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Starlight Runner CEO Jeff Gomez Profiled On "American Latino" TV
Lively Segment on Nationally Syndicated Show Unveils Plans for "The Black Belt Club"
NEW YORK -- April 4, 2005 -- Jeff Gomez, President and Chief Executive Officer of New York-based cross-media production company Starlight Runner Entertainment, Inc. will be profiled this week on the season premiere of "American Latino."
The colorful, thoughtfully researched six-minute segment traces Jeff's life and career as an inspiring success story, where a young Latino can overcome adversity to realize his dreams.
"American Latino" is a nationally syndicated half hour program that celebrates American and Latino culture in the United States. Hosts Liza and Cristina bring viewers untold stories from all over the U.S. With over 75 affiliates across the United States, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, "American Latino" can be seen in over 55 million homes every week.
Featured during the segment is Starlight Runner's involvement with Hand Picked Films in the developing cross-media rollout behind "The Black Belt Club." A new series of books from Scholastic Blue Sky Press written by Dawn Barnes and illustrated by Bernard Chang, "The Black Belt Club" has already become a bestseller for the publisher.
Pending completion of negotiations, Jeff Gomez and Starlight Runner will work with Barnes and producers Michel Shane and Anthony Romano (Executive Producers of "I, Robot" and "Catch Me If You Can") and Steve Owens to expand the universe and mythology of "The Black Belt Club" and produce it for television or feature animation, video games and toys.
The Jeff Gomez Starlight Runner season premiere episode of "American Latino" will air this week, starting Monday, April 4. Please check local listings for time and channel.
The episode airs in the New York metro area late Saturday night (early Sunday morning), April 9 at 2 AM on CBS channel 2.
The show will air in Los Angeles late Sunday night (early Monday morning), April 10 at 12:30 AM on ABC channel 7.
The show airs in Puerto Rico on Saturday, April 9 at 7 PM on the ABC affiliate WPRU channel 20.
Starlight Runner can be reached by calling 212.337.0900, emailing Mark Pensavalle at mark@starlightrunner.com or visiting http://www.starlightrunner.com.
For media inquiries, contact Christi Cassidy at 505-986-1142 or christi@kissenaparkpress.com.
About Starlight Runner Entertainment
Starlight Runner Entertainment, Inc. is a producer of feature films and highly successful franchises, specializing in developing new and established intellectual properties across multiple media platforms. Starlight Runner produces feature films, animation and shorts, packages books and comics, and develops video games for clients such as Scholastic Books, Hasbro, Mainframe Entertainment, Marvel Comics, Wizards of the Coast, the Walt Disney Company and Acclaim Entertainment. The company is also actively developing a slate of original animated and live-action feature films and television programs with New York, Los Angeles and Boston-based production partners. Starlight Runner is represented by Creative Artists Agency, the Robbins Office, and Peter Nichols of Lichter, Grossman, Nichols, Adler & Goodman, Inc.
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