Cheetah girls

Jet, August 25, 2003

CHEETAH GIRLS: Actress Raven (c) of "That's So Raven" and "The Cosby Show" fame, who stars in the Disney Channel TV movie The Cheetah Girls, attends the premiere with her co-stars (l-r) Sabrina Bryan, Kiely Williams and Adrienne Bailon, both of the hit R&B group 3LW, at LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts in New York City. The four star as "The Cheetah Girls," a multitalented music group from different backgrounds who have a dream to take the world by storm with music. Acclaimed actress Lynn Whitfield (2nd, r) stars as the mother of Raven's character. At left, Deborah Gregory, author of The Cheetah Girls book series on which the movie is based, enjoys the premiere with the film's director Oz Scott. The movie was written by Alison Taylor and executive-produced by Debra Martin Chase and superstar Whitney Houston. It airs on the Disney Channel on Aug. 19, Aug. 27, Sept. 4 and Sept 15., at 8 pm (ET) each night.

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