ADVISORY/``6 Degrees'': Kevin Bacon Tribute Event to Benefit ECO's Climate Star Campaign

Business Wire, June 16, 2003

Entertainment/Photo & Environmental Writers

ADVISORY...for Wednesday, June 18

--(BUSINESS WIRE)

         Hollywood Stars Come out to Brand New Burbank AMC 16
                Celebrity Arrival Interviews Available

Scheduled to attend: Kevin Bacon, Kyra Sedgwick, Ed Harris, Bill
Maher, Jeri Ryan, Christopher Guest, Josh Jackson, Kathleen Quinlan,
Mimi Rogers, Chris Penn, Melissa Rivers, Jillian Barberie, Sam Rubin,
Ron Eldard, Buzz Aldrin, Steve Guttenberg, Miguel Ferrer, Jeff Garlin,
Daniel Stern, Cary Elwes, James Cromwell, Sara Gilbert, Gordon Clapp,
Donna Mills, Sharon Lawrence, Ed Begley, Jr., Constance Zimmer, Linda
Blair, Raphael Sbarge, Henry Simmons, Tim Matheson, Michael T. Weiss,
Peter Reckell, Kimberly Williams, and others.

WHAT:         Wednesday, June 18th, Hollywood celebrities will join
              the Earth Communications Office (ECO) at a Burbank block
              party and Kevin Bacon film festival to help formally
              launch ECO's Climate Star campaign.  The brand new
              Burbank AMC 16 Theatres will feature a different Kevin
              Bacon movie on each screen for the star-studded charity
              event.

              The event, "6 Degrees," was organized by the
              entertainment industry's non-profit environmental
              organization, ECO, with AMC Theatres.  Proceeds from the
              night will benefit ECO's new print campaign, "Climate
              Star," which utilizes striking images of celebrities and
              compelling messages to motivate people to protect the
              environment and slow down global warming.

WHO:          Environmentally concerned celebrities and past co-stars
              of Kevin Bacon will be in attendance, including: Kevin
              Bacon, Kyra Sedgwick, Ed Harris, Bill Maher, Jeri Ryan
              ("Boston Public"), Christopher Guest ("Best in Show"),
              Josh Jackson ("Dawson's Creek"), Esai Morales ("NYPD
              Blue"), Mimi Rogers ("Dumb and Dumberer"), Chris Penn
              ("Footloose"), Melissa Rivers, Lisa Rinna, Harry Hamlin,
              Jillian Barberie, Sam Rubin, Buzz Aldrin, Steve
              Guttenberg, Miguel Ferrer ("Traffic"), Jeff Garlin
              ("Curb Your Enthusiasm"), Daniel Stern ("Diner"), Cary
              Elwes ("Princess Bride"), James Cromwell ("Babe"), Sara
              Gilbert ("Roseanne"), Gordon Clapp ("NYPD Blue"), Donna
              Mills, Sharon Lawrence ("NYPD Blue"), Ed Begley, Jr.,
              Constance Zimmer ("Good Morning Miami"), Linda Blair
              ("The Exorcist"), Raphael Sbarge ("The Guardian"), Henry
              Simmons ("NYPD Blue"), Tim Matheson ("West Wing"),
              Michael T. Weiss ("The Pretender"), Peter Reckell ("Days
              of Our Lives").

WHEN:         Wednesday, June 18th, 2003 at 5:30 pm.  (Celebrity
              arrivals scheduled 6:00 - 7:30.)

WHERE:        In front of the new Burbank AMC 16 Theatres, 125 East
              Palm Avenue. (Special parking available for TV crews.)
              There will be a designated area in front of the theatre,
              alongside the red carpet, for photographers and
              reporters -- enter at San Fernando and Palm.

VISUALS:      Celebrity arrivals, ticket tearing w/ Burbank's Mayor,
              and some celebrities of new theatre complex, displays of
              alternative energy equipment (such as solar panels) and
              vehicles, PSA b-roll (dramatic environmental footage),
              and press takeaways, including Climate Star images of
              celebrities posing "steamily" for the campaign.

CONTACT:      For additional background information or to arrange
              interviews after the press conference, please contact
              Paul Williams (ECO publicist) at 310/937-2009, (cell)
              310/569-0023, or MediaLine2@aol.com.  To reserve a spot
              at the red carpet, please RSVP.