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3rd Annual

Dinner

NEA's 3rd Annual Catholic Hollywood Dinner
January 23^rd, 2005

at the:
Hilton Hotel Dallas - Lincoln Centre
5410 LBJ Freeway
Dallas, Tx 75240

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Conference Speaker Information
(Subject to Change without notice.)

Eduardo Verastegui
	... A mega-star in his native Mexico and throughout Latin America, Eduardo Verastegui is one of today’s fastest-rising stars in Hollywood. Eduardo is the star of Chasing Papi and Meet Me in Miami and a featured actor on network shows like “CSI Miami” and “Karen Cisco”. Winner of the distinguished Eres Best Actor award, an exclusive artist for the Televisa TV network and one of Latin America’s most popular singers and actors, he was featured on the cover of People magazine’s 50 Most Beautiful People. After a radical conversion experience, he is now committed to extending Catholic values in the entertainment industry through his movie company Metanoia Films.
Beverlee Dean
	... currently runs Beverlee Dean Management, a talent management company that has been responsible for launching the careers of Reese Witherspoon (Sweet Home Alabama, Legally Blonde), Jim Caviezel (The Count of Monte Cristo, Thin Red Line, Frequency), Kevin Sorbo (Hercules), Tara Reid (American Pie I & II), and Jason and Jeremy London (Man in the Moon, I’ll Fly Away, Party of Five). Beverlee produced the ABC Movie of the week, A Time for Miracles, the life story of Elizabeth Bailey Seton, the first American canonized Saint. The show received the Gold Halo Award from the Southern California Motion Picture Council.
J. Skylar Testa
	... at the age of 13, began commuting to Los Angeles to play the neighbor to Billy Bob Thornton and son of the late John Ritter in the CBS sitcom “Hearts Afire.” At the time it was unthinkable for Skylar to see Hollywood as anything more than a glitzy stage with a boundless audience and good pay, but over the years that same stage has lead him behind the curtain for a firsthand look at nothing but darkness: a battlefield of few lights in one of the world’s most influential and powerful Businesses. Skylar had a choice: confront or conform. If you like stereotypes, Skylar is from Columbus, OH, has lived in the same house all his life, and his parents are still married. He’s been in and out of Hollywood for 11 years doing national commercials from McDonald’s to Pillsbury Toaster Strudels and landing guest spots on TV shows from “Walker Texas Ranger,” “Party of Five,” “Chicken Soup for the Soul,” and “The Marshall,” to “Cousin Skeeter,” and “City Guys.” In 1999, Skylar left Hollywood to attend Southern Methodist University, where he received a scholarship for Theater, but changed his major, and graduated with a Bachelor of Business Administration in Financial Consulting and a minor in Economics. But his true calling has always been on the frontlines of Hollywood. Skylar resides in Los Angeles, CA where he pursues acting full time: the occupation and the ministry.