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LONDON, May 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Internationally renowned London-based animation studio Nexus is delighted to announce a partnership between multi-award winning animation producers Claire Jennings, Christopher O'Reilly and Charlotte Bavasso to develop and produce original animated features. Claire Jennings's eminent career has won critical acclaim on both sides of the Atlantic. Her producer credits include the Oscar and BAFTA winning feature film "Wallace and Gromit: Curse of...
LOS ANGELES, May 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- After walking the red carpet, President Barack Obama (or rather President Barack "Faux-Bama") accepted the "Best Writing" Award last night during the 17(th) Annual Webby Awards presentation at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City on behalf of LA-based Stun Creative. The "Best Writing" Award was for Stun's 2012 online comedy series "Presidential Clippings." The five-word acceptance speech (a limit required by the Webby Awards organization)...
"Monsters University" Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Set for Release on June 18 BURBANK, Calif., May 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Disney-Pixar's "Monsters University" rocks theaters this summer featuring music from award-winning composer Randy Newman and Axwell & Sebastian Ingrosso of Swedish House Mafia. Filmmakers also tapped the Atlanta-based hard rock band Mastodon to serenade one of the film's new monsters. Directed by Dan Scanlon and produced by Kori Rae, "Monsters...
- 7,500 Super Coupons(TM) available on RetailMeNot.com Friday, May 24, on a first-come, first-served basis AUSTIN, Texas, May 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- RetailMeNot (www.retailmenot.com), the largest digital coupon site in the United States, today announced that it is helping kick-start the summer movie season by offering deal-seeking film fanatics deeply discounted movie tickets for Memorial Day Weekend. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130312/DA74245LOGO) On...
Deal Includes a Co-Starring Role on "Broad City," A Pilot Commitment, A One-Hour Stand-Up Special and Nationwide "COMEDY CENTRAL Live" Stand-up Tour NEW YORK, May 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Hannibal Buress is bringing his swagger and laid back, cerebral comedic style to COMEDY CENTRAL in a big way. The #1 brand in comedy has signed Buress to a wide-ranging, multiplatform development deal which includes a recurring role on the upcoming scripted series "Broad City," a commitment for a...
HOLLYWOOD, Calif., May 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Kirdis Postelle has been named Senior Vice President of Marketing for Capitol Music Group, it was announced today by the company's Executive Vice President, Greg Thompson, to whom Postelle will report. In her new position Postelle will head a newly formed marketing group within CMG that encompasses Marketing, Digital and Publicity, and will directly liaise with the company's Promotion and Sales teams in formulating comprehensive plans...
All-star lineup of collaborators include Ann and Nancy Wilson of Heart, Chrissie Hynde, Joe Walsh, Derek Trucks, David Hidalgo, Ivan Neville, Doyle Bramhall II, and more NEW YORK, May 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Renowned philanthropist, Microsoft co-founder, and music veteran Paul Allen and his hard-working band the Underthinkers have completed their first album and major label debut, Paul Allen and The Underthinkers' Everywhere At Once. The all-star, 13-song program of...
Kirk Franklin to celebrate the channel launch with exclusive performance and interview in front of a live audience for SiriusXM's "Artist Confidential" series NEW YORK, May 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Sirius XM Radio (NASDAQ: SIRI) announced today that its gospel music channel, Praise, will become Kirk Franklin's Praise, a commercial-free music channel executive produced by multi-Grammy® Award-winning, multi-platinum selling, crossover gospel artist Kirk Franklin. (Logo:...
CHARLESTON, S.C., May 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- David DiBenedetto, VP and Editor-in-Chief, of Garden & Gun, announced today the debut of the magazine's first digital edition. The June/July issue, which features a cover package on unique summer escapes, around the South, including an offshore oil rig turned bed & breakfast as well as a 160-acre wildlife refuge with three paddle-in tree houses, will be available starting May 22 through the App Store. (http://bit.ly/11EBDMG)...
Ceremony includes video messages from First Lady Michelle Obama and Scholastic Awards alumna Lena Dunham NEW YORK, May 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- On Friday, May 31 at Carnegie Hall, actress and arts advocate Sarah Jessica Parker and fashion designer Zac Posen will share the spotlight with the talented teens who received national honors in the 90(th) annual Scholastic Art & Writing Awards. More than 800 teens from 47 states, along with their families and teachers, are expected to...
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The Cybook Gen3 is an e-Reader designed for reading e-books, e-news, and for listening to audio books or MP3 music. It was produced by Bookeen, a French company, and released on October 29, 2007. The display is a six-inch E-Ink screen using 166 dpi, black and white, 2-bit grayscale and on the gold edition 8-bit grayscale was used. The screen is readable under sunlight and only uses the battery for turning pages, giving it 8,000 page flips of battery life. The Gen3 uses a 200MHz CPU;...
The Kindle Fire HD is the second generation of Amazon’s Kindle Fire. It comes in three versions, the 7 inch, and the 8.9 inch touch screens, and a 4G version. They were released on September 14, 2012 in the 7-inch, November 16, 2012 in the 8.9-inch, and a 8.9-inch 4G enabled version released on November 18, 2012. The 7-inch and the 8.9-inch have 16 GB or 32 GB of internal storage and the 8.9-inch 4G LTE has 32 GB or 64 GB of storage. It has a front facing camera for photo capture, and...
Image Credit: Photos.com A podcast is digital media in a series of related content that is downloaded by a subscription through web syndication or streamed online onto either a computer or mobile device. The word podcast was derived from the terms “broadcast” and “pod,” by the success of the iPod. Most podcasts are streamed or downloaded onto mobile devices such as smartphones and the iPod. The podcast is media transferred to a user’s device, similar to a radio or TV broadcast....
Image Caption: This icon, known as the "feed icon" or the "RSS icon", was introduced in Mozilla Firefox in order to indicate a web feed was present on a particular web page that could be used in conjunction with the Live bookmarks function. Microsoft Internet Explorer, Opera and some other browsers have adopted the icon in order to promote a de facto standard. Credit: Mozilla/Wikipedia A web feed is a data format that provides the user with regularly updated content. It is also...
Image Credit: Photos.com A blog is a written discussion or information posted on a website over the Internet. The blog is posted with the most recent one first, dealing with any subject or topic within the constraints of the website administrator. Before 2009 most blogs were written by an individual or small group of people. Today, most websites use multi-author blogs (MABs) where a large number of authors write and submit content which is edited professionally. Information gathered for...
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