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Information for the California and Nevada Motion Picture Theatre Industry

CALENDAR Spring/Summer Film Product Lineup of EVENTS & To Be Previewed On April 5 and 7 HOLIDAYS NATO of California/Nevada will once again host their semi-annual film product seminars featuring the Spring and Mar. 14-17 Summer ’05 lineup of film releases and marketing plans ShoWest from all of the major film studios. The Southern California (See page 5 for schedule of events) seminar will be held at The Bridge Cinema De Lux on April 5th followed by the Northern California seminar at Loews Mar. 17 Theatres at Metreon in San Francisco on April 7th. St. Patrick’s Day As in the past the all day seminars will feature pre- sentations consisting of film footage from a lineup of over Mar. 25 90 films in addition to a breakout of the marketing and Good Friday promotion plans of individual films. Studio representatives will be on hand to personally present their lineups and be Mar. 27 available during the various daily breaks for one on one Easter interchanges of ideas. Apr. 1 The morning presentations will be preceded by a conti- April Fools Day nental breakfast followed by a noon time break for a catered box lunch. The actual presentations will start promptly at Apr. 3 10:00AM and the program will conclude by 3:30PM. Loews Theatres at Metreon Daylight Saving A new element will be introduced at this Time begins gathering when the winners of the inaugural NATO of CA/NV Showmanship Awards are Apr. 5 & 7 called up to the podium to receive their award Spring/Summer checks. Up to ten lucky winners will each receive Film Product Seminars a $2,500 cash award for the most outstanding in Southern and showmanship promotions for the past year. Northern California The winning campaigns will be on display at both the Southern and Northern California Apr. 15 meetings. Scholarship Attendance at the seminars is restricted to Applications due employees of member companies only and is for Field Employees free, however reservations for both meetings The Bridge Cinema De Lux are a must. No walk-ins or substitutes will Apr. 23 be admitted. All reservations must be approved by the respective corporate office or district manager. Passover begins A list of attendees from the district or corporate office containing the information requested on the at sundown Registration Form is the preferred form of registration however the attached registration form, approved by corporate, is also acceptable. Due to space limitations we will be able to accommodate only two ❖❖❖ See SEMINAR, continued on page 2 1 NATO of California/Nevada March 2005

SEMINAR, continued from page 1 Previews representatives from each theatre location, early registration is recommended as this event sells out is published by the fast. Registration will close on March 18th or once capacity has been reached. Please fax or mail the National Association of completed forms, or email the information to us at offi[email protected]. Theatre Owners of California/Nevada Parking at the Metreon is at a premium therefore we suggest that you make arrangements to carpool or take advantage of the convenient Bay Area public transportation to get to the theatre. 11661 San Vicente Blvd., Suite 830 Metreon is just a few blocks from both Powell and Montgomery BART and Muni stations; close to Los Angeles, CA 90049-5116 Phone: 310/460-2900 over thirty transit stops; within walking distance of the Transbay Terminal and the Ferry Building; Fax: 310/460-2901 and a short ride from Caltrain. For transit information, call 817-1717 in any Bay Area area code. E-mail: Offi[email protected] Or visit http://www.transitinfo.org/ for maps and schedules of Bay Area public transit. The Bridge www.NATOCalNev.org Cinema De Lux is conveniently located just off the 405 freeway at Howard Hughes Parkway, about 2 miles north of LAX. OFFICERS Milton Moritz Please phone the NATO of CA/NV office at 310/460-2900 for additional information. Look President & CEO forward to seeing you at the Spring/Summer Film Product Seminar on April 5th in Southern California Philip Harris and on April 7th in Northern California. ▼ Chairman Raymond W. Syufy Vice President Registration Form Jerome A. Forman Chairman Emeritus NATO of CA/NV Spring/ Summer Film Product Seminar Treasurer Attendance is open to NATO of CA/NV member companies and is by reservation only, John Tegtmeier Secretary no walk-ins and no substitutions. Due to space limitations we can accommodate no more than two persons from each theatre location. BOARD OF DIRECTORS Sergio Contreras Deadline for reservations: Friday, March 18th Premiere Cinemas David Corwin April 5, 2005 April 7, 2005 Metropolitan Theatres National Amusement’s The Bridge Cinema De Lux Loews Theatres at Metreon Jerome A. Forman Pacific Theatres 6081 Center Drive 101 Fourth Street Los Angeles, CA 90045 San Francisco, CA 94103 Alan Grossberg (Located off the 405 Freeway at Howard Hughes Parkway, UltraStar Cinemas (Located south of Market Street, convenient to Approximately 2 miles north of LAX.) BART and other Bay Area public transportation) Philip Harris Regal Entertainment Group Name: ______Title: ______William F. Hertz, Sr. Mann Theatres Email:______Phone: ______George Krikorian Company Name: ______Krikorian Premiere Cinemas Greg Laemmle Theatre Name: ______Laemmle Theatres Business Address: ______Frank Rimkus Galaxy Theatres ______Bruce Sanborn The Movie Experience Phone______Raymond W. Syufy District Manager: Signature ______Century Theatres or John Tegtmeier Tegtmeier Associates Corporate Officer Print name ______Len Westenberg Will attend: ______No. Calif. ______So. Calif. Loews Cineplex ❦ FAX THIS COMPLETED FORM TO NATO of CA/NV: 310/460-2901 For more details call 310/460-2900 Charlene Sievers Director, Member Services 2 NATO of California/Nevada March 2005

Plaintiffs Take A One-Two Punch: Proposition 64 and the Class Action Reform Act Dull The Teeth Of Favorite Litigation Weapons By Gregory F. Hurley & Charles Menzies

Proposition 64, passed in November Court of Appeal held in Branick v. Downey 2004, requires that a plaintiff must have ei- Sav. & Loan that Proposition 64 “applies to ther lost money or property in order to sue a actions that were filed but not finally resolved business under California’s broad unfair com- before Nov. 3, 2004.” The next day, the Fourth petition (section 17200) and false-advertising Appellate District also found for retroactivity (section 17500) laws. This is a major victory in Benson v. Kwikset Corp. The conflicting ap- for California businesses trying to exist under pellate rulings make it highly probable that the the omnipresent threat of shotgun litigation Gregory F. Hurley Charles Menzies Supreme Court will need to resolve the conflict instigated by plaintiffs acting as a “private at- presented by Mervyn’s, Branick and Benson. torney general” in order to reap huge verdicts. In other words, the The issue of retroactivity was somewhat academic consider- day of a disabled theatergoer suing a theatre owner for violations ing a plaintiff could simply convert his or her case to a class action of the Americans with Disabilities Act, for example, on behalf of lawsuit thereby avoiding the limitations of Proposition 64. This himself and the entire disabled public are over. option took a major blow when President Bush signed the Class The problem is, the proposition never addressed if the new Action Fairness Act on February 18, 2005. This new law, which is law applied to the hundreds of cases pending before Election Day. not retroactive, requires that any class-action suit seeking $5 million Since then, dozens of companies, including DaimlerChrysler, or more can only be heard in state court if the primary defendant Mastercard and Mattel, have asked California judges to dismiss and more than one-third of the plaintiffs are from the same state. lawsuits filed before the law’s enactment. And for months Califor- However, if less than one-third of the plaintiffs are from the same nia’s trial courts have issued slews of conflicting orders regarding state as the primary defendant, and the plaintiffs are seeking more whether or not Proposition 64 barred the private enforcement of than $5 million, the case would go to federal court. Federal courts unfair competition laws brought before November 2, 2004. are expected to let few of these cases go forward. Accordingly, a Now a showdown regarding the retroactivity of Proposition plaintiff that wants to convert its case into a class action must now 64 is looming on the Supreme Court’s horizon. On February 1, satisfy the fairly big hurdle the Class Action Fairness Act signifies. 2005 California’s First District Court of Appeal issued its ruling in For now, California businesses will need to hold their col- Californians for Disability Rights v. Mervyn’s, LLC. There, the court lective breath and wait for the Supreme Court to weigh in on ruled that Mervyn’s could not use Proposition 64 to seek the dismissal Proposition 64. However, going forward, they can be content that of a lawsuit brought by Californians for Disability Rights regarding both Proposition 64 and Class Action Fairness Act have snapped alleged violations of the ADA. A week later, the Second District two highly effective arrows in plaintiff’s counsel’s quiver. ▼ Mr. Hurley, is the Chair of Greenberg Traurig’s Orange County Litigation. He and Mr. Menzies are actively involved in working with the owners and operators of assembly areas nationwide. Mr. Hurley may be contacted at 714-708-6614 or at [email protected]

FILMS TO VIDEO: PROJECTED RELEASE SCHEDULE Extended version of Films to Video releases can be found at www.natocalnev.org What the #$*! Fat Albert 3/22/05 Elektra 4/5/05 House of Flying (Bleep) Do We The Final Cut 3/22/05 I Am David 4/5/05 Daggers 4/19/05 Know?! 3/15/05 Finding Neverland 3/22/05 Spanglish 4/5/05 A Love Song for Being Julia 3/22/05 After the Sunset 3/29/05 Hotel Rwanda 4/12/05 Bobby Long 4/19/05 Bridget Jones: Closer 23/29/05 Ocean’s Twelve 4/12/05 Meet the Fockers 4/19/05 Edge of Reason 3/22/05 Vera Drake 3/29/05 Suspect Zero 4/12/05 For additional listings refer to: www.homemediaretailing.com • Source: Home Media Retailing

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Cinema Treasures: Academy Awards Locations Previews invited Ross Melnick and Andreas Fuchs, co-authors of Cinema Treasures – A New Look At Classic Movie Theatres, to contribute a regular column featuring interesting facts about our industry’s glorious past. In view of last month’s Academy Awards® we asked them to write about the houses that Oscar visited. On February 27, 2005 the Kodak public space occurred in 1944 and ‘45 Theatre in Hollywood welcomed Oscar when the Academy Awards were held for the fourth time. Designed by promi- at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre to allow nent architect David Rockwell with a people in the armed forces on leave to at- sense of iconic style and state-of-the-art tend the event. Until 1943 the Academy technology, the venue is optimized for Awards had been presented in banquet audiovisual recordings and live broad- form, but by extending the idea of the casts, also serving as year-round host to Hollywood Canteen it became a stage musical productions, concerts, comedy, show. In 1949, however, the organiza- dance, variety shows, holiday specials tion could only afford to stage the event and more. Early on, even the occasional at its own 1,000-seat Academy Award film premiere was booked for the some Theatre on Melrose Avenue. 3,500-seat auditorium, which are now RKO Pantages In 1947 and ‘48 Oscar had taken over back to the classics of El Capitan, Grau- the Shrine Auditorium for the first time, man’s Chinese and Pacific’s Cinerama but it would be another 40 years before the Dome at Arclight Hollywood. Academy Awards returned there. Located “The Academy looked at the near the University of Southern California, requirements for the space and laid the Shrine houses several other ceremonies out the terms,” producer and former during the year, including the Emmys, AMPAS president Robert Rehme told MTV Movie and the American Music me before the Kodak opened. “We Awards. Now the premiere L.A. show- really loved the idea of bringing the house for musicals such as Disney’s The Oscars back to Hollywood. Hollywood Lion King and The Producers, the Pantages symbolizes movies, even if the studios Theater on Hollywood Boulevard cel- are no longer there. Hollywood means Graumans Chinese Theatre ebrated the Academy Awards from 1950 movies – that’s how the idea of a theatre to 1960. American TV audiences got their was born.” Before the Golden Boy settled back into the heart of first view inside an Oscar ceremony when the Awards were broadcast Hollywood, he’d been on the move. The Annual Academy Awards from the legendary (RKO) Pantages movie palace in 1953. of Merit have been presented in nine different locations during In 1961, the Academy Awards moved west to the Santa Monica their 77-year history. The first Oscar ceremony took place on May Civic Auditorium, where they continued through 1968. Then, from 16, 1929, at the Blossom Ballroom of the Hollywood Roosevelt 1969 to 1987, downtown L.A.’s Dorothy Chandler Pavilion (2,800 Hotel, across the street from the Kodak Theatre. 270 academy seats), home of the Los Angeles Philharmonic and Los Angeles members and their guests attended the black-tie dinner. Opera, welcomed the Academy Awards. Since 1988, the Chandler In the 1930’s the Ambassador Hotel on Wilshire Boulevard alternated with the Shrine Auditorium (5,800 seats) for the awards was the home of several Oscar ceremonies. In April 1930, its show. The last year the Oscars were held at the Chandler was 1999. Cocoanut Grove – currently beautifully recreated in The Avia- In March of 2002, in his 73rd year, Oscar celebrated his house- tor –hosted the second Oscars. And when the third awards were warming bash at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland, presented in November that year, the banquet was held at the back where it all began. Hooray for Hollywood! ▼ Ambassador’s Fiesta Room. The Oscars returned to the Fiesta Room in 1932 and ‘34 and the Cocoanut Grove in 1940 and ‘43. –Andreas Fuchs is an independent exhibition consultant The Regal Biltmore in downtown Los Angeles welcomed Oscar whose articles appear regularly in Film Journal International, in 1931 at the Sala O’Oro before moving to the Biltmore Bowl FilmEcho and Auditoria, among others. More facts and news banquet room from 1935-’39 and ‘41-’42. about historic and contemporary movie theatres are available at www.CinemaTreasures.org. The first shift away from an industry dinner and into a more 4 NATO of California/Nevada March 2005

ShoWest 2005 Schedule of Events (as of March 2, 2005) ® MONDAY, MARCH 14th, 2005 6:00pm Screening 6:30am Warner Bros. Pictures’ Buses leave for Al Lapidus Golf Tournament “Miss Congeniality 2: 7:30am – 8:00pm Armed and Fabulous” Congratulations to Peter Lehmann Convention Registration 8:00pm of Krikorian Premiere Theatres who 6:00pm & 9:00pm Cocktail Reception selected 14 winners out of a possible 16 ShoWest Showcase: 9:30pm ® “An Evening of Independent Film” in our Academy Awards Contest. Mr. Screening NATO of CA/NV Century Orleans 18 Theatres Sony Pictures Classics’ Lehmann won an autographed copy of Films to be screened: “Kung Fu Hustle” “My Summer of Love” CinemaAcademy Treasures A New Awards Look at Classic Focus Features WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15th, 2005 Movie Theaters, which was featured in “Dust To Glory” 7:30am – 6:30pm Contest Winner IFC Films Convention Registration the February issue of Previews. “House of D” 8:00am Lions Gate Films Breakfast “The Chumscrubber” Award Presentations: Newmarket Films “Will Rogers Institute Theatre Managers Awards” “Mad Hot Ballroom” Paramount Classics “Bert Nathan Memorial Award” Scholarship Program: Krista Schulte, “Layer Cake The Coca-Cola Company Sony Pictures Classics 10:30am – 12:00pm If You Don’t Enter, You Can’t Win 8:00pm – 9:00pm NATO & MPAA Seminar ShoWest Showcase Reception at “Movie Piracy - the Latest on Problems Century Orleans 18 Theatres and Solutions” and “NATO & MPAA: NATO of CA/NV now has two separate scholarship programs Working in Harmony” TUESDAY, MARCH 15th for its members. The original program for field level employees Moderator: 7:30am – 8:00pm John Fithian - President, NATO will award up to fifteen scholarships. A new one for the depen- Convention Registration Panelists to date: dent children of currently employed, California or Nevada based 7:45am Stacy Carlson, EVP Global corporate office or management level theatre employees is now Opening Day Breakfast Affairs, MPAA Award Presentations: John Malcolm, SVP Worldwide being offered with up to ten awards available. The $7,500.00 Inter-Society’s “Ken Mason Award” Anti-Piracy Operations, MPAA John Mason, Director of Worldwide scholarships for both programs are available for post secondary Student Film, Eastman Kodak Jeff Mirich - SVP and CIO, or vocational education. Walt Disney Studios 9:15am ShoWest Opening Day Ceremony Richard Atkinson Applications with complete details of the programs and “Salute to the $100 Million Executive Director, Systems Films of 2004” Integration, Walt Disney Studios eligibility requirements are available on the NATO of CA/NV Welcome Remarks: 10:00am – 5:00pm web site at www.NATOCalNev.org or by phoning the office at Jeffrey Katzenberg, ShoWest Trade Show 310/460-2900. All applications for the Field Level Scholarship Dreamworks Animation SKG 12:15 – 2:00pm Industry Addresses: Exhibitor Relations Buffet Lunch must be postmarked or delivered to the NATO of CA/NV office Dan Glickman, President, MPAA and Schmooze-A-Rama by April 15, 2005. The John Fithian, President, NATO 7:30pm and 8:00pm deadline for the Depen- Award Presentations: Major Studio Screening and Product Reel NATIONAL ASSOCIATION “ShoWester of the Year Award” Presentation dent Children applications OF THEATRE OF CALIFORNIA OWNERS Stephen Marcus, President and CEO, Sony Pictures Entertainment is July 1, 2005. /NEVADA The Marcus Corporation 10:00pm 10:45am Sony Pictures “World Premiere Party” NATO of CA/NV Screening 2005 THURSDAY, MARCH 17th, 2005 has awarded $377,500 12:15pm – 2:00pm SSCHOLARSHIPCHOLARSHIP Opening Day Luncheon featuring the 9:00am - 1:00pm to 131 member scholars Presentation of “The Hollywood Reporter ShoWest Trade Show PPROGRAMROGRAM “Showmanship Awards” Continental Breakfast on the since the 1996 incep- AAPPLICATIONPPLICATION Tradeshow Floor Special Performance by Paul Green’s tion of its scholarship School of Rock band from Newmarket’s 11:30am – 2:00pm fifteen new film “ROCK SCHOOL”. Final Day Luncheon and Presentation program. And each $7,500 hosted by Twentieth Century Fox and of those 131 winners SCHOLARSHIPS 2:00pm – 6:00pm DLP Cinema™, a Texas Instruments available for post secondary ShoWest Trade Show Technology started off by sending or vocational education! 2:30pm 2:30pm in an application…. Seminar To be eligible to apply, you must be a field employee of a Special Digital Cinema Seminar National Association of Theatre Owners of CA/NV member theatre. “Great Promotional Ideas for Movie Applications must be postmarked or delivered to the won’t you take that NATO of CA/NV Office by April 15, 2005. Exhibitors and Studios” 6:30pm Scholarships will be announced in June 2005. Hosted by Newspapers Across America Final Night Banquet and first step? ▼ Awards Ceremony Hosted by The Coca-Cola Company 5 NATO of California/Nevada March 2005

2005 Spring/Summer Film Releases (as of 2/24/05)

Date Film Studio Date Film Studio W 3/30/05 Beauty Shop MGM Fri. 6/17/05 Batman Begins WARNER BROS Fri, 4/1/05 Look At Me SONY PIC CLS Fri. 6/17/05 Me And You And Fri, 4/1/05 Sin City MIRAMAX Everyone We Know IFC Fri, 4/8/05 Fever Pitch FOX Fri. 6/17/05 My Summer Of Love FOCUS Fri, 4/8/05 Kung Fu Hustle SONY PIC CLS Fri, 6/24/05 Dukes Of Hazzard WARNER BROS Fri, 4/8/05 Sahara PARAMOUNT Fri, 6/24/05 Herbie: Fully Loaded BV Fri, 4/8/05 Winter Solstice PARAMOUNT CLS Fri, 6/24/05 Rize (Documentary LIONS GATE W, 4/13/05 State Property 2: Fri, 6/24/05 Yes SONY PIC CLS Philly Streets We, 6/29/05 War Of The Worlds PARAMOUNT Formerly State Fri 7/1/05 Roll Bounce FOX Property 2 LIONS GATE Fri 7/1/05 Undead LIONS GATE Fri. 4/15/05 Amityville Horror, The MGM Fri, 7/8/05 Bewitched SONY Fri. 4/15/05 House Of D LIONS GATE Fri, 7/8/05 The Fantastic Four FOX Fri. 4/15/05 Valiant BV Fri, 7/8/05 Saraband SONY PIC CLS Fri. 4/22/05 A Lot Like Love BV Fri, 7/15/05 Charlie & The Fri. 4/22/05 Interpreter, The UNIVERSAL Chocolate Factory WARNER BROS Fri. 4/22/05 King’s Ransom NEW LINE Fri, 7/15/05 Happy Endings LIONS GATE Fri. 4/22/05 Madison MGM Fri, 7/15/05 Hustle & Flow PARAMOUNT CLS Fri. 4/29/05 3-iron SONY PIC CLS Fri, 7/15/05 Into The Blue MGM Fri. 4/29/05 The Hitchhiker’s Guide Wedding Crashers NEW LINE To The Galaxy BV Fri, 7/22/05 The Island DREAMWORKS Fri. 4/29/05 Xxx: State Of The Union SONY Fri, 7/22/05 November SONY PIC CLS Fri, 5/6/05 House Of Wax WB Fri, 7/22/05 The Perfect Man UNIVERSAL Fri, 5/6/05 Jiminy Glick In Fri, 7/22/05 Rebound FOX La La Wood MGM Fri, 7/29/05 The Brothers Grimm MIRAMAX Fri, 5/6/05 Kingdom Of Heaven FOX Fri, 7/29/05 Elizabethtown PARAMOUNT Fri. 5/13/05 Crash LIONS GATE Fri, 7/29/05 Night Watch Fri. 5/13/05 Kicking And Screaming UNIVERSAL (Nochnoi Dozor) FOX SEARCHLIGHT Fri. 5/13/05 Layer Cake SONY PIC CLS Fri, 7/29/05 Sky High BV Fri. 5/13/05 Mad Hot Ballroom PARA CLS. Fri, 7/29/05 Stealth SONY Fri. 5/13/05 Monster In Law NEW LINE Fri, 8/5/05 Doom UNIVERSAL Fri. 5/13/05 Unleashed FOCUS Fri, 8/5/05 Grizzly Man (Documentary) LIONS GATE Th, 5/19/05 Star Wars: Episode 3 - Fri, 8/5/05 Must Love Dogs WARNER BROS Revenge Of The Sith FOX Fri, 8/5/05 Red-eye DREAMWORKS Fri. 5/27/05 The Longest Yard PARAMOUNT Fri, 8/5/05 Untitled Mike Judge FOX Fri. 5/27/05 Madagascar - Animated DREAMWORKS Fri, 8/12/05 Dark Water BUENA VISTA Fri. 5/27/05 Mindhunters MIRAMAX Fri, 8/12/05 Deuce Bigalow: Fri. 5/27/05 Saving Face SONY PIC CLS European Gigolo SONY Fri. 5/27/05 Deep Blue MIRAMAX Fri, 8/12/05 The Devil’s Rejects LIONS GATE Fri. 6/3/05 Apres Vous PARAMOUNT CLS. Fri, 8/12/05 Domino NEW LINE Fri. 6/3/05 Cinderella Man UNIVERSAL Fri, 8/12/05 Everything Is Illuminated WARNER INDIE Fri. 6/3/05 High Tension LIONS GATE Fri, 8/12/05 Four Brothers PARAMOUNT Fri. 6/3/05 Lords Of Dogtown SONY Fri, 8/12/05 The Skeleton Key UNIVERSAL Fri. 6/3/05 Sisterhood Of The Fri, 8/19/05 The Cave SONY/SCREEN GEMS Traveling Pants WARNER BROS Fri, 8/19/05 40 Year Old Virgin UNIVERSAL Fri 6/10/05 The Adventures Of Shark Fri, 8/19/05 Romance And Cigarettes MGM Boy & Lava Girl (3-d) MIRAMAX Fri, 8/19/05 Zu Warriors MIRAMAX Fri 6/10/05 The Bad News Bears PARAMOUNT Fri, 8/26/05 Cry Wolf FOCUS Fri 6/10/05 Heights SONY PIC CLS Summer ‘05 The Honeymooners PARAMOUNT Fri 6/10/05 Howl’s Moving Castle BV 9/1/05 Ritual MIRAMAX Fri 6/10/05 Mr. And Mrs. Smith FOX 9/1/05 The Woods MGM ~Source: Exhibitor Relations Co.

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Employers Must Properly Dispose of Consumer Information New rules under the federal Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act (FACTA) will re- quire all employers with one or more employees to properly dispose of documents that contain consumer information used for a business purpose. These rules were enacted to protect against the growing problem of identity theft. Accord- ing to the National Crime Prevention Council, identity theft is the fastest growing crime in the U.S. The rules are effective June 1, 2005. Clarification to What Does The Law Require? • Destroying or erasing electronic media con- Post Log 300A The rules say that, “Any person that taining consumer information so the infor- mation cannot be read or reconstructed. The February issue of Pre- maintains or otherwise possesses consumer views included a reference to Post information for a business purpose must These are meant only as examples and are Log 300A which stated “Em- properly dispose of such information by tak- not the exclusive means of destruction. Each ployers who are subject to Log ing reasonable measures to protect against business can make its own decisions about how 300 Cal/OSHA requirements unauthorized access to or use of the informa- to properly dispose of the information. Penal- are required to prepare Form tion in connection with the disposal.” If you ties for noncompliance of the law can be stiff. 300A at the end of each year.” obtain a consumer report about someone as part of your hiring process, your company NATO of CA/NV contacted must destroy it. Shredding Services Available officials who clarified that mo- The rules say that the use of a shredding tion picture theatres are exempt, service is one way an employee may properly unless specifically instructed Information Must Be Destroyed dispose of the information. However, the rules otherwise, in writing, by a state The law gives some examples of what’s also mention it is critical for the employer to or federal agency operating un- required: engage in due diligence to verify the compe- der the authority of OSHA or the Bureau of Labor Statistics. • Burning, pulverizing or shredding of pa- tency and integrity of the service that’s hired. For any additional information pers containing consumer information so All employees who handle consumer in- visit the Cal/OSHA web site at the information cannot be read or recon- formation should be made aware of the new structed. http://www.caloshareu.com/osha- law and the importance of compliance. log300/html/index.htm. Source: FACTA

Year-To-Date Box-Office YEAR-TO-DATE 58 days starting Thursday, January 1, through Sunday, February 27, 2005 Average ticket price for 2005 is estimated

Year Avg. Ticket Ticket Price Total Gross % Changes vs. Attendance % Change Price Change Previous Year vs. Previous Year 2005 $6.40 2.89% $1,415,723,005 6.81% 221,206,720 3.81% 2004 $6.22 3.15% $1,325,453,703 -3.00% 213,095,451 -5.96% 2003 $6.03 2.65% $1,366,464,672 - 226,611,057 - ~Source: Exhibitor Relations Co.

7 NATO of California/Nevada March 2005 INSIDE PREVIEWS National Association of 2005 Theatre Owners Spring/Summer of California/Nevada Product Lineup To 11661 San Vicente Blvd., Suite 830, Be Previewed On Los Angeles, CA 90049 April 5 and 7

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ShoWest 2005 W h e n s h o p p i n g Schedule of Events for onions, consider • s t r o n g e r - t a s t i n g Labor Issues varieties. The strong & Updates taste and smell come from antioxidant Employers Must Properly compounds called polyphenols (including flavonoids), Dispose of Consumer which may reduce the risk of cancer and other diseases, according Information to a new report in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. Clarification to Post Log 300A Unfortunately, Americans have increasingly been opting for milder • onions, such as Vidalia, in recent years. Western Yellow, New York Bold, and Northern Red onions are highest in polyphenols. Shallots, Video Release Schedule though milder in flavor, also rank high. ❖❖❖