The Blues Brothers Return to the Big Screen
UNIVERSAL CITY, CA (ContentDesk) August 25, 2005 -- Hollywood's Master Storytellers ? in association with Universal Studios Home Entertainment, will host a groundbreaking public event on Monday, August 29 to celebrate the release of THE BLUES BROTHERS 25th Anniversary Edition DVD live from Mann's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, Calif. In one of the largest DVD premieres in history, the entire program will be presented live via satellite beginning at 6:30 p.m. PT / 9:30 p.m. ET to 83 movie theatres from coast to coast by National CineMedia, a joint venture of AMC Entertainment Inc., Cinemark USA, Inc. and Regal Entertainment Group.
This special anniversary event will feature an exclusive, live Q&A discussion with director/writer John Landis and the film's star and co-writer, Dan Aykroyd (who will join via satellite from Toronto), followed by a first time screening of the film in High Definition and cinema surround sound. THE BLUES BROTHERS 25th Anniversary Celebration will be presented in markets including Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Houston, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Las Vegas, Miami, Minneapolis, New York, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Portland, San Diego, Seattle, Washington D.C., and many more. Tickets are available online at www.BigScreenConcerts.com or at participating Regal, United Artists and Edwards movie theatre box offices at the standard movie ticket price (prices vary by theatre location for a complete list of theatres, please visit the Web site). Fans in the Los Angeles area who would like to be a part of the Hollywood's Master Storytellers audience at Mann's Chinese Theatre can purchase tickets for that location only at www.movietickets.com.Universal Studios Home Entertainment is releasing THE BLUES BROTHERS 25th Anniversary Edition DVD on August 30. According to Gordon Meyer, the creator and host of Hollywood's Master Storytellers?, "THE BLUES BROTHERS is one of the most popular musical comedies of all time.
It is a tremendous movie that combines performances by many of the greatest musical acts of all time with incredible comedy and mayhem.""This is a collaboration never before seen that enables us to put a bold imprint on the launch of THE BLUES BROTHERS DVD and we are incredibly excited to be the first national edition of Hollywood Master Storytellers," said Craig Kornblau, president, Universal Studios Home Entertainment. "This is a great way to celebrate the 25th Anniversary and re-live the magic of THE BLUES BROTHERS on the big screen," said Dan Diamond, vice president of digital programming with National CineMedia. "This is exactly the type of event our exclusive Digital Content Network (DCN) was designed for, and we're thrilled to be ?putting the band back together' in theatres across the country."Universal Studios Home Entertainment is a unit of Universal Pictures, a division of Universal Studios (www.universalstudios.com). Universal Studios is a part of NBC Universal, one of the world's leading media and entertainment companies in the development, production, and marketing of entertainment, news, and information to a global audience. Formed in May 2004 through the combining of NBC and Vivendi Universal Entertainment, NBC Universal owns and operates a valuable portfolio of news and entertainment networks, a premier motion picture company, significant television production operations, a leading television stations group, and world-renowned theme parks.
NBC Universal is 80%-owned by General Electric, with 20% controlled by Vivendi Universal.National CineMedia, LLC is a venture of AMC Entertainment Inc., Cinemark USA, Inc. and Regal Entertainment Group (NYSE: RGC), three of the world's leading theatrical exhibition companies. The company develops pre feature entertainment; cinema and lobby advertising products; business communications and training services; and alternative forms of entertainment content for approximately 13,000 screens operated by its owner theatre circuits and other theatre affiliates. National CineMedia distributes its products and services across its Digital Content Network ("DCN"), the world's largest in-theatre digital distribution network. Once installation of its DCN technology is completed in Cinemark theatres, National CineMedia's network will comprise approximately 10,500 digital North American theatre screens in 150 markets (49 of the top 50), reaching 565 million movie patrons annually.
For additional information, please go to www.ncm.com.Twice a month, Hollywood's Master Storytellers? showcases the motion picture industry's most fascinating Storytellers in front a live audience in the heart of Hollywood. Since its launch in January 2003, Hollywood's Master Storytellers? has been host to such luminaries as Academy Award? winning writer/director James Cameron, Academy Award? winning actor/director Gary Sinise, three time Academy Award? winning writer/director Oliver Stone, DreamWorks principal and co-founder Jeffrey Katzenberg and actor/producer/director George Clooney. A broadcast version is currently in development. Hollywood's Master Storytellers?, which is open to the public, provides audiences with the opportunity to meet some of Hollywood's best Storytellers, telling the always-fascinating "Great Stories Behind the Great Stories?" and is a production of Hollywood's Master Storytellers Entertainment. FilmStew.com is the official online home of Hollywood's Master Storytellers?..
Back to School: Healthy School Lunch Ideas for Kids
Simi Valley, CA
(ContentDesk via ContentDesk Direct) May 15, 2006 -- The Visual Guide, a California-based video production company, announced the launch of their new educational DVD The Visual Guide: How to Make a Healthy Lunch for Kids . This new back to school educational DVD helps parents by providing hundreds of healthy school lunch ideas for kids .Words may inform, but demonstration teaches; thats the core philosophy behind The Visual Guides first DVD. At just over 90 minutes long, its packed with valuable information every parent needs to break out of his or her rut in preparing school lunches. Back to school lunch...
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The Greater Philadelphia Online Business Directory and City Guide Known as PhillyWired.com Announces Plans to Immediately Offer Co-Branded Advertising to Local Businesses.
Philadelphia, PA (ContentDesk) December 8, 2004 -- PhillyWired.com today announced plans to boost traffic through an aggressive, co-branded print campaign.
The center city-based online city guide and business directory will promote Blockbuster Online and its other high-profile, performance-based advertisers with a "go-card" campaign in select locales.
Initially, the campaign will promote Blockbuster Online's new service which delivers unlimited DVD rentals to your door for a low monthly fee.
Other national advertisers will be featured from time to time as inclusion will be limited to only high converting advertisers.Not unlike the go-cards used to generate magazine subscriptions, PhillyWired will produce and distribute the 4-inch by 6-inch, full color cards for distribution in select neighborhoods. The cards will feature a major brand and no more than 15 local, non-competing businesses.
Go card distribution will begin approximately a week to 10 days...
The Greater Philadelphia Online Business Directory and City Guide Known as PhillyWired.com Announces Plans to Immediately Offer Co-Branded Advertising to Local Businesses.
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Backup Platinum 2.0 ? Backup to CD-RW, DVD, USB, FTP or LAN
(ContentDesk) November 24, 2004 --
SoftLogica LLC announced Backup Platinum 2.0, an easy-to-use yet powerful backup program designed for Microsoft Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP/2003.It makes a reserve copy of your critical data virtually to any type of storage media: hard or USB drives, CD-R/W or DVD +/- R/RW media, FTP server or Local Area Network. Built-in CD/DVD engine allows you to erase the rewritable disk before burning and automatically split large backups to several parts using disk spanning.128-bit encryption with Blowfish and multichoice ZIP compression on the fly are available to keep your backups small and secure.
The program uses "Wizard" approach to define the backup set: what, where, how, and when to backup. So you become familiar with its features and may start using it in a few minutes after the installation.Backup Platinum is based on multi-threaded file-processing engine and creates detailed logs of all operations. It comes with a flexible scheduler...
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Where To Look For Dirt-Cheap DVD Software. Part VII
DVD Ghost - $34http://www.deprice.com/dvdghost.htmDVD Ghost is a very useful utility to make your DVD play/copy/backup software restriction-free, and it also supports copy/backup DVD to hard disk.It is light on your system resources and resides in system tray. It removes all kinds of restrictions(CSS, RPC Region code, RCE, APS, UOPS, etc.) from the DVD discs in the background.Through this software, your player will be able to play all region DVD on all DVD drives with mismatched region code without changing the region code. You needn't hack DVD drive (flash firmware) which is very dangerous.DVD Ghost also allows you to copy your DVD movie to hard disk if DVD copy/backup software not installed in your computer..
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Don't Use Markers to Label CDs and DVDs
Many people use markers to write on the surface of their CDs and DVDs when labeling their media.
What most people do not know is that using markers, such as Sharpies, ballpoint pens, or any other sharp object can be very damaging to the media.
Most markers contain chemicals that create oxidation, which can deteriorate the CD or DVD.
The oxidation can ruin the aluminum, which covers the surface of the media and ultimately can destroy the data on the disc.
Additionally, these types of markers can damage the physical structure of the disc.There are a couple of ways to avoid these problems.
Special pens are now sold which are made specifically for writing on media.
One brand is called Staedtler Lumocolor CD/DVD Markers (pictured to the right).
Another tip to keep in mind is that off the shelf markers can be used on media that has been screen printed because the screen printing protects the data from chemical destruction..
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Television on Your Schedule with a Digital Video Recorder (DVR)
The introduction of the VCR changed so much for the television viewer. Before the introduction of the VCR, you had to watch the show when it was broadcast by the network ? that was your only option. If you recorded your favorite show, you were able to watch it when you wanted to ? and as many times as you wanted to. All you needed was a blank video tape and a VCR. That has all changed with the DVR.A DVR, or Digital Video Recorder, is technology that takes all the great features of a VCR and places it in the digital age.
Instead of multiple tapes, you have a single hard drive. Instead of degrading tape quality issues, shows are now recorded digitally that can last forever. Instead of programming a VCR through a complicated interface of tiny buttons on a remote control, you can program your DVR through a simple point and click interface, possibly even from your home computer.In addition to the ability to watch your shows whenever you want to, there is another benefit to the DVR...
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