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	NEWS HEADLINES FOR: MONDAY OCTOBER 30, 2000
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• Released This Week: Frequency: New Line Platinum Series (2000)
  Time: 04:00 EST/09:00 GMT | News Source: ActiveDVD | Posted By: Matthew Sabean

  What if you had the chance to travel back in time and change just one event in your life? What would it be?

  All his life, police officer John Sullivan (Jim Caviezel) has been haunted by one tragic event. When a once-in-a-lifetime phenomenon of nature opens a mysterious channel to the past, John is stunned to discover that he is able to communicate with his da Frank (Dennis Quaid)…who’s been dead for 30 years. But by changing the past, they set in motion a string of brutal, unsolved murders, with John’s mother – and Frank’s wife – next victim. Racing against time, the son and father must now find a way to stop the crime that could destroy the future for both of them. Directed by Gregory Hoblit (Primal Fear), this mind-bending, edge-of-your-seat thriller will keep your adrenaline pumping, long after its final, astonishing climax.

  Special Features: Sep. Film Score Audio Track, Interactive Menus, Theatrical Trailer, Scene Access, Deleted Scenes, Web Access, Documentaries, DVD-ROM Features, Audio Commentary

  "Frequency: New Line Platinum Series (2000)" is rated "PG-13" and has a running time of 119 minutes.

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	NEWS HEADLINES FOR: FRIDAY OCTOBER 27, 2000
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• Celebrate Halloween With the New Special-Edition Video/DVD of ``Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas''
  Time: 11:23 EST/16:23 GMT | News Source: Press Release | Posted By: Matthew Sabean

  Touchstone Home Video's ``Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas - Special Edition'' features more than 60 magical minutes of bonus footage and is available for the first time on video and DVD.

  The Special Edition features two of Burton's frightfully comical shorts: his directorial debut, ``Vincent'' (1982), about a boy's delusion that he's Vincent Price, and the never-before-available uncut version of his horror spoof ``Frankenweenie'' (1984), a spoof of the Frankenstein horror film genre. The DVD also includes a still-frame gallery, storyboard-to-film comparison and deleted scenes. Film buffs will appreciate the presentation of ``Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas - Special Edition'' in the original theatrical aspect ratio (1.66:1) selected by the filmmakers, using a master approved by Burton himself. For the ultimate in DVD audio, it contains DTS 5.1 and Dolby Digital 5.1 surround.

  Preview Bonus Features on ``Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas - Special Edition,'' Available for the First Time on Video and DVD at www.nightmarebeforexmas.com.

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• This Week's Picks
  Time: 05:05 EST/10:05 GMT | News Source: ActiveDVD | Posted By: Matthew Sabean

  Our thank-you of the week goes out to Rebecca for This Week's Picks.

  Do you have a favorite DVD Movie you would like to see posted here? Drop me an e-mail and we will get it posted.

  Trial By Jury

  He’s guilty of murder. The feds have him dead to rights. At last there’s no escape for this mob boss, a Teflon Don who has slipped free of murder raps so many times before. But something goes wrong in the jury room. Eleven jurors vote guilty. One woman, her life and family threatened by the mob, votes to let the killer walk. And to set things right, that woman will have to fight back with a vengeance.

  In Trial By Jury, Joanne Whalley-Kilmer (Scarlett) plays Valerie Alston, a dutiful juror thrust into a nightmare…and forced by her plight to discover hidden resources she never suspected she had. Armand Assante (The Mambo Kings) is the gangster who vows death to Valerie and her son if she votes guilty. William Hurt (Body Heat) as a cop turned mob lowlife and Gabriel Byrne (Point Of No Return) as a zealous prosecutor add to the excitement of this fast-paced action thriller. 

  Special Features: Scene Access, Theatrical Trailer, Filmographies, Interactive Menus, Audio Commentary

  "Trial By Jury" is rated "R" and has a running time of 100 minutes.

  In Dreams (1999)

  Claire Cooper’s (Annette Bening) peaceful family life takes a chilling turn when a mysterious serial killer (Robert Downey Jr.) invades her seemingly idyllic New England town…and haunts her dreams with dark clues to his next deadly moves. With frightening accuracy, Claire predicts his every turn, but still no one believes her.

  Unable to convince the police, her doctor (Stephen Rea) or even her husband (Aidian Quinn) of her mind-link with the madman, Clair must confront the killer alone…and on his terms…before another terrifying dream becomes a reality! 

  Special Features: Cast/Crew Bios, Interactive Menus, Production Notes, Theatrical Trailer, Scene Access

  "In Dreams (1999)" is rated "R" and has a running time of 100 minutes.

  Body Heat (1981)

  Attorney Ned Racine's life coasts along in neutral - until he meets a siren in white (with a well-to-do husband) named Matty Walker. Ned knows Matty's the kind of woman a man would kill to be with. So he does.

  William Hurt and Kathleen Turner strike sparks in Lawrence Kasdan’s Body Heat, a sexy, haunting tale echoing 1940s film noir but charged with an energy and passion that can only flare in the '80s. Kasdan’s assured directorial debut foreshadows the emotional textures he would bring to later films The Big Chill, The Accidental Tourist and Grand Canyon. Sit back and bask in this contemporary classic’s wicked warmth. 

  Special Features: Interactive Menus, Scene Access, Theatrical Trailer, Production Notes

  "Body Heat (1981)" is rated "R" and has a running time of 113 minutes.

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	NEWS HEADLINES FOR: THURSDAY OCTOBER 26, 2000
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• Sony's PlayStation2 Debuts in U.S.
  Time: 11:23 EST/16:23 GMT | News Source: Press Release | Posted By: Matthew Sabean

  Never mind the World Series. For some, the only game in town was at Software Etc., where hard-core gamers lined up to get the Sony PlayStation2

  ``If you're a gamer, you have to have one,'' said 30-year-old Gabrielle Aldort of New York, one of many people who pre-ordered the $299 console in February.

  The latest version of Sony's video game console went on sale at midnight Wednesday at hundreds of stores across North America. In fact, initial demand for the new PlayStation was expected to be so great that Sony has already said it will not be able to meet it.

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• The Interactive DVD ``SUPERNATURAL LIVE -- An Evening With Carlos Santana and Friends'' Goes Platinum Less Than One Month After Release!
  Time: 11:21 EST/16:21 GMT | News Source: Press Release | Posted By: Matthew Sabean

  Less than four short weeks after its September 15 release, the interactive DVD ``SUPERNATURAL LIVE -- An Evening with Carlos Santana and Friends'' was certified gold and platinum on October 13, 2000. This achievement is the latest accolade in what has been an extended sweep of SUPERNATURAL success that's still going strong almost a year-and-a-half after the multiple-award-winning album's initial release and its over 70 weeks on the Billboard 200 chart.

  The accompanying DVD, ``SUPERNATURAL LIVE -- An Evening with Carlos Santana and Friends,'' features an all-star, gala full-length concert celebration of Carlos' music with special guest appearances by artists including Lauryn Hill, Everlast, Dave Matthews, Cee-Lo, Wayne Shorter, and Rob Thomas, co-writer and lead vocalist on SUPERNATURAL'S smash hit ``Smooth,'' the longest running No. 1 single of 1999 with 12 consecutive weeks atop Billboard's Hot 100. In addition to special concert versions of ``Smooth'' and SUPERNATURAL'S other platinum No. 1 single, ``Maria, Maria'' -- performed live here with The Product G&B and on record in collaboration with Wyclef Jean -- SUPERNATURAL LIVE showcases six other tracks from the internationally acclaimed album including ``Put Your Lights On'' with Everlast, and ``Love Of My Life'' with Dave Matthews & Carter Beauford.

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• Released This Week: Pitch Black: Unrated Version (2000)
  Time: 05:00 EST/10:00 GMT | News Source: ActiveDVD | Posted By: Matthew Sabean

  It's evil vs. evil in an electrifying showdown that USA Today calls "…the best excuse to root for the bad guy since Arnold in the original Terminator." .

  The daylight can burn you, but the darkness will kill you. From the mind of the writer of The Fugitive comes the pulse-pounding sci-fi thriller, Pitch Black. Experience the psychological terror when a group of marooned passengers must face a pack of terrifying creatures whose only weakness is the light. With little power and dwindling numbers, the doomed passengers turn to a vicious convict (Vin Diesel) with an appetite for destruction and eerie eyes that can guide them through the darkness.

  Special Features: Parental Lock, Interactive Games, Theatrical Trailer, Featurette, Scene Access, Audio Commentary

  "Pitch Black: Unrated Version (2000)" is Unrated and has a running time of 112minutes.

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	NEWS HEADLINES FOR: WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 25, 2000
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• Sony PlayStation2 Drives DVD Market
  Time: 04:05 EST/09:05 GMT | News Source: Press Release | Posted By: Matthew Sabean

  With dazzling, near-film-quality graphics, Sony's new video-game machine PlayStation2 is having a huge impact in a related industry: Japan's fledgling DVD market.

  Since March, more than 3 million PlayStation2's have been sold in Japan. In the first eight months of this year, DVD sales nearly quadrupled to 16 million, compared to the same period the previous year, according to the Japan Video Software Association, an industry group.

  ``We anticipated this giant boost from PlayStation2 and began expanding our DVD section ahead of time,'' Ayako Kobori, spokeswoman for Culture Convenience Club Co, said Tuesday. ``Some people are using PlayStation2 more to play DVDs than to play games.''

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• Released This Week: U-571: Collector's Edition (2000)
  Time: 04:00 EST/09:00 GMT | News Source: ActiveDVD | Posted By: Matthew Sabean

  A U.S. Navy captain and his crew are just beginning to enjoy 48 hours of leave when they receive word to immediately return to duty. On a top-secret assignment, they must disguise themselves as Nazis and infiltrate a severely damaged Nazi U-boat. Once on board, they are to steal the Nazi's top-secret decoding device and sink the sub before the Germans catch on to what's really happening. Their mission is more dangerous and frightening than anything they could have ever imagined, but one which has the power to turn the tide of battle.

  "U-571 is exciting!" says Newsweek. Filled with incredible explosions, raging fires and speeding torpedoes, this suspense-filled, action-packed film sets a new standard for high-impact entertainment and features an impressive all-star cast.

  Special Features: Special Features: Scene Access, Audio Commentary, DVD-ROM Features, Featurette, Theatrical Trailer, Interactive Menus

  "U-571: Collector's Edition (2000)" is rated "PG-13" and has a running time of 117 minutes.

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	NEWS HEADLINES FOR: TUESDAY OCTOBER 24, 2000
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• Macrovision Announces Five-Year Copy Protection Extension With Paramount Home Entertainment
  Time: 13:56 EST/18:56 GMT | News Source: Press Release | Posted By: Matthew Sabean

  Macrovision Corporation announced today that Paramount Home Entertainment Inc., has signed a five-year extension to copy protect 100 percent of its worldwide DVDs (digital video discs), as well as selected videocassettes.

  ``Paramount has always been a strong protector of its intellectual property. Macrovision is pleased to apply copy protection to Paramount content distributed throughout the world. Paramount is making a substantive commitment to copy protection in deciding to protect 100% of its DVDs,'' said Carol Flaherty, vice president of Macrovision's Video Copy Protection Group. ``In addition they are providing retailers with a valuable tool in helping to maximize rental and sell through investment without bearing the risk of revenue loss from unauthorized consumer copying.''

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• MedioStream Real-Time MPEG-2 Software Encoder Supports Panasonic DVD-RAM Drive
  Time: 13:42 EST/18:42 GMT | News Source: Press Release | Posted By: Matthew Sabean

  Panasonic and MedioStream announced today the compatibility of MedioStream's Medio MVision(TM) real-time MPEG-2 software encoder and Panasonic's 4.7GB DVD-RAM drive. By integrating Medio MVision and the Panasonic rewritable DVD drive, OEMs, value-added resellers and system integrators can provide their customers with a cost-effective solution for DVD video encoding, decoding, high-capacity storage and exceptionally smooth video playback.

  Designed to work with any standard Pentium II or III system, Medio MVision delivers the same clean, crisp DVD video quality that more expensive, hardware-based MPEG-2 encoders deliver, but at a fraction of the cost. With MedioStream's advanced algorithm, Medio MVision can compress captured video on the fly, without causing any motion artifacts and without requiring dedicated hardware. In addition to being able to process 30 fps video with up to full D1 (720x480) resolution, Medio MVision can be integrated to support all of the DVD features, including navigation, MPEG-2 and Dolby® Digital (AC-3) decoding, video/audio synchronization, decryption, 3D audio, and more. Its unique and flexible bit-rate control mechanism also makes it ideal for DVD authoring, video editing, and video streaming.

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• Retailers plugging PlayStation 2, but consumers beware
  Time: 05:20 EST/10:20 GMT | News Source: CNet | Posted By: Matthew Sabean

  Ad circulars in weekend newspapers began touting the PlayStation 2 (PS2), although retailers concede that your chances of getting one are slim when the game console debuts Thursday.

  The ads themselves sound promising. Target, for example, is offering a free vertical stand to those who buy the game console at Sony's suggested retail price of $299. Best Buy is also selling units for $299 and including a PS2 coupon book. Circuit City said it will offer the game console for $349, throwing in the Fantavision game, Gameshark sampler disk, and other goodies.

  However, the fine print was less encouraging. Neither Target nor Best Buy are offering rain checks, meaning it's catch as catch can. Circuit City has a warning on its Web site that there are only a "small number" of machines in each store and that it expects they will sell out within minutes of stores opening at 10 a.m. Thursday.

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• Released This Week: American Beauty: The Awards Edition
  Time: 04:00 EST/09:00 GMT | News Source: ActiveDVD | Posted By: Matthew Sabean

  Marking the feature film directorial debut of award-winning theatre director Sam Mendes, this funny, moving and shocking journey through life in suburban America follows the trials and tribulations of Lester (Kevin Spacey) and Carolyn (Annette Bening), an upper-middle-class couple whose marriage - and lives - are slowly unraveling. Lester's wife hates him, his daughter Jane regards him with contempt, and his boss is positioning him for the ax.

  So Lester decides to make a few changes in his life; the freer he gets, the happier he gets, which is even more maddening to his wife and daughter. But Lester is about to learn that the ultimate freedom comes at the ultimate price. Winner of five Academy Awards: Best Picture, Director, Actor, Screenplay and Cinematography.

  Special Features: Theatrical Trailer, Parental Lock, Interactive Menus, Featurette, Scene Access, DVD-ROM Features, Cast/Crew Bios, Audio Commentary, Story Boards

  "American Beauty: The Awards Edition" is rated "R" and has a running time of 122 minutes.

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	NEWS HEADLINES FOR: MONDAY OCTOBER 23, 2000
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• Neil Young Concert DVD & Video Confirmed
  Time: 05:24 EST/10:24 GMT | News Source: Press Release | Posted By: Matthew Sabean

  Neil Young's upcoming live album, Road Rock Volume 1, will be accompanied by a DVD and video, according to Reprise Records. The Red Rocks Live, Friends & Relatives DVD and video was shot entirely during Young's performance at the Red Rocks Amphitheater outside Denver during his summer Music In Head tour. The title refers to the makeup of Young's road band, which included his wife Pegi and sister Astrid on backing vocals and a group of players that included longtime cohorts Ben Keith, Spooner Oldham, Jim Keltner, and Donald "Duck" Dunn. While the album is due out November 21, Friends And Relatives is slated for a December release.

  This event will be followed by chats with the film's director Roland Emmerich on Oct. 25, from 5PM-6PM (PDT); producer Dean Devlin on Oct. 26, 5PM-6PM (PDT) and actor Jason Isaacs on Oct. 27, from 5PM-6PM (PDT).

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• What the F#@%?!: Glitch Found on "Toy Story 2" DVDs
  Time: 05:20 EST/10:20 GMT | News Source: Press Release | Posted By: Matthew Sabean

  Hey kids! Turns out you've got an unwelcome friend in John Cusack! Walt Disney Home Video is scrambling to recall some of its just-released Toy Story 2 DVDs, after they found out the G-rated blockbuster was accidentally duplicated to include an expletive-filled clip from the R-rated flick High Fidelity.

  Viewers reportedly discovered the glitch in the three-disc "Ultimate Toy Box Collector's Edition," a set released Tuesday that includes the Toy Story films and an additional disc with behind-the-scenes goodies and commentary from director John Lasseter.

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• Released This Week: The Patriot: Special Edition (2000)
  Time: 04:00 EST/09:00 GMT | News Source: ActiveDVD | Posted By: Matthew Sabean

  In the emotionally-charged adventure The Patriot, Academy Award – winner Mel Gibson stars as Benjamin Martin, a reluctant hero who is swept into the American Revolution when the war reaches his home and threatens his family.

  A hero of the fierce French and Indian conflict, Martin had renounced fighting forever to raise his family in peace. But when the British arrive at his South Carolina home and endanger what he holds most dear, Martin takes up arms alongside his idealistic patriot son, Gabriel (Heath Ledger of 10 Things I Hate About You), and leads a brave rebel Militia into battle against a relentless and overwhelming English army. In the process, he discovers the only way to protect his family is to fight for young nation’s freedom.

  Special Features: Deleted Scenes, Story Boards, Featurette, Cast/Crew Bios, DVD-ROM Features, Production Notes, Audio Commentary, Scene Access, Interactive Menus, Theatrical Trailer, Photo Gallery

  "The Patriot: Special Edition (2000)" is rated "R" and has a running time of 165 minutes.

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	NEWS HEADLINES FOR: FRIDAY OCTOBER 20, 2000
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• Academy Award-Winner Mel Gibson Chats On-line to Launch the Patriot Week On Yahoo! Chat
  Time: 16:42 EST/22:42 GMT | News Source: Press Release | Posted By: Matthew Sabean

  In support of the DVD and video release of the hit film ``The Patriot,'' Yahoo! (R)Chat (http://chat.yahoo.com) will host ``The Patriot Week,'' a series of chats with the film's actors, director and producer beginning on Oct. 24.

  This event will be followed by chats with the film's director Roland Emmerich on Oct. 25, from 5PM-6PM (PDT); producer Dean Devlin on Oct. 26, 5PM-6PM (PDT) and actor Jason Isaacs on Oct. 27, from 5PM-6PM (PDT).

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This Week's Picks
Time: 07:05 EST/12:05 GMT | News Source: ActiveDVD | Posted By: Matthew Sabean

Our thank-you of the week goes out to William for This Week's Picks.

Do you have a favorite DVD Movie you would like to see posted here? Drop me an e-mail and we will get it posted.

Total Recall

Arnold Schwarzenegger explodes out of the year 2084 A.D. with non-stop action, as he smashes his way through a horrifyingly real fantasy world, complete with a gorgeous but deadly wife (Sharon Stone), and into a nightmarish reality of a Martian mining colony ruled over by a terrorizing dictator who can alter reality to suit his whims.

The red planet erupts with rebellious mutants, the fire of an alluring woman and a vicious enemy.

Special Features: Interactive Menus, Production Notes, Cast/Crew Bios, Theatrical Trailer, Copy Protection

"Total Recall" is rated "R" and has a running time of 114 minutes.

Inspector Gadget

Wowser! Disney's Inspector Gadget turbocharges to life in a wild and quirky adventure comedy with a thousand moving parts! During a daring rescue attempt, John Brown (Matthew Broderick), a naive and clueless security guard, experiences the wrath of the evil Dr. Claw (Rupert Everett) and is left clinging to life. Jumping at the chance to put her robotics expertise to the test, the brilliant Dr. Brenda Bradford (Joely Fisher) transforms him into Inspector Gadget - the ultimate crime-fighting tool! And Gadget is going to need every techno-trick up his cyber-sleeve to defeat the ruthless Claw - before Claw reduces our hero to spare parts and wreaks havoc on the world!

Non-stop action, seamless special effects and a gazillion gizmos makes Inspector Gadget a hilarious techno-thrill ride the whole family will watch over and over.

Special Features: Theatrical Trailer, Music Videos, Interactive Menus, Featurette, Scene Access

"Inspector Gadget" is rated "PG" and has a running time of 78 minutes.

Blade Runner: The Director's Cut

Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford) prowls the steel-and-microchip jungle of 21st-century Los Angeles. He's a Blade Runner stalking genetically made criminal replicants. His assignment: kill them. Their crime: wanting to be human.

The story of Blade Runner is familiar to countless fans, but few have seen it like this. Because this is director Ridley Scott's own vision of his sci-fi classic. This new version omits Deckard's voiceover narration, develops in slightly greater detail the romance between Deckard and Rachael (Sean Young) and removes the "uplifting" finale. The result is a heightened emotional impact: a great film made greater. Most intriguing of all is a newly included unicorn vision that suggests Deckard may be a humanoid. Do Androids dream of electric sheep? Is Deckard a replicant? As with all things in the future, you must discover the answer for yourself.

Special Features: Scene Access, Production Notes, Interactive Menus

"Blade Runner: The Director's Cut" is rated "R" and has a running time of 117 minutes.

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• Image Entertainment to Release Aardman Animation's Academy Award-Winning ``Creature Comforts'' on DVD
  Time: 06:42 EST/11:42 GMT | News Source: Press Release | Posted By: Matthew Sabean

  Image Entertainment, Inc. today announced the November 28th DVD release of the Academy Award-winning ``Creature Comforts,'' from the acclaimed Aardman Animation Studios, on DVD.

  The short, a precursor to the box office success ``Chicken Run,'' will be accompanied on the $9.99 DVD by three additional Aardman shorts, ``Wat's Pig,'' ``Not Without My Handbag'' and ``Adam.''

  These classic Aardman shorts, like ``Chicken Run'' and the ``Wallace & Gromit'' series, were produced using a clay animation process with stop-action cinematography. ``Creature Comforts'' will be presented in anamorphic widescreen and the other three shorts will be featured in their original full-frame configurations. The 35-minute program will be in Dolby Digital stereo and close captioned for the deaf and hearing impaired.

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• NSYNC Home Video in Stores October 24th 'Live At Madison Square Garden'
  Time: 06:42 EST/11:42 GMT | News Source: Press Release | Posted By: Matthew Sabean

  Jive Recording artist *NSYNC are releasing a 90-minute home video, ``Live From Madison Square Garden'' on October 24, 2000. The DVD will be in stores on November 14. The 13-song performance footage is from their HBO concert special ``Live From Madison Square Garden'' on July 27. Songs included are ``Bye, Bye, Bye,'' ``This I Promise You,'' ``It's Gonna Be Me,'' as well as past hits ``I Drive Myself Crazy'' and ``Tearin' Up My Heart.''

  NSYNC are currently on the second leg of their national tour in support of their 9x certified platinum release, No Strings Attached (released March 21, 2000). The current single, ``This I Promise You,'' is currently at No. 11 with a bullet on Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart. ``This I Promise You'' is available in three versions English, Spanish (``Yo Te Voy A Amar'') and Spanglish.

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• Fingering the DVD Pirates
  Time: 06:40 EST/11:40 GMT | News Source: Press Release | Posted By: Matthew Sabean

  An anti-piracy fingerprinting technology for identifying illegally copied CDs and DVDs has been developed by a company specializing in the forensic analysis of bullets. Intelligent Automation of Rockville, Maryland has applied ballistic techniques to the growing problem of pirating CDs, DVDs and CD-ROMs on an industrial scale.

  The company hopes to sell the technology, which is still in development, to pro-copyright industry consortia like the Recording Industry Association of America and the Motion Picture Association of America, police departments and movie and record companies. "It allows you to identify the source so you can go after them," said Joseph Schwartz, Intelligent Automation's CEO

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	NEWS HEADLINES FOR: THURSDAY OCTOBER 19, 2000
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• National Semiconductor Announces Next Generation DVD-on-a-Chip
  Time: 11:15 EST/16:15 GMT | News Source: Press Release | Posted By: Matthew Sabean

  National Semiconductor Corporation (NYSE:NSM - news) today announced the second generation of its DVD-on-a-chip product family for the rapidly growing DVD player market. Utilizing its extensive hardware and software design expertise, National has taken the high level of integration achieved in the first generation to the next step by providing the first solution on the market with progressive scan video support and DVD-Audio capability in one chip. The National® Mediamatics(TM) NDV8501 chip, the first member of the second generation, provides a unique total system that delivers the high-quality playback demanded by the most discriminating consumers.

  Japanese electronics maker Victor Company of Japan, Ltd. (JVC) is designing the chip into its DVD players. ``JVC has adopted Mediamatics' second generation DVD-on-a-chip solution in our new XV-D721 DVD player,'' said Hiromu Sekiguchi, deputy general manager, JVC Optical DISC Business Division. ``Mediamatics' DVD-on-a-chip solution features the most advanced functions, such as Progressive Scan and Point Transform Control, which will enable consumers to experience higher quality audio and video programs through DVD players.''

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• Ken Burns's "Jazz" Available as a Deluxe Box Set From PBS Home Video and Warner Home Video; Critically Acclaimed Film Available on VHS and DVD With Never-Before-Seen Footage
  Time: 11:11 EST/16:11 GMT | News Source: Press Release | Posted By: Matthew Sabean

  On Jan. 2, 2001, PBS Home Video and Warner Home Video (WHV) present "Jazz," the new and highly praised work from award-winning filmmaker Ken Burns.

  "Jazz" is the final installment in Burns's trilogy on American life, which began with "The Civil War" and continued with "Baseball." "Jazz" is available as a ten-VHS set and a ten-DVD set ($149.88 VHS SRP/$199.92 DVD SRP), both including exclusive, never-before-seen footage.

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	NEWS HEADLINES FOR: WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 18, 2000
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• Pixela Demonstrates World's First DVD-RAM Drive With NetChip's USB 2.0 Interface in World PC Expo, Tokyo
  Time: 11:11 EST/16:11 GMT | News Source: Press Release | Posted By: Matthew Sabean

  Pixela Corporation, a leading Japanese software and peripheral manufacturer, will demonstrate the world's first DVD-RAM drive with USB 2.0 interface at World PC Expo in Tokyo, Japan. The USB 2.0 DVD-RAM drive has a built-in 4.7GB ATAPI DVD-RAM drive from Matsushita Electronics and a USB 2.0/ATAPI bridge. Pixela developed the USB 2.0/ATAPI bridge board using NetChip Technology's NET2290 general purpose USB 2.0 peripheral controller chip and a local microprocessor.

  ``The USB 1.1 has changed its face as USB 2.0, with the transfer rate dramatically increased, while adapting all the useful functions, such as 'Plug and Play,''' said Hiroshi Fujioka, president of Pixela Corporation. ``USB 2.0 is the ideal interface for peripheral vendors such as Pixela. We will continue to use this USB 2.0 interface with our peripheral products in the future.''

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• Released This Week: Keeping the Faith
  Time: 04:00 EST/09:00 GMT | News Source: ActiveDVD | Posted By: Matthew Sabean

  Best friends since they were kids, Rabbi Jacob Schram (Ben Stiller) and Father Brian Finn (Edward Norton) are dynamic and popular young men living and working on New York's Upper West Side.

  When Anna Reilly (Jenna Elfman), once their childhood friend and now grown into a beautiful corporate executive, suddenly returns to the city, she reenters Jake and Brian's lives and hearts with a vengeance. Sparks fly and an unusual and complicated love triangle ensues.

  Special Features: Scene Access, Outtakes, Interactive Menus, Cast/Crew Bios, Audio Commentary, Deleted Scenes, Interviews

  "Keeping the Faith" is rated "PG-13" and has a running time of 129 minutes.

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	NEWS HEADLINES FOR: TUESDAY OCTOBER 17, 2000
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• Digital Leisure Releasing Sega's Hologram Time Traveler
  Time: 13:45 EST/18:45 GMT | News Source: Press Release | Posted By: Matthew Sabean

  Revolutionary hologram technology made Hologram Time Traveler an instant hit in the arcades in 1991 and now Digital Leisure has brought the 3D experience to your home computer or DVD movie player for the first time ever. You control Marshall Gram as he journeys through time to save Princess Kyi-La on your CD-ROM or DVD-ROM computer, or DVD movie player using the remote control.

  Selling over $18,000,000.00 in its arcade debut, Hologram Time Traveler remains the first and only coin-operated arcade game to deliver a real 3D hologram experience. To maintain this hologram feel, Digital Leisure is including free 3D glasses with its CD-ROM, DVD-ROM and DVD-Video versions. A 2D version is included on the same disc that may be played without the 3D glasses.

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• DVD-Video Continues Record Pace Growth
  Time: 13:44 EST/18:44 GMT | News Source: Press Release | Posted By: Matthew Sabean

  Based on the current record breaking performance of DVD-Video, the format continues its dramatic growth. According to the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA), in the third quarter of 2000, DVD player shipments were nearly 2.5 million units. This is 120 percent more than shipped in the same period of 1999.

  Launch-to-date, more than 10 million DVD players have been shipped to retailers, a benchmark of success for any consumer electronics product. DVD-Video reached this milestone faster than any other home electronics product including the compact disc and VHS. If growth continues at this rate, there will be nearly nine million DVD-Video players shipped to retailers in calendar 2000, bringing the total units shipped since the format's inception to more than 14 million.

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• Arista Forges Ahead With Dvd Single Releases
  Time: 04:20 EST/09:20 GMT | News Source: Press Release | Posted By: Matthew Sabean

  Arista's first round of DVD single releases will include some of the label's finest artists. Outkast, Toni Braxton, Usher and Whitney Houston are among the artists featured. Set to hit stores on Nov. 21, the discs will retail for $9.98 and feature behind-the-scenes, performance, and interview footage, along with videos and hit songs by the artists.

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• Released This Week: Beowulf
  Time: 04:00 EST/09:00 GMT | News Source: ActiveDVD | Posted By: Matthew Sabean

  Set in a grim future of stone, steel and darkness, the Kanterra Outpost is besieged by an unstoppable beast, Grendel, who has come to kill anything in its path.

  A stranger named Beowulf offers his services in battle against the beast. Secrets are revealed as to the origin of the monster and as to Beowulf's true birthright, which lies within the Outpost's darkness.

  Special Features: Theatrical Trailer, Scene Access, Interactive Menus, Documentaries

  "Beowulf: Special Edition" is rated "R" and has a running time of 93 minutes.

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	NEWS HEADLINES FOR: MONDAY OCTOBER 16, 2000