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Charlize Theron
is Enchanted by New Mexico

Abiquiu, New Mexico, August 27, 2009 – Against the stunning New Mexico landscape Charlize Theron looks strikingly beautiful – and a bit rugged. Vogue’s September cover girl posed against the adobe walls of Ghost Ranch – just outside Abiquiu, NM – once home to painter Georgia O’Keeffe.

Shot to resemble the legendary painter who notably cited New Mexico’s landscape as her muse, Theron finds similar inspiration. “I look at this environment and I understand why Georgia O’Keeffe would want to settle here and paint,” said Theron in a video diary shown on Vogue’s website, style.com. “Essence can be left behind and there’s definitely an essence of Georgia O’Keeffe here. It’s quite magical.”

Vogue’s September O’Keeffe feature previews the Lifetime Original Movie ‘Georgia O’Keeffe,’ starring three-time Academy Award, Golden Globe and Emmy Award nominee Joan Allen and Academy Award, Golden Globe and Emmy Award winner Jeremy Irons, premiering on Lifetime Television September 19, 2009. Shot entirely in New Mexico, the drama chronicles the “turbulent, 20-year love affair between celebrated artist Georgia O’Keeffe (Allen) and photographer Alfred Stieglitz,” the Lifetime website said.

Chosen both for its extraordinary landscapes as well as its attractive tax rebate film incentive program, New Mexico currently represents one of the largest film industries in the country. Some other notable films shot recently in New Mexico are, No Country for Old Men, Terminator, North Country, The Burning Plain and In the Valley of Elah.

Vogue also mentions Georgia O’Keeffe Museum, in Santa Fe, NM, which houses more than 3,000 of O’Keeffe pieces, representing “the largest repository of her work available to the public in a single institution.”

For complete story in Vogue go to: http://www.style.com/vogue/feature/2009_September_Charlize_Theron/

To watch the video diary on the Charlize Theron Vogue September cover shoot, please click on the image below:

For more information, please contact: Anna Wacks
Ballantines PR
Anna@ballantinespr.com
505-216-0889
www.BallantinesPR.com

Ballantines PR Wins Coveted
Santa Monica Bayside District Account

Third Street Promenade Third Street Promenade at Night

Santa Monica, Calif., August 25, 2009 – Ballantines PR has won the coveted contract to represent downtown Santa Monica’s Bayside District and will oversee all press coverage, events, and interface with Santa Monica’s concerned community. The assignment is well-suited for the local boutique firm with satellite offices in Santa Fe, New York and London.

“We interviewed many of the best PR firms in the area and it was clear that BPR took our needs very personally,” says Debbie Lee, marketing and communications director for Bayside District Corporation. “We are looking forward to working with BPR to highlight Downtown Santa Monica and all it has to offer.”

The first mandate for the PR firm will be to aid and abet The Bayside District’s goal to give Downtown Santa Monica a well-deserved makeover. The overhaul focuses on Third Street Promenade and surrounding areas in order to make the area a clean, welcoming and pleasurable destination. Downtown Santa Monica is a haven for tourists and locals alike and is deserving of the utmost quality control to ensure manageable growth and maximized success.

“Downtown Santa Monica is my backyard. It’s where I take my children to play and shop. It’s an absolute honor to be part of the team that will protect this vital place in our community,” says Sarah Robarts, President/Owner of Ballantines PR.

Ballantines PR is known for producing highly visible, high impact coverage and a long list of personal A-list connections with the North American and international press.

Their credentials and experience include the fields of Travel & Tourism, Fashion, Non-profit/Green Organizations, Entertainment, Politics and Art & Architecture.

Ballantines PR clients past and present include: Governor of New Mexico, State of New Mexico, New Mexico Film Office, Lionsgate, Sony (Pictures and Images), Dreamworks, Hotel Shangri-La, Shutters on the Beach, Government of Kenya, Smythson Beverly Hills, Johannesburg Urban Resort in South Africa, ila Skincare and Spa Treatments and Z-CoiL Footwear.

Media inquiries may be directed to:
Erika Maya
erika@ballantinespr.com
Tel: 310 454 3080
Cell: 310 850 0309
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