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WHAT: POKER MANIA

Poker and Celebrities – The Latest TV Craze

WHO:  LAURA PREPON, of “That 70’s Show” and executive producer of the TV newest entry at the poker table, “E! Hollywood Hold ‘Em”

Details:  Poker and celebrities is the biggest craze to hit TV in some time – with shows on a variety of sports and entertainment networks.      Laura Prepon discusses:

●  The current poker phenomenon and the reasons why celebrities are attracted to it.

●  Some gambling tips for ‘would-be’ celebrities

●  TV’s newest entry at the gaming table, E!’s Hollywood Hold ‘Em

About Laura Prepon - known as “Hot Donna” on “That 70’s Show” (the neighbor and tomboy girlfriend to the lead character), twenty-something Laura Prepon also is Executive Producer of “E! Hollywood Hold ‘Em”—E!’s contribution to the celebrity poker genre.  She and and her “70s” cast mates play a lot of poker at her home and “read a ton of Card Player magazine.”  An active participant in tournaments like the 35^th annual World Series of Poker (which she entered with her boyfriend, Chris Masterson, after getting caught up in the poker mania sweeping the country), she also entered the realm of card kings, she says, because she “likes the challenge”  Her film credits to date include appearances in “The Chosen One”, “Deadly,” “Slackers,” and “Southlander.”