Madonna Brings 'The English Roses' to HSN With TV Shopping Debut on November 24, 25 and 26

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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.

Just in time for the holidays, Madonna will make her TV shopping debut on HSN to promote an exclusive set of books from The English Roses, her successful children’s book series. Madonna recently sat down with HSN’s Callie Northagen to share candid details about the inspiration behind her newest book, The English Roses: Too Good To Be True, which will air on the shopping network and www.HSN.com November 24, 25 and 26. HSN, an operating business of IAC/InterActiveCorp (NASDAQ: IACI), will donate a portion of the proceeds of the books to Raising Malawi (www.raisingmalawi.org), an orphan-care initiative benefiting the children of Malawi in Africa. Madonna will donate all of her proceeds to the organization as well.

“Launching The English Roses book series and my new title, The English Roses: Too Good To Be True, through this broadcast is a great chance to reach millions of homes,” Madonna said.

“HSN is thrilled to be partnering with Madonna to support ‘Raising Malawi’ through the offering of her latest children’s book The English Roses: Too Good To Be True,” said Bill Brand, Senior Vice President of Programming at HSN. “These books are terrific holiday gifts that give back by supporting a worthwhile cause. Madonna’s appearance on HSN will provide our viewers with interesting details about her beautiful books and allow them to discover a completely different side of this extremely talented artist.”

HSN will offer the English Roses gift set (HSN item # 214-019) for $29.95, which includes: the original The English Roses and its sequel The English Roses: Too Good to Be True; Madonna Reads, an audio CD of Madonna reading the first five of her popular children’s books; and an exclusive, collectible 8 X 10 illustration. HSN show times are available online at www.HSN.com.

Too Good to Be True continues the story of five young girls — the best of friends — and their adventures in planning their first school dance. Their friendship is tested by the arrival of new student Dominic de la Guardia, whose dashing looks and charming manners have them vying for his attention. The colorful 64-page jacketed hardcover is stylishly illustrated by Stacy Peterson.

Madonna made publishing history with the global release of The English Roses published simultaneously in 30 languages in more than 100 countries in 2003. It became the fastest-selling book written by a first-time children’s author and stayed on the New York Times’ Children’s Bestseller List for 18 weeks. The English Roses is now available in 40 languages worldwide. Her following four books — Mr. Peabody’s Apples, Yakov and the Seven Thieves, The Adventures of Abdi, and Lotsa de Casha — are also worldwide bestsellers and will be available on HSN and www.HSN.com.

In the United States, Madonna’s books are published by Callaway Arts & Entertainment and distributed by Penguin Young Readers Group. Foreign rights are licensed by The Wylie Agency, New York and London.

Madonna

Madonna Ritchie was born in Bay City, Michigan. She has recorded 17 albums and appeared in 18 movies, including Evita, for which she won a Golden Globe award. She lives with her husband, movie director Guy Ritchie, and their children Lola (who helped Madonna write her newest book), Rocco and David in London and Los Angeles. Her first five books for children — The English Roses, Mr. Peabody’s Apples, Lotsa de Casha, Yakov and the Seven Thieves, and The Adventures of Abdi — were released in more than 100 countries in 2003, 2004, and 2005.

HSN

HSN, an operating business of IAC/InterActiveCorp (NASDAQ: IACI), originated the electronic retailing concept in 1977 and has since evolved into a global multichannel retailing giant, offering thousands of unique products in fashion, beauty, home, jewelry and electronics. Customers who shop on HSN can find name brands such as Sony, Kodak, Gateway Computers and Todd English cookware, as well as fashions from Randolph Duke, Nine West and Beverly Feldman and home solutions from renowned inventor Joy Mangano. HSN’s product offerings can be found across a number of retailing platforms including TV, where HSN reaches 89 million U.S. households and is now the 4th largest cable television network in the U.S.; the Internet, through its easy-to-use Web site, www.hsn.com; and catalogs, with its Cornerstone Brands portfolio of titles including Alsto’s, Ballard Designs, Frontgate, Garnet Hill, Improvements, IOS, Smith and Noble, The Territory Ahead and TravelSmith. In 2005, HSN generated worldwide consolidated sales of $3 billion, answered 62 million calls and delivered 60 million products worldwide.

Callaway Arts & Entertainment

Callaway Arts & Entertainment is a leading creator of family entertainment properties across all media, including book publishing, animated entertainment, and children’s lifestyle products. The company’s hugely successful Miss Spider series, created by David Kirk, has sold more than 5 million books and inspired Miss Spider’s Sunny Patch Friends, a computer- animated television series that airs weekday mornings on Nickelodeon, and the Sunny Patch™ line of children’s lifestyle products available at Target stores nationwide. This November, the company is releasing Callaway Classics, a deluxe series of fairy tales and folktales from around the world. The first two titles, The Ugly Duckling and The Little Engine That Could, are each available in an oversized boxed edition, making them a collector’s item that will be treasured for generations. For more information, please visit www.callaway.com.

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SOURCE: HSN

CONTACT: Melissa Hobley of Coburn Communication, +1-212-536-9824, or
Melissa.hobley@coburnww.com; or Kathryn Bradwell of Callaway Arts &
Entertainment, +1-212-798-3165, or kathryn_bradwell@callaway.com; or Brad
Bohnert of HSN, +1-727-872-7515, or brad.Bohnert@hsn.net

Web site: http://www.hsn.com/
http://www.raisingmalawi.org/
http://www.callaway.com/