Cast of 'Bad News Bears' Meet The Boys & Girls Clubs of Los Angeles

Cast of 'Bad News Bears' Meet The Boys & Girls Clubs of Los Angeles

WHAT: CAST OF "BAD NEWS BEARS" MEET THE BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF
LOS ANGELES

The young cast of new Paramount film "Bad News Bears," which
opens nationwide on July 22nd, 2005, will join four East Los
Angeles-based Boys & Girls Clubs in coming together for a
community event to promote good sportsmanship among Latino youth.
Los Angeles, East Los Angeles, Salesian, and Variety Clubs will
set aside rivalries for a friendly exhibition softball game; this
free event for the community to also include cast autograph
signings, games, prizes, food and entertainment, including the
world-famous Bob Baker Marionettes.

WHO: Young cast of "BAD NEWS BEARS," and Los Angeles, East Los
Angeles, Salesian, and Variety Boys & Girls Clubs; plus special
guests.

Cast attendees include:
CARLOS ESTRADA, EMMANUEL ESTRADA, RIDGE CANIPE, TIMMY DETERS,
TROY GENTILE, TYLER PATRICK JONES, and JEFFREY TEDMORI

Special guests include:
MAYOR ANTONIO VILLARAIGOSA (schedule permitting), LAUSD PRESIDENT
JOSE HUIZAR... and more to follow

Celebrity Athlete attendees TBA

WHEN: WEDNESDAY, JULY 13, 2005
3:00 - 4:30pm: Meet & greet/autograph signings with the stars of
"Bad News Bears" in gym (press interview
opportunities)
4:30 - 5:30pm: Exhibition softball game on baseball field
adjacent to gym (photo opps)
3:00 - 6:30pm: Games, entertainment at both sites

WHERE: BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF EAST LOS ANGELES
324 N. McDonnell Ave. (one block east of Ford Blvd., one block
south of Cesar Chavez)
Los Angeles 90022
(323) 263-4955

ABOUT "BAD NEWS BEARS"

A fresh take on the irreverent 1976 comedy hit, "Bad News Bears" follows a grizzled former minor league baseball player (Billy Bob Thornton) who is recruited to coach a woefully inept Little League, the Bears, team to a championship against their hated rivals, the Yankees. Also starring Greg Kinnear and Marcia Gay Harden.

Directed by: Richard Linklater
Produced by: J. Geyer Kosinski Richard Linklater
Executive Produced by: Marcus Viscidi
Screenplay by: Bill Lancaster and Glenn Ficarra &
John Requa
Based on the Screenplay by: Bill Lancaster
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for Rude Behavior, Language
Throughout, Some Sexuality
& Thematic References

ALL PRESS MUST BE ACCREDITED TO COVER

For further information, please call:

Print/Radio/TV -- Soni Ede (323) 956-8975
Margie Hernandez (310) 385-4421
Photo -- photo_rsvp@paramount.com

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PRNewswire -- July 8

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Source: Paramount Pictures Corporate

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