Contact Information: Media Contacts For Spark Networks/BlackSingles.com and HurryDate: Arielle Wolin 323.658.3000 For Eizzil Entertainment/"SPEED-DATING": Stacy Hess positivePR 323.382.5788
BlackSingles.com(R) and HurryDate(R) Partner With Eizzil Entertainment to Promote "SPEED-DATING" Film
Campaign to Kick Off With Launch Party Featuring "SPEED-DATING" Cast Members in Los Angeles
| Source: Spark Networks
BEVERLY HILLS, CA--(Marketwire - July 27, 2009) - BlackSingles.com®, the premier
online community for
African-American singles, and HurryDate®, the leading speed dating
event company, announced a partnership today with Eizzil Entertainment in
support of Eizzil's feature-length romantic comedy, "SPEED-DATING." The film
is slated for a 2010 general release. As part of the national promotion
tour, the companies will present exclusive BlackSingles.com HurryDate
events in 12 major cities across the country.
The first BlackSingles.com HurryDate event will be a big kick-off party in
Los Angeles featuring members of the "SPEED-DATING" cast at ONE Sunset on
July 30th. In addition to daters getting the chance to meet likeminded
singles through five minute speed dates while enjoying drink specials and
dancing, they will get to mingle with the "SPEED-DATING" celebrities.
"We're excited to launch a BlackSingles.com HurryDate marketing campaign
around 'SPEED-DATING,'" said Greg Liberman, President and Chief Operating
Officer of Spark Networks®, owner and operator of BlackSingles.com and
HurryDate. "Running HurryDate events to launch a film about speed dating is
a natural partnership."
Mekita Faiye, who not only stars in "SPEED-DATING," but is also a producer
on the film along with LaMonde Byrd ("Mad Men"), agrees. "We look forward
to working with BlackSingles.com and HurryDate to build awareness of
'SPEED-DATING' through their events over the coming months."
To experience and learn more about the "SPEED-DATING" festivities, sign up
for one of the BlackSingles.com HurryDate
events in a city near you by visiting: www.hurrydate.com/blacksingles,
http://www.BlackSingles.com or
www.speed-datingmovie.com.
More about BlackSingles.com
BlackSingles.com (www.BlackSingles.com) is the
premier online community for African-American singles. BlackSingles.com is
owned and operated by Spark Networks, Inc. (www.Spark.net), one of the world's leading
providers of online personals services. Spark Networks' shares trade on the
NYSE Amex under the symbol "LOV" (NYSE Amex : LOV ). In addition to
BlackSingles.com, the Spark Networks portfolio of consumer websites
includes, among others, HurryDate® (www.HurryDate.com), the leading speed
dating event company, JDate®.com (www.JDate.com), AmericanSingles®.com (www.AmericanSingles.com),
SingleParentsMingle®.com (www.SingleParentsMingle.com)
and PrimeSingles™.net (www.primesingles.net).
More about "SPEED-DATING"
"SPEED-DATING" features a cast of hot young talent including Wesley
Jonathan, Chico Benymon, Vanessa Simmons, Leonard Robinson, and Chingy.
Holly Robinson Peete, who recently joined the cast of ABC's sitcom pilot
"The Bridget Show" from director Barry Sonnenfeld ("Pushing Daisies," "Men
in Black," "Get Shorty"), is also in the movie, as well as other Hollywood
veterans like Emmy Award-Winning Chris Elliott ("Something About Mary") and
Clint Howard ("Frost/Nixon," "Night at the Museum II").
The movie follows three immature bachelors who devise the ultimate scheme
to get women and money -- speed dating! Everything seems to be going like
clockwork until the guys are denied their liquor license and a disgruntled
ex-girlfriend works to expose their scheme. Ultimately, maturity and love
prevail in "SPEED-DATING" where "love at first sight happens every night."