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Academy Awards Buzz Hits a Peak At PlanetHollywood.com.


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, Fla.--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--March 13, 2001

Site Coverage Includes Themed Auction of Memorabilia mem·o·ra·bil·i·a  
pl.n.
1. Objects valued for their connection with historical events, culture, or entertainment: posters, publicity photographs, and other movie memorabilia.

2.
 Items from

Award-Winning Films and a Pick-the-Winners Contest

PlanetHollywood.com (OTCBB OTCBB

See OTC Bulletin Board (OTCBB).
:PHWD PHWD Pat Harrison Waterway District (Mississippi) ), the ultimate entertainment channel, has announced its preview of the 73rd Annual Academy Awards. The special section includes interviews with nominees, quizzes, a pick-the-winners contest, and a special auction featuring items from movies that have previously won the prestigious award.

In honor As a verb, to accept a bill of exchange, or to pay a note, check, or accepted bill, at maturity. To pay or to accept and pay, or, where a credit so engages, to purchase or discount a draft complying with the terms of the draft.  of Hollywood's biggest night of the year, PlanetHollywood.com is offering:
-- Chat with the Stars: Interviews with several award nominees;

-- Contests: Users can try their luck at predicting the Academy Awards winners;


-- Awards Auction: Authentic Hollywood memorabilia from former award-winning
movies, up for bid. Users can bid through March 23 on items from "Braveheart,"
"As Good as it Gets," "Forrest Gump," and "Yankee Doodle Dandy," among others!;


-- The Quizinator: Challenge the "Quizinator" to a round of "awards show"
trivia;

-- The Tossers: An awards-show alternative! This animated short features an
awards ceremony hosted by two "thugs."


The site's special coverage can be accessed via a homepage link at http://www.planethollywood.com .

PlanetHollywood.com is a comprehensive entertainment channel that offers live celebrity chats, exclusive photos and footage of celebrity events, merchandise, games, contests and the latest movie, television and celebrity news. Visitors can bid on an ever-changing list of movie memorabilia items, listed on eBay. The site was launched in July by Planet Hollywood celebrity partner Bruce Willis Walter Bruce Willis (born March 19, 1955) is an American actor and singer. He came to fame in the late 1980s and has since retained a career as both a Hollywood leading man and a supporting actor, in particular for his role as John McClane in the Die Hard series. . Pop sensation Britney Spears was the first featured celebrity, chatting online with thousands of fans.

Planet Hollywood International, Inc. (OTCBB:PHWD), a majority partner of PlanetHollywood.com, is the creator and worldwide developer of a consumer brand that capitalizes on the universal appeal of movies, television, sports, music and other leisure-time activities. The Company's worldwide operations offer products and services in the restaurant, retail, leisure and entertainment sectors.

For more information, log on at www.PlanetHollywood.com .

ACADEMY AWARDS is the registered trademark and service mark of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS AMPAS Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (since 1927; Beverly Hills, California) ). PlanetHollywood.com coverage, sweepstakes sweepstakes, contest or race, usually a horse race, on which a lottery is run. Prizes are awarded to the holders of winning tickets. In the case of a horse race, the draw is made from the names of all the horses entered in the race and vast numbers of blanks.  and auction are not affiliated with or endorsed by the AMPAS.
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