And the Winner is ... Hollywood Stock Exchange; HSX.com Announces Details for O2K: An Academy Awards Celebration.Entertainment Editors SANTA MONICA Santa Monica (săn`tə mŏn`ĭkə), city (1990 pop. 86,905), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on Santa Monica Bay; inc. 1886. Tourism and retailing are important, and the city has motion-picture, biotechnology, and software industries. , Calif.--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--Feb. 10, 2000 The Hollywood Stock Exchange (www.hsx.com) an online entertainment destination and digital media company, today announced details for its much-anticipated Second Annual Academy Awards(R) event, O2K O2K Office 2000 (Microsoft) . Building on the incredible success of last year's Oscar(R) festivities fes·tiv·i·ty n. pl. fes·tiv·i·ties 1. A joyous feast, holiday, or celebration; a festival. 2. The pleasure, joy, and gaiety of a festival or celebration. 3. , O2K is the first event of the new millennium to combine the glamour of Hollywood with the power of Wall Street. HSX has expanded its plans to have even more promotion and coverage of Hollywood's biggest night with the following O2K events: -- The Celebration &The Webcast: On March 26, HSX will host an Academy Awards viewing dinner and post-show party for 2000 Hollywood celebrities and Silicon Valley digerati The "digital elite." People who are extremely knowledgeable about computers. It often refers to the movers and shakers in the industry. Digerati is the high-tech equivalent of "literati," which refers to scholars and intellectuals, or "glitterati," the rich and famous. at the House of Blues in West Hollywood West Hollywood A community of southern California northeast of Beverly Hills. It is mainly residential. Population: 36,600. , and for millions of Internet users via the Web. Headline musical acts and DJs, celebrity hosts, chefs and designers will make this celebration a defining event for the dot.com and entertainment worlds. -- O2K Village: The first-ever interactive public block party dedicated to showcasing state-of-the-art computer technology, the Village will be located on the renowned Sunset Strip The Sunset Strip is the name given to the mile and a half stretch of Sunset Boulevard that passes through West Hollywood, California. It extends from West Hollywood's east border with Hollywood at Marmont Lane to its west border with Beverly Hills at Phyllis street. and will cover four storefront properties from the corner of Olive to the new Videotron Cafe. The Village will be open to the public on Friday, March 24, and Saturday, March 25. -- The Web Site @ www.hsx.com/o2k: &uot;O2K: Insider's Guide to the Academy Awards&uot; is an in-depth Web site devoted exclusively to the upcoming 72nd Academy Awards and all things Oscar. Registered traders can buy and sell their choices for Oscar gold with Hollywood Stock Exchange's exclusive NominOptions and Award Options. &uot;At last year's Academy Awards, we set a new standard among the traditional post-Oscar parties by merging the entertainment and high-tech worlds together for an unprecedented and overwhelmingly popular event,&uot; said David Herman David Herman (born February 20, 1967) is an American actor, comedian and voice actor. Biography David Herman was born on February 20, 1967 in New York and raised in Washington Heights. He graduated from the Fiorello H. , president, Hollywood Stock Exchange. &uot;Our plan is to make this celebration even more entertaining, amazing and technically unparalleled to any other Oscar celebration.&uot; Though The Academy Awards are more than a month away, the action starts now at www.hsx.com/o2k. About Hollywood Stock Exchange The Hollywood Stock Exchange(R) (www.hsx.com) is a digital media company that provides more than 1 million consumers per month with an online entertainment experience, driven by its patented entertainment stock market. HSX syndicates the news and insights from the Exchange into traditional media as original programming and to entertainment companies as market research. The company has headquarters in Santa Monica and has offices in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. . |
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