Mehcad Brooks to Receive 'Rising Male Star of the Year' at Home Entertainment Convention

Mehcad Brooks to Receive 'Rising Male Star of the Year' at Home Entertainment Convention

ENCINO, Calif., June 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Actor Mehcad Brooks will receive the Rising Male Star of the Year Award at VSDA's Home Entertainment 2006, the annual convention for the home entertainment industry, representatives of the show announced today. Brooks will receive the award on July 11, 2006 at the Venetian Resort Hotel Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. VSDA's Home Entertainment 2006 brings together retailers, distributors, and suppliers of DVDs and video and computer games to learn about upcoming releases and industry developments and to celebrate the $32 billion home entertainment industry.

"Mehcad Brooks has the talent and charisma of an actor who is destined for a great career," said Bo Andersen, President of the Entertainment Merchants Association (EMA), which is presenting VSDA's Home Entertainment 2006. "We expect that the Rising Male Star of the Year Award will be one of many accolades that Mehcad receives from the entertainment industry."

Named by Daily Variety as one of "Ten Young Actors To Watch," Mehcad Brooks has certainly been watched by many for his recurring role as Matthew Applewhite in the television hit Desperate Housewives. A graduate of the University of Southern California's School of Cinema and Television, Brooks most recently appeared in movie theaters in Glory Road, the story of the 1966 college basketball team that broke racial barriers and made history in the NCAA national championship tournament. An athlete himself, Texas-native Brooks was an All-State basketball player in addition to playing football and baseball. His first entries into the entertainment industry came as guest-starring roles on Malcolm In The Middle, Boston Public, One On One, Cold Case, and the Disney television movie Tiger Cruise.

Season 2 of Desperate Housewives premieres on DVD August 29th.

For more information about VSDA's Home Entertainment 2006, please see http://www.homeentertainmentevents.com/

Source: VSDA

CONTACT: Andrew Mun of VSDA, +1-800-955-8732, ext. 244,
amun@entmerch.org; or Martin Blythe, +1-818-906-2448, for VSDA

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

-------
Profile: intent