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DigitalReel Productions Announces Digital Release

Short form feature "A Patriot Act" now available online. (PRWeb Jul 9, 2008)

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Alliance Group Entertainment's "Hotel California" Set to Premiere at The 9th Annual New York International Latino Film Festival Presented by HBO

The stylistic psychological crime drama "Hotel California" to premiere in NYC. (PRWeb Jul 9, 2008)

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Diva.AG Puts the Very Best Filmed Entertainment at the Fingertips of Consumers by Distributing Them to Leading Digital Retailers Globally

Diva.AG is one of the world’s leading digital distribution solutions for award winning independent movies and true classics. (PRWeb Jul 9, 2008)

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FootageBank HD Selected to Represent 'Faces of Earth' Collection

Acclaimed Series' Images Include Formation of the Planet, Evolution of the Continents and Aerial Coverage from Around the World (PRWeb Jul 9, 2008)

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Don Larsen's Perfect Game to be Shown July 10th

The greatest game ever pitched at Yankee Stadium will be seen in New York City for the first time since 1956. (PRWeb Jul 9, 2008)

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Crucial Music's Business Model Proves To Be a Win-Win for Artists and Company

Contrary to most music business deals, a 50/50 partnership with indie artists is financially viable in the film, television, advertising and videogame placement arena. (PRWeb Jul 9, 2008)

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Your Environmental Road Trip (YERT) Celebrates the Completion of Eco-Adventure: 50 States in 52 Weeks

Celebrating green across the red, white and blue. (PRWeb Jul 8, 2008)

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Pond5 Makes a Big Splash in the Stock Footage World

Community-based stock footage marketplace emerges from beta with 50,000 clips, stunning low prices, and a next-generation user interface. (PRWeb Jul 8, 2008)

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Star Search Casting Exposes The Latest Entertainment Frauds & Scams

As the number of scams targeting aspiring actors, singers, dancers and models escalate, and scammers become more sophisticated in their methods, it can be tricky to identify the difference between a scam and a legitimate opportunity. (PRWeb Jul 8, 2008)

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New Instructional DVD on the Canon XH A1 Camcorder Covers New Ground In-Depth

At 101 minutes, "Learn The XH A1" is the most detailed video instruction to date on Canon's very popular (under $10,000) professional HD camcorder. (PRWeb Jul 7, 2008)

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Off-Broadway "Indie" Theater Finds Business Surging Despite NYC Tourism Slump

Summer theater ticket sales in New York City soar; Independent production "Suite Atlanta" betting the plantation on a rising tide. (PRWeb Jul 5, 2008)

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The MPAA Offers Initial Assessment - Not Endorsement - of DreamStream's Technology

The MPAA offers an initial assessment, but not an endorsement, of DreamStream's file streaming technology. (PRWeb Jul 5, 2008)

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Voices.com Introduces Platinum Membership for Professional Voice Actors

Voices.com, the voice over marketplace, is wowing the industry with an innovation in marketing and public relations through their most recent service offering, the Platinum membership. (PRWeb Jul 3, 2008)

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Create Fireworks on the Salsa Dance Floor with the sequel to SalsaCrazy's bestselling instructional salsa dance videos: The Advanced Salsa Dance Mastery System

SalsaCrazy.com announces its "Advanced Salsa Dance Mastery System", an incredible six DVD system, featuring over ten hours of stellar dance instruction, and ten dance unique and world renown dance instructors, designed for intermediate and advanced Salsa Dancers now available at http://www.SalsaCrazyAdvanced.com (PRWeb Jul 3, 2008)

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Friends of World Heritage Teams Up with Indiana Jones? to Offer Travelers the Chance to Follow in Indy's Footsteps

In coordination with the release of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull™, Friends of World Heritage--a grassroots initiative dedicated to raising awareness and funds for the protection of UNESCO World Heritage sites--is calling on individuals to test their World Heritage and Indiana Jones knowledge through its interactive and educational Adventure Quiz. (PRWeb Jul 3, 2008)

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WALL-E Agrees: There's a "Killer at Large," Note Independent Filmmakers

As marketers push unhealthful foods on children and government policy makes it the only affordable way to feed a family, researchers behind a new documentary tell us the obesity depicted in "WALL-E" is all too possible (PRWeb Jul 3, 2008)

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Call to Action for American Voters: "FREE FOR ALL!" Premieres 4th of July at www.FreeForAll.tv

Political Doc with Jerry Springer, Greg Palast and Citizen Journalist John Ennis Reveals How 2008 U.S. Election is Stolen and How to Win It Back (PRWeb Jul 2, 2008)

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Mobile Monday Launches Annual Mobile Excellence Awards To Honor Outstanding Achievements & Leadership in Mobile Entertainment

Elite Group of Industry Leaders Judges Prestigious Mobile Awards (PRWeb Jul 2, 2008)

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Open Source Music Video to Air on FUSE TV with Professionally Shot RED Footage

World's first website dedicated to open source music video creation launches at cutscape.com. (PRWeb Jul 2, 2008)

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The MPAA Approves DreamStream's Anti-Piracy Technology

The Motion Picture Association of America recommends DreamStream's media streaming technology for use by the major film studios as a solution to digital piracy. (PRWeb Jul 2, 2008)

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Mother Polar Bear Killed Near Greenland, By Order of Amelia Earhart's Future Husband, In Order To Capture Her Cubs

Privately-held development company Ferrumar has discovered that George Putnam, the future husband of aviator Amelia Earhart (who vanished in the Pacific Ocean 71 years ago today), directed the killing of a polar bear and capture of her cubs on behalf of the Manhattan-based American Museum of Natural History (AMNH). (PRWeb Jul 2, 2008)

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New Travel Series DVD Explores China's Cities Just in Time for the Summer Olympics

Choices, Inc., is pleased to announce the release of "Beyond Beijing: Exploring China's Cities, available on DVD July, 8th 2008. The DVD will be a valuable guide for those travelling to China for the 2008 Olympics. (PRWeb Jul 2, 2008)

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Screen Actors Guild Continues to Negotiate: Members Continue to Work Past Contract Expiration

Screen Actors Guild national negotiating committee has bargained with the AMPTP for the last 42 days and remains committed to negotiating a fair deal for actors as soon as possible. (PRWeb Jul 1, 2008)

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John Robert Powers Offers iPOP! Acting Audition Scholarship To Chinese Orphan

Ron Patterson, Chairman and Owner of the John Robert Powers Franchises Sponsors iPOP! Participant and Establishes College Fund (PRWeb Jul 1, 2008)

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Ice Water Entertainment's Music Producer Korrenti 'Water' Mayweather Signs Producer/Publishing Agreements with Rodney 'Darkchild' Jerkins and EMI.

Ice Water Entertainment and 4012 Management announce the signing of Korrenti "Water" Mayweather to a Producer/Publishing deal with Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins and EMI. (PRWeb Jul 1, 2008)

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Tree Removal in Austin is Subject of Short Film

"At What Cost?", a short film about the demise of a 100-year-old pecan grove in the center of Austin, debuts today on the internet. The film, by Tom Suhler, takes the form of an obituary for one of the 50 trees that were toppled to make room for the Barton Place Condominiums. (PRWeb Jul 1, 2008)

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Filmmaker Rosalind Schneider Receives 2008 Women's Film Preservation Award Grant for 1973 film "Parallax"

New York Women in Film & Television's Women's Film Preservation Fund (WFPF) announced grants to be awarded in 2008 to restore and preserve eight films by women, including "Parallax" (1973) by Rosalind Schneider This three-screen film that explores the sensuous flow of the female and male body as a reoccurring metaphor for change. This dance film is choreographed by Edith Stephen. (PRWeb Jul 1, 2008)

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Video of Famous People Laughing Wins 2008 Crystal Award

New video shows world leaders, celebrities, and animals yukking it up. Award recognizes its unique viewpoint in a sea of online trivia. (PRWeb Jun 30, 2008)

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MAXON BodyPaint 3D Helps Rhythm & Hues Unleash its Creative Power on the Feature Film, ?The Incredible Hulk?

Award-winning Visual Effects and Character Animation Studio Adopts BodyPaint 3D into State-of-the-Art Production Pipeline to Meet Rising Demand for Realism and Complexity in 3D Paint and Textures (PRWeb Jun 30, 2008)

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Retail Solutions Adds Syndicated Data to its Demand Signal Management Offering

Company also releases major upgrade to its advanced analytics solution. (PRWeb Jun 30, 2008)

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Blue Ray Technologies Opening Largest Indie BD Mastering Facility, First with Rewritable Disc

BRT, already first Indie Blu-ray Disc manufacturing plant, will also do pre-mastering, stamping, authoring, and encoding. (PRWeb Jun 30, 2008)

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Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt Donation to Women for Women International

The Jolie-Pitt Foundation has announced a $200,000 pledge to Women for Women International's program in Iraq to sponsor 300 women, and more than 1,000 children who will benefit. The donation will allow women to invest in the health, education and nutrition of their children. (PRWeb Jun 27, 2008)

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Spill.com Releases Review of WALL-E: Spill.com Reviews Animated Sci-Fi Adventure Wall-E

Disney and Pixar's wide-eyed Robot WALL-E will land in theaters today. Spill.com returns from their intergalactic meeting with the robot and will release their review of Wall-E today on Spill.com. (PRWeb Jun 27, 2008)

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Bobby Razak and TapOut Films Premiere - Two Icons in MMA History Create Magic Together

Bobby Razak and TapOut Films presents "Bloodlines" which depicts the internal struggles of a man conquering his environment. This mixed martial arts short is the brainchild of Executive Producer Bobby Razak and TapOut Films. The sport was born of ancient Roman Gladiators, Pankration and Bruce Lee in an effort to combine the mental game with the physical prowess of masters. For this reason some say that mixed martial artists are the best athletes in the world. "Bloodlines" gives a compelling taste of a true warrior in the making. Public pre-launch party this Sat June 28th at 9pm at Miyagis West Hollywood 90046. (PRWeb Jun 27, 2008)

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Austin's "Most High Tech Home" Hosts High Fashion Photo Shoot with Wolfpack Film Group

WPFG Studios and the Wolfpack Film Group are bringing together local actors and models together with film and photography professionals for a portfolio building workshop. The workshop is being hosted by Producer Robin Blesch, July 12th and 13th at The Mermaid House. The Mermaid house, featured on KXAN as "Austin's Most High-tech Home," features a $300,000 home automation system and media room. (PRWeb Jun 27, 2008)

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NodorO is Releasing Their Top 25 Hottest Uncircumcised Celebrities on ismellperfect.com

Uncircumcised men have been getting a bad reputation and generally deemed "uncool" and "unattractive" for years. The President/CEO and the creator of NodorO™ disagrees and plans on changing that, by releasing NodorO's Top 25 hottest uncircumcised celebrities on ismellperfect.com. (PRWeb Jun 26, 2008)

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Muvico and Frank Theatres Announce Next Generation of Premier Entertainment Experience to Spotsylvania Towne Centre in Fredericksburg, VA

Paragon Theaters, a subsidiary of Muvico Entertainment, L.L.C. ("Muvico"), and Frank Theatres ("Frank") announced a joint venture to bring the next generation of premium entertainment to Spotsylvania Towne Centre in Fredericksburg, VA. (PRWeb Jun 26, 2008)

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Seven Year Old iPOP! Acting Contestant Lands Role In Major Motion Picture

Seattle Actress Who Attended International Presentation of Performers (iPOP!) Acting Continues iPOP!'s Latest Run of Successes And Is Cast in Academy Award Winning Director's Upcoming Film (PRWeb Jun 25, 2008)

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Showtime Hit "American Drug War" Comes to DVD

35 years after Nixon started the War on Drugs, we have over one million non-violent drug offenders living behind bars. Thought by many experts to be the precursor to the current War on Terror, the drug war has now cost trillions of dollars and will certainly be brought front and center in the coming elections. After premiering in March on Showtime, the award-winning documentary "American Drug War" now comes to DVD hoping to ignite a long-overdue debate. (PRWeb Jun 24, 2008)

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