET MAGAZINE
Sept. 11, 2006
Author Crystal McCrary Debuts As Executive Producer Of Independent Film 'Dirty Laundry'

As a New York Times best-selling author of two books, co-host of BET J's "My 2 Cents" and an advocate for childhood literacy and women's issues, Crystal McCrary Anthony, Esq., has proven that she's got skills.

Now, the 36-year-old mother of two (6-year-old Cole and 4-year-old Ella) has affixed a new profession to her portfolio.

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Neil Lowe, CEO of b. Michael couture, Author Crystal McCrary Anthony and b. Michael at the New York Fashion Week 2007 Afterparty at Style Lounge

September 10, 2006


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O Magazine
September 2006
The Originals

We love the idea of a style uniform; a look so easy, consistent, and yours that you’d always know what to wear – and what to shop for. Meet five women who figured it out themselves.

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NASDAQ.com
August 24, 2006

Jumpstart Advisory Board member Crystal McCrary Anthony, noted author, attorney and film producer, will preside over the opening bell to celebrate Jumpstart's Read for the Record Campaign, taking place today in Rockefeller Center and across the country at over 1,250 local reading events. Joined by its national partners, including Starbucks, Pearson, Penguin (USA), and American Eagle, Jumpstart will set the world record for the largest shared reading experience ever.

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STEPPIN OUT
July 2006
Crystal McCrary Anthony's Dirty Laundry
By Krys Longan

Dirty Laundry is considered the first wide-release movie that deals with homosexuality in the African American community, so it will no doubt be shattering many preconceptions that audiences have about black society. It is a difficult subject to broach successfully, but luckily the film’s executive producer, Crystal McCrary Anthony, knows a thing or two about tackling challenges.

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CRAIN'S
July 2006
Author shows off Dirty Laundry

DIRTY LAUNDRY, an indie film produced by pop culture pundit and author Crystal McCrary Anthony, premieres in Harlem on Aug. 3 at the Schomburg Center. Gayle King and Soledad O'Brien are expected to attend, along with the film's stars, including Veronica Webb, Rockmond Dunbar and Jenifer Lewis.

The flick, Ms. McCrary Anthony's first project as an executive producer, is already generating buzz among industry insiders. It tells the tale of a black man who turns his back on his Southern upbringing to live in New York City with his gay lover.
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NEW YORK POST
June 18, 2006
Ganging Up

The knives are really out for Anna Wintour. Just as the lofty Vogue editrix gets used to being unflatteringly lampooned in "The Devil Wears Prada," a new indie flick called "Dirty Laundry" features Veronica Webb as a cutthroat editor-in-chief with Wintour-esque overtones. The movie, which is making the rounds at festivals, got its first New York screening for Gayle King and Soledad O'Brien at Soho House last Week.
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Crystal McCrary Anthony and Susan Fales-Hill at The American Cancer Society, New York City chapter, annual Mother of the Year luncheon at the St. Regis Roof

March 2, 2006


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THE NEW YORK TIMES
August 4, 1997
Change (Gulp) in Tuxedo Park
By Elisabeth Bumiller

TUXEDO PARK, N.Y. – There are a number of things to know about this Bavarian forest-like retreat built for the Astors, the Pells and their friends who made America’s great 19th-century mercantile fortunes...

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