go to a night club to party. James and Lynn fall for one another after dancing and kissing. Gina and Joe develop their relationship as well. At the salon, Joanne flirts with James and blows up when Lynn asks her not to. Chanel unexpectedly stands up for Lynn, and Joanne demands that Gina fire them. Gina refuses and Joanne cancels the meeting with CoverGirl. Lynn feels guilty, but Gina tells her that it isn't her fault. The shop is trashed and vandalized the night before Vanessa's big piano recital, but the staff come together to clean up the mess, even bringing in their own supplies to make sure the salon can stay open. Darnelle decides it's time for her to grow up and enrolls in beauty school. Willie secretly tapes Jorge and Inspector Crawford discussing their scheme to ruin Gina. A disheveled woman enters the shop and begs someone to fix her hair for a wedding that day. Willie shows Gina the videotape of Jorge and Inspector Crawford. That night, Gina confronts Jorge at his salon and threatens to expose his scheme, as well as the fact that he is actually from Nebraska, not Austria, and tells him she will never give up. Jorge continues to insult Gina as she leaves, and James and his friends humiliate him by giving him an extreme haircut. Later, as Gina and the shop listen to Hollerin' Helen's show, she gives a shout-out to Gina's salon and her miracle conditioner, and they realize she was the desperate woman on the way to the wedding. Cast Queen Latifah as Gina Norris Djimon Hounsou as Joe Alicia Silverstone as Lynn Alfre Woodard as Ms. Josephine Sherri Shepherd as Ida Golden Brooks as Chanel Bryce Wilson as James Kevin Bacon as Jorge Christophe Keshia Knight Pulliam as Darnelle Andie MacDowell as Terri Mena Suvari as Joanne Marcus Paige Hurd as Vanessa Norris Laura Hayes as Paulette Lil' JJ as Willie Omari Hardwick as Byron Adele Givens as Hollerin' Helen Sheryl Underwood as Catfish Rita Jim Holmes as Inspector Crawford LisaRaye McCoy as Rochelle Kimora Lee Simmons as Denise Della Reese as Mrs. Towner Joyful Drake as Mercedes Tawny Dahl as Porsche Andrew Levitas as Stacy Octavia Spencer as Ida Birdman as Glen Wilmer Valderrama as Corky Reagan Gomez-Preston as Chelsea Ki Toy Johnson as Debbie Nancy Lenehan as Mrs. Struggs Reception On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds