PR Newswire Entertainment Weekly RoundUp for Week Ending Friday, July 8, 2005

PR Newswire Entertainment Weekly RoundUp for Week Ending Friday, July 8, 2005

The following is a select summary of the top entertainment-related press releases transmitted this week by PR Newswire. The full text of these releases is available at no charge to journalists on PR Newswire for Journalists, http://www.prnewswire.com/media.

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1. London 2012 Olympic Games Bid Launches News & Feature Service for Media in Countdown to IOC Vote on July 6, Singapore

Full text of the release is available at: http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/main.jsp?resourceid=2984240

An accompanying high-resolution photo is available at: NEWSCOM: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20050701/178261B

Caption: Buckingham Palace - Buckingham Palace would provide a spectacular backdrop to the Triathlon competition in the 2012 Games.

Contact: Singapore office: +65-633-97637; Mike Lee: +44-7775-677408; Jackie Brock-Doyle: +44-7876-785756; Michael Pirrie: +44-7867-504856

2. Reader's Digest Publishes Special Edition of The War of the Worlds

Box Office Smash Inspires Movie's Fans to Read H.G. Wells Novel

Volume Available to buy Online only at RD.com

Full text of the release is available at: http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/main.jsp?resourceid=2987025

An accompanying high-resolution photo is available at: NEWSCOM: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20050707/NYTH096

Caption: Reader's Digest has released a special collector's edition of H.G. Wells' War of the Worlds, following the highly successful debut of Steven Spielberg's film.

Contact: Scott Gorenstein or Sasa Nikolic, both of Susan Magrino Agency, +1-212-957-3005, for Reader's Digest Association

3. Bookstores Nationwide Celebrate Million Copy Bestseller FRENCH WOMEN DON'T GET FAT With Bastille Day Promotions Beginning July 12th:

An Alternative to Harry Potter - Cake and Champagne - with two lucky readers eligible to dine out in Paris with bestselling author Mireille Guiliano!

Full text of the release is available at: http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/main.jsp?resourceid=2987085

An accompanying high-resolution photo is available at: NEWSCOM: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20050602/LATH082-a

Caption: Author, Mireille Guiliano.

Contact: Sheila O'Shea, +1-212-572-2151, soshea@randomhouse.com, or Sarah Gelman, +1-212-572-2799, sgelman@randomhouse.com, both of Alfred A. Knopf

4. Victoria's Secret and Mouawad Diamond Offer $35,000 Diamond Ring Giveaway

'So In Love Diamond Ring' Inspired by New Victoria's Secret Fragrance, So In Love

Full text of the release is available at: http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/main.jsp?resourceid=2986991

An accompanying high-resolution photo is available at: NEWSCOM: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20050707/NYTH035

Caption: In honor of So In Love, the newest fragrance from Victoria's Secret, the sexy lingerie and beauty company is offering the opportunity to win the "So In Love Diamond Ring" three-carat diamond ring designed by international jeweler Mouawad, valued at $35,000, exclusively at VictoriasSecret.com. The ring is inspired by the faceted, jewel-like So In Love fragrance bottle and the So In Love advertising campaign, featuring supermodel Adriana Lima wearing an 11-carat Mouawad diamond ring.

Contact: Christina Carathanassis of Victoria's Secret Beauty, +1-212-424-0680, or ccarathanassis@victoria.com

5. Step Ahead With Audi A3 Films Go Live on the Web

Three Filmmakers + Three Journeys + Three Weeks of Editing = Three Distinct Stories That Shed Light on Emerging Trends Across America

One "People's Choice" Voter Can Win a Trip to AFI FEST 2005

Full text of the release is available at: http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/main.jsp?resourceid=2986362

An accompanying high-resolution photo is available at: NEWSCOM: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20050706/DEW025

Caption: Step ahead with Audi A3: Personal Journeys with AFI FEST Filmmakers: Scenes from the making of "The Mobile Class", "Life As You Know It" and "Love Bytes".

Contact: Audi: Susan Scarlet, +1-248-591-5169, susan.scarlet@mvpcollaborative.com, for Audi; Jennifer Cortez of Audi, +1-248-754-4729, jennifer.cortez@audi.com; or AFI: Alison Deknatel of AFI, +1-323-856-7896, adeknatel@AFI.com

6. Playboy Partners With Moneymaker Gaming

Poker Legend Chris Moneymaker's Moniker to Co-brand Playboy Poker Product

Full text of the release is available at: http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/main.jsp?resourceid=2986302

An accompanying high-resolution photo is available at: NEWSCOM: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20050706/CGW002

Caption: Some guys have all the luck, world series of Poker Champion and everyman hero Chris Moneymaker draws top pair, posing with Playboy Playmates Miss May 1998 Deanna Brooks (l) and Miss February 2001 Lauren Michelle Hill (r) at the Playboy Boutique at The Forum Shops at Caesars in Las Vegas. Moneymaker Gaming and Playboy announced a new partnership to create co-branded poker product to be sold at retailers nationwide.

Contact: Matt Wind of Moneymaker Gaming, +1-310-396-1730, mwind@convergeglobal.com, or Lisa Hagendorf of Playboy, +1-212-261-5000, x3625, lhagendorf@playboy.com

7. Volvo Seeks to Help Live 8 Reach its Destiny

Full text of the release is available at: http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/main.jsp?resourceid=2984448

An accompanying high-resolution photo is available at: NEWSCOM: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20050702/NYSA012

Caption: Musicians of Destiny's Child with Hans Krondahl, Executive Vice President of Marketing, today at Live 8 in Philadelphia.

Contact: Eric Davis of Haberman & Associates, +1-612-372-6447, eric@modernstorytellers.com, for Volvo Cars of North America; or Soren Johansson of Volvo Cars of North America, +1-949-341-6719, sjohan44@volvocars.com

8. Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Center for Elephant Conservation Announces Birth of Second Asian Elephant Calf in 2005

Full text of the release is available at: http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/main.jsp?resourceid=2985376

An accompanying high-resolution photo is available at: NEWSCOM: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20050705/DCTU020

Caption: Irvin, a 314-pound male Asian elephant calf born June 1, 2005 at the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Center for Elephant Conservation, peeks out from underneath his mother, 29 year old Alana. Irvin was named after Irvin Feld, who ushered in the modern era of the American circus when he purchased Ringling Bros. from John Ringling North in 1967, leading TIME magazine to name him "The Greatest Showman on Earth." Irvin is the eighteenth calf born at the Center.

Contact: Darin Johnson of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Center for Elephant Conservation, +1-703-448-4163; or Lisa Dreisch, +1-202-944-5158, for the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Center for Elephant Conservation

9. Dreyer's Launches Dibs Across America Photo Scavenger Hunt Contest

10 Creative Photographers Have Winning Shot for Year's Supply of Ice Cream

Full text of the release is available at: http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/main.jsp?resourceid=2984940

An accompanying high-resolution photo is available at: NEWSCOM: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20050705/SFTU025

Caption: Dreyer's Dibs...The next little thing in ice cream.

Contact: Diane McIntyre of Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream, +1-510-601-4338, or dmmcinty@dreyers.com; or Gwendolyn Merkle of MS&L, +1-415-278-3311, or gwendolyn.merkle@mslpr.com, for Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream

10. Long-Awaited Movie of Hope, 'Delivering Milo' Comes Home on Video

Award winning family movie struggled through 9/11, financial troubles and distribution obstacles before being delivered to the U.S. market by Hannover House

Full text of the release is available at: http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/main.jsp?resourceid=2986964

An accompanying high-resolution photo is available at: NEWSCOM: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20050707/NYTH070

Caption: "Delivering Milo" is an award-winning movie of hope, starring Academy Award nominee Albert Finney along with Bridget Fonda, Campbell Scott, Lesley Ann Warren, Alison Lohman and Anton Yelchin as "Milo," available on video from Hannover House.

Contact: Eric Parkinson of Hannover House, +1-818-481-5277, HannoverHouse@aol.com

11. Budweiser Electrifies St. Louis Celebration with Nation's Largest Independence Day Light Show

Full text of the release is available at: http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/main.jsp?resourceid=2984570

An accompanying high-resolution photo is available at: NEWSCOM: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20050704/CGM001-b

Caption: The nation's brightest Independence Day celebration, featuring 48 spotlights powerful enough to be seen 120,000 miles into space, light up the St. Louis night sky, bringing to a close Budweiser's "Here's to the Heroes Tour 2005" on the historic Eads Bridge. The Heroes Tour traveled more than 17,600 miles over the past 10 weeks collecting video messages of support for U.S. troops serving overseas.

Contact: Brian Eaton, +1-314-713-5705, brian.eaton@anheuser-busch.com, Bill Etling, +1-314-577-9603, bill.etling@anheuser-busch.com, both of Anheuser-Busch

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