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Mercedes-Benz of Encino proudly sponsors, takes prominent role in festival LOS ANGELES, April 24, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Today Mercedes-Benz of Encino announced the final summary of the 2013 Sizdeh Bedar Festival held at Lake Balboa in the San Fernando Valley. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130424/PH99993-a) (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130424/PH99993-b) Simin Tehrani, President of TimeTV.co -- a Los Angeles-based Persian digital entertainment company...

LOS ANGELES, April 9, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- American Apparel (Amex: APP), the vertically integrated clothing manufacturer based in downtown Los Angeles, has announced the opening of a new store in the Westfield Topanga in Canoga Park. The 3,300 square foot location opened at the end of March, north of the company's headquarters in downtown Los Angeles. The store is located on the first floor of the Westfield Topanga, between Urban Outfitters and Hugo Boss. It is the company's 30th...

All-Star Line-Up Includes 'American Idol' Season 9 Winner, Lee DeWyze, Nickelodeon's 'Victorious' Star Leon Thomas III and Teen Nick's Cody Longo UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif., March 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Universal CityWalk® sets the stage for Spring Break as the open air concert destination hosts the return of its popular "Music Spotlight Series" at "5 Towers," featuring an engaging mix of accomplished CityWalk Street Performers and talented emerging artists performing in a series of...

UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif., March 11, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Universal Studios Hollywood(SM) announces the much-anticipated arrival of "Despicable Me Minion Mayhem," a 3D Ultra-HD movie motion-simulator adventure. Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment's worldwide blockbuster Despicable Me will come to life in Hollywood in an attraction modeled after the one in its sister park, Universal Orlando Resort® - with the addition of a few surprises unique to the Entertainment...

WASHINGTON, March 6, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is being released by Smithsonian's National Museum of American History: WHAT: Barry Meyer, chairman of Warner Bros., will donate Hollywood movie artifacts to the Smithsonian's entertainment collections. WHEN: Friday, March 81 p.m.: Donation ceremony in Warner Bros. Theater1:45 p.m.: One-on-one interviews (by request) WHERE: Smithsonian's National Museum of American History14th Street and Constitution Avenue N.W....

Los Angeles celebrates 15 miles of car-free streets from Downtown to Venice Beach LOS ANGELES, March 6, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- WHAT: Sun, surf, and 15 miles of open road will mark the first CicLAvia of 2013, transforming Venice Boulevard into a car- free, linear park for strolling, biking, playing, and exploring the city from a new perspective Since it began in 2010, CicLAvia has quickly become Los Angeles...

SOUTH OGDEN, Utah, Feb. 6, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Warner Bros. Pictures, in partnership with Travel Plaza TV and Vanilla Fire Productions, is leading the way in 21(st)-century movie marketing with the industry's first 3D advertising campaign. For the upcoming action adventure "Jack the Giant Slayer," the studio will debut a dynamic 3D film trailer that will air on the Travel Plaza TV network in hundreds of Pilot and Flying J locations, and other travel centers nationally. Travel...

UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif., Jan. 4, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Universal Studios Hollywood(SM) today welcomed the Beijing Municipal Commission of Tourism Development's Culture Fair, a celebration of Chinese art and culture featuring three days of engaging activities and interactive displays exhibiting the historical city's most notable landmarks. The event, "Glamorous Beijing: World City," promotes tourism to the People's Republic of China's capital city and takes place through January 6, 2013,...

UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif., Dec. 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The countdown to 2013 begins at Universal CityWalk® as The Entertainment Capital of LA(SM) prepares to ring in the new year in one of Southern California's most festive New Year's Eve celebrations featuring dazzling fireworks, colorful confetti and non-stop live entertainment at four stage locations. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20121219/LA32658) Throughout Universal CityWalk the energy will resonate with a series...

UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif., Nov. 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- 'Tis the season at Universal CityWalk® as the iconic open-air destination celebrates the holidays in high-tech style. "5 Towers," the state-of-the-art venue, radiates with concert performances, a dazzling new, multimedia light display and the illumination of a towering custom-built Christmas tree--the first-of-its-kind in North America--choreographed in unison to hundreds of thousands of twinkling lights glistening throughout the...