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Long Island Resident's Newly Created Independent TV Show's Web Site To Debut In February; Chat Live With Cast Of Almost Home
New York, 2/1 -- Angela de la Bastide, a Long Island resident, has created the "Almost Home Fan Site" (www.almosthome.tvheaven.com), a site devoted specifically to her newly created independent TV show, which will begin airing on Manhattan Neighborhood Network in July.de la Bastide's web site provides information on the show, the actors, and the shows' writer/creator. Check out pics, interviews and bio's of Almost Home's talented, up and coming stars, send E-fanmail, and check out Almost Home viewer contests. Find out about upcoming shows, live events, and much more. The show's catchy and promising premise is based around the lead character, Rachel Marks, a strong, smart and independent woman (29) who leaves Washington DC where she worked as a FBI agent to move home to Chestnut Hill, MA. to look after her younger sisters after their mother, a prestigious lawyer, takes a media frenzied case overseas. Rachel now must face childhood memories, deal with family problems relating to her two younger sisters (Haley Marks, 16 and Sam Marks, 24), new job burdens and other extenuating circumstances. The lead, Rachel Marks, will be played by Gina Mastlyn who has an impressive and extensive theatre and independent film/TV background, and was most recently seen as "Marty" in GREASE! and "Marla Mermelstein" in the New York Dinner Theatre's "The Godfather's Mushuggener Wedding." Her TV sisters will be played by Jodi Smith (Sam), who was featured in Columbia Picture's "Fools Rush In," and has appeared on NBC's "Saturday Night Live," and "Law & Order," as well as being an on camera reporter for Fox 5, Annie Kessler (Haley), a former Michigan actor who now resides in New York City, who has performed in productions of "Guys and Dolls," Jesus Christ Superstar," and "West Side Story," among many other theatre productions and independent films. The show will also feature an amazingly gifted showcase of supporting actors, including Tony Schnur who was featured as "Ben Street" on the WB's Dawson's Creek. Savvy surfers like de la Bastide have already established their web spaces on FreeServers, which currently offers members 20 megabytes of space, custom domain names and e-mail addresses, and a host of site building and promotion tools all with no setup fee and no monthly charges. Although you can already visit the site, the "Almost Home Fan Site" will officially launch on 02/01/00. de la Bastide invites everyone interested in being a part of a hip, new independent TV show to come and help celebrate the launch, and to check out the array of Almost Home content on the website. To kick off the launch of the fansite, de la Bastide has planned a Live Online Chat Event with cast members of Almost Home. The Live Chat Event is scheduled for Thursday, February 17th at 8PM at http://chat.infomak.com under TV General. More information is available at the Almost Home Fan Site www.almosthome.tvheaven.com. ###

ALMOST HOME CAST SCHEDULED TO DO A LIVE ONLINE CHAT
LIVE EVENT...The Cast of Almost Home will be entertaining questions and comments about their new upcoming show on THURSDAY FEB. 17th at 8PM during a LIVE ON LINE CHAT EVENT. The link for this event is http://chat.infomak.com. See you online!

NEW PUBLIC ACCESS SHOW TO BECOME AN UNDERGROUND HIT; Almost Home Makes Its Television Debut In NY
NEW YORK, 6/19 -- Almost Home, an independent television program airing on New York's Manhattan Neighbor Network, will make its television debut on (date & time) to a NY audience.Created, written, directed and produced by Angela de la Bastide, a recent graduate of NYIT and a lifelong Long Island resident, Almost Home promises to be a heartwarming, powerful, dramatic family drama that will leave you wanting more. The program's catchy and promising premise is based around the lives of three sisters, who range in age from 16 to 29, and examines how they relate to each other and situations that arise in their lives when the eldest, Rachel Marks, an FBI agent, moves back home after escaping a painful childhood to take the place of her mother while she's away on a lengthy, prestigious law case overseas. Rachel now most deal with her middle sister's (Sam) animosity towards her, her younger sister's (Haley) growing pains, new job burdens and the family issues that had once driven her away. And just who are the talented, up and coming stars behind this hip new independent show? The lead, Rachel Marks, is being played by Gina Mastlyn who has an impressive and extensive theatre and independent film/TV background, and was most recently seen as "Marty" in GREASE! and "Marla Mermelstein" in the New York Dinner Theatre's "The Godfather's Mushuggener Wedding." Her TV sisters are being played by Jodi Smith (Sam), who was featured in Columbia Picture's "Fools Rush In," and has appeared on NBC's "Saturday Night Live," and "Law & Order," as well as doing on-camera reporting for Fox, and Annie Kessler (Haley), a former Michigan actor who now resides in New York City, was most recently featured on ABC's "All My Children," and has performed in productions of "Guys and Dolls," Jesus Christ Superstar," and "West Side Story," among others, and has played principal roles in numerous independent films including an NYIT student film entitled "Midnight Mary," also directed by de la Bastide. The show will also feature an amazingly gifted showcase of supporting actors, including Tony Schnur who was recently featured as "Ben Street" on the WB's "Dawson's Creek." The show promises to incorporate enough action to even attract a strong male-based audience. In the shows creator's, Angela de la Bastide, words "Almost Home grabs you from the get-go and allows its viewer to become emotionally involved in the characters lives." It is being described as "Providence" meets "Dawson's Creeks" with a pinch of "X-Files" for flavor. All shows which writer Angela de la Bastide feel "are extremely well-written, well-acted and well executed. If Almost Home is conceived even as half as well as these shows it would be an extraordinary compliment to myself, the actors and the crew." The show is scheduled to air on a bimonthly basis starting in July on Manhattan Neighborhood Network Check local listings. For more information about the show, the actors, or the show's creator, please visit the Almost Home Website: www.almosthome2.freeservers.com ###