PR Newswire Broadcast Minute and Podcast for Friday, July 14, 2006

PR Newswire Broadcast Minute and Podcast for Friday, July 14, 2006

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Depiction of Smoking in Movies Remains High: New Research Presented at World Conference on Tobacco or Health

Smoking in the movies continues to prompt American youth to start smoking, public health experts said at the World Conference on Tobacco or Health, taking place in Washington, D-C this week. Experts from the American Legacy Foundation(R), a national public health foundation devoted to prevention and cessation of tobacco use, and Dartmouth Medical School released a new report finding that American youth continue to be exposed to smoking images in youth- rated films.

This information comes on the heels of the July 7th announcement from the U-S Centers for Disease Control, which cited information from a previous study indicating that after decades of decline, smoking in the movies increased rapidly in the early 1990s and -- by the year 2002 -- was back to levels last seen in 1950.

Full story at: http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/main.jsp?resourceid=3251440

The Who to Launch First Major World Tour in Over Twenty Years

Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey, the dynamic, innovative force behind The Who, announced Thursday that they will kick off their first world tour in over twenty years on September 12th at Philadelphia's Wachovia Center. The legendary rock band is already confirmed to play seventeen dates at arenas and amphitheatres across the U-S and Canada with more U-S shows to follow in November and December. Planned concerts for 2007 include South America, Japan, Australia and Europe to be announced later.

Full story at: http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/main.jsp?resourceid=3251526

Epic Records and Jessica Simpson Create the First Ever Personalized Song

Fans in search of Jessica Simpson's new summer smash "A Public Affair" can now purchase the song in a completely personalized version. This is the first time music fans have been offered the innovative opportunity to put their own name into a customized pop song so that the lyrics are literally calling out their name. The idea -- dubbed Custom Cuts -- was created by Epic Records and will be up and running exclusively at Yahoo! Music starting July 18th and then at Jessica-Simpson-dot-com and other music sites a week later.

Full story at: http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/main.jsp?resourceid=3251406

DreamWorks Animation Announces Final Casting for the Highly Anticipated Summer 2007 Comedy 'Shrek the Third'

DreamWorks Animation has announced that the final cast for its upcoming computer-animated comedy "Shrek the Third" has been set. The original casts from "Shrek" and "Shrek 2" -- Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz, Antonio Banderas, Rupert Everett, Julie Andrews and John Cleese -- will reprise their roles in this third chapter of the Shrek story.

Joining the cast for "Shrek the Third" is an all-new ensemble of actors and comedians. Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter Justin Timberlake will play the role of Fiona's rebellious teenage cousin Artie, Eric Idle of the "Monty Python" movies will play Merlin and John Krasinski of T-V's "The Office" will play Lancelot. Ian McShane of T-V's "Deadwood" will play Captain Hook.

Full story at: http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/main.jsp?resourceid=3251517

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PRNewswire -- July 14

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