Hollywood, CA.--June 16, 1998--Carlos de Abreu, Founder and Executive Director of "The Hollywood Film Festival" (August 5-10, 1998), has announced the nominees for this year's "Hollywood CyberAwards," a leading-edge competition targeting excellence in the entertainment field on the World Wide Web. The CyberAwards Gala Ceremony will take place at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Monday night, August 10, 1998, as part of the Festival's "Hollywood Film Awards."

The nominees for the Best Entertainment Site at this year's "Hollywood CyberAwards" are:

      NBC.com TV Central - (nbc.com/tvcentral)

      Entertainment Tonight Online - (www.etonline.com)

      Entertainment Weekly Online - (www.entertainmentweekly.com)

      E! Online - (www.eonline.com)

      Comedy Central - (www.ComedyCentral.com)

      Premiere Magazine On-Line - (www.premiere.com)

      US Magazine - (usmag.com)

During last year's star-studded Hollywood Film Festival Gala Awards Ceremony, "You Don't Know Jack" (www.bezerk.com) was the CyberAwards' recipient of the Best Entertainment Website. Musician & digital pioneer Graham Nash was honored with the Hollywood Visionary CyberAward.

The Hollywood Film Festival was founded by New York Times bestselling authors Carlos de Abreu and Janice Pennington to discover neophyte talent from the global creative community and to introduce their work to mainstream Hollywood. Co-founders, chairs, co-chairs, judges and supporters of the Hollywood Film Festival include Alex Ben Block, Laifun Chung, Gene Hackman, Peter Hyams, Ted Kotcheff, Mimi Leder, John Briley, George Litto, David Permut, Bob Klane, James Orr, Fred Roos and Mark Rydell, among many other Hollywood notables.

Last year's Hollywood Film Festival was a resounding success with more than 400 film submissions, 140 industry professionals as panelists and guests, and thousands of attendees. Indie distributors and agencies that participated included CAA, William Morris, ICM, Miramax, New Line, Goldwyn, Fox Searchlight and the Overseas Film Group. The Festival was attended by many stars and celebrities such as Barbra Streisand, James Brolin, Harry Hamlin, Kirstie Alley, Martin Landau, Joe Lando, Graham Nash, Milton Berle, Kirk Douglas and Tim Reid, among others.

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