Celebrities Come Out to Support the 15th Annual Music Video Production Association (MVPA) Awards Hosted by Comedian Patton Oswalt

LOS ANGELES (MVPA Awards/ Top40 Charts) - Celebrities/Presenters/Directors include: Balthazar Getty (Alias & Ringside), Billy Corgan (Smashing Pumpkins), Carrie Ann Inaba (Dancing with the Stars), Chris Milk, Dicky Barrett (Mighty Mighty Bosstones), Esthero, Green Day, Joseph Kahn (Torque), Kate Linder (Young and the Restless), Kennedy, Lauralee Bell (Young and the Restless) Living Things, Lochlyn Munro (Dead Man on Campus), The Malloys, Mark Pellington (The Mothman Prophesies), Michael Weatherly (NCIS), Michel Gondry (Eternal Sunshine ofthe Spotless Mind), My Chemical Romance, Paul Hunter (Bulletproof Monk), Rob Schrab (Sarah Silverman Comedy Central), Scott Thomas (Ringside) and Zach Galifianakis to name a few.

Who: The MVPA Awards honor the best of music video production. This years special honorees are The Smashing Pumpkins Kratz Award for Creative Excellence; Floria Sigismondi Hall of Fame Video Award and Samuel Bayer Lifetime Achievement Award.

What: The MVPA Awards recognize and honor the exceptional talent in various categories of music video production. This prestigious annual awards show is the only awards forum within the industry of music video production that recognizes the achievements of the technical and creative artisans of the industry.

When: May 11, 2006
5:30pm Media check-in **
6:00pm - 7:00pm Red carpet arrivals
7:30pm Awards ceremony begins

Where: Orpheum Theatre
842 South Broadway, Los Angeles

The MVPA is the non-profit national trade organization whose mission is to promote and uphold the highest professional industry production standards. The MVPA also provides an arena to share ideas and educate the community about the latest developments in the music video industry. For tickets and information visit https://www.mvpa.com.