ADVISORY/BELOVED: World Premiere Of Touchstone Pictures BELOVED benefiting A Better Chance

Business Wire, Oct 8, 1998

--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

WHAT: MEDIA ALERT/PHOTO OPPORTUNITY

World Premiere Of Touchstone Pictures BELOVED

benefiting A Better Chance

FROM THE FILM:

Oprah Winfrey Danny Glover Jonathan Demme

Thandie Newton Rachel Portman Oumou Sangare

EXPECTED GUESTS:

Toni Morrison Uma Thurman Dr. Maya Angelou

Michael Douglas Ethan Hawke Glenn Close

Iman Stephanie Seymour Steven Meisel

Barbara Walters Patti Labelle Ashford & Simpson

Naomi Campbell Phylicia Rashad Fran Lebowitz

Bette Midler Mark McEwen Elaine Irwin

Brandy Melvin Van Peebles Michael Bolton

Cindy Crawford David Dinkins Mercedes Ruehl

Harry Belafonte Ed Bradley Ruby Dee

Stevie Wonder Mathilda Krim Ossie Davis

Sydney Poitier Lorraine Bracco Ahmad Rashad

Usher Tyra Banks

WHEN: Thursday, October 8th

Arrivals: 6:15 p.m.

Screening: 7:00 p.m.

WHERE: Screening Party - 10:00PM

The Ziegfeld Theatre New York Hilton

141 West 54th Street 1335 Ave. of the Americas

(between 6th & 7th Aves.) (54th Street entrance)

********* YOUR COVERAGE IS INVITED************

BELOVED opens nationwide on Friday Oct. 16th

A Better Chance is the preeminent national resource for identifying, recruiting and developing leaders among young people of color. A Better Chance has developed the expertise to measure academic potential beyond standardized test and IQ scores; thereby recognizing academically gifted students who otherwise would be overlooked. A Better Chance has placed nearly 10,000 junior high school students into some of the nation's finest public and private college preparatory schools. Oprah Winfrey became the national spokesperson in 1997.