Brad Pitt Wins Another Round; Survey by Blockbuster.com Finds Movie Lovers Want to be Under the Mistletoe With Pitt Again This Holiday Season.

DALLAS--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)-- Dec. 13, 1999--

Jennifer Love Hewitt Unseats Cameron Diaz in This Year's

"Mistletoe Match-Up"

According to a survey released today by blockbuster.com, Brad Pitt and Jennifer Love Hewitt are the celebrities of choice for holiday smooching. But when it comes to ringing in the new millennium, Americans dream of spending their New Year's Eve with Julia Roberts and Tom Hanks.

Nearly one-third of respondents -- more than 32 percent -- to the online "Mistletoe Match-up" survey featured on blockbuster.com chose Brad Pitt as the actor they would most like to be caught under the mistletoe with this year. Pitt also won the title last year with just 16.34 percent. Among actresses, Jennifer Love Hewitt was the top pick with 21.5 percent of the vote, beating last year's winner, Cameron Diaz by nine percent.

Online voters also chose "Coach Kilmer," played by Jon Voight in "Varsity Blues," as the movie character they'd most like to nail with a snowball. The coach received 23.9 percent of the vote, edging out "Kathryn," Sarah Michelle Gellar's character in "Cruel Intentions," by only one percentage point. Twenty percent of those surveyed would like to see Mike Myers' "Dr. Evil," from "Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me," covered in snow.

When picking the movie title that best describes their company holiday party, "Animal House" was chosen by 26.8 percent of the respondents. More than 22 percent chose "The Big Chill," and almost 16 percent selected "Footloose."

More than 24.2 percent of respondents said they would most like to receive a Christmas carol from Shania Twain. Latin singing sensation Ricky Martin placed second with 18.4 percent of the vote, beating teen heartthrobs the Backstreet Boys by less than one percentage point.

Blockbuster Inc. (NYSE:BBI) is a publicly traded subsidiary of Viacom Inc. and is the world's leading renter of videos and video games with approximately 6,900 stores in the United States, its territories and 25 other countries. The company may be accessed internationally at blockbuster.com. Viacom Inc. is one of the world's largest entertainment companies and a leading force in nearly every segment of the international media marketplace. -0-

               Blockbuster's "Mistletoe Match-up" Survey
                              Quick Facts

Blockbuster.com's "Mistletoe Match-up" survey was fielded Nov. 2-16,
1999 and generated more than 2,000 responses to a half-dozen
multiple-choice holiday questions.

What ACTOR would you most like to be caught with standing under the
mistletoe?

--   Brad Pitt                 32.6%

--   Bruce Willis              18.7%

--   Cuba Gooding Jr.           9.8%

--   Joseph Fiennes             7.1%

--   Mike Myers                 6.4%

What ACTRESS would you most like to be caught with standing under the
mistletoe?

--   Jennifer Love Hewitt      21.5%

--   Jennifer Lopez            20.7%

--   Cameron Diaz              12.5%

--   Rene Russo                 8.9%

--   Heather Graham             7.9%

What artists would you most like to receive a Christmas carol from?

--   Shania Twain              24.2%

--   Ricky Martin              18.4%

--   Backstreet Boys           17.7%

--   Sarah McLachlan           14.0%

--   Barry White               12.1%

--   Kid Rock                  10.9%

What movie title best describes your company holiday party?

--   Animal House              26.8%

--   The Big Chill             22.3%

--   Footloose                 15.7%

--   Dirty Dancing             11.9%

--   Fear                      10.3%

--   Affair to Remember         8.3%

What movie character nemesis would you most like to nail with a
snowball?

--   Coach Kilmer, as played by Jon Voight           23.9%
     (Varsity Blues)

--   Kathryn, as played by Sarah Michelle Gellar     22.9%
     (Cruel Intentions)

--   Dr. Evil                                        20.0%
     (Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me)

--   The Witch (The Blair Witch Project)             16.0%

--   Darth Maul (The Phantom Menace)                 14.4%

What actor/actress would you most like to ring in the New Year with?

--   Julia Roberts              27.3%

--   Tom Hanks                  18.5%

--   Sean Connery               18.2%

--   Harrison Ford              18.1%

--   Gwyneth Paltrow            15.6%