00:00Ladies and gentlemen, without further ado, put your hands together for Washington, D.C.'s own
00:05representing target, Regina Hall!
00:22What's up, Essence?
00:24Essence, I am so excited to be at Essence Fest with all of you.
00:33This is a big weekend for us.
00:37Target brought me out.
00:40And I'm excited to celebrate what it is to be a woman and to be a black woman on this stage.
00:46Now, before I got here, y'all know I went to Target and you know what I saw?
00:56I saw every friend of mine with a brand.
00:59I shopped, I got some Hay Humans from the Smiths.
01:03I got some popcorn from Tabitha Brown.
01:11I slicked my hair down with some TPH from Taraji.
01:18Who told y'all to vote?
01:21Because y'all know we change everything, right?
01:23Tracy Ellis Ross got some pattern with her hair.
01:32And this weekend is all about joy and laughter.
01:39The excitement of being with friends.
01:42How many of you all came here alone tonight?
01:44How many came with your man?
01:46Y'all don't have to fucking brag.
01:55Y'all did it too loud and too excited.
01:57I don't like it, I'm jealous.
02:02Who came with their best friend?
02:11Okay, okay.
02:13We got single men in here, any single men?
02:17Oh my God, it's one single man.
02:22Stand up!
02:26Stand up!
02:28Guess what?
02:31I came here with my best friend.
02:37Y'all want to meet my best friend?
02:41Will y'all give it up for the beautiful and beautiful people?
02:46And talented, Sanaa Lathan!
02:55Hey y'all!
02:58Hi baby!
03:00I love you too.
03:01I love you too!
03:02I love you too!
03:03Man!
03:04Woo!
03:06Woo!
03:08You were mentioning all those products.
03:10We need to come up with our own product line.
03:12We should come up.
03:13You know what?
03:14We're gonna do a best friend nail polish line.
03:19That's right.
03:20That's right.
03:21I love that.
03:22We could do nails and...
03:23And toes.
03:24Nails and toes.
03:25That's right.
03:26And we could come up with a great name like sexy nudes and bosom booze.
03:31Bosom blues!
03:32I love it!
03:33Now, Sanaa we've been friends for 26 years.
03:39Yeah!
03:40When I was five and you were 15.
03:42So, okay, what's the best part about being my friend?
03:50Well, Regina, the best part of being your friend is...
03:57I know you always have my back.
04:00Unconditionally.
04:02And you always make me laugh no matter how hard life gets.
04:07Ditto.
04:09Ditto.
04:10Okay, so I love her.
04:11And I'm excited because Sanaa, tell us one more thing.
04:14Yes.
04:15So I'm here, I'm promoting an amazing movie called Supremes at Earl's.
04:19All You Can Eat.
04:21It's me, Anjanu Ellis, and Uzo Aduba.
04:25It comes out on Hulu August 23rd.
04:28And it is about friendships like this.
04:31Friendships like lifelong.
04:33Right.
04:34That you grow through life with.
04:35That where you go through the trials and tribulations of life.
04:38And you guys are gonna love it.
04:39So tune in.
04:40So August 23rd, see that?
04:43And then tomorrow, come see me and Sanaa at the Target booth.
04:48Yeah, we'll see you tomorrow.
04:50Come celebrate the joy.
04:51Love you.
04:52We love you guys.
04:53We love you.
04:54We love you.
04:56People welcome you, Anthony.
04:57God bless you.
04:59We love you today.
05:01You
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