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Debra Winger and family
Alexis Glick and family
The Three Billy’s from ―Billy Elliot‖
LucasArts
invites you and your family
to celebrate the release of the newest
Wii™ game
Be the first to play the game before it comes out the following week.
Get your own complimentary copy of the game to take home.
Monday, June 8th, 2009
6:00pm – 8:00pm
food, drink, game play and Indiana Jones surprises
Nintendo World Store
10 Rockefeller Plz New York
(enter on 48th Street btw. 5th & 6th Avenues)
VIP check-in at the bottom of the stairs
[email protected] or 212-935-6700
Step into the shoes of the legendary hero, Indiana Jones, in an all new epic adventure!
Set in the year 1939, Indiana Jones® and the Staff of Kings™ follows the rogue
archaeologist on an all-new globe-trotting quest.
From San Francisco's Chinatown to the lush jungles of Panama, Indy must use his whip,
fists and wits to fight through ruthless opposition as he spars with his nemesis, Magnus
Völler, in a race for a relic of biblical proportions – the Staff of Moses.
Wield your Wii Remote™ like Indy’s signature whip for a variety of uses – from combat to
navigation to puzzle-solving. Suitable for the whole family.
Tony-Winning Billy Elliott Trio Geek Out With Indy
By: Frank DiGiacomo
June 9, 2009
Billy Elliott stars David Alvarez, Trent Kowalik, and
Kiril Kulish enjoy a hard-earned moment of
freedom.
Hey, Trent Kowalik, David Alvarez,
and Kiril Kulish, you just won a Tony
for Best Performance by a Leading
Actor in a Musical. What are you going
to do next?
Well, Monday evening the three
teenage alternating leads of Billy Elliott
were crowded around a flat-screen TV monitor at the Nintendo World store on
Rockefeller Plaza punching and grappling their way through LucasArts new Wii game,
Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings. As filmmaker James Toback, actress Debra Winger,
Project Playlist C.E.O. John Sykes, and Beastie Boy Adam Yauch wandered around the
video gamery’s second floor space trying out the giveaway Indy fedoras and toy
bullwhips, Kowalik managed a phone interview in between playing the game and
watching his co-stars and some cousins who’d accompanied him take their turn. When I
ran into him, the World Irish Dancing champion (who’s actually from Long Island) was
watching another player pilot Indiana Jones through a treacherous canyon in a stolen
Nazi biplane. I asked if he and his fellow Billys played a lot of video games, and he
sheepishly told me, ―on our days off,‖ which yesterday happened to be. One of his
favorites, he said, was another Nintendo game, Legend of Zelda. (Attention Shigeru
Miyamoto: Perhaps it’s time to consider a Wagnerian Broadway spinoff?)
And yet, after a few hours of virtual role-playing, Kowalik and his co-star Kulish
returned to the kind that they knew best: the klieg lights and grease paint of Broadway,
where they caught Grey’s Anatomy actress Chandra Wilson in her debut as Mama
Morton in Chicago—and all that jazz.
Gaming Preferences of the Three Billy Elliots, Revealed!
By: Irina Aleksander
June 9, 2009
Around 7 p.m. on Monday, June 8,
NY1 anchor Pat Kiernan tweeted the
following: ―Just got a preview of the
new Indiana Jones Wii game at the
Nintendo store. Got an Indy hat.‖ Mr.
Kiernen posted a photo of himself,
smiling and hands on hips, wearing the
floppy fedora.
About an hour earlier, the Transom had
been hanging out with the affable Mr.
Kiernan at the Nintedo store at
Rockefeller Center for the launch of the game, along with his wife, Dawn, and young
daughters, Maeve and Lucy.
―We probably don’t play as much as we would if we had boys at home,‖ Mr. Kiernan
said of his Wii, which he uses with his wife after the kids go to bed. ―We might have a
Wii tennis battle at like 10 p.m., but then we usually just get tired so it doesn’t last very
long,‖ he said.
He looked down at his 3-year-old daughter. ―Maeve, how are we at tennis?‖
The little girl was busy nibbling on a black-and-white cookie. ―Maeve has a wicked
serve,‖ Mr. Kiernan said. ―I don’t know what it is about her being 3 feet tall, but she can
ace the serves.‖
Around the room, the children of model Irina Pantaeva, Live With Regis and Kelly
executive producer Michael Gellman and actress Debra Winger were hungrily gripping
their Wii controllers.
―I haven’t even been allowed on!‖ said Ms. Winger of the gaming console her son, Babe
Howard, received for his birthday recently. ―That’s not true!‖ young Babe protested.
Most of the adults’ attention was soon focused on the three Billy Elliots—David
Alvarez, Trent Kowalik and Kiril Kulish—who had taken home Tonys the previous
night.
―They called my name, and I just went up there and I completely forgot what I was
supposed to say,‖ said David, 15.
―It was unbelievable. I was speechless!‖ Trent, 14, said.
Back to the video games. ―Every so often we get to play,‖ he said, ―Usually on our day
off, which is Monday.‖
―I can only play for like an hour, and then I feel like I have to start getting exercise
again,‖ said David, adding that ―shooting games‖ were his favorite. Trent likes The
Legend of Zelda, and Kiril, 15, the shyest of the boys, said he prefers Super Mario
Galaxy.
Guest of a Guest…
Indiana Jones And The Staff Of Kings Arrives On Wii
By Rachel Brill
June 9th, 2009
[Trent Kowalik, David Alvarez, Kiril Kulish. Photos via PMc] Last
night I visited the Nintendo store to check out the new Wii game,
“Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings,” which was released
today. Set in the year 1939, the game follows the rogue
archaeologist on an all-new globe-trotting quest. To get guests in
the mood, everyone was given their very own Indiana Jones hat and a whip that makes
whip-like noises and plays the Indiana Jones theme song.
I restrained my urges to whip my friends
and instead tried my hand at the game at
one of the many Wii stations set up
around the store. Luckily some helpful
Lucas Arts staff were on hand to teach
me how to use the Wii remote to beat up
my enemies, fly a plane through a
canyon, and swing across an abyss. Fun!
Having just watched the Tony’s the
night before, I was delighted to spot all
three of the adorable Billy Elliots at one of the Wii stations! I couldn’t resist going up to
David Alvarez and telling him how awesome he was.
Many celebs came out with their families including Beastie Boy’s Adam Yauch and
daughter Tenzin, Debra Winger, the three Billy Elliots (David Alvarez, Kiril Kulish,
Trent Kowalik), Alexis Glick and her family, Irina Pantaeva, Elizabeth Vargas, E.J.
Bonilla, Jami Floyd, Michael Gelman, Pat Kiernan, Bill McCuddy, Tim Minton,
Norman Reedus, John Sykes, and James Toback.
All the guests received a copy of the game on their way out.
Visit the Nintendo store at Rockefeller Center to pick up your own copy of the game
today!
VEV LYN 'S P EN
Indy Style: Missing stars be damned, the launch goes on
It's Monday night at the Nintendo World Store
in Rockefeller Plaza and the preview of the
newest and third installment in the "Indiana
Jones" game franchise, "Indiana Jones and the
Staff of Kings," is on!
But there seems to be some stars missing. Sure,
there's Debra Winger near the top of the
staircase looking every inch the New Jersey
soccer mom. And to my right is Elizabeth
Vargas, looking like a resident of Wisteria Lane.
My companion, though has a Christiane
Amanpour jones – CNN's Barbara Walters of
the Middle East – wondering where in the world
is she and what exactly is her connection to
gamer culture. I haven't a clue, but do weigh in
on M.I.A. Al Roker. I deduce that he's a noshow because he is likely home having a low-calorie, high-nutrient dinner or getting
ready for bed – lest we miss the weather in our neck of the woods Tuesday morning. And
where is Himself, H.F.? One of the marketing people from LucaArts cited a scheduling
onflict, which sounded credible enough.
A few less stars than promised didn't seem to put a damper on the festivities on the
second floor of the store. There are merchandise tie-ins galore, and "Staff of Kings" is the
main attraction on a number of TV screens being hogged by people who are definitely
under 12 years of age. This explains the separate bar that has several jucies and Pepsi –
not Coke, along with the cupcakes, rice crispy rectangles and brownies. No doubt the
under-12s are very influential gamer bloggers.
For the adults who aren't in the mood for games, there is an awesomely cool Indy fedora
in chocolate and steel gray. And Catwoman would definitely envy that cool, black whip.
As an extra bonus, there is a parting gift of "Staff of Kings," which rolls out to the masses
Tuesday. It's set in 1939 and concerns Indy's search for the staff of Moses. Let my Indy
go!
Nintendo Wii Indiana Jones Game Launch
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Irina & Son
Turned into a 12-year old child at the launch of
the new Indiana Jones Game for Nintendo
Wii! Set in 1939, Indiana Jones and the Staff
of Kings ™ follows Indy from San Francisco’s
Chinatown to the jungles of Panama on a race
against his nemesis, Magnus Völler, for the
biblical relic the Staff of Moses.
On arrival, guests were given Indiana hats
and toy whips, which helped set the mood.
There were cocktails for the parents and
adults in attendance and excellent catering
by Thomas Preti, which included such
family friendly items as mini-burgers and
fries, the most delicious chicken
quesadillas I have ever had, and a whole
table of yummy sweets.
Got to congratulate David Alvarez, Trent
Kowalick, and Kiril Kulish the three boys
from “Billy Elliott” on their Tony win and
they showed us a few moves on the game.
Met the wonderful Jami Floyd of Court
TV (now TruTV) when I spied her
juggling her family’s hats, a drink, and a
pig in the blanket and offered to get her a
bag. Had a laugh with one of the Lucas
Arts developers of the game when I teased
him about men not really being able to
measure inches accurately.
Also, in attendance were hottie Norman Reedus, (I’ll admit
to a crush there!) with his beautiful son Mingus, Irina
Pantaeva with her cute little one, Elizabeth Vargas with her
family, Adam Yauch of the Beastie Boys with his amazingly
tall 10 year old daughter, and EJ Bonilla, who plays “Rafe”,
on the “Guiding Light”.
Multiple consoles allowed everyone to play the game so my
friend and PR rep, Hillary and I tried it out. We were useless!
Our Indiana just kept walking around and occasionally we
managed to get him to grab a weapon. But we couldn’t get
him into any real action. On the console behind us, I watched
in amazement as Jami Floyd’s little girl had her Indy just
beating the bad guys down as if she had been playing the game for years! It’s like kids
are coming out of the womb with a Wii remote in their hands. I have a load of practicing
to do to catch up!
The last, but not least, wonderful thing about this launch is that
we were actually gifted with the game on the way out! I have
not been to a better or more fun and perfectly executed event in
a very long time. Kudos to Melanie and the gals at Peggy
Siegal PR for thinking of everything!
Nintendo Wii Indiana Jones Game Launch
June 11, 2009 by John Simon
Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings, the new adventurous and action packed video game
created by LucasArts for several game consoles, including the Wii. The game is the third
in the series of original 3D Indiana Jones games. The other games included Indiana
Jones and the Emperor’s Tomb and Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine.
The plot centers around Indiana Jones search for the Staff of Moses. It is set in 1939 (the
year World War II begins, 18 years before the events in Kingdom of the Crystal Skull,
and 1 year after The Last Crusade) and features a sequence set in San Francisco,
involving a brawl outside a fireworks factory, a fight atop a runaway cable car, and much
more action packed adventures.
Thanks to Melanie Blum and the team at Peggy Siegal for granting us access to the
launch event at the Nintendo World Store earlier this week where we enjoyed endless
amounts of game play on the various consoles and delicious food, catered by Thomas Preti
Caterers, Inc. Who provided everything from french fries, chicken quesadillas, mini-
burgers (our fave), to mini-cupcakes. Thomas Preti Caterers was founded by Chef
Thomas Preti and his partner Michael Bonizio in 1987 and to date had become one of
New Yorks premier catering services. Guests received a signature Indiana Jones hat and
toy whip as they entered the 2nd floor of the store, which was a hit with the children
(including us lol). One excited kids told us that his new costume made him feel like the
real Indiana Jones as he played the game. We couldn’t agree more!
Celebrity guests for the evening included; Elizabeth Vargas, Jami Floyd, Michael
Gelman, Adam Yauch, EJ Bonilla, Irina Pantaeva, Pat Kiernan, Alexis Glick, Bill
McCuddy, Tim Minton, Norman Reedus, James Toback, Debra Winger, and 2009
TONY Award winners (Best Performance by a Leading Actor) the Billy’s from
―Billy Elliot – The Musical―- David Alvarez, Trent Kowalik and Kiril Kulish.
Great fun filled night!
As always, we have some wonderful pictures for your viewing pleasure.