David Yurman Announces Naomi Watts Will Star in Upcoming Advertising

David Yurman Announces Naomi Watts Will Star in Upcoming Advertising

NEW YORK, Nov. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- David Yurman, acclaimed for its lifestyle advertising campaigns, announced today that celebrated actress Naomi Watts has signed a multi-year contract to star in the company's campaign set to break in spring 2006 magazines.

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"Sybil and I have long respected Naomi for her rare combination of great beauty, talent and character. We are great fans of her screen work and are thrilled she has agreed to be the face of David Yurman," said David Yurman.

Naomi Watts said, "I am very excited to be working with David Yurman and have long admired his beautiful advertising. And, of course, his jewelry collections are absolutely exquisite."

The campaign, produced by Lipman, was photographed by Peter Lindbergh in St. Barts. Naomi Watts is the most recent in a distinctive roster of women featured in Yurman advertising including Kate Moss, Amber Valetta, Naomi Campbell, Ed Burns and Riley Keough. "I've long been a fan of Naomi for her depth of talent. She is a wonderful actress and I, like many people out there, am really looking forward to seeing her in King Kong," commented David Lipman.

Naomi Watts was born in England and raised in Australia since the age of fourteen. Her breakthrough role occurred in 2001 when David Lynch cast her in the critically acclaimed Mulholland Drive. In 2003, Watts was nominated for an Academy Award for her starring work in 21 Grams. She will play Ann Darrow in the December 14th release of King Kong and will star with Edward Norton in The Painted Veil, slated for 2006.

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Source: David Yurman

CONTACT: Dominique Alberga of David Yurman, +1-646-264-7489, or
dalberga@davidyurman.com; or Sunny Jenkins of HL Group for David Yurman,
+1-212-529-5533, x 245, or dalberga@davidyurman.com

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