July 10, 2007 - Press Release
Pop Starz Inc. Teams Up With Dream Street Co-Founder Brian Lukow To Launch Girl Group |
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Pop Starz Inc. (Pink Sheets: PSRZ - News) announced today that it will team up with Dream Street Co-Founder Brian Lukow to launch Girl Group.
Dream Street was an American pop boy band that was formed in early 1999 during the heyday of boy bands like 'N Sync and the Backstreet Boys and broke up in 2002. The group was put together by co-Founder Brian Lukow and was made up of Jesse McCartney, Gregory Raposo, Matt Ballinger, Frankie Galasso, and Chris Trousdale. Dream Streets self-titled debut album was released in July 2001 by selling 32,000 copies in its first week and was certified Gold by selling over 500,000 copies in the US by the Recording Industry Association of America "RIAA" and reached number 1 on the Billboard independent Album Charts and soared to platinum sales status by selling over 1,000,000 copies.
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The biggest breakout of Dream Street was the youngest member, Jesse McCartney. In 2003 he recorded a three-track album JMac and released the track "Beautiful Soul," which immediately became a top 20 hit on the preteen/teen station Radio Disney. Jesse then signed with Hollywood Records, owned by Disney, and began recording an album. Jesse also joined in on the Jingle Jam tour the same year with fellow Dream Street ex-member Raposo and up-and-coming pop star Stevie Brock. In the meantime, he landed a starring role on the hit WB teen show Summerland, which soon became one of the most popular shows for people aged 13-24. When he decided to re-release "Beautiful Soul," it became a large top 40 song, and was a common request for shows such as TRL. He then toured through the United States and Australia, making him a bigger star. His next album "Right Where You Want Me" was released on September 19, 2006. He was also in the movie Keith, which has yet to be widely released.
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Lukow went on to co-find Huckapoo, a girl group in August 2003. With funding of at least a million dollars Huckapoo wasn't just another girl group. It was as promotional materials stated, "a genre-bending pop collective." There were casted characters, with stories, based on the types of girls Lukow saw every day on the streets of New York. You don't need to do this with boy bands, Lukow explained. If the boys are cute enough, the girls will come. But with girl singers, you have to make them something their female fans can aspire to. And it was already clear that you could sell these personas to kids. "If you walk into a Limited Too store in Any-Mall, USA, you'll see a whole area of preppy clothes and you'll see a whole area of hippie clothes and you'll see a whole area of punk and a whole area of hip-hop--right in this one store." Lukow gave his characters names he thought of as "larger-than-life," so as to make fans think, These sure aren't the boring kids who go to my school.
Lukow with long time friend and trusted business partner Randy Lawrence are now joining Pop Starz by forming Pop Starz Entertainment Group for the purpose of either acquiring the rights to "Huckapoo" or creating, launching and marketing of a new "Girl Group". The transaction is scheduled to close on or about July 23, 2007 with more details to follow.
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Brian Lukow with
Huckapoo Member Twiggy |
"We are very excited and see tremendous opportunities by joining forces with experienced boy band and girl group producer Brian Lukow in association with our affiliate Pop Starz Records," stated Michelle Tucker, President of Pop Starz Inc.
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About Pop Starz, Inc:
Pop Starz Inc. (Pink Sheets: PSRZ - News) operates dance-training centers concentrating on the musical genre known as Hip Hop and Pop for kids and teens (beginners to advanced). In the future, the company intends to also offer talent agency services.
About Pop Starz Records, Inc.
Pop Starz Records, Inc. is a development stage company that is engaged in the business of developing, producing, licensing, acquiring, publishing, and distributing recorded music, primarily in the popular Hip Hop and Pop genres. In the future, the company intends to branch out into other popular music styles as opportunities are developed. While Hip Hop has many expressions, it is the express policy of our company to collaborate only with those artists whose work embraces the value of non-violence and demonstrates respect for every person, including on the basis of race and gender.
The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 provides a "safe harbor" for certain forward-looking statements. The statements contained or incorporated by reference in this release that are not historical facts (including without limitation statements to the effect that Pop Starz or its management "believes," "expects," "anticipates," "plans," "intends," "foresees," or other similar expressions) are forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are based on the Company's current expectations and beliefs concerning future developments and their potential effects on the Company.
There can be no assurance that future developments will be as anticipated. All comments concerning the Company's expectations for future revenue and operating results are based on the Company's forecasts for existing operations and do not include the potential impact of any future acquisitions. These forward-looking statements involve significant risks and uncertainties (some of which are beyond the Company's control and assumptions). |
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