June 2002 (Newstream) --

SUGGESTED ANCHOR LEAD: When's the last time you had a night out with the girls? Well here's an opportunity to celebrate female friends and help a charity at the same time. Roberta Facinelli has more. (:60)

SCRIPT: If we're lucky, we have a group of girlfriends that we've grown up with, and have seen us through thick and thin. Now there's a chance to get the girlfriends together, go see a movie that celebrates that friendship, and help a charity at the same time - with the opening of the movie: Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood. Russ Leatherman--better known as Mr. Moviefone--explains.

CUT: (Mr. Moviefone) For every ticket bought online at Moviefone.com for The Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood between June 5th and June 7th, Moviefone will donate 50 cents to Big Brothers Big Sisters of America. AOL members and non-members alike will also be able to participate in an E-Bay Auction of Ya-Ya inspired hats created by celebrities with all the proceeds going to Big Brothers Big Sisters. Celebrity participants include: Ashley Judd, Ellen Burstyn, Sharon & Kelly Osbourne, Christie Brinkley, Mary J. Blige, Barbara Bush, Phyllis Diller, Reba McEntire, Marlo Thomas and more. It's all at AOL Keyword: Ya-Ya.

SCRIPT: "Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood," from Warner Bros. Pictures and Gaylord Films, opens nationwide on June 7. I'm Roberta Facinelli.