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(Photo: http://www." As head of Estefan Enterprises, which
includes music publishing, music and movie production, several
restaurants and managing the career of his superstar wife Gloria
Estefan, the Cuban-born entrepreneur is best known as founding member
and leader of groundbreaking crossover group the Miami Sound Machine. and EMI Music Publishing Italia (SIAE)); Iron Tigga
Music/King of Bling Music; Nati Publishing; Seg-Son Music, Inc.

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, and Gene Barry and Ann
Robinson (Barry and Robinson, the stars of the 1953 film "The War
of the Worlds," make cameo appearances in the 2005 film), and
many others!

ABOUT "War of the Worlds":
This summer, Earth goes to war.

Release Date: JUNE 29, 2005 WORLDWIDE

ALL PRESS MUST BE ACCREDITED TO COVER ARRIVALS TO THE EVENT
For further information, please call:
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Double award -winning songwriters included Ramon Gonzalez Mora,
Juanes, Luis "Louie" Padilla, Archie Pena, A. Quintanilla III, Mario
Quintero, Kike Santander and Jose Miguel Velasquez.

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, Los Angeles

WHO: Tom Cruise, hosting a screening especially for fans

Other celebrities and special guests attending include:
Katie Holmes, Anthony Hopkins, Adrien Brody, Matthew Perry,
Virginia Madsen, Ice Cube, Sydney Pollack, Cameron Crowe,
Erika Christensen , Giovanni Ribisi, David Krumholtz, Jason Lee,
Heavy D, Jason Behr, Michael Clarke Duncan , Jenna Elfman, Buzz
Aldrin, Craig Ferguson, Leah Remini, Allison Munn, Marisa
Coughlan, Sean Faris, Marisol Nichols, Bobby Edner, Ashley Edner,
Arlen Escarpeta , Antonio Sabato, Jr. Almodovar, recognized the writers and
publishers of the past year's most performed Latin songs on US radio
and television.

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); Disa Latin Publishing
LLC; Kike Santander Music LLC /Santander Songs; World Deep Music
Publishing Corporation; EMI Music Publishing (including EMI-Blackwood
Music, Inc.bmi.

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Fan Screening of 'War of the Worlds'

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Publishers earning
two or more Citations of Achievement were Sony/ATV Music Publishing
(including Sony/ATV Acuff Rose and Sony/ATV Latin Music Publishing
LLC); Foreign Imported Productions and Publishing, Inc. For a complete
list of award-winning songs, please visit bmi.

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and peermusic III ltd.5 million musical works from around the world, the non-profit-making
corporation collects license fees from businesses that use music ,
which it then distributes as royalties to the musical creators and
copyright owners it represents .

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BMI Songwriters and Publishers Win Big at 12th Annual Latin Awards in Las Vegas; Ceremony Highlighted by Special Tribute to BMI Icon Carlos Santana

" Established by the BMI Foundation and funded by the
generosity of the peermusic publishing companies, the scholarship is
awarded annually through a competition for original Latin songs and
instrumental compositions.

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Multiple Grammy winning songwriter/producer Emilio Estefan and
six -time BMI Latin Songwriter of the Year Estefano shared the
Songwriter crown this year by placing three titles each on the most
performed list of 50.

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LAS VEGAS ----Performing rights
organization BMI presented its 12th Annual Latin Awards tonight with
top honors going to Emilio Estefan and Estefano as Songwriters of the
Year, "Fotografia" by Juanes as Song of the Year, and SER-CA
Publishing, Inc.
Estefano accepted his sixth BMI Latin Songwriter of the Year
Crystal for his award-winning songs "Ahora Quien" by Marc Anthony,
"Quitemonos La Ropa" by NG2, and "Y Todo Queda En Nada" by Ricky
Martin.

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Wells's seminal classic, the sci-fi adventure
thriller reveals the extraordinary battle for the future of humankind through
the eyes of one American family fighting to survive it.;
Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp.com.

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Emilio Estefan's award-winning tracks included Cristian Castro's
"No Hace Falta," Shalim's "Se Me Olvido Tu Nombre," and Victor
Manuelle's "Tengo Ganas.

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radio and television performances.
Now marking its 65th year in business, BMI is an American
performing rights organization that represents approximately 300,000
songwriters, composers and publishers in all genres of music,
including Spanish-language music.com. Please see
contacts below for a Spanish version of this release.

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The honor is given to the publisher with the
highest percentage of ownership of songs on the most performed list.
Founded 40 years ago in Monterrey, Mexico, by Don Servando Cano , the
company focuses on Regional Mexican artists like Ramon Ayala, Cornelio
Reyna, Bronco El Gigante de America, Grupo Pesado, Duelo and Los
Invasores de Nuevo Leon, among others.
The gala ceremony also paid tribute to multiple Grammy
Award-winning artist Carlos Santana, who was named a BMI Icon for his
"unique and indelible influence on generations of music makers. With a repertoire of approximately
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contemporary retelling of H.956. The black-tie ceremony,
hosted by BMI President + CEO Del Bryant and Assistant Vice President
of Latin Music Diane J." The
first songwriter to receive the Icon honor at BMI's Latin Awards,
Santana joins a distinguished list of past honorees, including James
Brown, Brian Wilson, Dolly Parton, Isaac Hayes and Van Morrison.

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as Publisher of the Year.

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The Icon presentation featured a special musical salute with
performances by Mana guitarist Sergio Vallin, Conjunto Primavera lead
singer Tony Melendez, Jaguares percussionist Leo Munoz and Latin rock
group Ozomatli.B.

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The international hit is from the
nine-time Latin Grammy winner's multiplatinum CD, Un Dia Normal, which
has garnered more awards than any other Latin album in history. From his most recent hits, including 2004 Pop Song of
the Year "The Game of Love" (featuring Michelle Branch), "Smooth"
(featuring Rob Thomas), and "Why Don't You + I" (featuring Chad
Kroeger ), to Santana Band classics like "Evil Ways," "Black Magic
Woman," and "Oye Como Va," Carlos Santana has been creating a unique
fusion of passionate, guitar-powered music for more than 30 years,
creatively blending potent rock and roll with blues-driven elements
and sensuous Afro-Cuban rhythms.
High -resolution photos of the 2005 BMI Latin Awards are available
for downloading to registered users at press.

This category is for celebrities from the various arts genres whose last name begins with the letter E.

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Another of the evening's highlights included the announcement of
the winner of the 2nd annual BMI Foundation/peermusic Latin
Scholarship.

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Juanes, who now has a total of seven BMI awards , was recently named
one of Time magazine's "100 Most Influential People in the World.

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TV - Tim Menke 323. He also won the top honor in 1995, 2000, 2002, 2003 and 2004.
Born in Colombia , the multitalented songwriter, artist and producer
got his start in Miami in the early 90s and has written hits for Julio
Iglesias, Thalia, Gloria Estefan, Jennifer Lopez, Shakira, Chayanne,
Paulina Rubio and many others.

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was named Publisher of the Year, boasting
six titles on the Latin song list , including three by Norteno/Tejano
fusion band Intocable.; Songs
of Camaleon; and Universal Music Publishing (including Universal Music
Italia (SIAE) and Universal-Musica Unica Publishing).

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The invitation-only gala was held for the first time
in Las Vegas at the Four Seasons Hotel and featured a special tribute
to BMI Icon Carlos Santana.; peermusic (including Peer
International Corp. This year's $5,000 scholarship recipient was 22-year-old
Mexican singer/songwriter Manelick de la Parra for his song "Me Toco
Amarte.

Celebrities are defined as famous people having at least one fan site.

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WHAT: FAN SCREENING OF "WAR OF THE WORLDS"

WHEN: Monday, June 27th, 2005, PROMPTLY AT 7:30pm
Arrivals to begin at 6:00pm

WHERE: GRAUMAN'S CHINESE THEATRE
6925 Hollywood Blvd. From Paramount Pictures and DreamWorks
Pictures comes the motion picture event: "War of the Worlds," directed by
Steven Spielberg and starring international superstar Tom Cruise.
"Fotografia," written, published and performed by Colombian rocker
Juanes (featuring Nelly Furtado) and co-published by peermusic III
ltd.