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To: puborectalis who wrote (31046)	11/22/1999 8:49:00 AM
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(BSNS WIRE) BigStar.com is Ready for an Online Christmas With Plenty of BigStar.com is Ready for an Online Christmas With Plenty of Holiday Specials and a Site Relaunch Children, Video, Consumer, Parent, and Lifestyle Editors NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 22, 1999--BigStar Entertainment Inc. (Nasdaq: BGST), which operates www.bigstar.com, the U.S.'s leading online movie superstore, today relaunched its site with a new look, quick-buy features, special discounts and gift-giving guidance for the holiday season. According to the Video Software Dealers Association (VSDA), more than 84 percent of U.S. households with televisions own at least one VCR player. That makes videos a holiday gift that anyone can use. Visitors to bigstar.com will benefit from the following offers: - 30 percent off all VHS titles. - 40 percent off all pre-order digital video discs (DVDs). - a free children's video with the purchase of any Pokemon video or DVD before December 31. - special holiday collection of boxed sets, family holiday movie favorites, animated classics, religious movies and staff recommendations. - list of 100 movies under $10 - great shows, from Dr. Seuss for kids to The Quiz Show for adults. Those who miss the early-bird specials can still save with BigStar's standard discount of 15 percent on VHS tapes and 20 percent on DVDs. In addition, the following services are available at www.bigstar.com to make gift buying easier: - gift-wrapping and gift messaging. - a special Pokemon section featuring 11 Pokemon movies produced by 4Kids Entertainment (Nasdaq: KIDE). - BigStar's holiday gift center -- with gift ideas for the whole family. - Visitors can search for movies suitable for children by age, subject, classics, character series or clay animation from BigStar's more than 6,000 children's titles. In addition, they can view recommendations and ask advice from children's video expert Dr. Eveline Carsman. - Visitors can also search for movie recommendations for specific demographics, for example, a "dad," a "sister," a "closet cowboy" or a "fitness fanatic." Donna Williams, senior vice president of marketing and business development for BigStar, said, "The gift of entertainment lets the giver express how well he knows and cares about someone. And everyone loves movies, after all, almost every household in the U.S. has a VCR player." About BigStar Entertainment BigStar Entertainment, (www.bigstar.com; AOL keyword: BigStar) is the leading online filmed entertainment superstore, based on customer traffic to its Web sites as measured by PC Data. BigStar.com is exclusively dedicated to filmed entertainment products and sells more than 40,000 titles of videos and digital video discs (DVDs). This news release may contain statements of a forward-looking nature relating to the future events or the future financial results of BigStar Entertainment. Investors are cautioned that such statements are only predictions and that actual events or results may differ materially. In evaluating such statements, investors should specifically consider the various factors that could cause actual events or results to differ materially from those indicated from such forward-looking statements, including the matters set forth in BigStar Entertainment's reports and documents filed from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission. --30--lp/ny* CONTACT: RLM PR, New York Bridget Fishleigh, 212/741-5106 x22 bridget@yeahwhatever.com KEYWORD: NEW YORK INDUSTRY KEYWORD: ENTERTAINMENT E-COMMERCE MOTION PICTURES INTERNET Today's News On The Net - Business Wire's full file on the Internet with Hyperlinks to your home page. URL: businesswire.com * end of story *