RENN REED , ON THE OTHER HAND, HAS SPENT HER LIFE SELLING HER ORIGINAL OIL PAINTINGS, OR COMMISSIONS
SINCE THE AGE OF 10. WITH HER BFA IN FINE ART AND GRAPHICS, RENN'S CAREER BEGAN IN VISUAL MERCHANDISING
IN A-GRADE DEPARTMENT STORES IN 1976-1984. IN 1977-1978 RENN HAD THE HONOR OF MEETING MANY BUSINESS PEOPLE FROM TAIWAN AND CHINA. ONE BUSINESS OWNER INVITED RENN TO TAIWAN TO BE THE VISUAL MERCHANDISING DIRECTOR OF THE PRESIDENT DEPARTMENT STORE IN KAOHSIUNG, TAIWAN. WHILE IN TAIWAN RENN MET AND MARRIED
HER FIRST HUSBAND KUEI, YA-YIN "KENT". KENT IS PART OF A PROMINENT AND INFLUENTIAL FAMILY OF CHINESE SOCIETY.

KENT'S FATHER WAS PRESIDENT AND CEO OF ONE OF THE TOP THREE RADIO AND BROADCASTING CORPORATIONS OF TAIWAN. KENT'S OLDEST SISTER, KUEI, YA-LEI ALSO KNOWN AS AH-LEI GUA IN THE UNITED STATES, HAS ENJOYED A
FLOURISHING CAREER IN THE CHINESE FILM INDUSTRY. KUEI, YA-LEI'S CAREER INCLUDES ACTING IN MAJOR ROLES IN
THE UNITED STATES SUCH AS THE MOVIE "THE WEDDING BANQUET" MADE IN 1993.

MOST RECENTLY RENN REED HAS APPROACHED KUEI, YA-LEI AND HER AGENT, TO STAR IN A MAJOR ROLE FOR
LIQUID ICE ENTERTAINMENT'S CURRENTL MOVIE FRANCHISE, LOST ANGELS.

STEVE AND MARK WERE BEST FRIENDS AND LIKE BROTHERS WHEN STEVE PASSED AWAY SUDDENLY IN MARCH 2001. WE WERE LEFT STUNNED AND QUITE HONESTLY FEELING HELPLESS. STEVE HAD WANTED TO OWN HIS OWN FILMMAKING COMPANY SINCE HE COULD REMEMBER AS A YOUNG BOY. HIS DREAM WAS TO PRODUCE FILMS THAT NOT ONLY ENTERTAINED AUDIENCES BUT STIMULATED THEIR THINKING AS WELL. STEVE AND MARK BARTH GOT THEIR START ON THE BERRETTA TELEVISION SHOW DURING THE 1970'S.

MARK AND STEVE HAD BEEN A TEAM FOR MANY YEARS AND HAD DEVELOPED AN ABILITY TO ALMOST SECOND GUESS WHAT THE OTHER WAS THINKING. DURING THEIR MANY YEARS TOGETHER THEY DEVELOPED A PHILOSOPHY OF DOING BUSINESS
THAT STARTED LIKE BUSINESSES OF OLD SUCH AS BUILDING TRUST AND MUTUAL RESPECT WITH THEIR CLIENTS AND BUSINESS ASSOCIATES. BUT IT DIDN'T STOP THERE.

TYPICALLY MARK AND STEVE WOULD RESEARCH THEIR CLIENTS TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THEIR PROFESSIONAL INTERESTS, PRODUCTS, HISTORY, INCLUDING THEIR CLIENTS BUSINESS PRACTICES.

SOME HAVE SAID TO US, "WHY DON'T YOU GET OVER IT? HE'S GONE NOW AND IT'S TIME TO MOVE ON!"

EVEN SO, STEVE WAS THE CORNERSTONE OF ALANTIS PRODUCTIONS FOUNDED IN LAS VEGAS, NEVADA
IN 1994. IN MARCH 2005 ALANTIS PRODUCTIONS BECAME INCORPORATED AS LIQUID ICE ENTERTAINMENT.
STEVE'S DEDICATION TO INTEGRITY, DETAILS, CREATIVITY WITH A NOVEL APPROACH AND TWIST TO
SUBJECT MATTERS REMADE MANY TIMES OVER, AND FILMMAKING OVERALL. HE IS BOTH OUR INSPIRATION
AND REASON TO HOPE FOR SUCCESS IN THE "INDUSTRY" AND HE WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN.

LIQUID ICE ENTERTAINMENT IS DEDICATED IN HONOR OF STEVE AND IN MEMORIUM OF HIM. WITH EACH
STROKE OF THE PEN OR KEYBOARD; EACH WAVE OF A BRUSH; EACH SNAP OF A SHUTTER OR QUIET BUZZ OF
VIDEO SHOT; WE AT LIQUID ICE ENTERTAINMENT CHOOSE TO REMEMBER STEVE ALWAYS.

IN ADDITION WHEN STEVE WHO HAD BEEN THE PRIMARY OWNER OF ALANTIS PRODUCTIONS FELL ILL
SUDDENLY IN 2000 AND PASSED AWAY MARCH 2, 2001 UNEXPECTEDLY. MARK AND I SAT DOWN TO
DISCUSS WHAT TO DO ABOUT OUR BUSINESSES THEN NAMED ALANTIS PRODUCTIONS/SHOOTING STARZ
STUDIOZ, RENNDITIONS, AND THE MANDARIN CONNECTION. WE DIDN'T KNOW "IF" WE COULD CONTINUE
WITHOUT HIM AS WE MISS HIM SO VERY MUCH.

TO PUSH FORWARD IS THE ONLY WAY WE KNOW, NO MATTER THE CIRCUMSTANCES. SO FORWARD WE PUSH
WITH OUR MOVIE FRANCHISE LOST ANGELS, THE FIRST IN THE SERIES BEING LOST ANGELS: AT THE GATES OF HELL.