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Beth Bender Cosmetics is an independent cosmetics company selling in more than 30 high-end salons, spas and specialty boutiques nationwide, as well as through the company's website at www.bethbender.com. As the recent cosmetics sponsor of Mercedes-Benz LA Fashion Week, and with dozens of high-profile articles praising the company in major women's fashion magazines, Beth Bender Cosmetics brings to Total Entertainment a unique and rapidly growing company with a diversity of original products. In addition, Beth Bender Cosmetics has received unprecedented reception from Beauty editors, Celebrities and Tastemakers nationwide and looks to be one of the hottest new cosmetic companies launched in recent years. The company plans to launch an extension of its current line to include an additional 45 SKU's and a new teen line this spring. Sandy J. Masselli, Jr., Chairman and CEO of Total Entertainment, and Granger B. Whitelaw, President and COO of Beth Bender Cosmetics, declared in a joint statement, "Beth Bender Cosmetics has already built an extremely strong foundation, and Total Entertainment is now prepared to take the company to the next level. Having reached an agreement in principal we anticipate completing the transaction in the next 30 days." Masselli added, "Total Entertainment has retained Blue Car Partners, LLC, www.bluecarpartners.com, to assist in the acquisition of the North American distribution rights for MCM. The Companys strategic plan is to expand into the consumer goods market with an emphasis on the luxury goods sector. The Company plans to introduce its new name change and corporate identity program, before the end of the first quarter 2004."