WHEN: MONDAY, OCTOBER 14th PROMPTLY AT 7:30pm

          Arrivals to begin at 6:30pm

     WHERE:  Paramount Pictures
             5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood CA  90038

     WHO:    Cast members attending include: Katie Holmes, Charlie Hunnam,
             Zooey Deschanel, Gabrielle Union, Gabriel Mann, Mark Feuerstein,
             Fred Ward, Melanie Jayne Lynskey and Will McCormack

             Other celebrity guests attending include: Robert Downey Jr.,
             Chris Klein, Helen Mirren, Jesse Bradford, Sofia Coppola, Mary
             McCormack, Michael Sheen, Marisa Coughlan, Val Kilmer, Michelle
             Trachtenberg, Ron Lester, Eddie Kaye Thomas, Sarah Chalk, Tia &
             Tamera Mowry, Sarah Rue, Poppy Montgomery, Neal McDonough, Ron
             Livingston, Ron Perlman, Bruce Campbell, Joe Cortese, Andrew
             Davoli, Denise Faye, Eddie McClintock, Angie Cepeda ... and
             more to follow

ABOUT "ABANDON:"

Katie (Katie Holmes) is under pressure. She faces exams, completion of her thesis, and a competitive interview process, all of which is compounded when a police detective, Wade Handler (Benjamin Bratt), begins investigating the two year-old disappearance of her boyfriend, Embry (Charlie Hunnam), a young man whose memory haunts and obsesses her. As the investigation continues, Katie is forced to choose between past passions and new possibilities, even as Handler is discovering surprising new facts about Embry's final days and his possible connection to another disappearance from campus.

Paramount Pictures and Spyglass Entertainment Present, A Lynda Obst Production, "Abandon," starring Katie Holmes, Benjamin Bratt, Charlie Hunnam, Zooey Deschanel, Gabrielle Union, Gabriel Mann, Melanie Lynskey, Will McCormack and Fred Ward. The film is written and directed by Stephen Gaghan, suggested by the book Adam's Fall by Sean Desmond. "Abandon" is produced by Lynda Obst, Edward Zwick, Roger Birnbaum and Gary Barber. Richard Vane serves as executive producer.

Paramount Pictures is part of the entertainment operations of Viacom Inc., one of the world's largest entertainment and media companies, and a leader in the production, promotion and distribution of entertainment news, sports and music.
     Release Date:  OCTOBER 18, 2002

     ALL PRESS MUST BE ACCREDITED TO COVER ARRIVALS TO THE EVENT

     For further information, please call:

     Photo -- Riki-Leigh Arnold  323.956.4602
     TV -- Tim Menke  323.956.5503
     Print/Radio/Online -- Kristine Gierthy  323.956.5915
     International -- Nina Heyn  818.972.3591

     (Photo:  http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20020228/LATH095LOGO )