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<p class="xbodya" align="center" style="margin-top:.1pt;text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Matthew Morrison & Human Rights Campaign
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<p class="xbodya" align="center" style="margin-top:.1pt;text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Announce Partnership in Support of LGBT Equality<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="xbodya" align="center" style="margin-top:.1pt;text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Morrison to Donate Partial Proceeds of Album Pre-Sale to HRC;
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<p class="xbodya" align="center" style="margin-top:.1pt;text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif""> Releases Video in Support of Marriage Equality
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">EMMY, TONY, and Golden Globe-nominated star
<b>Matthew Morrison</b> is proud to announce that he is partnering with the <b>Human Rights Campaign (HRC)</b> in support of LGBT equality. Partial proceeds from the pre-sale of his<span style="color:red">
</span>new studio album, <b><i>Where It All Began</i></b>, will benefit HRC. The album, which will be released on June 4, 2013, features an assortment of classic standards, many of which were first made famous in Broadway musicals. Morrison turned to legendary
producer <b>Phil Ramone</b>, along with GRAMMY Award-winning producer <b>Gregg Field</b>, to create the 12 songs featured on
<i>Where It All Began. </i>The record marks the first release from <b>222 Records</b>, the newly formed label from
<b>Adam Levine</b>. Place your pre-order of <i>Where It All Began</i> now, on <b>
<u><a href="http://amzn.to/XHbBUv.">Amazon.com</a></u></b>, and 222 Records in partnership with Matthew Morrison will donate a portion of the proceeds to the Human Rights Campaign.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">“I’m thrilled to join HRC in their vital work to bring full equality to all Americans,” said Matthew Morrison. “At this decisive moment,
when there is so much work still ahead, I’m standing with HRC and LGBT people across the country until this fight is won.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Matthew has used his platform to publicly support LGBT equality and today
<a href="http://www.hrc.org/marriageequality">released a video</a> for HRC’s <i>Americans for Marriage Equality</i>. The public engagement campaign features prominent Americans who support committed gay and lesbian couples getting married. The campaign draws
from a cadre of supportive professional athletes, film and music celebrities, and political and civic leaders.<span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">“It was so great working with Matthew on
<i>Where It All Began</i>. He is an amazing artist and we are longtime friends,” said Adam Levine. “We’re both huge supporters of the LGBT community and I’m glad that partial proceeds from the pre-sale of this album will go toward such a great cause.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xbodya" style="margin-top:.1pt;text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="xbodya" style="margin-top:.1pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">“Not only is Matthew a brilliant musical talent, but perhaps more importantly he is a fantastic human being,” said HRC President Chad Griffin.”
“His support for equality at this critical time in our nation’s history is something that is important to all fair minded Americans.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="xbodya" style="margin-top:.1pt;text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">ABOUT MATTHEW MORRISON<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">After studying musical theater, vocal performance and dance at NYU’s Tisch School of The Arts, Matthew Morrison made his debut on Broadway in
<i>Footloose</i>, followed by <i>The Rocky Horror Picture Show</i>. However, it was his role as Link Larkin in the original cast of the Broadway production of
<i>Hairspray</i> that served as his breakthrough and led to him being cast in the critically acclaimed
<i>The Light In The Piazza</i>. His portrayal of young lover Fabrizio Naccarelli garnered him a TONY nomination for best performance by a featured actor in a musical. He subsequently received a Drama Desk nomination for outstanding actor in the off-Broadway
musical <i>10 Million Miles</i> and reprised the role of Lieutenant Cable in Lincoln Center’s TONY-nominated production of
<i>South Pacific</i>. Matthew soon followed these performances with his role as the perpetually optimistic high school teacher Will Schuester on FOX TV’s
<i>Glee</i>, which he has received both EMMY and two Golden Globe nominations. He most recently co-starred alongside Cameron Diaz and Jennifer Lopez in the major motion picture
<i>What To Expect When You’re Expecting</i>. </span><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="xbodya" style="margin-top:.1pt;text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">ABOUT THE HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">The Human Rights Campaign is America's largest civil rights organization working to achieve lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender equality. By inspiring and engaging
all Americans, HRC strives to end discrimination against LGBT citizens and realize a nation that achieves fundamental fairness and equality for all.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">For more information, please visit
<a href="http://www.matthewmorrison.com"><span style="color:windowtext">www.matthewmorrison.com</span></a>.</span><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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