Cedric the Entertainer with Kevin Frazier

Join us for an in-person & virtual
Live Talks Los Angeles event:

Monday, September 18, 2023, 8pm

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Presented in association with New Roads School

Cedric the Entertainer*

in conversation with
Kevin Frazier, Co-host of Entertainment Tonight

discussing his novel,
Flipping Boxcars

Ann and Jerry Moss Theatre
at New Roads School
Herb Alpert Educational Village
3131 Olympic Blvd.,
Santa Monica, CA 90404

(Free Parking available at the venue)

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Face masks recommended
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PURCHASE TICKETS for Sep 18 (click here)
TICKETS:
$48 General Admission ticket +signed book*
$25 General Admission ticket
*Tickets include access to watch the virtual version of the event
that airs on September 22 at 6pm PT, 9pm ET.

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PURCHSE Virtual event only ( Sep 22) Tickets (click here)
TICKETS:
$45 Virtual Admission + signed book (includes shipping to US addresses)
*Includes access to watch the event on video-on-demand for five days after it airs
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The first novel from one of the original Kings of Comedy, Cedric “The Entertainer,” an engaging and entertaining crime caper that is a valentine to close-knit black families and tightly woven communities struggling to get by during the Depression and World War II.
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Actor/comedian Cedric Kyles (a.k.a. Cedric The Entertainer) career spans more than thirty years as a performer on the stage, in film, and on television. He is the star and executive producer of the CBS Television hit comedy The Neighborhood, for which he won a 2023 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series. Cedric’s other television credits include the comedy series The Soul Man and The Steve Harvey Show.
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Kevin Frazier is an American is co-host of Entertainment Tonight and the founder and owner of the urban entertainment website HipHollywood.com.
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Flipping Boxcars: A Novel
Babe is a charismatic and widely loved man, a gambler with a gift for gab that often gets him out of tricky situations. He’s also a dreamer, something he shares with his patient and loving wife, Rosie. They both yearn for financial stability and see the land they own as insurance for future generations. But when Babe and a few comrades enlist in a scheme that improbably falls apart, he endangers the little security the family has.
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On the verge of losing everything, what’s a family man to do?
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If you’re a gambler like Babe, you double down and risk it all for one big score—this time, a plan involving railroad boxcars.
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Will Babe succeed? Will Rosie continue to support her husband? Are the Feds on to his make-or-break scheme?
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Flipping Boxcars is Cedric “The Entertainer” at his most engaging best—a charming, fast-paced novel that pays homage to his beloved grandfather and a generation past, anchored by rich, multi-dimensional characters and oozing with irresistible charm.