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hope you had your beignets. >> i do. that's where we find kevin mccarthy down in new orleans. steve, good morning to you. yeah, i'm in new orleans i landed last night and i'm here for a film called girls trip and the film itself, the essence festival is happening here. i'm super excited. i've never been down here during the essence festival. it's one of my favorite cities in the world. i was texting allison last night saying there's just so much energy here, i love it here so much but yeah, i'm interviewing a lot of big stars while i'm down here specifically today i'm talking to jada pinkett smith as well as queen latifah and to me having those two actresses in a room is awesome because obviously set it off was massive film of the nights and i rewatched set it off on the plane here. it still holds up. f gary gray is a genius. i'm talking to regina hall and lauren tate. if you have any questions for anyby please send me your tweets. i would love to bring your questions to the actresses. i'm sitting down with them around 3:30 p.m. today new orleans time, so get your questions re