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FOR YOUR OSCAR® COVERAGE

WHAT:
From the factory to the Academy Awards® - the making of an Oscar statuette.

A factory tour at R.S. Owens & Company, where the Oscars® are handmade annually.

Experience the process of an Oscar being poured, cast, polished, buffed and electroplated.

WHO:
Scott Siegel, president, R.S. Owens & Company
Noreen Prohaska, account executive, R.S. Owens & Company

WHEN:
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

WHERE:
R.S. Owens & Company
5535 N. Lynch Avenue
Chicago, IL 60630

VISUALS:
Representatives from R.S. Owens & Company will demonstrate how an Oscar is manufactured.

TO COVER:
Jacqueline Duda, 773-628-5234 or j.duda@rsowens.com
Noreen Prohaska, 773-842-5160 or nprohaska@rsowens.com

AMPAS:
Teni Melidonian, Academy publicist
310-247-3090 or tmelidonian@oscars.org


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