Angelique Bates adds RUSH Halloween event to her growing red carpet run

Angelique Bates helped produce and staff the red carpet for Abeni Nazeer’s RUSH Halloween Costume Party & Screening in Los Angeles on Oct. 25. The event adds another sold-out project and celebrity booking to Bates’ expanding work as a publicist, event producer and talent booker.

Why it matters: - Angelique Bates is expanding her footprint beyond acting into event production, publicity and talent booking. - The RUSH Halloween Costume Party & Screening adds to a run of sold-out projects and celebrity activations tied to Bates and Melting Pot Management & Public Relations. - The event also reinforces Bates’ “Queen of the Red Carpet” branding in entertainment publicity.

What happened: - Bates and Melting Pot Management & Public Relations supported Director and Producer Abeni Nazeer’s RUSH Halloween Costume Party & Screening on Oct. 25 in Los Angeles. - PHX Agency Brand brought in Bates and Melting Pot to assist with the event’s red carpet, publicity and media presence. - The event featured Lola Monroe as host, with Blac Chyna and Desi of Love Cabin as co-hosts.

The details: - Guests had food, drinks, arcade activations, interactive entertainment and music by DJ JxHoney. - The event included a live set where filming took place and a special screening tied to RUSH. - Cast members in attendance included Marchinee “Marsh” Lewis, known from the Baddies franchise, and Ray Buffer. - The guest list also included producer Makaylo Van Peebles, Kevontay Jackson of Everybody Hates Chris and 3rd Storee, Sheldon Bailey of Nickelodeon’s Game Shakers, and beauty influencer and domestic violence advocate Tonya Renee Meisenbach. - Media and photographers covering the night included Getty Images, Hollywood Unlocked, World Visionz, Shot By Lala and DaBackHouse. - Bates has also worked on Layzie Bone’s one-man live-band concert at City Winery Atlanta, which sold out along with the meet-and-greet experience. - Bates handled public relations for Layzie Bone as the Bone Thugs-N-Harmony founding member continues group work and individual projects. - Bates has booked celebrity talent for TMZ BRUNCH and TMZ AFTER DARK Tour Bus celebrity takeovers. - Bates is best known to many audiences for Nickelodeon’s All That. - Bates describes her background as Haitian, Bahamian and Indigenous. - Bates’ work now spans on-camera projects, publicity strategy, event production, media relations, talent booking and crisis management.

Between the lines: - Bates is using live events and celebrity-facing work to broaden her professional identity beyond her early-screen reputation. - The release positions her recent work as a corrective to coverage that has focused more on personal trauma and controversy than career wins. - The repeated emphasis on sold-out events and high-profile names signals a business model built on visibility and execution.

What's next: - Bates and Shannon Dai are continuing to build Melting Pot Management & Public Relations across entertainment publicity, event production, talent relations, media strategy and crisis management. - The company is likely to keep pairing red-carpet coverage with celebrity bookings and live-event activations. - RUSH adds another credited project to Bates’ expanding portfolio as she pushes for more recognition of her behind-the-scenes work.