PR Newswire Broadcast Minute for Monday, January 17, 2005

PR Newswire Broadcast Minute for Monday, January 17, 2005 American, Italian, French and Australian Wines are the Most Popular Among Americans A new Harris Poll finds that American wine drinkers would be willing to try wines produced in many countries in addition to the countries whose wines they normally drink. For example, fully 73 percent of wine drinkers say they would consider buying Italian wine but only 44 percent say that they ever do so. Similarly, 52 percent say they would be willing to buy Australian wine although only 32 percent do so now. Substantial numbers of wine drinkers also say they would be willing to try drinking wine from countries which sell relatively little wine in the United States such as Poland, Bolivia and Israel. Full story at: http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/main.jsp?resourceid=2853881 Donald Trump Signs for Record Speaking Fee - $1,000,000 an Hour When Donald Trump does almost anything, he likes to do it in a very big way, and speaking fees are no exception. He's reached an Agreement with the Learning Annex to present three classes in 2005 titled "How to Succeed in Real Estate." Trump's fee will be a cool one million dollars for each one-hour class. That's over 16-thousand dollars a minute. He's scheduled to teach in three cities -- Los Angeles on May first, New York October 23rd and Chicago on November sixth. Full story at: http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/main.jsp?resourceid=2853789 Latin Recording Artist Ana Cristina Makes History as the First Hispanic to Perform the Star Spangled Banner at the Presidential Inauguration On Thursday, January 20th, 19-year-old, Miami native Latin Recording Artist Ana Cristina will become the first Hispanic to perform The Star Spangled Banner at the Presidential Inauguration. Ana Cristina, singer, songwriter pianist and guitarist, will sing "Acapella" before President George Bush, international dignitaries and other special guests as part of the 55th Presidential Inaugural Ball. This marks a historical moment, as Ana Cristina steps up on stage representing U-S Hispanics nationwide. Full story at: http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/main.jsp?resourceid=2853606 The PR Newswire Broadcast Minute is available by email at no charge to members of the media who sign up for PR Newswire for Journalists, ( http://www.prnewswire.com/media ). For more information, contact Rob Fisher at 408-365-8793 or email rob.fisher@prnewswire.com . PRNewswire -- Jan. 17 Source: PR Newswire ------- Profile: International Entertainment