PR Newswire Broadcast Minute for Wednesday, March 9, 2005

PR Newswire Broadcast Minute for Wednesday, March 9, 2005

Chocolate Rabbits Can Save The Lives of Real Rabbits, Says National Rabbit Rescue Organization

In its annual effort to prevent the impulse purchase of live "Easter rabbits" for small children, the ten-thousand-member House Rabbit Society is urging parents to consider chocolate rabbits instead.

A nonprofit organization dedicated to rescue and education, H-R-S blames thousands of cases of rabbit neglect, abandonment, and even death on impulse Easter purchases. The current campaign, "Make Mine Chocolate!" was created by the Columbus, Ohio, chapter of H-R-S and is aimed at changing the public's attitude toward rabbits as holiday gifts.

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Travelers Advantage Tips: Top Beaches For Spring Break Vacationers

Spring break is here, so grab the tanning lotion, slide on the shades and pack the coolers -- it's time to hit the beach for fun and sun.

The experts at Travelers Advantage are catching the wave, too, and surfing into the spirit with its list of top beaches for spring break:

1. South Padre, Texas 2. Tampa Bay, Florida 3. Key West, Florida 4. Destin, Florida 5. Sanibel Island, Florida 6. Waikiki, Hawaii 7. Miami, Florida 8. Daytona, Florida 9. Icacos Beach, Acapulco 10. Cancun

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Production Begins on Sofia Coppola's Marie Antoinette; The Columbia Pictures Release Stars Kirsten Dunst and Jason Schwartzman

Production begins this week on Sofia Coppola's Marie Antoinette, about France's iconic eighteenth century Queen. The Columbia Pictures release is produced by two-time Academy Award nominee Ross Katz, through American Zoetrope. In addition to serving as director, Coppola is also one of the film's producers and has written the screenplay, which is loosely adapted from Lady Antonia Fraser's noted historical account Marie Antoinette -- The Journey. Fred Roos, Francis Ford Coppola and Paul Rassam serve as executive producers. Kirsten Dunst, who previously appeared in Coppola's drama, The Virgin Suicides, portrays the young Austrian princess, who, as a teenager, becomes Queen of France. Jason Schwartzman portrays her indifferent husband Louis the 16th.

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EDITOR'S NOTE:

10th Annual Radio & Records Talk Radio Seminar Being Held March 10-12 in Los Angeles

Talk radio's most influential executives, programmers, and on-air personalities will meet at the Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel in Los Angeles, March 10-12, for the 10th annual R&R Talk Radio Seminar hosted by the industry trade publication Radio & Records.

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PRNewswire -- March 9

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