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NEW YORK, May 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- IMAX Corporation (NYSE: IMAX) (TSX: IMX) today announced that Greg Foster, Chairman and President, IMAX Entertainment will present at the 14(th) Annual B. Riley & Co. Investor Conference on Tuesday, May 21, 2013, at 2:00 pm PST. The conference is being held at the Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel in Santa Monica, CA. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20111107/MM01969LOGO) This presentation will be webcast live and can be accessed by...
Audiences Embrace Early IMAX® Opening and J.J. Abrams' Use of IMAX® Cameras LOS ANGELES, May 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- IMAX Corporation (NYSE:IMAX; TSX:IMX), Paramount Pictures, a division of Viacom, Inc. (NASDAQ: VIAB), and Skydance Productions announced that Paramount and J.J. Abrams' Star Trek Into Darkness has grossed an estimated $13.6 million domestically for the weekend in 336 North American IMAX® 3D theatres. Of the film's 20 highest-grossing domestic engagements...
Newest VeggieTales® DVD Teaches 'Getting Along with Others' and Continues Brand's Tradition of Helping Families Grow Great Kids FRANKLIN, Tenn., May 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Big Idea Entertainment, a leading studio and producer of children's and family programming, characters and brands, today announced the launch of their newest DVD title, VeggieTales®: MacLarry and the Stinky Cheese Battle, slated to hit Christian and general market retail stores on July 27, 2013 and July 30,...
Massive Convention brings Horror and Halloween to the Sunshine State Memorial Day Weekend ORLANDO, Fla., May 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The haunted attraction industry's largest tradeshow producer, TransWorld Exhibits, the world famous Netherworld Haunted House and Spooky Empire Productions, known by fans for masterminding some of the craziest horror happenings in the country, today announced they have teamed up to create Halloween Extreme/May-Hem. The ultimate Halloween convention...
IRVINE, Calif., May 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- dnp denmark will launch the dnp STS Screen at the 2013 InfoComm Show. The dnp Supernova STS is a unique front projection screen with a built-in Fresnel lens structure - an optical technology that is used to focus projected light. This groundbreaking new screen optimizes the output of Ultra-Short-Throw-projectors. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130517/NY16279LOGO) dnp Supernova STS performs superbly in situations where the...
COVERGIRL creates striking new CAPITOL COLLECTION beauty campaign inspired by the film HUNT VALLEY, Md., May 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, COVERGIRL announced its first-ever major movie sponsorship of Lionsgate's highly anticipated The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, scheduled for release in North American theaters on November 22, 2013. COVERGIRL will launch a first-of-its-kind creative advertising campaign inspired by the film, featuring new products from the brand's upcoming Capitol...
WASHINGTON, May 17, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- American Red Cross partners University of Phoenix(®) and MGM Resorts International have become founding members of the Red Cross Service to the Armed Forces (SAF) Giving Program, which helps support members of the U.S. military, veterans and their families. (Logo - http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20090108/RedCrossLOGO) The program marks its first anniversary this month, closely coinciding with Armed Forces Day on May 18, when...
CANNES, France, May 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- IMAX Corporation and GAUMONT today announced that award-winning French director Jean-Pierre Jeunet's (Amelie) highly anticipated film, The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet, will be digitally re-mastered into the immersive IMAX(®) 3D format and released in IMAX(®) theatres across France beginning Oct. 16, with the possibility of expanding to other territories. The film is an adaptation of Reif Larsen's exciting novel about a 12-year-old...
Alien Threat is a Sci-Fi novel of aliens invading Earth, the U.S. response, and the resulting intra-galactic battle. Ashland, Oregon (PRWEB) May 16, 2013 Friendly aliens land on Earth seeking a partner to further extend their space exploration program. Unwittingly, they have led their arch enemy here who are searching for a planet with a better climate to escape the harsh environment of their home. With the help of Earth's new alien friends, but with limited resources, the U.S....
“Gabriel’s Tears” is an inspirational story of redemption and triumph. The narrative depicts the life and struggles of a survivor who has overcome neglect, abuse, and violence, all by using the wisdom of Gabriel and his angels. (PRWEB) May 16, 2013 “Gabriel’s Tears” is a new motivational story that will tenderly touch the heart, inspire faith, and help in healing post traumatic stress disorder. “Gabriel’s Tears” provides answers as to why there is suffering, abuse, and...
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Spinosaurus, meaning “Spine lizard,” is a genus of theropod dinosaur from the lower Albian to lower Cenomanian stages of the Mid Cretaceous Period (112 to 97 million years ago). It lived in what is now North Africa. The type species is S. aegyptiacus. A potential second species, S. maroccanus, was discovered in Morocco. It was the first known dinosaur fossil from Egyptian remains discovered in 1912 and described by German paleontologist Ernst Stromer in 1915. The original remains were...
Charles Francis Jenkins and Thomas Armat created the Vitascope, an early film projector, in 1895. They demonstrated the Vitascope at the Cotton States Exposition in Atlanta, they called it the Phantoscope. Armat and Jenkins fought over the rights to the invention and eventually Armat, with legal authority, sold the rights to the Kinetoscope Company. The company eventually approached Thomas Edison to finance the manufacture of their machine before it was outdated. He agreed on the term...
The Flat Huntsman Spider (Delena cancerides) is a species of arachnid that is native to Australia. In New Zealand, where it was accidentally introduced in the early 1920s, this species is known as the Avondale Spider. It is commonly found under loose bark and in woodpiles in colonies of up to 300 individuals. The range of this species in New Zealand has only expanded slowly out of Avondale (a suburb of Waitakere City near Auckland). Species have been found as far down the country as the Otago...
