Jessica Simpson to Visit Miramar at Dukes of Hazzard Screening  7/21/05

Warner Bros. Pictures and the USO Treat Marines at Miramar to Screening of 'The Dukes of Hazzard' and Stars' Visit

WASHINGTON, July 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Marines and Sailors stationed at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., will be treated to a visit by Willie Nelson and Jessica Simpson July 29, courtesy of the USO and Warner Bros. Pictures. The pair will host a free screening of their new movie, "The Dukes of Hazzard," and spend time with service members and their families.

Once on base, Nelson and Simpson will tour facilities, visit spouses and children of deployed military members, pose for pictures and shake hands with military personnel. After a question-and-answer session about the film, the stars will introduce "The Dukes of Hazzard." Johnny Knoxville and Seann William Scott will join Simpson to visit troops July 26 at Robins Air Force Base, Ga., and July 27 at Fort Hood, Texas.

Based on the hit television series, "The Dukes of Hazzard" follows cousins Bo (Scott) and Luke Duke (Knoxville) on a mission to save their family farm from Hazzard County's corrupt county commissioner Boss Hog (Burt Reynolds). With the help of their eye-catching cousin Daisy (Simpson) and moonshine- running Uncle Jesse (Willie Nelson), the boys attempt to stay one step ahead of the law in their famed 1969 Dodge Charger, nicknamed "The General Lee." The film is scheduled to hit theaters Aug. 5.

Simpson has participated on several USO tours, including a trip to Pakistan, Afghanistan, Oman and ships stationed in Southwest Asia shortly after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. In April 2004, she headlined the 4th Infantry Division and Task Force Iron Horse "Welcome Home" celebration at Fort Hood, Texas. Earlier this year, Simpson and husband Nick Lachey visited troops in Germany and Iraq.

SOURCE USO

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