The two channels are also working with retired basketball superstar Earvin (Magic) Johnson's production company to create a movie and a series about the hip-hop industry.

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In late June she stood before an all-HP meeting as customers Jeffrey Katzenberg of DreamWorks SKG and basketball great Earvin (Magic) Johnson waxed on about the pleasure of working with HP.

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This isn't great filmmaking, but, under Rick Famuyiwa's direction, it's more than good enough. (The executive producer is Earvin "Magic" Johnson, who ensured that a basketball subplot made the final cut.) Ms. Lathan's work is impeccable, and always appealing.

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