Date: Thu, 2 Oct 1997 14:03:16 -0700 From: Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation Subject: SPECIAL ONLINE GLAADALERT: CHRYSLER RETURNS TO ELLEN SPECIAL ONLINE GLAADALERT: CHRYSLER RETURNS TO ELLEN Last night, during the second episode of Ellen, Chrysler Motors became the first and only car company yet this season to sponsor the show. After a well- publicized refusal to sponsor the April 30 "coming out" episode of Ellen, and then its quiet return the following week, Chrysler made an important step last night in recognizing and supporting the true diversity of American televison and the American public. On the October 1 episode, Ellen Morgan (Ellen DeGeneres) risked life and limb to impress her spin instructor Lisa. Besides conquering her fears about rock climbing, she asks Lisa out on a date. Even though Lisa turns her down because she is seeing another woman, Ellen is proud of approaching another woman for a date. The following are the sponsors of last night's episode. Please thank them for their support of diverse and inclusive programming. Each week, as part of "Ellen Watch," GLAAD will post the sponsors on GLAAD Online (www.glaad.org). If you would like to receive this list via e-mail, simply relpy to this message and ask to be put on the special Thursday "Ellen Watch" e-mail list (to date, those of you who have sent a message to be placed on the list are already subscribed). In addition, the Ellen Watch page will feature a plot synopsis for Ellen episodes throughout the year. Michael Kuhn, CEO Gramercy Pictures Polygram Films 9333 Wilshire Boulevard Beverly Hills, CA 90210 phone: (310) 385-4000 Melvin R. Goodes, Chairman Warner-Lambert Company 201 Tabor Road Morris Plains, NJ 07950 toll free: 1-800-223-0182 feedback form: http://www.warner-lambert.com/feedback.html John R. Stafford, Chairman Chef Boyardee American Home Products Corp. 5 Giralda Farms Madison, NJ 07940 ph: 201.660.5000 fax: 201.660.7178 Ramani Ayer, Chair The Hartford Hartford Plaza Hartford, CT 06115 e-mail: lifeinfo@thehartford.com Jack Fisher, Chairman Easy Spirit Nine West Group 9 West Broad Street Stanford, CT 06902 ph: 203.324.7567 Richard A. Goldstein, Chairman Caress soap, All detergent and Suave Unilever United States Inc. 390 Park Avenue New York, NY 10022 ph: 800.598.1223 fax: 212.906.4411 e-mail: corporate.relations@unilever.com Andrew Moore, Chair Intel Corporation P.O. Box 58119 Santa Clara, CA 95052 phone: 408.765.8080 feedback form: http://www.intel.com/feedback.htm Bert C. Roberts, Jr., Chairman MCI Communications Corp. 1801 Pennsylvania Ave. NW Washington, DC 20006 ph: 202.872.1600 fax: 202.887.2967 Gerald Levin, CEO Time-Warner Incorporated 75 Rockerfeller Plaza New York, NY 10019 ph: 212.484.8000 fax: 212.275.3970 Robert J. Eaton, Chairman Jeep Chrysler Corporation 1000 Chrysler Dr. Auburn Mills, MI 48326 ph: 800.992.1997 (media relations: press #1 and then #2) Brian Grazer, CEO Imagine Entertainment, Inc. (Liar, Liar) 1925 Century Park East, Ste.2300 Los Angeles, CA 90067 ph: 310.277.1665 fax: 310.785.0107 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) glaad@glaad.org TO REPORT DEFAMATION IN THE MEDIA - Call GLAAD's Alertline at 1.800.GAY.MEDIA or go to the GLAAD Web Site at www.glaad.org and report through our Alertline Online. TO JOIN GLAAD AND RECEIVE GLAAD's DISPATCH AND QUARTERLY IMAGES MAGAZINE, call 1.800.GAY.MEDIA or join on the Web today at www.glaad.org/glaad/join/join-about.html TO SUBSCRIBE TO GLAAD-Net, GLAAD's electronic mailing list, send e-mail to majordomo@vector.casti.com with the message "Subscribe GLAAD-Net" TO UNSUBSCRIBE, send e-mail to majordomo@vector.casti.com with the message "Unsubscribe GLAAD-Net" GLAAD is a national organization that promotes fair, accurate and inclusive representation as a means of challenging discrimination based on sexual orientation or identity. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "GLAAD" and "Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation" are registered trademarks of the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, Inc.