SAN FRANCISCO, July 24 /PRNewswire/ --

Crocodiles not Waterlilies Entertainment, LLC, a San Francisco based entertainment company with meaningful content, announced that its CrocPond (TM) brand is locally supporting the Kristi Yamaguchi's Friends and Family ice show slated for October 12 in Phoenix, AZ at the US Airways Center. The show will include very special guest performances by The Jonas Brothers, Demi Lovato, and Jordan Pruitt and will be nationally televised on NBC-TV at a date to be announced.

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"When great family brands come together that are 10 out of 10 in our book, it is amazing the cumulative and exponential power they can all bring to a special event like this one," said Nicholas Zaldastani, CEO of CNW Entertainment, which includes CrocPond. "It will be great for everybody to see. How often do you see brands with integrity, concern for other people, and wholesome family entertainment come together for an event like this?"

Crocodiles not Waterlilies Entertainment is building CrocPond into one of the world's most trusted family brands and communities. The Company's mission is to engage families by providing a unique suite of transmedia products that embody Entertainment, Inspiration, and Social Interaction so that children and families can live with more courage, confidence, and hope to fulfill their personal potentials.

Born and raised in Australia, Roger Anthony, the founder of the Crocodiles not Waterlilies I.P. (Intellectual Property) created the CrocPond role-model characters to encourage living in integrity and making wise choices. They have been introduced to over 30,000 people in classrooms, boardrooms, and family seminars over the past 23 years.

According to Roger Anthony, Chief Crocodile Officer: "We believe that the CrocPond characters will continue to have enduring success in the most important classroom of all - Life. Our world of CrocPond utilizes child-friendly, inspiring, easy-to-remember, iconic characters to enhance self-image and positive attitudes amongst children and families."

CrocPond also offers a premium family brand with a strong commitment to storytelling excellence and high-quality classical animation. The brand inspires integrity and is poised to capture the imagination of children everywhere. Nicholas Zaldastani points out: "Given the dominance of the Internet today, 'integrity' of all things, is of the utmost importance to instill into children as they become young adults." CrocPond is produced at Phoenix-based FatCat Animation, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of CNW Entertainment. Zaldastani added: "Our team is committed to producing heartwarming, animated stories with characters that appeal to audiences of all ages."

In June, CrocPond's RINDIN the Puffer won its 10th award after being selected by Dr. Toy as one of the Best Summer Play and Learn Products for 2008. Other recent CrocPond awards include the 2008 Sprockets International Film Festival for Children - Best Short Film, International Family Film Festival short film winner for Best Animation "RINDIN the Puffer" from Len Simon, Director/Animator/Writer, of CNW Entertainment's FatCat Animation Studios.

FatCat Animation, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of CNW Entertainment, LLC, is an award-winning, dynamic, dependable, Arizona-based classical animation studio with a strong commitment to excellence in high-quality animation and long-term industry relationships. The studio's mission is to produce heartwarming, animated stories with characters that appeal to audiences of all ages.

For more information: visit http://www.fatcatanimation.com/

CNW Entertainment, LLC, based in San Francisco, CA, is an entertainment company with meaningful content that inspires children and families through its brand, CrocPond(TM). Our 32 characters, each with his or her own fun, applicable, and easy-to-remember name, will offer numerous entertaining storylines for years to come. CrocPond is partnered with the Humane Society of the United States and endorsed by Dr. Toy for its teachings of courage, confidence, and hope.

For more information: visit http://www.crocpond.com/

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