Muskegon entertainment calendar, Dec. 5-7, 2011
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Madonna to provide halftime entertainment at Super Bowl
Madonna will perform during halftime of Super Bowl XLVI, the NFL announced Sunday night.
The pop legend will be accompanied by performers from Cirque de Soleil, and choreographer Jamie King will collaborate on the production.
This seasons Super Bowl will be held Feb. 5 at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, two days after Madonnas new film premieres nationwide.
The Black Eyed Peas performed at last seasons game in Arlington, Texas.
RealD and Mei Ah Entertainment Group Limited (MAEG) Announce Agreement for 3D …
HONG KONG LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--RealD Inc. (NYSE: RLD), a leading global licensor of 3D technologies,
and Mei Ah Entertainment Group Limited (MAEG), a major Chinese-language
film producer and distributor in the region, announced today an
agreement to install RealD 3D technology on one hundred screens across
the MAEG circuit in China. The deal is part of MAEGâ??s overall efforts to
expand within the Chinese theatrical market with fifty new cinemas and
five hundred screens over the next five years. The first MAEG cinema has
already opened in Tinjian and will be followed by openings in Yangzhou,
Shanghai, Chengdu and more. With this latest agreement, RealD technology
is now available on approximately 460 cinema screens in China with
future commitments totaling 1,200 screens.
RealDâ??s award-winning 3D technology is the most widely used in the
world and I am pleased to have them as a strategic partner
â??With the current demand for 3D in China outweighing the number of
screens available, we look forward to equipping MAEG cinemas with RealD
3D technology as they continue to expand in China,â? said Edman Chan,
RealDâ??s General Manager of Greater China, Southeast Asia and Korea for
Cinema.
â??RealDâ??s award-winning 3D technology is the most widely used in the
world and I am pleased to have them as a strategic partner,â? said
Patrick Tong, Managing Director of MAEG. â??With RealDâ??s superb image
quality, audience members become actual participants in the movie.â?
RealD is the worldâ??s most widely used 3D cinema technology with over
18,700 screens equipped with RealD 3D in approximately 60 countries
around the world.
About RealD Inc.
RealD is a leading global licensor of 3D technologies. RealDs extensive
intellectual property portfolio is used in applications that enable a
premium 3D viewing experience in the theater, the home and elsewhere.
RealD licenses its RealD Cinema Systems to motion picture exhibitors
that show 3D motion pictures and alternative 3D content. RealD also
provides its RealD Display, active and passive eyewear, and RealD Format
technologies to consumer electronics manufacturers and content producers
and distributors to enable the delivery and viewing of 3D content.
RealDs cutting-edge 3D technologies have been used for applications
such as piloting the Mars Rover.
RealD was founded in 2003 and has offices in Beverly Hills, California;
Boulder, Colorado; London, United Kingdom; Shanghai, China; Hong Kong;
and Tokyo, Japan. For more information, please visit our website at www.reald.com.
About Mei Ah Entertainment Group Limited (MAEG)
www.meiah.com/index.php?lang=en
Cautionary note on forward-looking statements
This press release includes forward-looking information and statements,
including but not limited to: statements concerning the anticipated
rollout of RealD 3D technology across the MAEG theater circuit and the
growth of the cinema industry in China. These statements are based on
RealDâ??s current expectations and beliefs, as well as a number of
assumptions concerning future events. Such forward-looking statements
are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties, assumptions and
other important factors, many of which are outside RealDâ??s control that
could cause actual results to differ materially from the results
discussed in the forward-looking statements. RealDâ??s annual and
quarterly reports include a more detailed discussion of the risks and
uncertainties that may cause that could cause actual results to differ
materially from the results discussed in the forward-looking statements.
RealD undertakes no obligation to update publicly the information
contained in this press release, or any forward-looking statements, to
reflect new information, events or circumstances after the date they
were made, or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.
 2011. RealD Inc. All Rights Reserved.
True Blood and Social Media Star Janina Gavankar to Receive Gravity Summit’s …
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., Dec. 5, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Gravity Summit LLC is pleased to announce that Janina Gavankar, who plays Luna Garza on HBOs hit series True Blood, will be the recipient of the Gravity Summit Excellence in Social Media / Entertainment Award at the 4th Annual Gravity Summit Social Media for Sports amp; Entertainment event that will take place at UCLA on February 22, 2011.
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Janinas fans know her best as Luna, Sams love interest on True Blood, but Janina also exemplifies the importance Young Hollywood puts on social media. Janina was the first celebrity to sign up for Twitter and she created a theme for actors on Posterous, a website meant to help people share their online presence. So far, thousands of fellow actors are using her site, which Janina believes is integral to helping their career by giving them a place to display their past work.
TheGravity Summit Excellence in Social Media Marketing Awardslaunched in 2009 to recognize the superior understanding and use of social media marketing tools by well-known brands, businesses and individuals. Previous award recipients include MC Hammer, Eastman Kodak, actressFelicia Day, and Domino Foods for their campaign to end child hunger in the US
This years conference theme is Sports amp; Entertainment and will bring out a stellar line-up of speakers from the Hollywood Studios to Fortune 500 companies to the biggest sports teams in the country.
We are delighted that Janina will be present to accept the Gravity Summit Award and look forward to recognizing her success and expertise in the social media space, says Beverly Macy, Co-Founder and CEO of Gravity Summit LLC. Janina clearly gets it when it comes to using new digital interactive and social media tools and we want to celebrate her marketing savvy and social media expertise.
Registration is now open and seating is limited. For more information call 213-925-8188.
About Gravity Summit
Gravity Summit LLC is a social business company that produces premiere social media marketing events, delivers social media education and training, and provides strategic advisory services to Fortune 500 brands looking to maximize their social media presence. Founded in 2009, Gravity Summit is best known for its one-of-a-kind events that feature industrys most aggressive brands in social media today, in addition to notable speakers, forward-thinking topics and technology innovations. For more information, please see Gravity Summits website http://www.gravitysummit.com/.
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Entertainment Generational Change: Universal Studios Orlando Florida to Close …
Add Universal Studio Florida’s Bruce the shark to the ranks of the unemployed. In a sign of the passing of a generation of entertainment, Universal Studios Orlando will close the famous Jaws attraction as new blockbusters, news films with lots of buzz supplant a past blockbuster.
Bruce will soon sleep with the fishes:
Jaws, the classic Universal Studios Florida ride in which tour boats full of guests are attacked by a robotic great white shark, will close permanently on Jan. 2 to make way for a new attraction, Universal Orlando announced Friday.
The ride, based on the 1975 movie directed by famed director and Universal theme-park consultant Steven Spielberg, was one of the original attractions in Universal Studios when the park opened in 1990.
The Amity-themed area surrounding the attraction, named after the fictional resort island in the movie, will also be closed to make room for what will be an exciting new attraction experience, Universal spokesman Tom Schroder said.
Jaws has been an amazing attraction and an important part of our history. We know that Jaws holds a special place in the hearts of our guests, Schroder said. But we always have to look to the future and dedicate ourselves to providing new, innovative entertainment experiences for our guests.
That’s corporate spin for the ride has been great but it’s getting kinda old..
Universal said employees who work on the attraction or in the surrounding environment will be moved into other areas of the resort. Two other attractions in the area -- Disaster! and Beetlejuice’s Graveyard Revue -- will not be affected.
People often forget how quickly the past stars, past legends and past hit entertainment properties — on the stage, film and television — pass intothe past. To be sure, little is thrown away anymore because it can surface as an attraction, a DVD, a video game or a You Tube embed.
Jaws is still a classic film, a blockbuster but it’s seldom shown on network TV in prime time anymore, is seldom shown in theaters in revivals, and is not a best selling DVD title. It isn’t mega-buzz like it was when it first came out, or even 10 years after it came out. Retiring the ride involves show biz logic: its all about the business of extracting money from properties and offering customers — especially young customers — thrills they can quickly relate too. Jaws is becoming to the 2010s what Davey Crockett was to the 1990s.
There’s a point where everything (except me) gets old.
Here’s a You Tube embed of the Jaws ride in Florida (complete with parent who brings on the ride a baby who may need therapy in future years..)
DQE Entertainment (International) firmly in the picture
The company made this announcement before trading hours today, 5 December 2011.
Meanwhile, the BSE Sensex was down 69.22 points, or 0.41% to 16,777.61.
On BSE, 12,227 shares were traded in the counter as against average daily volume of 12,143 shares in the past one quarter.
The stock hit a high of Rs 24.75 and a low of Rs 24 so far during the day. The stock had hit a record low of Rs 22.30 on 2 December 2011. The stock had hit a 52-week high of Rs 103.90 on 2 December 2010.
The stock had underperformed the market over the past one month till 2 December 2011, falling 26.6% compared with the Sensexs decline of 3.54%. The scrip had also underperformed the market in past one quarter, falling 28.02% as against 0.15% rise in the Sensex.
The small-cap animation and visual effects firm has an equity capital of Rs 79.28 crore. Face value per share is Rs 10.
DQ Entertainment (International) (DQE) announced that SMC Entertainment (SMC), its rights partner in North America, Australia and South Africa, is to market The Jungle Book at Kidscreen Summit and the New York Toy Fair in February 2012.
SMC is the recently launched entertainment and brand management division of global consumer products manufacturer, Sun-Mate Corporation. SMC acquired all North American TV, home entertainment, licensing and merchandising rights, as well as all promotional rights to the CGI-animated Jungle Book television series and a one-hour feature from DQ Entertainment International. In addition, SMC has acquired for The Jungle Book the master toy rights for Australia and New Zealand and licensing and merchandising rights for South Africa, DQE Entertainment (International) said in statement.
Commenting on the development, Mr Tapaas Chakravarti, Chairman and CEO, DQE Entertainment (International) said "The success of our TV series The Jungle Book is validated by the quality of partners it has attracted globally. From licensing for TV broadcast to merchandizing across a varied range of products, the property has met with huge success and appealed to a new generation of children across all nationalities. We are delighted with the partnership with SMC for North America and South Africa and are convinced that they will do justice to this iconic brand. I am sure our beloved Jungle Book will see new highs in the hands of our new and able partners."
SMC Entertainment is a division of Sun-Mate Corporation which has been manufacturing a diverse range of quality consumer goods for over 26 years. Sun-Mate Corporation has held top licenses with NBC Universal, Disney, IMG (Chevron, Texaco, Gulf) and currently holds licensees for Star Wars, Indiana Jones and the entire range of Marvel Entertainment characters, Union Pacific and The Public Zoo.
On a consolidated basis, DQE Entertainment (International)s net profit rose 11.2% to Rs 21.72 crore 0.6% rise in net sales to Rs 62.98 crore in Q2 September 2011 over Q2 September 2010.
DQE is one of the leading producers of animation, visual effects, game art and live action entertainment content for the global media and entertainment industry. With a workforce of approximately 3,200 employees and a global client - partner base of over 100 producers, distributors, broadcasters and licensors, including Walt Disney Group, Universal Pictures, Nickelodeon Animation Studios Inc., Electronic Arts, Marvel Comics, American Greetings, BBC Group, M6/ France TV Group / TF-1 - leading broadcasting and distribution groups from France, ZDF TV and ZDF Enterprises - leading Broadcaster and distributor from Germany, ABC Australia, Al Jazeera - Arabic nations, Disney Channels - Asia, Cartoon Network Group and many more world-wide.
Today’s entertainment news: Bollywood mourns the death of Dev Anand
The veteran Bollywood actor and director Dev Anand died on Saturday after a heart attack in London. He was 88. Amit Dave / Reuters
Live Nation Entertainment Announces New Executives For The New York Market
Live Nation Entertainment, the leading live entertainment and eCommerce company, announced key appointments to the New York office and the North American Touring team. Veteran entertainment executive and concert promoter Alan Ostfield will fill the newly created position of President, North Atlantic for Live Nation encompassing the New York and Philadelphia regions. Jason Miller is named President of New York for Live Nation. He replaces Kevin Morrow who will return to his hometown of Los Angeles to join the North American Touring office as Senior Vice President. Ron Delsener will continue in his role as Chairman of the New York market. Geoffrey Gordon remains President of Philadelphia, taking on an expanded role as tour producer.
Alan comes to Live Nation with an incredible wealth of experience in managing major sports and entertainment businesses and facilities, said Mark Campana, Co-President of North America Concerts.
Jason Miller who will be running our New York office has deep artist relationships from his work over the last 20 years, and then add in the iconic Ron Delsener, I believe we have a big team playing in New York.
Ostfield is the former President Chief Executive Officer of Palace Sports Entertainment, where he was responsible for overall management of the Palace of Auburn Hills, DTE Energy Music Theatre and the Meadow Brook Music Festival. Prior to that, Alan held the position of Senior Vice President and General Counsel for the San Diego Padres.
Miller most recently served as Live Nations Senior Vice President of New York where he booked a wide range of successful shows with such superstars as JAY-Z, Beyonce, Radiohead, deadmau5 and more, across the spectrum of Live Nation New York area venues, including the Roseland Ballroom, Irving Plaza, the Nikon Theater at Jones Beach, PNC Bank Arts Center and beyond. Prior to New York, Miller was the Senior Vice President of Music for Live Nation in Denver.
Ron Delsener is the preeminent New York concert promoter and has promoted concerts in New York for over 40 years. From the smallest and most obscure artist in a night club to Paul McCartney at Yankee Stadium, Ron Delsener is regularly called upon by the worlds greatest stars to promote their shows in New York.
Morrow originally joined the House of Blues in 1994 as the talent buyer for the House of Blues on Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles. In 1996, he was promoted to the Head of Talent for all House of Blues overseeing the talent buying teams for each venue and all House of Blues nationally branded tours including Smokin Grooves, blink-182, Elvis Costello and many more. Morrows live entertainment accomplishments also include producing the halftime show at Super Bowl XXXI, at the Superdome in New Orleans, with The Blues Brothers, James Brown and ZZ Top.
Geoff Gordon has recently expanded his role to include Tour Producer. He has had tremendous success with the Watch The Throne Tour featuring JAY-Z and KANYE WEST and has already started working on additional tours for Live Nation.
Trans World loss narrowed in second quarter
ALBANY -- Trans World Entertainment Corp., the Albany-based music, video and games retailer, said Thursday that its loss for the second quarter of 2011 was $7.3 million, or 23 cents a share. Net loss in the same period last year was $15.8 million, or 50 cents a share.
Total sales in the second quarter decreased 20 percent to $108 million compared with $135 million in 2010. Comparable store sales for the quarter decreased 6 percent. The company operated an average of 442 stores during the quarter and 538 last year, an 18 percent decline.
Shares (Nasdaq: TWMC) were down three cents to $1.89 when the market closed Thursday.
-- Leah Buletti
Sony Online Entertainment Gives Release Date for Three Upcoming Games
Sony Online Entertainment has used gamescom to announce release dates for three of their upcoming PlayStation Network games. PAYDAY: The Heist, Sideway: New York and Rochard will all be releasing early this fall for download and offer a wide variety of gameplay from Robert DeNiro type robberies to adventures with graffiti. Check out the release dates below, along with details on each title.
Title: Rochard
Release Date: 9/27
Price: $9.99
Rochard has gamers playing as a space miner named John Rochard who uses wits and tools to fight off the space pirates. Missing miners and an ancient artifact cause John to use his tools and gravity to fight back.
Title: PAYDAY: The Heist
Release Date: 10/4
Price: $19.99
PAYDAY: The Heist is a game that many are calling Left 4 Dead with banks, and that description really fits. Grab a bunch of your friends and take down banks, hijack armored cars, and break into safe houses in this action packed game. If you feel inclined, you can take part in the PSN PLAY Program that is currently going on, where, when you buy 4 games, you get PAYDAY for free. DLC expansions for this game will also be released later this year.
Title: Sideway: New York
Release Date: 10/11
Price: $9.99
Sideway: New York is a 2D platformer that is set in a 3D world, where players control a graffiti artist named Nox. Use not only drainpipes and windows ledges to navigate through the backstreets, but also graffiti tags. Tag your way through the levels while listening to an underground hip-hop inspired soundtrack, all while trying to defeat your nemesis Spray.
Now gamers have three very solid and different looking games to look forward to in the coming months. Will you be picking up any of these titles when they release?