Reed MIDEM, has named Jon Feltheimer, Co-Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Lionsgate (NYSE: LGF), MIPCOM 2010 Personality of the Year.

Mr. Feltheimer is being recognised for his leadership at the helm of Lionsgate and for driving creative productions and developing award-winning TV programs, including Mad Men, which have become global phenomena. Feltheimer will be honoured on 5 October during the annual MIPCOM Gala Dinner, which unites the world's leading executives shaping the global TV and digital entertainment industry.

On October 5, Mr. Feltheimer will share his vision of the future of the entertainment industry with MIPCOM delegates during a keynote address as part of MIPCOM's Media Mastermind series of presentations.

"MIPCOM is saluting Jon Feltheimer's distinguished 25-year career of leadership at independent studios Lionsgate and New World, as well as major studio Sony Pictures. We are presenting the 2010 Personality of the Year Award to Mr. Feltheimer for his achievements at Lionsgate in creating global hit TV programming, including Mad Men, which appeals to audiences worldwide," says Reed MIDEM Chief Executive Officer Paul Zilk. "Throughout his career, Jon Feltheimer has been a leading visionary and architect of the TV and film industry, and MIPCOM is delighted to honour him this year." 

"I am honoured to receive this award from MIPCOM and to be recognised in the company of so many of the pillars of the global entertainment community," said Feltheimer. "We at Lionsgate remain committed to joining the rest of our community in harnessing new business models, new technologies and new markets to bring the work of our creative visionaries to a global audience." 

Jon Feltheimer has served as Chief Executive Officer of Lionsgate since March 2000.  During his 10-year tenure, he and Vice Chairman Michael Burns have grown Lionsgate into the leading next generation filmed entertainment studio with $1.8 billion in projected revenues this year. Lionsgate manages one of the most prestigious and prolific libraries in the entertainment industry and operates a diverse portfolio of businesses, including a vibrant television operation, an exciting, commercially potent feature film slate and a growing array of domestic and international channel platforms.

Feltheimer previously served for nine years at Sony Pictures as head of the Columbia TriStar Television Group, head of Sony Entertainment Television and executive Vice President of SPE, leading the television group's evolution into an international powerhouse that launched or partnered in nearly 30 branded channels, regional networks and co-production ventures around the world. While at Sony, Feltheimer's strong creative talent relationships helped lead to such hits as "Mad About You," "The Nanny," "Dawson's Creek," "Party of Five" and "King Of Queens".  He previously was President of New World Entertainment.

The MIPCOM Personality of the Year Award recognises industry executives for their exceptional career and contribution in the entertainment sector. Jon Feltheimer joins an elite list of previous recipients that includes CNN founder Ted Turner, Viacom Chairman Sumner Redstone, CBS President and Chief Executive Officer Leslie Moonves, former Time Warner Chief Executive Officer Richard Parsons, MTV Networks Chairman and CEO Tom Freston, former News Corporation President and COO Peter Chernin, Gustavo Cisneros, Chairman and CEO of the Cisneros Group, Gerhard Zeiler, CEO of RTL Group and Canal Plus founder Andre Rousselet.

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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 primetime cable and broadcast network series, distribution and syndication of programming through Debmar-Mercury and an array of channel platform 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 "Running Wilde" and "Blue Mountain State" and the syndication successes "Tyler Perry's House of Payne," its spinoff "Meet The Browns" and "The Wendy Williams Show."  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 REED MIDEM

Reed Exhibitions is the world's leading events organiser, with over 440 events in 36 countries. In 2009 Reed brought together over six million active event participants from around the world generating billions of dollars in business. Today Reed events are held throughout the Americas, Europe, the Middle East and Asia Pacific, and organised by 35 fully staffed offices.

Reed organises a wide range of events, including trade and consumer exhibitions, conferences and meetings. Its portfolio of over 440 events serves 44 industry sectors, including: Aerospace & aviation, automobiles, beauty & cosmetics, broadcasting, building & construction, electronics, energy, oil & gas, engineering & manufacturing, food service & hospitality, gifts, healthcare, interior design, IT & telecoms, jewellery, life science & pharmaceuticals, machinery, marketing, business services & training, medical education, printing & graphics, security & safety, sports & recreation, travel.

Working closely with professional bodies, trade associations and government departments Reed ensures that each and every event is targeted and relevant to industry needs. As a result, many Reed events are market leaders in their field.

Reed Exhibitions is part of Reed Elsevier Group plc, a FTSE-100 company and world-leading publisher and information provider. In 2009, Reed Elsevier made an adjusted profit before taxation of 1,279 million pounds Sterling on turnover of 6,071 million pounds.

For further information about Reed MIDEM visit www.reedmidem.com.

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A New Zealand motivational design and publishing company is taking on the world with a revolutionary line of motivational posters that will alter forever what people expect from motivational art.

For the first time in the world, N.Z. company Inspirationz Inc has coupled an all-star line up of sculptors and painters to quotes that inspire and enthuse - producing, for the first time, a catalogue of fine art-quality posters to inspire people to move mountains.

A contingent of ten nationally and internationally renowned contemporary artists has licensed their art for the catalogue, including two notables, Joseph Sheppard of Pietrasanta Italy, and Bill Mack of Minneapolis Minnesota, both of whom have their work in the collections of US presidents and on display at sites of historical significance, such as Liberty Island, the NBA Hall of Fame, and the Vatican.

Additionally, artworks from some of the world's great past masters are featured, including Jules Dalou, Caspar David Friedrich, and Lord Frederic Leighton, to name only a few of the stellar cast.

"For years I've collected quotes to ignite my own enthusiasm and inspiration," says inspirationz™ founder Terry Verhoeven, "but when I saw the wit and wisdom of Lincoln, Voltaire and Ghandi combined with pictures of amusing orangutans, placid lakes, and air-brushed shrubs, I thought to myself, 'those great words - and minds - deserve better than that.'

"What we've done is to combine the wit and wisdom of the ages with real art that inspires the soul."

The result is astonishing, and can be seen at the newly-launched inspirationz.com website and in a sensational new video released to YouTube titled 'Ignite Your Soul' which showcases inspirationz' designs to dramatic effect with the use of motion graphics and special effects.

"We all need a source of daily inspiration to help us to overcome life's challenges and unlock our potential for greatness," explains Verhoeven, whose love of art and its power to inspire is at the heart of this new venture.

"Great art and literature has traditionally fulfilled that role. inspirationz builds on this foundation, but goes a step further, creatively integrating the two by combining the world's most prophetic and inspiring words with their aesthetic equivalent in art ... the duo is then packaged into an affordable product that may be purchased as a personalised gift or used as the perfect décor enhancement for one's home or office."

Verhoeven says the goal is for inspirationz designs to find their way onto bedroom and boardroom walls around the globe as a source of daily inspiration, and in so doing, introduce the world's great art to people who otherwise wouldn't have seen it.

About Inspirationz Inc

Inspirationz Inc is a premier motivational design and publishing house headquartered in Auckland, New Zealand. The company's mission is "To inspire the world through great art, affordably."

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MSG Entertainment (MSGE) announced today a nationwide kickoff to the holiday season as the world-famous Radio City Rockettes "Kick Across America" in celebration of the 2010 Radio City Christmas Spectacular. On Thursday, August 12 the Rockettes will kick coast-to-coast in eight of the 26 cities in which the Christmas Spectacular will play this season. No matter where you are, either in-person or on-line, you can participate in spreading the magic of the Christmas Spectacular as our coast-to-coast kick-line will benefit deserving families.

This year, for the first time, we will expand our annual "Christmas in August" event outside of New York to include a select number of cities where the 2010 Arena tour will stop this holiday season - New York, Los Angeles, Colorado Springs, Salt Lake City, Phoenix, Wichita, San Diego and Fresno. Patrons in New York are encouraged to join in the "Christmas in August" festivities in front of Radio City Music Hall on Sixth Avenue at 1:30PM and kick up their heels with this legendary dance company. The event will continue at the same time across the country in the other participating markets (specific city event times and locations listed further below) immediately following.

To give as many people the opportunity to participate as possible, the Christmas Spectacular has expanded their digital footprint by inviting fans worldwide to join the kick-line, either in person or on-line, at www.radiocitychristmas.com and 'kick for a cause'. Patrons will be able to 'click and kick' to give the first gift of the Christmas season. If one million kicks are generated on the on-line kick counter, the Garden of Dreams Foundation, a non-profit charity that works closely with all areas of Madison Square Garden to make dreams come true for kids in crisis, will send deserving children and families across the country to see this magical holiday production. Additionally at the event, Capital One Bank, presenting sponsor of the Radio City Christmas Spectacular in New York City, will present $10,000 by Manhattan market president, James Covington, to the Garden of Dreams Foundation to kick off the "season of giving" at Radio City Music Hall.

Patrons are encouraged to share their best kicks through the Christmas Spectacular social media channels, starting today and continuing beyond the event date, through August 30th. On the day of the actual event, selected photos and videos submitted by participants will be posted LIVE online at radiocitychristmas.com:

• Facebook: www.facebook.com/radiocitychristmas
• Twitter: @getspectacular using hash tag #KICK4CHRISTMAS
• YouTube: www.youtube.com/spectacularholidays
• Text: KICKNY to 46737

The 2010 Radio City Christmas Spectacular will continue to amaze patrons both young and old who have made this cherished production America's #1 holiday show.  For 78 years, the Christmas Spectacular has been a holiday tradition and features dynamic Rockette performances, breathtaking special effects, dazzling costumes and astounding scenes.  Audiences of all ages will experience a whirlwind of Christmas joy without ever having to leave their seats.  Both brilliantly grand and genuinely moving, the Radio City Christmas Spectacular creates family memories that last a lifetime. 

Kick online. Kick on Facebook. Kick on mobile. Kick live-and-in-person.  Kick anywhere across the globe and help ring in the 2010 Radio City Christmas Spectacular season.

Ticket Information – Tickets on Sale Now

The Radio City Christmas Spectacular, starring the Radio City Rockettes, will run from November 5, 2010 through December 30, 2010. Prices range from $45 - $105. A limited number of premium tickets are available at $150 and $250 and for all performances. Tickets are available online at  www.radiocitychristmas.com or at the Radio City Box Office (50th Street and Avenue of the Americas). Box Office hours are Monday through Saturday, 11:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. and closed on Sunday. Tickets may also be purchased by calling the Ticketmaster Christmas Hotline at 866.858.0007 or at any Ticketmaster outlets. Ticket prices include a $4.50 facility charge. Tickets purchased via Ticketmaster are subject to service charges. Please call 1-866-858-0007 for more information.

MSG Entertainment (MSGE)

MSG Entertainment (MSGE), the live entertainment arm of Madison Square Garden, Inc.  (Nasdaq: MSG), is a worldwide entertainment company recognized for its signature combination of event production and entertainment marketing. In addition to the nearly 900 entertainment concerts and events that take place each year at Radio City Music Hall, Madison Square Garden, The Theater at Madison Square Garden, The Beacon Theatre and The Chicago Theatre, MSGE has an exclusive co-booking agreement with Boston's Citi Performing Arts Center/ Wang Theatre.  MSG Entertainment's live events include the Radio City Christmas Spectacular, which includes the national arena tour and the theatrical tour and has played to more than 69 million in 63 different cities across North America. Additionally, MSGE has an ongoing partnership with Cirque du Soleil to create new content and productions for its venues. Wintuk, which premiered in 2007, was built exclusively for The Theater at Madison Square Garden and runs every holiday season. More than five million people attend MSG Entertainment branded events annually including concerts, special events, and family attractions.

The Garden of Dreams Foundation

The Garden of Dreams Foundation is a nonprofit charity that works closely with all areas of the Madison Square Garden, including the Knicks, Rangers, Liberty, MSG Entertainment, MSG Media and Fuse to make dreams come true for kids in crisis. Garden of Dreams partners with local children's hospitals, "wish" organizations and community-based organizations to build on-going, unforgettable programs for children in the tri-state area who are suffering from devastating illness, homelessness, abuse, hunger, extreme poverty and tragedy.

Capital One Bank

Capital One Financial Corporation (www.capitalone.com) is a financial holding company whose subsidiaries, which include Capital One, N.A. and Capital One Bank (USA), N. A., had $117.3 billion in deposits and $197.5 billion in total assets outstanding as of June 30, 2010. Headquartered in McLean, Virginia, Capital One offers a broad spectrum of financial products and services to consumers, small businesses and commercial clients. Capital One, N.A. has approximately 1,000 branch locations primarily in New York, New Jersey, Texas, Louisiana, Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia. A Fortune 500 company, Capital One trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "COF" and is included in the S&P 100 index.

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DivX, Inc. (Nasdaq: DIVX), a leading digital media company, announced today that it will issue its earnings release for the second quarter 2010 after the market close on Wednesday, August 4, 2010.

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DivX management will host a conference call and simultaneous audio webcast to discuss its second quarter 2010 results on August 4, 2010 at 1:30 p.m. Pacific Time or 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time.  To participate in the call, please dial (877) 303-3149 or outside the U.S. (408) 427-3857 to access the conference call at least five minutes prior to the start time. A live audio webcast will be available on the Events and Presentations page at http://investors.divx.com.  

An audio replay of the earnings conference call will be available between 7:30 p.m. Eastern Time August 4, 2010 and Midnight, Eastern Time August 11, 2010 by calling (800) 642-1687 or (706) 645-9291, with passcode 90715543.

In addition, the DivX and Sonic Solutions (Nasdaq: SNIC) management teams will host a conference call and simultaneous webcast to update shareholders on the proposed merger transaction between the two companies at 2:30 p.m. Pacific Time or 5:30 p.m. Eastern Time on August 4, 2010.  To participate on this call, please dial (877) 293-5493 or outside the U.S. (914) 495-8539 to access the conference call.  A live audio webcast will be available on the Events and Presentations page at http://investors.divx.com.

An audio replay of the proposed merger update call will be available between 10:30 p.m. Eastern Time August 4, 2010 and Midnight, Eastern Time August 11, 2010 by calling   (800) 642-1687 or (706) 645-9291, with passcode 90811287.

About DivX, Inc.

DivX, Inc. is a leading digital media company that enables consumers to enjoy a high-quality video experience across any kind of device. DivX creates, distributes and licenses digital video technologies that span the "three screens" comprising today's consumer media environment--the PC, the television and mobile devices. Over 300 million DivX devices have shipped into the market from leading consumer electronics manufacturers. DivX also offers content providers and publishers a complete solution for the distribution of secure, high-quality digital video content. Driven by a globally recognized brand and a passionate community of hundreds of millions of consumers, DivX is simplifying the video experience to enable the digital home.

On June 2, 2010, DivX, Inc. and Sonic Solutions announced a proposed merger transaction.  Sonic Solutions has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") a registration statement on Form S-4 containing a preliminary joint proxy statement/prospectus in connection with the proposed merger and both companies intend to mail a definitive joint proxy statement/prospectus and other relevant documents to Sonic and DivX shareholders following such time that the registration statement is declared effective by the SEC.

Additional Information

This press release is not a solicitation of a proxy, an offer to purchase, nor a solicitation of an offer to sell shares of Sonic Solutions, and it is not a substitute for any proxy statement or other filings that may be made with the SEC with respect to the merger.  In connection with the proposed merger, Sonic Solutions has filed a registration statement on Form S-4 containing a joint proxy statement/prospectus of Sonic Solutions and DivX. Investors and security holders are urged to carefully read the Registration Statement on Form S-4 and related joint proxy statement/prospectus and other documents filed with the SEC by Sonic Solutions and DivX, because they contain important information about Sonic Solutions, DivX and the proposed transaction, including with respect to risks and uncertainties that could delay or prevent the completion of the transaction. Such documents are available free of charge at the SEC website (www.sec.gov), from Sonic Solutions and its corporate website (www.sonic.com) or from DivX and its corporate website (www.divx.com).

Sonic Solutions, DivX and their respective directors, executive officers and other members of their management may be deemed to be soliciting proxies from shareholders of Sonic Solutions or DivX in favor of the merger. Investors and stockholders may obtain more detailed information regarding the direct and indirect interests in the merger of persons who may, under the rules of the SEC, be considered participants in the solicitation of these shareholders in connection with the merger by reading the joint proxy statement/prospectus described above. Additional information about the directors and executive officers of Sonic Solutions may be found in its definitive proxy statement filed with the SEC on October 1, 2009. Additional information about the directors and executive officers of DivX may be found in its definitive proxy statement filed with the SEC on April 20, 2010. Such documents are available free of charge at the SEC website (www.sec.gov), from Sonic Solutions and its corporate website (www.sonic.com) or from DivX and its corporate website (www.divx.com).

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On the heels of a mind blowing run of European festivals, Gorillaz have announced the complete tour routing for the North American leg of their highly anticipated world tour "Escape To Plastic Beach."  The North American tour will begin in Canada at Montreal's Bell Centre on October 3rd with a 19 date stretch winding up on November 3rd at Rogers Arena in Vancouver.  

Tickets go on sale to the public in select markets beginning August 6th at LiveNation.com.  Gorillaz fanclub, the Sub-Division, will benefit from a 48 hour exclusive pre-sale prior to tickets going on general sale. To join Sub-Division go to www.gorillaz.com/subdivision.

The U.S. and Canada dates, promoted by Live Nation, will be followed by a series of ten shows across Europe and the UK, as well as, seven shows across Australia and Asia.

Gorillaz co-creators Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett's new live experience encompassing material from all three multi-platinum Gorillaz albums played its first ever show at this April's Coachella festival, absolutely slaying a crowd of 70,000 in the final headline slot of the weekend. Featuring Albarn, Mick Jones and Paul Simonon of The Clash, Bobby Womack, Little Dragon, Bootie Brown, UK Hip Hop stars Kano and Bashy and others as well as video animation, artwork, film and stage design by Hewlett, Gorillaz have since played in front of more than 400,000 fans headlining Glastonbury, Roskilde in Denmark and Benicassim Festival in Spain and will soon become the first Western band of their magnitude to play in Syria when they play the ancient Citadel in Damascus on July 25th following a headline slot at Byblos Festival, in Beirut, Lebanon.

Universal raves for the current Gorillaz live band have included the following:

"The guest appearances from Bobby Womack, De La Soul, the Clash's Mick Jones and Paul Simonon, and more were all real. Not that Albarn really needed any help commanding attention. He sang with real soul and exhibited boundless energy... This, ladies and gentlemen, was pop spectacle done right."--ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY

"The evolving band-art project -- that originally began as a partnership between Blur's Damon Albarn and comics artist Jamie Hewlett -- was at its most expansive at Coachella. Albarn acted as a composer and a conjurer, directing a mini symphony and waving his arms to inspire flashes of synthesized and electronic sounds. The Gorillaz -- aided by Mick Jones and Paul Simonon, anchors of what was once one of England's most ambitious bands, the Clash -- were, in many ways, the most perfect of Coachella bands."--LOS ANGELES TIMES

"Gorillaz, the multi-media music project helmed by former Blur front man Damon Albarn and Tank Girl co-creator Jamie Hewlett, is the most intriguing, and perhaps one of the most important, music groups to emerge from the '00s. Nowhere was that more obvious than Sunday night at Coachella, when Gorillaz sucked the crowd from virtually every other portion of Empire Polo Field for a rousing conclusion to the festival."--LA WEEKLY

On the heels of the recently released third Gorillaz album Plastic Beach being  voted #1 album of 2010 thus far in NPR's listeners poll, and first single/video "Stylo" setting the record for the most successful YouTube Music Tuesday premiere ever, Gorillaz have followed up with an epic clip for "On Melancholy Hill." The narrative reveals the whereabouts of Gorillaz guitar slinger Noodle, making her first appearance since her apparent demise in the "El Manana" video that capped the 2005-2006 Demon Days campaign, and drummer Russel Hobbs, returning from MIA status transformed into a giant. "On Melancholy Hill" also picks up immediately following  the conclusion of the white knuckle chase captured in "Stylo," with Noodle's Cyborg doppelganger, Murdoc and vocalist 2D headed to Plastic Beach by way of an undersea odyssey featuring cameos from Lou Reed, Snoop Dogg, Simonon and Jones, De La Soul and more. The full back story of the various Gorillaz misadventures filling the gap between Demon Days and Plastic Beach, the discovery of Point Nemo and construction of Murdoc's new HQ, the formation of the current Gorillaz live band and more are chronicled in Journey To Plastic Beach http://www.hulu.com/watch/158164/gorillaz-journey-to-plastic-beach#s-p1-sr-i0. Journey To Plastic Beach recently debuted alongside "Feel Good Inc.," "DARE," "Clint Eastwood" and other visual essentials from the extensive Gorillaz videography at the band's recently christened Hulu channel at http://www.hulu.com/gorillaz

Plastic Beach was released March 9 in the U.S. on EMI's Virgin Records. It immediately set two career landmarks, selling more than 112,000 copies in its first week and entering the U.S. album chart at #2. Both career highs, the sales number and chart position bested those of 2005's double-platinum Demon Days, which sold 107,000 in its debut week, entering the chart at #6.

Gorillaz a/k/a Murdoc Niccals, 2D, Noodle and Russel Hobbs were co-created by  Albarn and Hewlett over ten years ago, and unleashed on  the world with their self-titled 2001 debut album, which has sold nearly two  million copies in the U.S. The band's 2005 follow up, Demon Days, featured the  Best Pop Collaboration with Vocal Grammy winner "Feel Good Inc." and sold in excess of two million copies in America.

For further developments in the ongoing Gorillaz saga, check back hourly at the all new http://gorillaz.com, follow the  band's own Murdoc Niccals at www.twitter.com/murdocgorillaz, or check out the Gorillaz YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/gorillaz

GORILLAZ

ESCAPE TO PLASTIC BEACH WORLD TOUR 2010

NORTH AMERICAN ITINERARY

Itinerary subject to change.

For complete tour and ticket information visit:   http://www.gorillaz.com

For complete tour and ticket information, visit: Gorillaz.com and LiveNation.com.  

About Live Nation Entertainment:

Live Nation Entertainment (NYSE: LYV) is the largest live entertainment company in the world, consisting of five businesses: concert promotion and venue operations, sponsorship, ticketing solutions, e-commerce and artist management.  Live Nation seeks to innovate and enhance the live entertainment experience for artists and fans: before, during and after the show.  In 2009, Live Nation sold 140 million tickets, promoted 21,000 concerts, partnered with 850 sponsors and averaged 25 million unique monthly users of its e-commerce sites.  For additional information, visit www.livenation.com/investors.

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