| Flower show: Tips for bringing the wee ones
The Pennsylvania Convention Center can be extremely crowded. Roughly a quarter-million folks visit the show each year, and no matter when you go, it may be wall-to-wall tourists. Little ones may find it difficult to see over the heads of adults, so probably the best place for small children is at home with a baby sitter. Fortunately for those who do bring young children, the theme this year is a kid-friendly one. With Legends of Ireland, many major exhibitors focus on fanciful landscapes. The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society particularly recommends exhibits by the Camden Children's Garden, with its fairy homes, and Waldor Orchids' orchid wonderland as good bets. The society also points out that entertainment should delight young visitors. There are Irish dancers, musicians and singers performing every hour on the hour daily at the Castle Stage.
Professional News and Social Networking site Launches for US Anime ...
FORT WORTH , TX – February 22 , 2007 – animeOnline , Ltd. today announced the launch of the beta version of animeOnline.com , the new online community and news resource designed to reach the growing entertainment audience interested in anime , manga and Japanese entertainment. animeOnline is headed by Rob Bricken , former editor of anime industry publication Anime Insider. The main feature of animeOnline (www.animeonline.com) is its accessibility. It is a one-stop shop for entertainment fans to get the latest news and information on their favorite entertainment industry , as well as a place to gather and meet fans who share their same passion. News articles and stories will cover anime , manga , videogames , music and all Japanese culture , be professionally reported , and updated every day.
Films with black stars look to cross the international 'color line'
"Dreamgirls" is a solid hit in the United States, with more than $100 million in domestic box office sales, and its backers at DreamWorks and Paramount Pictures have been tiptoeing into the international marketplace. They hope that a couple of Oscars and a globe- spanning broadcast of the trio's performance will help overcome any foreign resistance to the musical genre and — more ticklishly — to a nearly all-black cast. Only recently have movies begun to crack one of Hollywood's most troubling and least openly discussed problems: an international "color line" behind which films relying on black stars often do not perform well. The box office prowess of "Dreamgirls" overseas will help signal whether this newfound success is fleeting or more lasting. "I always call international the new South, " said Reginald Hudlin, the director of "House Party" and "The Ladies Man" and now the entertainment president of BET Networks.
Fiesta time
Too many parents have spent the week balancing work and child-care chores. And if you have a child heading to college or already in college, you added filing tax forms and college financial aid forms by the March 1 deadline to the mix. After a week like that, there's only one thing to do -- party. A good place to start is the spring gourmet dinner put on by the University of New Hampshire's hospitality students. "Paraiso Mexicano" features a six-course authentic menu on Friday and Saturday. Dishes feature an appetizer of pork-stuffed peppers, authentic tortilla soup, snapper and shrimp with tomatoes, onions, garlic and jalapeno peppers, duck breast with mole sauce, tortilla salad and fried pastry with chocolate dessert. Live entertainment and a cash bar will round things out.
GetConnected(TM) To Hold Engineering Career Fair To Fuel Design of ...
BOSTON, Mass., March 2 /PRNewswire/ -- GetConnected(TM), Inc. (GCi), developer of the market-leading transaction processing platform enabling the sale of digital services, today announced it will hold an engineering career fair at its Boston headquarters on March 5, 2007. GCi plans to hire more than 20 additional software engineers, a sizeable increase in development staff, to support the company's continued growth. This expansion will accelerate enhancements to GCi's acclaimed architecture in order to deliver a commerce engine for the future of the digital services economy. Integrated with more than 25 of the nation's largest service providers such as Comcast, AOL and Verizon, GCi's platform provides an end-to-end order management infrastructure that enables retailers, e-tailers and call centers to effectively sell video, voice, data and entertainment services.
Encyclopedia Of Entertainment, Music, Jazz And Performing Arts
De Lafayette Encyclopedia Of Entertainment, Music, Jazz And Performing Arts (2007-2012) 1st Edition - 3 Volumes, 400 pages each plus The Yearbook by Maximillien De Lafayette. The World Who's Who in Jazz, Cabaret, Music and Entertainment (6 volumes, 3 are published) gave birth to the Thematic and Biographical Encyclopedia of Singers, Performers, Musicians and the Arts. The inclusions, biographically and thematically, were carefully selected and decided upon by the editorial board, music historians, and critics who are members of the Federation of American Musicians, Singers and Performing artists.
This is the first universal encyclopedia exploring the world of singers, divas, musicians, composers, showbiz, entertainment, and music, both thematically (in-depth articles and studies) and biographically.
Television movies for the week of Feb. 18
Abandoned and Deceived '95. Lori Loughlin. A woman is left with little choice but to fight the system when the state refuses to help her collect child support. (2:00) LIFE: Sun. 11 A.M. (CC) The Abyss'89. Ed Harris. Estranged oil-platform workers and a Navy SEAL make a startling deep-sea discovery. (PG-13) (4:00) SCI-FI: Sun. 3 P.M. (CC) The Accidental Witness '06. Natasha Wagner. A murderer pursues an attorney, believing that the woman saw one of his crimes. (NR) (2:00) LIFE: Thu. 9 P.M. (CC) Ace Ventura: Pet Detective'94. Jim Carrey. A bungling gumshoe uncovers more than just a simple kidnapping when he searches for the Miami Dolphins' missing mascot. (PG-13) (1:30) SHO: Sun. 7 A.M., 5 P.M., Fri. 7:15 A.M., 6 P.M. (CC) Addicted to Love'97. Meg Ryan. A man and a woman meet by chance, then collaborate to spy on their exes, who are live-in lovers.
The Park at MOA to become world's first Nickelodeon theme park
Mall of America and Nickelodeon announced a partnership today combining the country's largest shopping and entertainment destination with the number-one entertainment brand for kids. Under the new agreement, various Nickelodeon properties and characters will come to life in the first-ever Nickelodeon themed park, part of a re-branding of the Mall's seven-acre amusement park. Fresh designs and exciting new rides and attractions, inspired by Nickelodeon's popular shows and characters, are just a few of the anticipated changes. Construction will begin after the architectural plans are complete, with the grand opening of the newly re-themed park anticipated in spring 2008. "Nickelodeon's family-friendly focused entertainment is a perfect fit for Mall of America, and we are thrilled about what this means for the Mall and Minnesota," said Maureen Bausch, vice president of business development for Mall of America.
Paramount launches DVD premiere unit
FEB. 28 | Paramount Pictures named former Universal Studios exec Louis Feola president of a new production division that will create direct-to-video product based on Paramount's library films, the company said today. Feola held a similar role at Universal, where he worked for 26 years before leaving in 2004. In his most recent role at Universal, Feola headed Universal Home Entertainment Productions, where he led the unit to create successful video spin-offs of The Land Before Time, Bring It On and American Pie. He also oversaw the studio's other video and TV production divisions: Universal Pictures Visual Programming and Universal Cartoon Studios. Paramount's yet-to-be named division will develop and produce sequels, prequels and remakes based on library films from Paramount Pictures, Paramount Vantage, DreamWorks, MTV Films and Nickelodeon Movies.
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