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Erin Moran, Dress for Success

646-233-4954, erin@dressforsuccess.org

 

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

 

SPECIAL SCREENING OF AWARD-WINNING MOVIE PRECIOUS SUPPORTS LOCAL NON-PROFIT

 

LOS ANGELES – (April 8, 2010) Dress for Success Worldwide, an international non-profit organization that promotes the economic independence of disadvantaged women, along with Lionsgate and Time Warner Cable, is hosting the Inner Preciousness Tour tonight. The private event for Dress for Success clients will feature a panel of inspirational women, a life coaching workshop, a screening of the movie Precious, and networking opportunities for guests.  The partners involved came together with an intention to empower women by incorporating the important message of preciousness from the movie into the theme of the event.

 

Women throughout the community are invited to attend this unique celebration and special screening of Precious, Lionsgate’s two time Academy Award® winning movie for Best Supporting Actress and Best Adapted Screenplay.  The panelists will include motivating women such as Katie Buchanan from The Style Network, Christina Macaulay and Marlyn Garcia from Time Warner Cable, and Kate Neligan from Lionsgate who will all share their career experiences and discuss their professional success.  The audience will be inspired and encouraged throughout the evening. 

 

Women in attendance will also receive the Dress for Success Something to Share™ scarf, courtesy of Time Warner Cable and in recognition of precious women everywhere!  The proceeds from the scarf will go directly to Dress for Success.

 

“Dress for Success is honored to be supporting this powerful event,” said Joi Gordon, CEO of Dress for Success Worldwide.  “We understand how important it is to be inspired daily and we are proud to share in the success of these amazing women in Los Angeles.”

 

Time Warner Cable is proud to partner with Dress for Success Worldwide and Lionsgate for this inspirational tour,” said Time Warner Cable Public Relations Director. “Through this Inner Preciousness Tour and this strong partnership, we are helping to inspire and empower young women to emerge as leaders.”

 

“Lionsgate is thrilled to host this exciting evening for Dress for Success women in an effort to inspire and encourage more success stories,” said Kate Neligan, Vice President of On Demand & Digital Marketing at Lionsgate.  Precious portrays messages of perseverance, empowerment, independence, and hope, all of which are cornerstones of Dress for Success and therefore, we feel like this is a great community event for all involved.”

 

Precious is now available On Demand to Time Warner Cable digital cable subscribers on channel 1.

 

About Dress for Success

Dress for Success is an international not-for-profit organization that promotes the economic independence of disadvantaged women by providing professional attire, a network of support and the career development tools to help women thrive in work and in life. Since starting operations in 1997, Dress for Success has expanded to more than 100 cities in the U.S., Australia, Canada, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, the UK and the West Indies. To date, Dress for Success has helped more than 500,000 women work towards self-sufficiency. Visit www.dressforsuccess.org to learn more.

 

About Lionsgate

Lionsgate (NYSE: LGF) is the leading next generation studio with a strong and diversified presence in the production and distribution of motion pictures, television programming, home entertainment, family entertainment, video-on-demand and digitally delivered content. The Company has built a strong television presence in production of prime time cable and broadcast network series, distribution and syndication of programming through Debmar-Mercury and an array of channel assets. Lionsgate currently has nearly 20 shows on 10 different networks spanning its prime time production, distribution and syndication businesses, including such critically-acclaimed hits as "Mad Men," "Weeds" and "Nurse Jackie" along with new series such as "Blue Mountain State" and the syndication successes "Tyler Perry's House of Payne," its spinoff "Meet The Browns" and "The Wendy Williams Show."  Its feature film business has generated such recent hits as WHY DID I GET MARRIED TOO?, which had an opening weekend box office of $29.3 million, and the critically-acclaimed PRECIOUS, which has garnered nearly $50 million at the North American box office and won two Academy Awards(R). The Company's home entertainment business has grown to more than 7% market share and is an industry leader in box office-to-DVD revenue conversion rate. Lionsgate handles a prestigious and prolific library of approximately 12,000 motion picture and television titles that is an important source of recurring revenue and serves as the foundation for the growth of the Company's core businesses. The Lionsgate brand remains synonymous with original, daring, quality entertainment in markets around the world.

 

About Time Warner Cable

Time Warner Cable is the second-largest cable operator in the U.S., with technologically advanced, well-clustered systems located in five geographic areas — New York State (including New York City), the Carolinas, Ohio, southern California (including Los Angeles) and Texas.  Time Warner Cable serves more than 14 million customers who subscribe to one or more of its video, high-speed data and voice services.  Time Warner Cable Business Class offers a suite of phone, Internet, Ethernet and cable television services to businesses of all sizes. Time Warner Cable Media Sales, the advertising arm of Time Warner Cable, offers national, regional and local companies innovative advertising solutions that are targeted and affordable.  More information about the services of Time Warner Cable is available at www.timewarnercable.com, www.twcbc.com and www.twcmediasales.com.

 

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