ADVISORY/Bobblehead Figure of Justin Timberlake from *NSYNC Arrives at Best Buy Stores on Sunday, Dec. 16.News/Assignment Editors & Entertainment/Lifestyle Writers NOTE TO MEDIA: Photo available on BW PhotoWire/AP PhotoExpress, NewsCom and on Business Wire's Web site at www.businesswire.com --(BUSINESS WIRE) Fourth of Five Exclusive, Limited-Edition *NSYNC NSYNC Justin Chris Joey Lasten JC (last letters of first names of members of the group NSYNC) NSYNC Negative Synchronization Collectibles Available before Christmas; $1 million in proceeds to go to NYC NYC abbr. New York City NYC New York City relief efforts WHAT: *NSYNC fans can add Justin Timberlake to their bobblehead collection, beginning Sunday, Dec. 16. The Justin bobblehead figure is the fourth in a series of five limited-edition *NSYNC collectibles available at Best Buy stores nationwide this holiday season. Justin follows *NSYNC members JC Chasez, Lance Bass and Joey Fatone, whose bobblehead figures are currently on sale at Best Buy. Chris Kirkpatrick, the last remaining bobblehead figure to be released, will be on sale beginning Dec. 23. Best Buy will dedicate $1 million from the proceeds to non-profit organizations supporting New York City relief efforts. All donations will be administered by the Best Buy Children's Foundation, an organization that awards grants to non-profit programs that develop life skills in young people. The limited-edition collectibles sell for $9.99, and each comes with a numbered certificate of authenticity. Available only at Best Buy stores for a limited time. WHEN: Sunday, Dec. 16, 2001 Time: All stores open at 8 a.m. WHERE: All Best Buy stores nationwide About Best Buy Co., Inc. Minneapolis-based Best Buy Co., Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :BBY BBY Best Buy (stock symbol) BBY Before Battle of Yavin (Star Wars) BBY BeBeyond (Chinese online community) ) is North America's number one specialty retailer of consumer electronics, personal computers, entertainment software and appliances. The Company operates retail stores and commercial web sites under the names: Best Buy (BestBuy.com), Future Shop (FutureShop.ca); Magnolia Hi-Fi (MagnoliaHiFi.com), Media Play (MediaPlay.com), On Cue (OnCue.com), Sam Goody Sam Goody is a music and entertainment retailer in the United States and formerly in the United Kingdom. It is owned and operated by Musicland, which itself is owned by former rival Trans World Entertainment which also runs Suncoast Motion Picture Company and, until January 2006, (SamGoody.com), and Suncoast (Suncoast.com). The Company reaches consumers through more than 1,800 retail stores in the U.S., Canada, Puerto Rico Puerto Rico (pwār`tō rē`kō), island (2005 est. pop. 3,917,000), 3,508 sq mi (9,086 sq km), West Indies, c.1,000 mi (1,610 km) SE of Miami, Fla. and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Note: A Photo is available at URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. : http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/photo.cgi?pw.121301/bw1 |
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