MySpace.com Will Sponsor This Year’s
CineVegas Film Festival
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:


MYSPACE.COM ANNOUNCES CINEVEGAS FILM FESTIVAL SPONSORSHIP


LAS VEGAS – May 16, 2006 – MySpace.com, the premier lifestyle portal for connecting with friends and
discovering popular culture, will sponsor this year’s CineVegas Film Festival. The sponsorship
partners MySpace with one of the fastest growing and highly anticipated film festivals in the world,
encourages aspiring filmmakers and supports the growing MySpace Film community.

In its 8th year, CineVegas will take place at the Palm’s Casino Resort from Friday, June 9 through
Saturday, June 17. The festival includes world premieres of provocative new films, an awards ceremony
recognizing legendary actors and directors as well as exclusive festival parties.

“We are excited to partner with MySpace for this year’s festival, as this will allow us to reach a broader
audience of filmmakers and festival-goers through a completely different type of medium,” said Jen
Jurgens, director of operations for the CineVegas Film Festival.  

A truly unique film festival, CineVegas champions vibrant voices in film. The festival’s official MySpace
Film profile, www.myspace.com/cinevegas, keeps MySpace users and film enthusiasts updated on
news and announcements through messages, blogs and bulletins.

About MySpace.com
MySpace is the premier lifestyle portal for connecting with friends and discovering popular culture.  By
integrating web profiles, blogs, instant messaging, e-mail, music streaming, music videos, photo
galleries, classified listings, events, groups, college communities and user forums, MySpace has
created a connected community. As the second ranked web domain in terms of page views*, MySpace.
com is the most widely-used and highly regarded site of its kind. With more than 75 million members,
MySpace is committed to providing the highest quality user experience and will continue to innovate
with new features that allow its users to express their creativity and share their lives, both online and
off.

* Among the top 2000 domains. comScore Media Metrix, March 2006. For more information on comScore
Networks, please go to http://www.comscore.com.

About CineVegas
CineVegas has established itself as one of the hottest and fastest growing film festivals in the world,
being mentioned in a TIME Magazine cover story as well as listed as one of the top 5 small fests to visit
by Canada's Globe and Mail newspaper. The 8th annual festival will be held June 9-17, 2006 at the Palms
Casino Resort in Las Vegas highlighting the most exciting offerings from up and coming filmmakers and
visionary veterans. CineVegas combines the glamour and energy of world premiere films and the
intensity of in-depth celebrity tributes. The festival has honored such talents as: Jack Nicholson,
Christopher Walken, Nicolas Cage, Holly Hunter, Sean Penn, Samantha Morton, David Lynch, Wim
Wenders and Festival Advisory Board Chairman Dennis Hopper.  CineVegas has also hosted the world
premieres of such films as “George A. Romero’s Land of the Dead,” “Spun,” “Bubba Ho-tep,” and
"Poolhall Junkies," as well as advance screenings of high profile and independent films, shorts and
documentaries such as “Hustle & Flow”, "Whale Rider,” "Riding Giants,” "The Aristocrats," and
"Napoleon Dynamite."  
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