Launching Monday, October 20th on the Company's official
website, www.garbagepailkidsworld.com, fans will be able
to participate in the first-ever "Build-Your-Own
Garbage Pail Kid Contest." Through a variety of
graphics tools -- including loads of background designs,
faces, body parts as well as plenty of "gross
stuff" -- viewers to the site can "drag and
click" to create and name their own original
Garbage Pail Kids. Winning entries will be judged
through an online voting process, allowing fans to
choose the grossest Garbage Pail Kid. Participants can
also gross out their friends by emailing their creations
via through the website, www.garbagepailkidsworld.com.
The person, whose entry receives the most "gross
votes" by the contest deadline of December 31, 2003
will be the Grand Prize winner. This individual will
have his or her online entry re-created as an original,
framed painting rendered by one of Topps' official
Garbage Pail Kids artists. Plus, the winning concept
will appear in a future series of stickers.
Originally introduced in 1985, the Garbage Pail Kids
appeared in 15 gross and humorous series of stickers ...
and sparked an international collecting phenomenon. Now,
after a hiatus of nearly 15 years, Topps re-introduces
the "GPK's" to a whole new generation. Veteran
fans and young newcomers alike are enthusiastically
receiving the new series of stickers, which is already
into its 3rd re-printing. An all-new follow-up series is
currently in development for release early next year.
eDites.com
gets Shaped Up!
 www.eDiets.com
introduced the
Shape Up! personalized plan to it's online
viewers. The Shape Up! plan is built
around the nutritional concepts outlined in Dr. Phil
McGraw's new book, The Ultimate Weight Solution: The
7 Keys to Weight Loss Freedom.
"It's very clear that what you eat, how you eat,
when you eat, where you eat, why you eat and what you do
when you're not eating has a direct impact on what you
weigh," said Dr. Phil McGraw. "The online
program at eDiets will make the Shape Up! Plan easy
to follow and the 24/7 support will help people learn
how to manage their eating and succeed at weight
management!"
Subscribers to the
Shape Up! personalized plan will create a personal
profile at www.eDiets.com
and receive a weight loss or
weight management program including a meal plan and
shopping list that's been customized specifically for
them, as well as 24/7 professional support from a staff
of diet, fitness and motivational professionals. Based
on the consumer's progress, the plan is updated each
week.
BG: The
Game
 The official
Web site for the upcoming Battlestar Galactica video
game is now online @ www.battlestargalacticagame.com.
The game
is set 40
years before the events of the classic TV series,
Battlestar Galactica follows the adventures of fledgling
Viper pilot, Ensign William Adama on his fist assignment
onboard the Galactica. As Adama, players will
engage awesome arcade action as they take control of the
hottest fighters in the galaxy, and tangle with dozens
of swarming Cylon fighters in massive space battles.
Additionally, players will get a chance to pilot a wide
array of ships, from sleek vipers to heavy bombers and
take command of an elite cadre of wingmen that increase
in experience and skill as the game unfolds.
The new site offers fans all new media and a
comprehensive look at the title including:
- An overview of the title's characters, ships players
will fly and fight against and gameplay features
- Downloadable
content such as wallpapers, animated icons and a fansite
kit
- News and updates
on the Battlestar Galactica
- A trailer
featuring in game action and vignettes from the titles
awesome cut scenes
Wayoutwest
TV on the WEB
 www.wayoutwest.tv
launched March 4, 2001 with a one-minute teaser episode
of its first series, West of Denman. Driven by growing
viewer interest and spreading primarily via word of
mouth, wayoutwest.tv has since added new content and
updated the site's look weekly (130 weeks and counting).
The site's existing library of 46 shows in 9 different
series were created entirely by volunteer artists who
donate their time and talent to the dream of
wayoutwest.tv
The
shows are tailored to suit online viewing habits and
current streaming capabilities. wayoutwest.tv's shows
are free for all users and are available in QuickTime,
Real Player and Windows Media formats.
Big
Bother is Online 
CBS and RealNetworks®, Inc, for the
third year in a row the two companies have joined forces
to provide exclusive, 24/7 live video streaming from the
"BIG BROTHER 4" house. The webcast coverage
premiered Tuesday, July 8, immediately following the
premiere of BIG BROTHER 4 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT),
and will be accessible through the official BIG
BROTHER 4 website at www.CBS.com
and through the RealOne™ SuperPass subscription
service at http://home.real.com/
.
Subscribers
can watch any one of four live camera feeds from the BIG
BROTHER 4 house or catch of all the action at once with
the special quad-cam view, which allows fans to see four
different video feeds simultaneously. Subscribers can
also access other components of the website,
including: detailed summaries; a live 24/7 chat room; an
interactive "BIG BROTHER Fantasy League" game;
popularity and opinion polls; a virtual tour of the BIG
BROTHER house; plus so much more.. so get into the house
of BIG BROTHER 24/7... just log on.
ZipZaps
Some Fast & Furious
Universal Pictures' 2 Fast 2 Furious has driven
onto RadioShack's ZipZaps, its exclusive line of
micro radio-controlled cars. Shockwave's
ZipZaps 2 Fast 2 Furious online racing game. The
game has already set all-time daily records for game
play on what most experts regard as the Web's best
interactive entertainment featuring world-class online
games and personal media applications.
Gamers
can visit: www.shockwave.com/sw/content/zipzaps2
to play ZipZaps 2 Fast 2 Furious. Over 200,000 gamers
have visit the Web site to play the game. The game is
truly contains the thrill of virtual racing experience.
The game
begins with virtual drivers getting to choose from a
collection of hot ZipZaps based on actual cars from the
movie including Dodge Challenger, Chevrolet Camaro,
Nissan Skyline, Honda S2000 and others. Once the cars
are picked, the race is on between gamers and the
computer. The players' goal is to beat the computer on
eight different levels, each one more difficult than the
last.
First Pop
for American Idol Tour Tickets
 Pop-Tarts
toaster pastries give American Idol fans access
to this summer's hottest ticket. With the upcoming
American Idols Live! tour expected to sell-out, Kellogg
Company announced today an exclusive opportunity for
fans to buy tour tickets early through www.poptarts.com.
The Pop-Tarts Web site is the first chance for consumers
to pre-purchase tickets for the 39-city live tour.
Beginning May 14, American Idol fans -- even Simon
himself -- can log onto www.poptarts.com,
enter a special password found on the site, and purchase
up to four tickets per household for any of the concert
dates.
Potter's Online Sweepstakes 
Warner Home Video has Unlock
the Chamber of Secrets, with an online sweepstakes
and movie scene trading card competition available
online to fans . Fans can log on at www.harrypotter.com/secrets
and have a chance to win one of many prizes.
Some of the prizes include a walk-on role in the
upcoming film, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of
Azkaban. meet-and-greet with a Harry Potter cast
member, an ultimate home entertainment system. Plus don’t
forget that Harry Potters: The Chamber of Secrets
comes to DVD on Friday, April 11th.
Click
here to BUY NOW!
Full
Soap on Demand 
Sony
Pictures Digital's SoapCity.com has launched SoapCity
Download, a service providing current day
full-length soap opera episodes to broadband computer
users commercially uninterrupted. U.S. broadband
consumers can enjoy on-demand, high-quality episodes of
The Young and the Restless and As the World Turns on
their PC's. Monthly subscriptions are $9.99 per show
(with a 14-day free trail) or on a pay-per-episode basis
at $1.99.
SoapCity Download's VCR functionality enables
viewers to stop, start, fast-forward, rewind and pause
their episode. Daily episodes will be posted every
weekday at 4 p.m. PST.
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