From the ArcaMax Publishing, Entertainment News Newsletter:
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NEW YORK (UPI) -- Mindy Kaling, one of the stars of the U.S. version
of "The Office," is planning to preside over "The Office Games" in
Scranton, Pa., organizers said.
Kaling, who portrays bubbly Kelly Kapoor on the sit-com, is to act as
host of the July 19 festivities in the town where the show's fictional
Dunder Mifflin paper company is set.
The day is to kick off with a 2K Fun Run in office attire and end with
a beet-eating contest.
The events, which will take place in and around The Mall at Steamtown
in Scranton, were organized to mark the launch of Pressman Toy's
official NBC licensed games based on "The Office" -- "The Office DVD
Board Game" and "The Office Trivia Game," representatives for Pressman
Toy said Monday.
Kaling is also a writer and co-executive producer on the show.
"There's no better place than Scranton to serve as the springboard for
our new games based on 'The Office,'" Pressman Toy President Jim
Pressman said in a statement.
"Scranton is honored to have been selected as the first city in
America whose retailers will stock 'The Office Trivia Game' and 'DVD
Board Game,'" Scranton Mayor Christopher Doherty added. "We'll be
rolling out the beet red carpet for Ms. Kaling."