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HBO and AEG Live will team up once again to make Las Vegas "the home of funny" when the third annual edition of The Comedy Festival is presented Nov. 14-17, 2007. With TBS returning as title sponsor, the four-day event will feature dozens of performances and special events in a variety of venues within Caesars Palace, including The Colosseum, with 4100 seats, and the interactive Festival Village in the outdoor Roman Plaza amphitheater.

Building on more than a decade of success with the U.S. Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen, HBO joined forces with live event producer AEG Live in 2005 for the inaugural edition of TCF. There were big shoes to fill in 2006, but once again TCF became a "who's who" of comedy, including Chris Rock, Sarah Silverman, George Lopez, and Don Rickles among others. The 2006 Festival also was home to Comic Relief 2006 with co-hosts Billy Crystal, Whoopi Goldberg and Robin Williams.

Already confirmed as headliners during this year's festivities are comedy superstars Jerry Seinfeld and Chris Rock, who will perform back-to-back stand-up on Friday and Saturday night. Jerry returns to TCF after receiving the inaugural Comedian Award in 2005, and Chris was honored with the award last year. It's sure to be an entertaining and memorable comedy weekend with two of the best in the industry.

Home Box Office, Inc. is the premium television-programming subsidiary of Time Warner Inc., providing two 24-hour premium television services, HBO and Cinemax. Together, both networks reach approximately 40 million subscribers in the United States via cable and satellite delivery. Home Box Office's international joint ventures bring HBO branded services to more than 50 countries around the globe.

AEG Live, the live-entertainment division of Los Angeles-based AEG, is a collection of companies dedicated to the presentation of live contemporary music performance and touring for a variety of programming and multi-media productions. The nation's second-largest concert promotion and touring company, AEG Live comprises five regional offices and several stand-alone affiliate divisions, including: AEG Live Events; AEG-TV; AEG Live Tours & Special Events, which produces "Celine Dion A New Day..." at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace, Las Vegas; and AEG Live Exhibitions, which recently opened "Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of Pharoahs," an international museum tour of the artifacts of King Tut. Recently promoted concert tours have included artists such as Bon Jovi, Nickelback, Neil Diamond, Prince, Usher, Kenny Chesney, Rod Stewart and Paul McCartney. Goldenvoice, the company's Southern California-based regional promotion division, created and operates the award-winning annual Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival.

Caesars Palace, a Harrah's Entertainment resort, is one of the world's best-known resort-casinos celebrating the glory that was Greece and the grandeur that was Rome, in an 85-acre destination location that sets the standard for entertainment, dining and luxury. Reigning at the heart of the Las Vegas Strip, Caesars Palace ranks among the world's top luxury resorts known for their originality and beauty and features more than 3,300 hotel guest rooms and suites, 26 diverse restaurants and cafes, 4.5-acre Garden of the Gods pools and gardens, world-class health spa and salon services, and 240,000 square feet of premium meeting and convention space. Its 4,100-seat Colosseum spotlights world-class entertainers such as Celine Dion, Elton John and Jerry Seinfeld, and sits just steps away from celebrity chef restaurants and The Forum Shops. For more information, visit www.caesarspalace.com or call (702) 731-7110 or (800) 634-6001.

TBS is television's "very funny" network, serving as home to such hot contemporary comedies as "Sex and the City," "Everybody Loves Raymond," "Family Guy," "Seinfeld" and "Friends"; high-profile original series and specials; blockbuster movies; and hosted movie showcases.