HOLLYWOOD, CA, July 8, 2006 -- The 2005 Academy Award-winning Production Designer John Myhre will receive the Hollywood Film Festival's Hollywood Production Designer of the Year Award at the Festival's October 23 awards ceremony. The Hollywood Film Festival® is co-chaired by Paula Wagner and presented by STARZ. Myhre's selection was determined for his distinguished body of work by a recommendation of the Council of the Art Directors Guild (ADG). Myhre received his second Oscar® for the production design on "Memoirs of a Geisha," which also garnered him the ADG Award for Excellence in Production Design for a Period or Fantasy Film.

The award will be presented to Myhre during the Festival's black-tie awards ceremony banquet before a gathering of 1,200 industry and guild executives, stars, celebrities, filmmakers and media, from the International Ballroom of the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills. Previous recipients of the Festival's Production Designer honors are Stuart Craig, William Creber, Harold Michelson, Robert Boyle, Henry Bumstead and Grant Major.

John Myhre's first Academy Award came in 1998 for "Chicago." Both of his Oscar®-winning films were directed by Rob Marshall. Myhre was nominated for an Academy Award for his work on "Elizabeth." He was Production Designer on Dreamworks' upcoming "Dreamgirls" and will be working on the epic "Buddha," set to go before the cameras in November. Among his other production designer credits are "Ali," "X-Men," "Anna Karenina" and "Foxfire."

Starz Entertainment Group LLC (SEG) is a premium movie service provider operating in the United States. SEG offers 16 movie channels including the flagship Starz® and Encore® brands with approximately 14 million and 26 million subscribers respectively. Starz Entertainment Group airs more than 1,000 movies per month across its pay TV channels and offers advanced services including Starz HDTV, Starz On Demand and Vongo(SM). Starz Entertainment Group is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Liberty Media Corporation, www.starz.com.

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