The Envelope Please . . .

Announcing The Nominations For
The 1st Hollywood Discovery CyberAwards(tm)

1997 Hollywood Film Festival/Storytelling For The New Millennium

BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA -- Carlos de Abreu, CEO and President of the Hollywood Network® announces the nominees for the first Hollywood Film Festival's [October 14-19, 1997] Hollywood Discovery CyberAwards, a leading-edge competition targeting excellence in new media storytelling, computer games, CD-ROM, and the World Wide Web. The ceremony will be cybercast live on October 18, 1997.

Best Entertainment Website:
E! Online -- (www.eonline.com)
Comedy Central -- (www.ComedyCentral.com)
ESPNet SportsZone -- (espnet.sportszone.com)
You Don't Know Jack -- (www.bezerk.com)

Best Game Site:
CNET: (www.gamecenter.com)
SpotMedia Communications: GameSpot.com (www.gamespot.com)
Attitude Network: (www.happypuppy.com)
Activision: (www.activision.com)

NEW MEDIA:

Best New Media Producer:
Erik Dehkoda, Disney Animation and ErikTek
Robert Gonzalez, Warner Bros. Online
Lynda Weinman, Art Center College of Design
Brett Leonard and Michael Lewis, L-Squared Entertainment

Best CD-ROM Entertainment Producer:
Todd Rundgren, Waking Dreams
Jim Lambert, Digitoy Entertainment
Rick Smolan, Against All Odds
Laurence Tietz, Studio Software

Best Entertainment CD-ROM:
Batman & Robin: The CyberExperience (December Interactive)
Passage to Vietnam (Against All Odds)
The Individualist (TR-i aka Todd Rundgren)
Mt. Diablo (StudioSoftware)

Best Children's Entertainment CD-ROM:
World Tour (Headbone Interactive)
Eat My Dust (Sierra Online)
Marvel Super Heroes Creativity Center (Cloud 9 Interactive)
GOOSEBUMPS: Escape from Horrorland (DreamWorks Interactive)

Best Computer Game CD-ROM:
Baldies (Panasonic Interactive)
Microsoft Close Combat (Microsoft)
Meat Puppet (Playmates Interactive Entertainment)
The Art of Fly-Fishing Vol I: Rivers of the British Isles (GameTek)

Best Computer Game of the Year:
Carmegeddon (Interplay)
PGA Tour Pro (EA)
Riana Rouge (Black Dragon)
You Don't Know Jack Volume 2 (Berkeley Systems, by Jellyvision)

Best Edutainment Computer Game:
Sonic's Schoolhouse (Orion Interactive)
Science Blaster Jr. (Davidson & Associates)
I Can Be An Animal Doctor (Cloud 9 Interactive)
Through The Woods (Rose Media)

"The Hollywood Discovery CyberAwards will become a reference standard for the industry, and the publicity and exposure they will bring to new talent will assist the entertainment community to craft the storytelling paradigms of the future," notes de Abreu.

The Hollywood Discovery Awards founders are New York Times bestselling writers, Mr. Carlos de Abreu and Ms. Janice Pennington. Co-Founders, Chairs and Co-chairs of The Hollywood Discovery Awards include Ms. Laifun Chung, Mr. Gene Hackman, Mr. Ted Kotcheff, Mr. Mark Rydell, Mr. Alex Ben Block, Mr. John Briley, Mr. Jim Cruickshank, Mr. Peter Hyams, Mr. Ken Kamins, Ms. Kimberly Nelson King, Mr. Bob Klane, Mr. Robert Lantos, Ms. Mimi Leder, Mr. George Litto, Mr. Thom Noble, Mr. James Orr, Mr. David Permut, and Mr. Fred Roos.

For more information on the Hollywood Film Festival or the Hollywood Discovery CyberAwards, please contact Carlos de Abreu at the Hollywood Network at (310) 288-1882, or surf online at http://www.HollywoodAwards.com.

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