Tracey Ullman, Roger Ebert, Ben Stein and Other Celebrities to Debate The Fusion of Arts, Entertainment and Technology at Unique Event, September 28, in San Francisco
6 September 2000
Tracey Ullman, Roger Ebert, Ben Stein and Other Celebrities to Debate The Fusion of Arts, Entertainment and Technology at Unique Event, September 28, in San Francisco
Invitation-Only Reception and Event Presented by Salon.com and Lexus
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 6 On Thursday, September 28, 2000,
some of today's most creative luminaries -- Tracey Ullman, Roger Ebert,
Stan Lee, Mike Figgis, Brenda Laurel and Jerry Harrison -- will participate in
a provocative roundtable on the fusion of arts, entertainment and technology.
The event will be emceed by Ben Stein, host of Comedy Central's "Win
Ben Stein's Money" and the interview series "Turn Ben Stein On."
Salon.com , a leading Internet media company and Lexus, a
premier luxury automotive company, will host this private event -- "From Degas
to Dot.com" -- at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in downtown
San Francisco. Invited guests will be treated to a cocktail party in the
Yerba Buena's East Garden followed by a freewheeling discussion with some of
today's most admired artists and performers -- among them a seven-time Emmy
Award-winning actress, the co-creator of the X-men and Spiderman comics and a
Pulitzer Prize recipient.
"From Degas to Dot-com" is the second annual celebration of the
Lexus-sponsored weekly profile series "Brilliant Careers" which appears
exclusively on Salon.com. Since November 1998, Salon and Lexus have offered
readers intelligent and in-depth essays on the lives of the most influential
figures of our time. Today, the archive of Brilliant Careers profiles is a
rich cross section of cultural, political and international luminaries from
Kurt Vonnegut and Robert Altman to Richard Pryor and Joni Mitchell.
About the honorary panelists:
Tracey Ullman, seven-time Emmy Award-winning actress and co-founder of
Purple Skirt (http://www.purpleskirt.com), a Web site featuring eclectic fashion for
women.
Roger Ebert, Pulitzer Prize-winning film critic for the Chicago Sun-Times
and host of "Ebert & Roeper & the Movies."
Stan Lee, co-creator of the Incredible Hulk, Spider-Man and the X-Men and
co-founder of Stan Lee Media (http://www.stanlee.net), an Internet-based multimedia
company.
Mike Figgis, director of the Academy Award-winning film "Leaving
Las Vegas" and the experimental digital video feature film "Time Code."
Jerry Harrison, keyboarist and guitarist for Talking Heads, producer of
numerous pop bands and co-founder of garageband.com, Web site where up and
coming, undiscovered bands compete for $250,000 recording contracts.
Brenda Laurel, author, professor of media design at the Art Center College
of Design and founder of the girl-games company Purple Moon.
About Salon.com:
Salon.com (AOL Keyword: Salon) is an Internet media company that produces
a network of 11 award-winning, original content sites and two communities
-- Table Talk and The WELL. In May 2000, Salon acquired MP3Lit.com, the
pioneering Web site offering quality spoken word and audio literature in MP3
and Real Audio formats. Salon.com currently has relationships with more than
450 advertisers including industry leaders such as IBM, Lexus, Microsoft, EDS,
Ask Jeeves and Kimberly-Clark. In December 1999, Salon.com announced a content
and equity agreement with Rainbow Media Holdings, Inc., a subsidiary of
Cablevision Systems Corporation and NBC. Strategic distribution partners
include America Online (AOL), Lycos, Netscape, Reuters, CNN.com and CNET as
well as wireless innovators AvantGo and Rocket eBooks. Salon.com content is
also syndicated to print publications through United Features Syndicate. The
site had 2.5 million unique visitors in June 2000.
About Lexus:
Lexus, the luxury vehicle division of Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc.,
markets and sells luxury cars and sports utility vehicles through 187 dealers
in the United States. Lexus prides itself on providing the best in vehicle
quality, service and customer satisfaction. The company's dealers have
achieved the highest honors in customer satisfaction from the independent
research firm J.D. Powers and Associates. Additionally, with record-setting
sales in 1999, Lexus is one of the top luxury nameplates in the industry.