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Big Names, Big Movies, Big Moments: Who Will Make Headlines This Year?!?

SANTA MONICA, Calif., May 19 /PRNewswire/ — Who and what will the blogs be buzzing about this year? MTV brings the biggest names of this summer’s most anticipated films together to give fans more spontaneous and shocking moments as Steve Carell, Jack Black, Lindsay Lohan, Robert Downey Jr., Mark Wahlberg, Seth Rogen, Megan […]

LIONSGATE Casts Vote for QED International’s Bush Biopic W, Directed by Oscar(R) Winner Oliver Stone

SANTA MONICA, Calif., May 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — LIONSGATE(R) , the leading independent filmed entertainment studio, announced today that in a deal with Omnilab Media it has acquired North American distribution rights from QED International to W, a biopic about President George W. Bush directed by Academy Award(R) winner Oliver Stone (WORLD TRADE CENTER, PLATOON, […]

The Wilshire Grand Hotel in Los Angeles Welcomes The Downtown Comedy Club

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., May 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — International Speedway Corporation (BULLETIN BOARD: ISCB) (”ISC”) today announced an increase in its annual dividend and the election of four members to its Board of Directors.
ISC declared an annual dividend of $0.12 per share, payable on June 30, 2008, to common stockholders of record on […]

No Sights, But Plenty of Sound at Soundboard.com

CHARLESTOWN, St. Kitts/Nevis, May 1 /PRNewswire/ — Nicknamed “SoundTube” by its users, after the massively popular video-sharing site, Soundboard.com made its official debut in April after 16 months in BETA. Yet despite its long trial status, Soundboard.com is already one of the Internet’s largest and most popular audio resources.
“Didn’t take long to learn that […]

Ang Lee’s Lust, Caution Captures Outstanding Film Honors at the 2008 JCPenney Asian Excellence Awards(R)

LOS ANGELES, April 24 /PRNewswire/ — The 2008 JCPenney Asian Excellence Awards(R) was held at UCLA’s Royce Hall yesterday, attracting some of the hottest stars in film and television. Hosted by Carrie Ann Inaba (Dancing with the Stars) and Bobby Lee (MADtv), Hollywood players came out in force to honor Asian and Asian […]

Six-Time Grammy(R) Nominee Dave Koz Announces U.S. Summer Tour, Launching June 6th

LOS ANGELES, April 23 /PRNewswire/ — Grammy-nominated pop instrumentalist Dave Koz will kick off an extensive summer tour of the U.S. on June 6th in El Paso, TX. And the saxophonist extraordinaire has been tapped to close Kennedy Center’s NSO Pops concert season in Washington, DC, which will present “A Date with Dave Koz” […]

Disney Launches New Film Label - Disneynature

BURBANK, Calif., April 21 /PRNewswire/ — The Walt Disney Studios is launching Disneynature, a prestigious new production banner that will literally go to the ends of the earth to produce major big screen nature documentaries, Studios Chairman Dick Cook announced.
In the great tradition established by Walt Disney himself, Disneynature will offer spectacular entertainment about […]

Lionsgate Schedules Fiscal 2008 Year End Earnings Release and Analyst Conference Call

SANTA MONICA, Calif. and VANCOUVER, British Columbia, April 21
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — LIONSGATE(R) , the leading independent filmed entertainment studio, will announce financial results for fiscal year 2008 (year ended March 31, 2008) and its fiscal fourth quarter (quarter ended March 31, 2008) after market close on Friday, May 30, 2008.
Lionsgate senior management will hold […]

Tatweer to Create world’s First Marvel Super Heroes Theme Park

DUBAI, UAE, April 20 /PRNewswire/ — - 4.5 Million Sq Ft Development to be Built in Dubailand
Tatweer, a member of Dubai Holding, today announced a landmark deal with US-based Marvel Entertainment, Inc. , the creators of such globally renowned Super Heroes as Spider-Man, The X-Men, Iron Man, the Fantastic Four and The Incredible Hulk, […]

LiveUniverse Acquires Pageflakes

HOLLYWOOD Calif and SAN FRANCISCO April 18 PRNewswire - LiveUniverse the social entertainment company founded and run by Chairman and CEO Brad Greenspan the Hollywood-based entrepreneur and sole founder of MySpace announced today that it has agreed to acquire Pageflakes the innovator of the social personalized homepage The transaction was a combination of […]