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Billy has finished filming "Sole Survivor" and it is due to air on FOX this spring.

He is reported to be involved in a project called "Blind Bastard's Club" with Angelina Jolie, though no one has been able to find any more info on this project at the moment.

Here is an article from fellow fan Whit, concerning Billy *thanks Whit*

Mentoring Initiative Using Virtual Avatar Community as Part of 'Safe Schools, Safe Students' Applauded by Vice President Al Gore Thursday January 20 12:37pm Source: BusinessWire

SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 20, 2000--

Also Supported by Actor Billy Zane and NHL Player Shane Doan

Today Avaterra.com, Inc. (AVAR-OTC/BB), a leading provider of Internet-based communities, and First Frontiers, an organization committed to using technology to reach out to youth at risk, announce the completion of the avatar community built using Avaterra.com's proprietary virtual world technology.

Canadian-based First Frontiers (www.tinman.org) has designed an online environment that permits participants to engage in mentoring through an interactive virtual world by communicating with avatars (customizable graphical representations of oneself) - reaching beyond the traditional boundaries of geography and time. Avaterra.com supported this effort by providing the technology to produce this environment where youth at risk, ages 6 through 20, can enter and talk with both peers and mentors (people who come from various industries, including scientists, athletes, musicians, artists, journalists, bankers and teachers). This virtual environment also lends itself easily to deployment in most classroom or community agency computer systems.

First Frontiers' launch activities will commence on February 1st, introducing program partners, mentors and special guests to the new inworld environment for the first time. Celebrity role models that have already committed to virtual world mentoring and chat sessions include NHL player Shane Doan of the Phoenix Coyotes (www.phoenixcoyotes.com) and actor Billy Zane of the movie Titanic. First Frontiers plans to launch formal programs for educators and kids in late March. The pilot program, "Music, Media & Marketing", will run through June, and will be made available to schools and community agencies around the world.

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