Image Entertainment Presents Betty White: Champion for Animals

Narrated By Award-Winning Entertainer And Icon Betty White

Available On DVD March 27, 2012

CHATSWORTH, Calif. -- The animal kingdom has many heroes – from all over the world, from all walks of life. On March 27, Image Entertainment presents Betty White: Champion for Animals – an inspiring film that travels the world to observe its magnificent creatures and to meet the people who dedicate their lives to their care and preservation. Betty White: Champion for Animals, which has been approved by the Dove Foundation, is a stirring journey for the entire family, and will be available on DVD and digital download for an MSRP of $19.98. Pre-book is February 28^th.

In Betty White: Champion for Animals, the Emmy^®and Screen Actors Guild Award^® winning actress and comedienne shares anecdotes about her own cherished pets, as well as unforgettable experiences with the organizations that make the world of animals available to all. Also featured are heroic stories of the military canine corps and the Humane Society. There, too, are journeys off the regular tourist’s beaten path to America’s national parks, world-class zoos and aquariums. It is a true story – heart-warming yet also heart-breaking – of humanity working to understand and protect the world’s precious animal populations.

The producer/director of Betty White: Champion for Animals is award-winning filmmaker Robert Kline. His most recent films have included Harley Davidson – The Spirit of America, and the highly acclaimed documentary film Ronald Reagan: An American Journey, bothfor Image. Kline is currently writing/producing The Clintons for a 2012 release.

About Image Entertainment:
Image Entertainment, Inc. is a leading independent licensee and distributor of entertainment programming in North America, with approximately 3,200 exclusive DVD titles and approximately 340 exclusive CD titles in domestic release and more than 450 programs internationally via sublicense agreements. For many of its titles, the Company has exclusive audio and broadcast rights, as well as digital download rights to over 2,100 video programs and approximately 400 audio titles containing more than 6,000 individual tracks. The Company is headquartered in Chatsworth, California. For more information about Image Entertainment, Inc., please go to http://www.image-entertainment.com/ or http://www.watchimage.com/.

Betty White Honored With Screen Actors Guild Award® Nomination for TV Land's "Hot in Cleveland"

NEW YORK, Dec. 14, 2011 -- Betty White scored a Screen Actors Guild Award® nomination for Outstanding Performance By A Female Actor in a Comedy Series for her role on TV Land's "Hot in Cleveland" for the upcoming 18th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards®, it was announced this morning from the Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood. "Hot in Cleveland" also stars beloved actresses Valerie Bertinelli ("One Day at a Time"), Jane Leeves ("Frasier") and Wendie Malick ("Just Shoot Me"). White won the SAG Award® for Outstanding Performance By A Female Actor in a Comedy Series last year for the same role.

"We are so proud to have Betty recognized again for her role on 'Hot in Cleveland,'" stated Larry W. Jones, President, TV Land. "It's such an honor for us to work with her. She is a true legend and the chemistry between the four women is amazing – they are television all-stars."

"Hot in Cleveland" revolves around three fabulous best friends from LA – novelist Melanie Moretti (Valerie Bertinelli), eye-brow archer to the stars Joy Scroggs (Jane Leeves) and former soap star Victoria Chase (Wendie Malick) – who find their lives changed forever when their plane, headed for Paris, makes an unexpected landing. When the friends discover that life is better for them and that they are hot in Cleveland, they decide to stay. Starting over together, they rent a house that happens to come with a very opinionated caretaker (Betty White). The show is currently in its third season and airs Wednesdays at 10pm ET/PT on TV Land.

Filmed in front of a live audience, "Hot in Cleveland" is executive produced by Emmy® Award-winner Sean Hayes and Todd Milliner of Hazy Mills Productions and is helmed by Emmy® Award-winning Suzanne Martin ("Frasier," "Ellen") serving as executive producer, show runner and writer. Lynda Obst also serves as executive producer, and Larry W. Jones and Keith Cox are executive producers for TV Land. "Hot in Cleveland" is currently seen around the world in over 165 countries.

The 18th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards® will be simulcast live coast-to-coast on TNT and TBS on Sunday, January 29, 2012, at 8pm ET/5pm PT from the Shrine Exposition Center in Los Angeles. The ceremony will also be telecast internationally, as well as to US military installations overseas through the American Forces Network Broadcast Center.