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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:22.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><img width="235" height="181" id="Picture_x0020_3" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D030D8.4FE4FAA0"></span></b><b><span style="font-size:22.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:22.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">ADAM LEVINE’S 222 RECORDS<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">EARNS AN OSCAR NOMINATION FOR
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">“BEST ORIGINAL SONG” WITH<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:22.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">“LOST STARS”<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">FROM THE MAJOR MOTION PICTURE FILM
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:22.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">“BEGIN AGAIN”<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">“Begin Again” Film Soundtrack Marks 222 Records<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">First Album Release Under New Partnership with Interscope<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">"Lost Stars," a rousing song featured prominently in
<strong><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">John Carney</span></strong></span></i></b><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">'s<b> music-centric indie “</b></span></i><em><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";font-style:normal">Begin
Again”</span></b></em><b><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif""> —
<a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/race/scott-feinbergs-top-10-films-757509" target="_blank">
<span style="color:windowtext">my favorite film of 2014</span></a> — is one of the most talked about songs of the past year-- The Hollywood Reporter<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">LOS ANGELES, CA – JANUARY 15, 2015 -
</span></b><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Adam Levine’s 222 Records</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"> has earned an
<b>Academy Award</b> nomination for <b>Best Original Song</b> for the track <b>“Lost Stars”</b> from the major motion picture film
<b><u>Begin Again</u></b> (The Weinstein Company). The song, written by <b>Gregg Alexander</b> and
<b>Danielle Brisebois</b>, was performed in the film by Adam Levine himself. </span>
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyT-oGDnMqE"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">PRESS HERE</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"> to listen to “Lost Stars.”
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">The soundtrack for director
<b>John Carney’s</b> (<u>Once</u>) film <u>Begin Again</u> marks the inaugural release for Levine’s 222 Records under the company’s new partnership with Interscope Records. The compilation was released by
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">ALXNDR/222/Polydor/Interscope in July in conjunction with the</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"> film hitting theaters on June 27<sup>th</sup>,
2014. In addition to this morning’s Oscar nomination, “Lost Stars” also recently received a nomination for “Best Original Song” from
<b>The Broadcast Film Critics Association (BFCA)</b> for <b>The 20th Annual Critics' Choice Awards</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Said Adam Levine, “I have always been a huge fan of John Carney’s work, and was beyond thrilled to be given the opportunity to work with him on
<u>Begin Again</u><i>. </i>I greatly admire Gregg and Danielle’s songwriting and to have the soundtrack released via 222 Records, was a huge honor. I wish everyone involved with the project a huge congratulations.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Founded in 2012, Los Angeles based 222 Records boasts a diverse roster of artists including singer/songwriter
<b>Rozzi Crane,</b> who collaborated with Maroon 5 on the first <u>Hunger Games</u> soundtrack, which debuted at #1 on Billboard’s Top 200 Album chart. Crane will be the first new artist to release an album under the new 222 Records/Interscope Records partnership.
In addition to the <u>Begin Again</u> soundtrack, 222/Interscope also jointly released Maroon 5’s highly anticipated fifth studio album,
<b><u>V</u></b> on September 2, 2014.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Press Here Interscope Records<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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