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In a world over-saturated with sexualized media images, Reality TV, and Lindsay Lohan, young women often receive mixed messages about the true meaning of femininity, faithfulness, and fulfillment. Recognizing a need for action in this area, founder of the faith-based dance team, Jazz For Jesus, announced today that she will host a weekend conference entitled Broken and Beautiful along with several other “Generation X” females on Friday evening, November 9th and Saturday, November 10th, 2007 at Church at the Cross in Wichita, Kansas.

Mr. Vasicek seized the opportunity to utilize the past seven years to write, direct and produce the award-winning documentary short, “The Sand Creek Massacre.”

Recent changes in UK mortgage rates, the uncertainty brought on by the Northern Rock scare and the introduction of Home Information Packs appears to have buyers in the UK in a panic. UK home sellers are now reducing their prices in order to sell their properties.

Although word has it TV’s Nip/Tuck is headed for Rodeo Drive, in the real world, Rodeo Drive Plastic Surgery is the first and only plastic surgery center on Beverly Hills’ ultimate address. Lloyd Krieger, M.D., founder and Medical Director of the center, who has been featured in such media as Fortune, The New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Access Hollywood and other media, is known both as an artist and an innovator in the world of Los Angeles cosmetic surgery, including such procedures as rhinoplasty and tummy tuck.

Dark Maze Studios' new feature-length videogame parody movie Press Start is now available on DVD from www.PressStartMovie.com.

Press Start, the first full-length feature film from Dark Maze Studios, will premiere Oct. 3rd, 7:00 pm at The Virginia Theatre in Champaign, IL, the historic vaudeville-era theater which is also home to Roger Ebert’s Film Festival. The event is sponsored by Volition, Inc., the Champaign-based developer of such videogames as Saints Row, Red Faction, and The Punisher.

Desktop Wings, Inc. announces the release of the second edition of "Professor Poor's Guide to Buying HDTV" by Alfred Poor. The first edition of this popular e-book was released in December 2005. It has now been updated in time for the fall buying season of 2007.

Videogame voice actor Robert Belgrade, known to gamers as the voice of Alucard in Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, has lent his talents to the latest episode of videogame-spoofing web cartoon series "Press Start: Bonus Levels."

Atlanta Broadcast Institute (ABI) located in Norcross, GA was chosen by the executive team of the Evander Holyfield Foundation to provide media coverage of their annual Evander Holyfield Foundation’s July 4th Celebration at Mr. Holyfield’s palatial estate. The event is one-way Mr. Holyfield gives back and funds programs helping disadvantaged youths to become productive citizens. A week before the event, the foundation contacted Thea Marcacci, President of ABI and within four days, Thea and her team donated their time, their equipment, and their professional talents to implement the logistics for the celebration. The ABI team moved into action with the precision of a major tour production. The team came prepared with solutions, alternatives, and even answers for other vendors. As fate would have it, Thea Marcacci and Evander Holyfield are in the same ring when it comes to benevolence and supporting a worthy cause. ABI helped to turn this great cause into a memorable event with great media coverage.

Video download pioneer 4Flix.Net has announced that all of its DRM-Free content is compatible with both the new iPhone and AppleTV. Unlike many comparable services, 4Flix.Net's video files are distributed without any digital rights management (DRM) restrictions which allows for cross-platform playback on a wider range of compatible devices such as Microsoft's Zune, Sony's PlayStation Portable and Blu-ray/HD DVD players.

epraisemusic.com is a website for Christian and Gospel artist to share and sell their creative artistic content online. Christian artist, authors, filmmakers and more are allowed to create an account on www.epraisemusic.com to share & sell downloads such as music, video, ebooks, and more. They are also allowed to sell physical merchandise such as CDs, books, DVDs, etc.

In an attempt to reach a global South Asian audience, UTV Motion Pictures, one of India's leading studios, announced the online release of its forthcoming film 'Life In A METRO', day and date with its worldwide theatrical release, on India's leading broadband video portal, Rajshri.com. Directed by Anurag Basu and produced by Ronnie Screwvala, ‘Life In A METRO’ features a powerhouse of talent – Shilpa Shetty, Shiney Ahuja, Sharman Joshi, Irrfan Khan, Konkona Sen Sharma, Kay Kay Menon and Kangna Ranaut and is scheduled for release worldwide in cinemas and online on May 11, 2007.

The Colombian born actor, Hector Luis Bustamante, will join the cast of FX’s hit series ‘The Shield’ for one final season. Hector will reprise his role of ‘Luis Aramboles,’ a Mexican intelligence officer gone rogue. Hector will guest star in the current season (Season Six) of ‘The Shield’ opposite the current cast, which features Emmy-winning actor Michael Chiklis and Forest Whitaker. Filming for Season Seven and final season of ‘The Shield’ is set to start sometime in June 2007.

The critically-acclaimed children’s television show, “The Soccer Academy,” is set to be broadcast nationally throughout the United States starting Saturday morning, May 19, 2007. The show will air on both Saturday and Sunday mornings at 8:30 a.m. PST and 7:30 p.m. EST.

Sometimes a videogame villain needs to take a break from sorcery, evil, and world domination to make a few phone calls. At least, that’s the case with Count Nefarious Vile, the antagonist in Dark Maze Studios' upcoming videogame adventure comedy movie Press Start. Count Vile’s comedic phone adventures are portrayed in a new series of live action shorts called “Press Start: Dial V for Vile” on the film's website, www.PressStartMovie.com.

MLC PR announced that award-winning choreographer and Fox hit TV show’s So You Think You Can Dance on-screen judge, Shane Sparks, has signed on for their services.

The B Movie Movie Celebration is pleased to announce that the recipient of its first lifetime achievement award is Lloyd Kaufman of Troma Studios. A day long retrospective of “The Best of Troma” will be shown as well a a presentation by the King of B’s himself Lloyd Kaufman. The retrospective hosted by actor Steve “Papaw” Pyatte will occur on August 18th, 2007 at the historic ArtCraft Theatre in Franklin, Indiana.

Producers of a new documentary television series are currently searching nation-wide for families who are willing to share their life experiences. Visit www.realfamiliescasting.com for more information.

UTV Motion Pictures, one of India's leading studios, announced the online release of its forthcoming film 'Hattrick', day and date with its worldwide theatrical release, on India's leading broadband video portal, Rajshri.com. Directed by Milan Luthria and produced by Ronnie Screwvala, ‘Hattrick’ features Nana Patekar, Paresh Rawal, Kunal Kapoor, Rimi Sen & Danny and is scheduled for worldwide release on March 16, 2007.

M. Loring Communications, LLC announced today that actor and producer, Joey Naber, has signed on for their PR services. Naber is the star of the Oscar winning short film, West Bank Story.

“As It Was,” an exciting new “docu-drama” DVD series that takes viewers straight to the heart of biblical Israel and the heroes of scripture, will debut nationally at 9:30p.m. (PST) February 2nd on Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN).

Films101.com provides new resources for browsing critic's and filmmaker's picks of the best movies of all time. Over 7,500 films dating from 1893 to present are ranked by critical acclaim and categorized in a variety of ways for different tastes and purposes. Top filmmakers are also organized for efficient research.

Hollywood is all abuzz about Metropolis Films' latest feature film project, "My Letter In Scarlet." Although casting has not officially begun, up and coming teen actor, William Erickson met with several members of the studio last week to discuss the lead role of Randall Brookshire.

Noor committee planners have finalized plans for their first Iranian Film Festival. The festivities are set to launch with an opening ceremony scheduled on February 1, 2007 at the LAX Hilton. The event will offer a three course sit down dinner, a live musical performance by Strunz and Farah, a live dance performance by Beshkan Dance Academy and a stand-up comedy performance by Peter the Persian. Keynote speaks are Mark Amin (Lions Gate Films) and Shally Zomorodi (Mrs. California Globe 2007).