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South of Nowhere Star Valery Ortiz to Appear Live Today at Online Teen...

Valery Ortiz, who stars as 's8220;Madison Duarte's8221; on the original teen drama South of Nowhere, will appear for a live visit with fans today at 4PM (PST)/7PM (EST), at HABBO, one of the world's8217;s largest and hottest on-line destinations for teenagers. South of Nowhere has just entered its second season on The N, the nighttime network for teens, a programming arm of MTV Networks. The interview will be broadcast over Habbo's8217;s exclusive Internet Radio Stream, Bobba Music, hosted by Jackie the DJ (www.bobbamusic.com).



Teens interested in becoming members of HABBO and participating in this exciting event should go to www.habbo.com and click on the 's8220;check in's8221; button.



Born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Valery was raised in Orlando, Florida. Always encouraged to express her creative spirit, she attended the prestigious Dr. Phillips High School, the visual and performing arts magnet for artistically talented students in Orange County, Florida. Valery's8217;s first big break came hosting the 's8220;anything goes's8221; kids show SPLAT! on Nickelodeon. After the show wrapped, Valery moved to Los Angeles and landed a hosting gig on the popular music show LA TV LIVE. Within months, producers tapped her for the role of SOUTH OF NOWHERE's8217;s 's8220;Madison.'s8221;



Valery also appeared this year opposite Alyson Hannigan, Carmen Electra and Jennifer Coolidge as 's8220;Jello's8221; (a spoof of Jennifer Lopez's8217; turn in THE WEDDING PLANNER) in Twentieth Century Fox's8217;s hit film DATE MOVIE.



Season Two of SOUTH OF NOWHERE currently airs Friday's8217;s on The N at 9:00PM/ET.



About HABBO

HABBO is a richly colorful, multi-dimensional virtual community and game environment for teens. Users join by creating a fully-customized online character called a Habbo. From there, they can explore many public hang-outs, play a variety of games, connect with friends, decorate their own rooms, and have fun through creativity and self expression. Since its launch in 2000 by Sulake Corporation(www.sulake.com), an interactive entertainment company that specializes in developing, publishing and distributing multiplayer social networking communities and games, HABBO sites have been introduced in 21 countries on five continents, with more than 60 million Habbo characters created and more than 7.1 million unique users each month. The highly-trafficked U.S site, www.habbo.com, is visited by over 1.7 million unique users per month who spend, on average, more than three hours a week on the site (Nielsen Net Ratings). Sulake has headquarters in Finland and offices in 17 countries. Currently the company has over 270 employees worldwide. Sulake is extending the Habbo brand to include e.g. mobile games and content, and merchandising and licensing products.



FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:

Kenn Henman/ Kristi Blicharski

aLine media public relations

310-576-1808

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