Yoostar Announces Winners of National Casting Tour

NEW YORK, March 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Yoostar Entertainment Group today announced the two winners of its Yoostar Casting Agency Tour, with the top prize going to Alexandra Carry of Oceanside, NY, who earned a walk-on role in a 2010 Lions Gate Film production. A second prize of a walk-on role in an upcoming Alloy Media Webisode to be featured on www.Teen.com, was awarded to Marquia Kenney of Queens, NY.

The Yoostar Casting Agency Tour stopped at over thirty campuses and malls across twelve markets between September and December 2009. At each event, college students, tweens, teens, and even their parents, were given the opportunity to create a performance with the Yoostar system.  The tour was executed with Alloy Media + Marketing and sponsored by L'Oreal Paris, Coke Zero, and Break.com.

In total, over 5,000 participants created approximately 2,000 video submissions, while nearly 2,000 participants received makeovers from L'Oreal Paris stylists.  Actor Jamie Kennedy served as the lead agent for the tour and helped select the winners in a panel with Jess Barron, VP of Programming for Yoostar and Jonathan Small, Editorial Director for Break Media.  

"The Yoostar Casting Agency Tour was an opportunity for people all across the country to enjoy Yoostar and have the chance to showcase their acting skills to the world," said Patrick Bousquet-Chavanne, President and CEO, Yoostar Entertainment Group. "We were beyond thrilled with the number and excitement level of the participants. The Casting Agency Tour was a tremendous success. Maybe one of our lucky winners will get their big break as a result."

Yoostar uniquely combines elements of video creation, gaming, and social networking, providing consumers the first opportunity to interact with Hollywood-style green screen technology without having to spend thousands of dollars in a professional studio.  With Yoostar, users film themselves right into famous movie scenes, where they can perform with or replace the original actors, follow the script or deliver their own interpretation of the movie. They can then upload their performances to www.yoostar.com and share them on Facebook and other favorite social networking sites.

The Yoostar entertainment system includes all the tools to turn any room into a movie studio — a studio-grade web cam with built-in dual microphones and remote control, portable green screen, professional stand and PC-compatible Yoostar software. A Mac-compatible version of the software will be released later this year.  

The system comes with an assortment of 20 movie scenes and video backgrounds, with a constantly updated library of film and television scenes for purchase and download at www.yoostar.com. Sample films include The Godfather, Crank, The Italian Job, Gone with the Wind, Shaun of the Dead, The Nutty Professor and The Wizard of Oz. The Yoostar library also features scenes from "Sesame Street."

About Yoostar Entertainment Group:  

Yoostar Entertainment Group, with offices in New York City and Los Angeles, California is the owner and developer of the Yoostar technology and interactive entertainment system.  Yoostar's proprietary technology allows users, in the comfort of their homes or offices, to star in their favorite movie scenes together with the original actors and share their performances online.  Perfectly blending aspects of online video creation and sharing, social gaming and social networking, Yoostar creates a new kind of personalized entertainment experience that's immersive, social and fun. Founded in 2007, Yoostar's principal investor is Emigrant Capital Corporation.

SOURCE Yoostar Entertainment Group