PR Newswire Broadcast Minute for Tuesday, June 14, 2005

PR Newswire Broadcast Minute for Tuesday, June 14, 2005

New Survey Reveals Thanks are Sometimes Hard to Come By

A new national survey released by Citibank reveals that nine out of 10 people believe that Americans need to pay more attention to having good manners when interacting with others. When asked who deserves more thanks, 31 percent of Americans named Moms, followed by family, and service workers such as sanitation workers and mail carriers. Eighty-five percent of respondents also wish they received more thanks themselves, especially from spouses, children, and bosses.

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Eddie Murphy Joins the Cast of DreamWorks' 'Dreamgirls'

Eddie Murphy will join Beyonce Knowles and Jamie Foxx in the main cast of DreamWorks Pictures' upcoming screen version of the Tony Award-winning musical "Dreamgirls," under the direction of Bill Condon. "Dreamgirls" follows the rise of a trio of African-American women-Effie, Deena and Lorrell -- who have formed a promising singing group called The Dreamettes. Murphy as been set to star as superstar performer James "Thunder" Early, for whom the Dreamettes sing back up, before they take over the spotlight themselves as The Dreams.

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National Survey Reveals Gay and Heterosexual Personal Financial Decisions May Differ

According to a recent nationwide online survey, gay, lesbian and bisexual adults may differ from heterosexuals when considering their personal financial needs -- especially decisions on investing, spending and working with financial institutions. For example, when U-S adults are asked how they likely would use some or part of 100-thousand dollars they earned due to investing, approximately eight out of 10 gays and 73 percent of heterosexuals say they would reinvest the money into tax-free accounts. Similarly, eight out of ten gays say they would reinvest the 100-thousand dollars in checking, savings or money market accounts (vs. 68 percent of non-gays). Not surprisingly, given the higher incidence of children in non-gay households, heterosexual adults are more likely than gays to say that they would put money aside for children or grandchildren.

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Superstar Trisha Yearwood Joins William Austin's Starkey Hearing Foundation Mission to Mexico: Bringing Hearing to 1000 Underprivileged Children

Country superstar Trisha Yearwood canceled plans this week in order to travel along with William Austin, head of the Starkey Hearing Foundation, and a dozen volunteers, including doctors and audiologists, to give the gift of hearing to over one thousand underprivileged children in Guadalajara and Marida, Mexico.

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Destiny's Child Bid Surprise Farewell to Fans at Barcelona Concert

Destiny's Child, one of the top-selling female pop vocal groups of all time, made a surprise announcement, before a crowd of 16-thousand fans, on-stage at the Palau St. Jordi in Barcelona, Spain on Saturday, June 11. Group member Kelly Rowland said that the group's current "Destiny Fulfilled ... And Lovin' It" tour, presented by McDonalds, would be the last time they would perform together as Destiny's Child in Europe. Thanking their fans for years of love and support, Beyonce Knowles, Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams announced that they would be retiring as Destiny's Child and moving forward to pursue personal goals and individual careers in music, theater, television and film.

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PRNewswire -- June 14

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