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Friday, February 04, 2005

Starz Entertainment Group's SVP of Programming and Acquisitions, Stephan Shelanski, on the Death of Ossie Davis

Starz Entertainment Group's SVP of Programming and Acquisitions, Stephan Shelanski, on the Death of Ossie Davis

ENGLEWOOD, Colo., Feb. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Following is the statement of Stephan Shelanski, senior vice president of programming and acquisitions for Starz Entertainment Group, on the death of film maker Ossie Davis:

"Today's sad news of the death of Ossie Davis makes us all so much more grateful for the chance we had to visit with him and record his thoughts and memories about his prolific career for our Black Starz documentary 'UNSTOPPABLE: A Conversation with Melvin Van Peebles, Gordon Parks and Ossie Davis.' The Denver and New York premieres of 'Unstoppable' will go on as scheduled, with added poignancy, as a tribute to his career and those of his colleagues in the African-American film making community."

"UNSTOPPABLE: A Conversation with Melvin Van Peebles, Gordon Parks and Ossie Davis" will premiere at the Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Theater in Denver, Colorado on Tuesday, February 8 at 6:45 p.m.; at the Time and Life building in New York City on Wednesday, February 9 at 7:30 p.m.; at the Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria, New York on Thursday, February 10 at 7:30 p.m.; and will begin airing on Black STARZ! Sunday, February 13 at 8:00 p.m. (ET/PT).

About Black STARZ!

Black STARZ! is still the only movie channel created exclusively to meet the unique entertainment choices of the African American community. Black STARZ! has produced several original film projects, most recently The Last of the Mississippi Jukes, and the Peabody Award winning A Huey P. Newton Story starring Roger Guenveur Smith, directed by Spike Lee, also nominated for two NAACP Image Awards. Other productions include the critically acclaimed Funny Valentines (in association with Studio USA Pictures and STARZ! Pictures), starring Alfre Woodard, Loretta Devine and CCH Pounder, and original documentaries "Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist," hosted by actor Morgan Freeman and the highly regarded Classified X by the godfather of contemporary African American cinema, Melvin Van Peebles.

About Starz Entertainment Group

Starz Entertainment Group LLC (SEG) is the largest provider of premium movie services in the United States with approximately 167 million pay units. SEG offerings include the Starz Super Pak(R), with up to 13 digital movie channels and more than 750 movies per month, Starz On Demand(R), the only on-demand pay TV subscription service available on the cable and satellite platforms, and its broadband equivalent, STARZ! Ticket(SM). SEG also offers a suite of advanced video offerings, including STARZ! HD(SM), Encore HD(SM), and Starz On Demand HD(SM). Starz Entertainment Group is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Liberty Media Corporation (NYSE:L)(NYSE:LMCb), www.starz.com.

Contacts: Tom Southwick
Starz Entertainment Group
720/852/5821
tom.southwick@starz.com

Michelle Ellis
Starz Entertainment Group
720/852/6269
michelle.ellis@starz.com

Tom Chen
mPRm
323/933-3399
tchen@mprm.com

(Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20050204/LAF053)


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PRN Photo Desk, photodesk@prnewswire.com
Source: Starz Entertainment Group LLC

CONTACT: Tom Southwick, +1-720-852-5821, tom.southwick@starz.com, or
Michelle Ellis, +1-720-852-6269, michelle.ellis@starz.com, both of Starz
Entertainment Group; or Tom Chen of mPRm, +1-323-933-3399, tchen@mprm.com, for
Starz Entertainment Group

Web site: http://www.starz.com/

NOTE TO EDITORS: Photo available upon request.

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