(PHOTOS) OWN Brings the Heat at Essence Festival With Summer Cocktail Party

OWN (The Oprah Winfrey Network) recently hosted a lively cocktail party during the 2019 Essence Festival in New Orleans that was attended by the stars from several of the network’s shows in addition to media and executives.

The “Summer of Own” party was held at the Legacy Kitchen and was attended by OWN President Tina Perry, Gayle King, and the cast of such OWN series’ as “The Have and the Have Nots,” “Greenleaf” and “Queen Sugar.” The cocktail party also included by the Central Park 5, who were the subject of the hit Netflix series “When They See Us.”

See photos from the event below:

Gayle King

Yusef Salaam, Korey Wise, Raymond Santana Jr.

Robin Givens

Kofi Soriboe, Tina Lifford and Omar Dorsey

Essence Atkins

(Photos courtesy of OWN/Photographer: Peter Forest)