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FOCUS FEATURES MAKES THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT AVAILABLE FOR SAG MEMBERS on iTUNES

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The Kids Are All Right Has Been Nominated for 3 Screen Actors Guild Awards

LOS ANGELES, January 14th, 2011 – Focus Features is inviting the nearly 100,000 Screen Actors Guild eligible voting members to screen its movie The Kids Are All Right in HD on iTunes for viewing on an iPad, iPhone, iPod touch, Mac or PC, or with Apple TV on their HD TV.

The Kids Are All Right, which is nominated for 3 Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards®, is available to SAG members – pending confirmation of valid current ID – for a complimentary 24-hour rental any time from Friday, January 14 through Friday, January 28, when voting for the SAG Awards closes.

The Kids Are All Right, directed by Lisa Cholodenko from the Writers Guild of America-nominated original screenplay that she wrote with Stuart Blumberg, is nominated for the following Screen Actors Guild Awards: Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture (Annette Bening, Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo, Mia Wasikowska, and Josh Hutcherson); Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role (Annette Bening); and Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role (Mark Ruffalo).

“The movie is all about family, and now members of the SAG family will enjoy the opportunity and the flexibility to see the picture and experience the performances of the SAG Award-nominated cast – whether in a repeat viewing or for the first time with iTunes,” commented Focus president Andrew Karpen. The Kids Are All Right was made available to iTunes customers last November.

Screen Actors Guild members can obtain information on accessing their free 24-hour rental of The Kids Are All Right at www.focusawards2010.com/sag. The 17th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards® will be simulcast live coast-to-coast on TNT and TBS on Sunday, January 30, 2011, at 8 p.m. (ET), 7 p.m. (CT), 6 p.m. (MT) and 5 p.m. (PT) from the Shrine Exposition Center in Los Angeles.

Focus Features and Focus Features International (www.focusfeatures.com) comprise a singular global company. This worldwide studio makes original and daring films that challenge the mainstream to embrace and enjoy voices and visions from around the world that deliver global commercial success. The company operates as Focus Features in North America, and as Focus Features International (FFI) in the rest of the world.

Focus Features and Focus Features International are part of NBC Universal, one of the world’s leading media and entertainment companies in the development, production, and marketing of entertainment, news, and information to a global audience. Formed in May 2004 through the combining of NBC and Vivendi Universal Entertainment, NBC Universal owns and operates a valuable portfolio of news and entertainment networks, a premier motion picture company, significant television production operations, a leading television stations group, and world-renowned theme parks. NBC Universal is 80% owned by General Electric and 20% owned by Vivendi.

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