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Company Press Release

SOURCE: Universal Pictures

Rosie O'Donnell to Host the World Premiere Of 'The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas' on Saturday, April 15

To Benefit The For All Kids Foundation

WHAT: The World Premiere of ``The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas,''

hosted by Rosie O'Donnell, which will benefit The For All Kids

Foundation, Inc. The organization, which was founded by

O'Donnell in 1997, awards grants to help support the

intellectual, social and cultural development of disadvantaged

children throughout the United States.

               Everyone's favorite Stone Age family is back in "The
               Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas," directed once again by Brian
               Levant and produced by Bruce Cohen. This time the story takes a
               step further back in time when Fred Flintstone, the boy from
               the wrong side of the rocks, courts the beautiful, young
               heiress Wilma Slaghoople.  Along with best friend Barney
               Rubble, and his future fiancee Betty, Fred and Wilma head off
               for a romantic weekend in Rock Vegas, the hottest rock resort
               on the continent.

     WHO:      "The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas" stars Mark Addy, Stephen
               Baldwin, Kristen Johnston, Jane Krakowski, Alan Cumming and
               Alex Meneses will join host Rosie O'Donnell, director Brian
               Levant, producer Bruce Cohen, executive producers William
               Hanna, Joseph Barbera and Dennis E. Jones and co-producer Bart
               Brown.

               Other celebrity guests include: Michelle Pfeiffer, Calista
               Flockhart, Melina Kanakaredes, Ellen DeGeneres, Anne Heche,
               Roseanne, Ann-Margret, Scott Bakula, Kirsten Dunst, Camryn
               Manheim, French Stewart, Arianna Richards and many more.

     WHERE:    Universal Studios Cinema, atop the hill in Universal City

     WHEN:     Saturday, April 15
               Celebrity arrivals:      10:00 a.m.
               Screening begins:        11:00 a.m.

               Universal Pictures, Hanna-Barbera and Amblin Entertainment
               present "The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas," which opens
                         nationwide on Friday, April 28, 2000.

     CONTACT:  Television: Roz Stevenson, 818-777-1392, Print: Amanda Scholer,
               818-777-0641, Photographers: Bette Einbinder, 818-777-3226, or
               Online: Todd Turner, 818-777-1946, all for Universal Pictures

SOURCE: Universal Pictures