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Summer Season Opens at Disneyland Park,
May 25, 2013 with dazzling new live
show. By Gary Sunkin Walt
Disney World Resort and Disneyland Resort
will kick off a Monstrous Summer by
keeping three theme parks open for 24
hours nonstop on Memorial Day Weekend, the
traditional start of the family travel
season.
ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Mickey Mouse and a cast
of beloved Disney characters will embark
on a series of musical adventures through
the magical powers of a sorcerer's map in
"Mickey and the Magical Map," the all-new
live show coming to the Fantasyland
Theatre in Disneyland Park May 25,
scheduled for five daily performances.
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Created by Disney Creative Entertainment,
"Mickey and the Magical Map" was conceived
for children of all ages and represents
the return of Disney storytelling to the
newly refurbished Fantasyland Theatre, a
venue that merges the tradition of live
outdoor performances with theatrical
technology. Performed in the most magical
of lands, Fantasyland, the new show
reveals a mischievous Mickey Mouse, in his
timeless role as the sorcerer's
apprentice.
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Fantasyland Theatre, a classic Disneyland
venue, was inspired by the original
Fantasyland Theater (former spelling)
which showed Disney cartoons and
Mouseketeer footage from 1955 to
1964. The current theatre debuted in
1985 as Videopolis, a dance location,
which quickly drew crowds for stage
productions including "One Man's Dream,"
"Dick Tracy Starring in Diamond Double
Cross," "Mickey's Nutcracker," and one of
Disney's first stage productions of
"Beauty and the Beast."
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In 1995, the venue was renamed Fantasyland
Theatre with the debut of "The Spirit of
Pocahontas." "Animazement -- The
Musical" enjoyed a popular three-year run
and "Snow White--An Enchanting Musical"
played for two years. The theatre was then
converted to an area where guests could
meet Disney Princesses.
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President of the Disneyland Resort,
Michael Colglazier, said "We're thrilled
to debut our captivating new show 'Mickey
and the Magical Map' and to invite guests
to experience Fantasy Faire, a new themed
area with Disney Princess encounters and
two live shows based on favorite princess
stories," The show also sends Mickey Mouse
on a theatrical adventure and takes the
audience to India, China, Virginia, New
Orleans, Hawaii, and "Under the Sea."
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"Mickey and the Magical Map" has writing
by Carolyn Gardner and is directed by
Tracy Halas. The production designer
is Steve Bass; the creative director is
Sylvia Hase; the music is produced by
Bruce Healey, supervised and arranged by
Timothy Williams and supervised by Matt
Walker. The show producer is Ray
Coble.
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"Mickey and the Magical Map, will be a
highlight of 2013 at the Disneyland
Resort, which also features recent
additions such as princess encounters in
the new Fantasy Faire in Disneyland, and
the spectacular new Cars Land and Buena
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Steven Spielberg heads jury at Cannes Film
Festival CANNES, May 15, 2013 -- Once a
year, "the entire world comes together at
Cannes." Steven
Spielberg introducing this year's
nine-person Cannes Film Festival jury at
the opening press conference said, "We're
always sitting in personal private
judgment of the films we see."
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Therefore it was time, to take it public
and accept the film festival's offer to
serve as the main competition jury
president, an offer made several times in
the past, though his work schedule never
permitted it,
he said.
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Also serving as jurors are actors Nicole
Kidman, Christoph Waltz, Daniel Auteuil,
Vidaya Balan and directors Cristian
Mungiu, Naomi Kawasi, Lynn Ramsey and
twice Academy Award Winner Ang Lee. The
jury selects the winners for acting,
screenplay, direction and, honored with
the Palme d'Or, the award given the film
of the year. Last year's Palme winner was
Michael Haneke's "Amour."
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Spielberg noted that it's apples and
oranges to assess movies designed to get
"as many people into the theaters as
possible" by the same criteria as films
compelled by more adventurous impulses.
"Honesty" and "courage": those will be the
key attributes in the competition titles
as viewed by Spielberg's fellow juror,
director Cristian Mungiu, who won the
Palme in 2007 for "4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2
Days."
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Spielberg last came to the Croisette in
2008 for the world premier of "Indiana
Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal
Skull." Released to generally
positive reviews, it it was also a
financial success, grossing over $786
million worldwide.
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CANNES, France-- Palm
D'Or goes to the
French The
hometown favorite won big time at the
Festival de Cannes as France's Blue Is
the Warmest Color walked off with the
Palme d'Or. Jury president Steven
Spielberg announced in a highly unusual
step, that the prize was given not only to
director Abdellatif Kechiche, as
considered traditional, but to co-stars
Adèle Exarchopoulos and Léa
Seydoux as well. Both actresses were in
tears by the time they reached the
stage.
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The sexually explicit story of a young
woman discovering desire and herself, Blue
was the great favorite of French critics
but divided English speakers, who called
it everything from voyeuristic to the gold
standard for lesbian romances to a
three-hour Sundance movie in French.
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The film, whose French title is
La Vie d'Adèle, will be
distributed in the US by IFC's Sundance
Selects.
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Kechiche's movie succeeds by displaying
that same degree of intimacy with his
actresses in the scenes when they have
their clothes on. For the younger, fragile
teen at the center of the plot -- also
named Adéle -- blue-haired art
student Emma (Seydoux) provides a gateway
to experiences far beyond the limitations
of her conservative social circle. Some of
the tender moments make the explicit
scenes especially noteworthy:
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Kechiche's film is a testament to
the possibilities of uncensored
storytelling that ignores traditional
boundaries without playing for shock
value. It's a touching romance first, and
undoubtedly one of the best movies about
nascent adulthood in recent years. Not Playing it
Safe Spielberg himself makes no
apologies about directing movies aimed at
the largest audiences possible, but as a
unit, the Cannes jurors did a fine job
highlighting the merits of not playing it
safe. This was evident not only in the
selection of the winners but the snubs: --
Steven Soderbergh's Liberace biopic
"Behind the Candelabra" won plenty of
accolades for Michael Douglas'
performance, but ultimately amounted to a
giddy by-the-numbers treatment of the
show-biz icon -- however, a skillfully
made one.
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Spring in
Cannes By Josie Cory
A h h h . . . Spring in Cannes…where
mild breezes blow as the warm
Mediterranean sun smiles over this
beautiful spot on the Cote d'Azur. There
you can feel a timeless sensuality,
assuaging a nostalgia for the
Mediterranean which since as far back as
the 16th century has been a constant theme
in many a Northern European's life.
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"Now give us lands where the olives
grow," Cried the North to the South,
"Where the sun with a golden mouth can
blow blue bubbles of grapes down the
vineyard row!" Cried the North to the
South. (to borrow a phrase from the
English writer Elizabeth Barret
Browning).
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•"Cannes," wrote Charles
Lentheric, the indispensable and erudite
historian of maritime Provence, in 1880,
"is a town where you feel no need to
work," and "where the inhabitants were not
interested in the world that lay beyond
their shady gardens, or the sheltered
balconies of their hotels."
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Now the world has come to Cannes,
chosen it to be their Mediterranean queen
for its annual events, and when you stroll
along the Croisette on some warm April day
you will hardly share Mr. Lenteric's
sentiments. Voila! Cannes! It has emerged
truly cosmopolitan. Festival
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YouTube vs
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A federal New
York federal judge ruled on April 18,
2013, that: YouTube had not violated
Viacom's copyright even though users of
the popular online site were allowed to
post unauthorized video clips from some of
Viacom's most popular shows, including
Comedy Central's "The Daily Show with Jon
Stewart" and Nickelodeon's "SpongeBob
SquarePants."
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After winning
the big YouTube vs Viacom copyright legal
action between search engine Google, its
video website YouTube has scored another
huge victory in the long-running claims
over copyright infringement brought by
television giant Viacom
Inc.
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Supreme Court sides with book reseller in
copyright ruling ••
The Supreme Court gave foreign buyers of
books, video discs and other copyrighted
works a right to resell them in the United
States, without permission of the
copyright owner, giving discount retailers
a victory and the entertainment industry a
setback.
•••
The 6-3 decision Tuesday came in the case
of Supap Kirtsaeng, a USC graduate student
from Thailand who figured he could earn
money for his education by buying low-cost
textbooks in his native country and
reselling them in the United States.
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John Wiley & Sons, a textbook
publisher, sued him over copyright
infringement and won $600,000 in damages
from a New York jury. Kirtsaeng was
ordered to turn over his golf clubs,
computer and printer as partial
payment.
•••
But in Tuesday's decision, the Supreme
Court found the Thai student's view of
U.S. copyright law "more persuasive" than
the publishing industry's, and it threw
out the verdict against him.
•••
In doing so, the justices adopted a
version of ebay's motto: "If you bought
it, you own it, and you have a right to
sell it." •
Judges
had been divided over whether -- copyright
protection extended to works that were
lawfully made and sold abroad, but were
imported for resale in the United States.
One part of the law says the U.S.
copyright holder has an "exclusive right
to distribute copies" in the U.S.
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It is unclear how the movie, music or
video game industries will be affected by
the high court's decision, as more
entertainment content is sold digitally.
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reported that Yahoo Inc in talks to buy
YouTube-like video site "Dailymotion" --
is in talks with France Telecom to buy a
majority stake in Dailymotion, an online
video site popular in Europe that has been
scouting for a U.S. partner to take on
Google Inc.'s YouTube.
•
Google
reports that the YouTube deal represents a
major growth opportunity for the Internet
gian•••
Google has said YouTube represents a major
growth opportunity for the Internet
giant.
•••
Executive Marissa Maye reported that if
the deal is excepted, it would be first
major acquisition since taking over Yahoo
last summer.
•••
Under the ownership structure being
discussed, Yahoo could buy as much as 75%
of Dailymotion with the possibility of
buying the rest of the site at a later
date, the Wall Street Journal reported.
The deal would value Dailymotion at around
$300 million.
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declined to comment. •
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law.
-- The Supreme Court has forcefully
declared --
that copyright law does not extend to
prohibiting
the resale of books bought overseas.
• March - 2013 was the month that
-- Supap
Kirtsaeng was a Thai student in the United
States who helped finance his education
(and then some) by reselling textbooks
that family members bought for a low price
in Thailand. Textbook publisher John Wiley
& Sons sued Kirtsaeng for copyright
infringement in 2008, citing a federal ban
on importing copyrighted goods without the
copyright holder's permission. Lower
courts agreed with Wiley, opining that the
"first sale" doctrine -- a buyer's right
to sell, lend, rent or give away a
lawfully purchased copy of a copyrighted
work. •
But
that did not apply to foreign-made
products -- even if they'd been manufactured under
contract with the copyright holder. •
On
Tuesday, the Supreme Court overturned
-- those decisions in a forceful
declaration of the limits of copyright
law.
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The justices ruled, 6 to 3, that the
first-sale doctrine applies no matter
where a copy is made, as long as it's done
in accordance with U.S. law. The decision
in Kirtsaeng vs. John Wiley & Sons
provides a welcome clarification that
Americans are free to redistribute the
copies they own that were legally made and
sold overseas, just as they are with the
copies they buy in the United States.
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Tradeout.
The book itself looks beyond the glossy
appeals. •••
As
tax deadline looms, ex-NPR chief Ken Stern
looks at how little donors understand
about the needs and the operations of even
the most prominent charities 'With Charity
for All' looks beyond the glossy
appeals.
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Americans just love feeling philanthropic.
In any debate over cutting tax breaks in
the income tax system, the deduction for
charitable donations is always held sacred
-- even more than that other sacred cow,
the mortgage deduction.
•••
It's a rare political leader who doesn't
bow to the role played by charitable
foundations in filling gaps left by
government services to the indigent, the
sick and the elderly, here in the United
States and around the globe. The
globe-trotting, tent-dwelling relief
worker, the doctor without borders, the
logistics expert getting food and medicine
to camps of war refugees -- all elicit
unique reverence from us armchair
empathizers in civilized lands.
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So why, asks Ken Stern in his new book,
"With Charity for All," do we spend so
little time thinking about the charities
we give our billions to? • Stern is a veteran of the
nonprofit world -- having spent nine years running
National Public Radio, the nonprofit
organization with which most of us are
more familiar than any other. Thanks to
his experience and a wealth of further
research, "With Charity for All" makes
many important points about how little we
understand about the needs and the
operations of even the most prominent
global philanthropies. The book opens with
a telling anecdote about the American Red
Cross and its response to the disaster of
9/11.
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FCC's Genachowski Steps
Down WASHINGTON --
After nearly four years on the job Julius
Genachowski, a former venture capitalist
and technology executive will step down in
the coming weeks as Chairman of the
Federal Communications Commission
(FCC).
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Part of that
strategy included expanding access to
wireless spectrum, and the agency has
worked to try to lure broadcasters to give
up someof their airwaves in exchange for
money from the government's auction of
rights to use them to telecom
companies
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Genachowski stated
his biggest accomplishment was focusing
the agency on expanding high-speed
Internet access. For example, he pushed
the FCC to make more public airwaves
available to deliver the Internet over
smartphones and other mobile devices.
•
Speculation
about Genachowski's
replacement
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••••Among
them so far are Democratic FCC
Commissioners Mignon Clyburn and Jessica
Rosenworcel; Catherine J.K. Sandoval, a
member of the California Public Utilities
Commission; Karen Kornbluh, the U.S.
ambassador to the international
Organization for Economic Cooperation and
Development; Lawrence Strickling, head of
the Commerce Department's National
Telecommunications and Information
Administration; and Washington, D.C.,
venture/ capitalist Tom Wheeler. •
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It was just last week, (Nov 3rd, 2011)
-- that
Josie Cory & Margit
Seelos discussed the contributions of
their respective husbands musical talents
to the world. It was in the late 1970s
that found the two women pushing both
grown men to play Santa Claus, elves, and
create the musical scores for the
German/USA production film "Merry
Christmas;" and YouTube.com sequels:
"Just in the Nick of Time,"
starring Priscilla Cory, as
"Little Miss Santa," and featuring
the late German singer, Manuela.
The Movie itself was Produced by VRA
TelePlay Picture's, Josie Cory;
Bohemia Film's Williams Janovsky;
and ARD's Gábor Wagner. • The Feature Movie was filmed in
-- and around the city of Munich,
Nymphenburg and Castle Neuschwanstein,
Germany and in Oberndorf, Austria, the
small village and church where the
Christmas carol "Silent Night" was
performed for the first time on December
25, 1818.
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Nicholas, the Castle
Neuschwanstein,
and the music of Troy Cory and Ambros
Seelos •
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The vocals, sound tracks and string
section on the Munich Sound recordings
were provided by Troy Cory, Ambros Seelos,
and "The Munich Philharmonics." The piano
and musical arrangements were conducted by
Ambros Seelos and Sylvester
Levay. Several years later it was
Levay who garnered a Grammy Award for
"Fly, Robin, Fly," and wrote the music
scores for the film "Howard the Duck" and
the Vienna musical "Elisabeth."
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- Gov-LEGAL:Politics,
Taxes, Security, Shelter, Education,
Telecommunication and the Department of
Defense are directly linked to Arts and
Science's lobbying influences. The
mechanics of lobbying and its link to big
business and telecommunications are
featured in this section, along with
features about Criminal and Civil Justice.
It was TVI Magazine's 1990 issue, that
first published the prediction that
Government will
get smaller, but police agencies will get
bigger. The powers relinquished to Home
Security and Police agencies will make the
Gestapo group look like pikers. Hollywood
is here to stay. It's good for politics
and a good war movie or two!
•••
Consumer and
manufacturing advocates have sparked
actions against copyright protections laws
and holders, on the grounds that; (1) - if
the copyright leads to reduce competition,
(2) - the copyright creates higher prices
to the consumer; and if, (3) - the
copyright advances laws that criminalizes
the consumer and competition. Experts say
that both Copyright and Trademark
regulations should parallel the Patent
laws in that -- U.S. antitrust officials
should be given the power to oppose and
bring antitrust actions against violators
Today's
Puzzle:Is it true that a new federal health
program is going to be operated and
financed by the Department of Defense?
Secondly,
is it true that the FCC, USPO and/or the
CIA are financing the Internet and
WiTEL?
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judgment of the films we see."
