PR Newswire Entertainment Weekly RoundUp for Week Ending Friday, December 24, 2004

PR Newswire Entertainment Weekly RoundUp for Week Ending Friday, December 24, 2004

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.

Editors are also advised that high-resolution photos are available to accompany these previously transmitted releases. Members of the media may download the photos at no charge from the online archive links indicated below. Many photos are also available via the AP PhotoExpress Network, as indicated by the PRN# listed below.

1. Exclusive Christmas Eve Broadcast of Santa's Departure From the North
Pole on SantaSpeaking.com's Santa Tracker 2004

Full text of the release is available at:
http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/main.jsp?resourceid=2839360

An accompanying high-resolution photo is available at:
NEWSCOM: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20041220/NYM078

Caption: Exclusive Christmas Eve Broadcast of Santa's Departure From
the North Pole on SantaSpeaking.com's Santa Tracker 2004

Contact: Anne Gaskell, owner of SantaSpeaking.com, +1-712-251-4075,
press@santaspeaking.com; or Mike Herzog of Vision Animation
Studios, 1-818-999-FILM, visionanimation@sbcglobal.net; or
Nathaniel Dickerson of Run Level 5 Creative Imaging,
+1-314-361-8155, rl5ci@sbcglobal.net


2. An Unexpected Christmas Present Arrives

J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince to Be Published
on July 16, 2005 in the United States, Britain, Canada and Australia

Full text of the release is available at:
http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/main.jsp?resourceid=2840299

Accompanying high-resolution photos are available at:
NEWSCOM: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20041221/NYTU031-ahttp://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20041221/NYTU031-b

Caption: An Unexpected Christmas Present Arrives

Contact: Kyle Good, Scholastic, +1-212-343-4563, kgood@scholastic.com;
or Lucy Holden, Bloomsbury, lucy_holden@bloomsbury.com


3. Dreaming of a Clay Christmas

Full text of the release is available at:
http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/main.jsp?resourceid=2838966

An accompanying high-resolution photo is available at:
NEWSCOM: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20041217/CGF038

Caption: Aiken thanks fan for giving. Clay Aiken "hands" off his
cement handprints to Linda Chen as part of World Children's
Day(TM), McDonald's(R) annual global fundraiser benefiting
Ronald McDonald House Charities(R). Chen, of San Jose,
Calif., donated $15,099.99 on eBay for the handprints and
received them from Clay on-stage before his "Joyful Noise"
concert in Atlanta on Friday.

Contact: Michon Ellis of McDonald's, +1-630-623-4061, or Kevin Dietz
of GolinHarris, +1-312-729-4281, kdietz@golinharris.com


4. American Idol(R) Superstar Drives Home in New Ford Mustang;
To Reveal Convertible at LA Auto Show

Full text of the release is available at:
http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/main.jsp?resourceid=2840005

An accompanying high-resolution photo is available at:
NEWSCOM: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20041224/LAFRU1

AP PHOTOEXPRESS: PRN1

Caption: Diana DeGarmo Takes Delivery of 2005 Mustang: DEARBORN,
Mich., Dec. 20, 2004 - American Idol superstar Diana DeGarmo
today took delivery of another American idol - the 2005 Ford
Mustang - during a ceremony at hometown dealer World Ford
Stone Mountain in Snellville, GA.

Contact: David Reuter, +1-313-322-3428, dreuter@ford.com or Miles
Johnson, +1-313-337-1561, mjohn107@ford.com, both of Ford
Motor Company


5. L.A. Auto Show Selects Hyundai 'Entity' Concept Drawing to Preview
Creative Competition

Full text of the release is available at:
http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/main.jsp?resourceid=2840782

An accompanying high-resolution photo is available at:
NEWSCOM: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20041221/LATU067

Caption: Organizers of the 2005 Los Angeles Auto Show gave auto lovers
a preview of the Design Los Angeles creative competition by
releasing the Hyundai NTT concept drawing.

Contact: Kevin Oates of Ketchum, +1-310-584-8331, for Hyundai Motor
America


6. Stan Lee's POW! Entertainment 'Armed' With a New Super-Hero

Full text of the release is available at:
http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/main.jsp?resourceid=2841158

An accompanying high-resolution photo is available at:
NEWSCOM: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20041224/LAFRU2

AP PHOTOEXPRESS: PRN2

Caption: Stan Lee's POW! Entertainment crime fighting hero, Jay J.
Armes with Gemini - the lie detecting 750 pound Siberian
tiger.

Contact: Gill Champion of POW! Entertainment, Inc., +1-310-275-9933,
gchampion@powentertainment.com


7. Aerosmith's Aero Force One Revamped Fan Club Opens Membership and
Fans to a Whole New Experience Under Paid Inc.'s Celebrity Services

Full text of the release is available at:
http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/main.jsp?resourceid=2841227

An accompanying high-resolution photo is available at:
NEWSCOM: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20041014/NYTH072

Caption: AEROSMITH has teamed with Paid, Inc.'s Celebrity Services
division to manage all aspects of the band's official fan
club, Aero Force One, also known as AF1.

Contact: Paid Celebrity Services: Kristen Kuliga, +1-617-572-7306, or
Media Contact: Julie Shepherd of Accentuate PR,
+1-815-479-1833, Julie@paid.com, for Paid; or Investors: Jens
Dalsgaard of Redwood Consultants, LLC, +1-415-884-0348,
jnsd@aol.com, for Paid; or Mitch Schneider,
mschneider@msopr.com, Marcee Rondan, marcee@msopr.com, or
Todd Brodginski, toddb@msopr.com, all of MSO,
+1-818-380-0400, for Aerosmith


8. Hangover Free New Year ... Announces The PUMP Energy Food

Full text of the release is available at:
http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/main.jsp?resourceid=2840945

An accompanying high-resolution photo is available at:
NEWSCOM: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20041221/NYTU124

Caption: The famous celebrity fitness restaurant in New York City, The
PUMP Energy Food, created the best hangover cure to aide in
clearing the cloudiest of heads: The Hangover Buster Shake.
Delicious and nutritious, The PUMP combines simple
ingredients proven to calm inflammation, restore blood sugar
levels, and rehydrate your system. More great shakes and
recipes can be found in The PUMP Energy Food: A Revolutionary
Cookbook and Eating Plan to Create the Body of Your Dreams.
(Hyperion, January 05).

Contact: Laura Robinson, +1-212-579-2010,
lrobinson@kruppkommunications.com, for The PUMP Energy Food


9. Buena Vista Home Entertainment and Master Storytellers Screening
Series Presents 'King Arthur: The Directors Cut' & Q&A at the
Arclight Theatre

Full text of the release is available at:
http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/main.jsp?resourceid=2840285

An accompanying high-resolution photo is available at:
NEWSCOM: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20041221/LATU040-a

Caption: Writer David Franzoni and Jerry Bruckheimer. Buena Vista Home
Entertainment and Master Storytellers Screening Series
presents 'King Arthur: The Directors Cut' & Q&A at the
Arclight Theatre.

Contact: Amelia McPartlon of Buena Vista Home Entertainment,
+1-818-295-5243, Amelia.b.mcpartlon@disney.com; or Dorrit
Ragosine, dorrit@highwatergroup.com, or Paula Love,
paula@highwatergroup.com, both of cho HighWater Group,
+1-818-753-2316; or Nadine C. Hamdan of Hollywood's Master
Storytellers, +1-310-990-3337, Createwrds@aol.com


10. E! Entertainment Television Names R&B Phenom Usher as 2004's
'Entertainer of the Year'

Full text of the release is available at:
http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/main.jsp?resourceid=2839067

An accompanying high-resolution photo is available at:
NEWSCOM: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20041217/LAF051

Caption: Usher receives E!'s "Entertainer of the Year" award.

Contact: Elena Miklaszewski of E! Entertainment Television,
+1-646-223-3255


11. NEWSWEEK COVER: 'Who's Next' 2005

Full text of the release is available at:
http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/main.jsp?resourceid=2839202

An accompanying high-resolution photo is available at:
NEWSCOM: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20041219/NYSU003

Caption: In its "Who's Next" year-end double issue, Newsweek names
those people who will be making news in 2005. Newly elected
Illinois senator and rising political star Barack Obama is on
the cover of the December 27 issue (on newsstands Monday,
December 20). Also named as people to watch: Senator Rick
Santorum, businesswoman Andrea Jung, fashion designer Thom
Browne, actress Michelle Monaghan and many more. Plus, a look
at Alberto Gonzales's role in the so-called "torture memo."

Contact: Abigail Lorge of Newsweek, +1-212-445-4078




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Photo: NewsCom: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20041220/NYM078
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20041221/NYTU031-a
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20041221/NYTU031-b
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20041217/CGF038
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20041224/LAFRU1
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20041221/LATU067
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20041224/LAFRU2
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20041014/NYTH072
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20041221/NYTU124
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20041221/LATU040-a
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20041217/LAF051
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20041219/NYSU003
AP PhotoExpress Network: PRN1, PRN2
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