| Australia Celebrates 60 Years Of Ferrari
The Australian celebrations for the 60th Anniversary of Ferrari started today (2 March 2007) with a gala VIP evening to welcome to Australia the 60th Anniversary Ferrari Baton Team which is circumnavigating the world to link more than six months of global celebrations. More than 250 Ferrari owners, politicians, diplomats and racing drivers gathered at the Crown Entertainment Complex to see the diamond encrusted platinum Ferrari Baton arrive in Melbourne. The Baton was formally presented by Matteo Bonciani, Communications Director for Ferrari's Asia-Pacific Region to Tony File, the National President of the Ferrari Club Australia, who will be the first Australian Ferrari owner amongst the 10,0000 Ferrari owners who will carry the Ferrari 60th Anniversary baton around the world. Tomorrow (Saturday 3 March) it will lead more than 100 Ferraris on a 60th anniversary Cavalcade to Lygon Street, where the centre piece of '2007 Grand Prix Festival Celebrating Ferrari's 60th Anniversary' will be the demonstration of a Ferrari Formula One car.
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.
Valentine's Day: Have the Ladies' Mags Lost the Love?
Given that the media often turn to the subject of love at this time of year, the Media Research Center's Culture and Media Institute decided to find out what women's magazines are writing about in their February issues.
The answer is, pretty much what you'd expect -- from Playboy. In 11 of the top-selling monthly women's magazines, with a combined circulation of more than 30 million, messages about S-E-X outnumber messages about love and romance more than 2-to-1.
Typical topics: Who's doing what, where and how many times a week? What do you do if you aren't getting it? How do you make what you are getting even better? In a few cases, the sex is in the context of marriage, but for the most part it's sex for sex's sake. In some top magazines sex is described so graphically that if it were portrayed visually it would be labeled porn and relegated to shops selling "adult" entertainment.
Excite Truck released & some VC news
Excite Truck goes on sale today, and we'll have a massive review online very soon. To celebrate, Nintendo have announced some VC information.Here's the skinny:This week Wii's Virtual Console has shifted up a gear to delight speed freaks across Europe. To celebrate the launch of high-octane off-road racer Excite Truck on the Wii, Virtual Console users will be able to rediscover 'Excitebike'the classic game that inspired it. Launching on the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1986, this fast paced racer was one of the first titles to allow players to adjust the pitch of their bike after a jump to correctly land as well as being one of the first ever racing games with a Track Builder. Excitebike is now available to download from the Wii Shop Channel for 500 Wii Points. Wii owners will also be treated with a selection of other Nintendo classics.
Imperia Entertainment and Muller Media Cast Champion Kickboxer ...
Imperia Entertainment, Inc. (Pink Sheets: IPEI) and Muller Media, Inc. (Pink Sheets: MUME) announced today that it has cast world renowned Champion Kickboxer Michael Anthony McDonald in a fighter role in the Mixed Martial Arts feature film, "Never Submit." "We are thrilled to have a star of Michael's caliber on the cast," said Kenneth Eade, Executive Producer. "He rounds out a cast of legendary fighters, who will be joined by seasoned actors in this first feature film surrounding the sport of mixed martial arts," he added. Imperia's casting director, Rosemary Welden, is currently in the process of making offers to name actors for anchor roles in the film.
ABOUT MICHAEL MCDONALD
Regarded as perhaps the best kickboxer in the world, Michael Anthony McDonald holds the Canadian, WKA Heavyweight and WKC World Cruiser Weight Championship Titles in kickboxing.
Suns knock off Pacers without Shawn Marion
PHOENIX -- Steve Nash and Amare Stoudemire scored 23 points apiece and the Phoenix Suns easily overcame the absence of Shawn Marion to beat the Indiana Pacers for the second time in four days, 115-90 on Friday night. Stoudemire, who also had 10 rebounds, was 11-for-13 at the foul line. Nash made 8 of 10 shots, including 2-for-3 from3-point range. Raja Bell added 17 points. Leandro Barbosa had 14 points and 10 assists. Eric Piatkowski, who had played only 7 minutes all season for Phoenix, was on the court for 22, scoring 11 points, including3-of-8 on 3s. Pat Burke added 10 points for the Suns, all in the second half. Kurt Thomas had a season-high 15 rebounds. Danny Granger scored 20 for the Pacers, who matched their longest losing streak of the season at four games. All four have been by double digits, the past two to Phoenix.
Rejuvenated Martha Stewart, 65, not slowing down
NEW YORK - Think your life is busy? Try stepping into Martha Stewart's garden clogs for a day. Safe to say the lifestyle mogul's brain wasn't idle those five months behind bars. At an age when most people begin the big slowdown (believe it, 65), Stewart is making up for the time lost to her 2004 insider-trading conviction. "We had about two years of no growth. That was a real step backwards for us," said Stewart, whose March 2005 release was followed by five months of house arrest. "Everyone wanted the turnaround to happen quickly, including me," she said in an interview on the set of NBC's "The Martha Stewart Show." "It's tremendous - we feel rejuvenated and reenergized." No kidding. The press "kit" for Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia fills a crate the size of a Kmart end table.
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.
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