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How Dolce it is!
Luxury Brand Dolce & Gabbana recently revealed their new three-story, 11,00 square-foot Fifth Avenue flagship boutique in NYC featuring the brand’s signature Sicilian style. Nearly two years after retail whispers hinted at plans for a new Dolce & Gabbana boutique in New York City, the luxe Italian label opened shop last week at 715 Fifth [...]
Read moreWill this be a Super Summer for Hollywood?
For Hollywood Studios, no time of year is more important — or more expensive — than the four-month summer season. The stakes are particularly high this year, since domestic box-office revenue is trailing 2012 by a dire 12 percent. From Teaser Trailers, to digital and print marketing campaigns and celebrities promoting their respective films on [...]
Read moreNBC ORDERS GROUNDBREAKING 24/7 LIVE COMPETITION ‘THE MILLION SECOND QUIZ’
via press release: NBC ORDERS GROUNDBREAKING 24/7 LIVE COMPETITION ‘THE MILLION SECOND QUIZ’ Episodes Set to Air in Primetime This Fall as Contestants Nationwide Engage in Thrilling Mental Endurance Test for Huge Cash Prizes 12-Day Competition to Be Shown on NBCUniversal’s Digital Platforms UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. — April 24, 2013 — NBC has ordered [...]
Read moreAre these the Worst Ten #1 Hits of the 80s
Yahoo Music release the list for the Worst Ten #1 Hits of the 80′s. For this playlist, the author selected one song from each year of the 1980s. To qualify, the song had to reach the #1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and it has to be what the author consider an “abomination.” [...]
Read moreNBC Promo Video Playing Up Tonight Show Rivalry
By now everyone has probably seen the headlines about NBC’s War on Leno where NBC is reportedly trying to replace the 20 year Tonight Show host with Jimmy Fallon. A negative PR situation for NBC, right? …maybe not. As with most bad PR situations, it is almost always best to address the issue head-on before [...]
Read moreUniversal Music and Disney Music join in Collaborative pact.
The Walt Disney Co.’s Disney Music Group and Vivendi’s Universal Music Group said Wednesday they have expanded and deepened an ongoing relationship via a long-term global commercial and creative agreement. The deal gives Disney Music artists, such as Demi Lovato and Selena Gomez, and labels access to Universal producers and songwriters. The Disney Music Group [...]
Read moreAmanda Brown Releases Single on Universal Studios film soundtrack
If you saw Universal Studios’ Identity Thief , starring Jason Bateman and Melissa McCarthy, you may have recognized a familiar voice. Amanda Brown, from NBC’s The Voice Season 3, has a single on the soundtrack entitled “The Payback” . The song can be downloaded on iTunes here . Also the CD for the movie’s soundtrack was release [...]
Read moreOz makes Box Office Magic
Breathing life into what has been alackluster 2013 box office, “Oz the Great and Powerful” took in an impressive $80.3 million in its North American debut and $69.9 million overseas for a global opening of $150.2 million.
Read moreTime Warner to unload Publishing Division
For Time Warner, Time Magazine just ran out of time. On Wednesday, March 6, 2013, Time Warner announced plans to unload its publishing division, a move that comes as other film and TV conglomerates are also shedding print media assets. A streamlined, film and TV-focused Time Warner will go head-to-head against a newly independent Fox Group, [...]
Read moreSatellite Movie Delivery Coming to Theaters
Technology is taking over Hollywood, and in more ways than digital films and 3D movies. By the end of this year, many of your favorite movies will no longer exist in physical form. Movies, of course, started as reels of film and remained like that for the better part of a century. About six years [...]
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