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101- SAG-AFTRA
Statement in Support of WGA
Negotiations
LOS ANGELES --
The SAG-AFTRA National Board on Apr 22,
2023, voted unanimously to pass the
following resolution in support of WGA
negotiations with the
AMPTP:
WHEREAS,
history shows that fairness and equity to
the workers who power the creativity of
the entertainment industry has only been
achieved through solidarity and the
efforts of those workers working within
their labor unions and guilds; and
WHEREAS,
changes in the economics of the
entertainment industry have worked to the
great benefit of large corporate employers
and in many cases to the detriment of the
creators who make their businesses
possible; and
WHEREAS,
workers are stronger when they stand
together united, and the unions that
represent them are more powerful working
and collaborating together; and
WHEREAS,
after weeks of bargaining, it is time for
the employers in our industry to step up
and make meaningful changes to fairly
compensate writers and to acknowledge
their unique needs and concerns, along
with the concerns shared by all artists
and workers in the industry;
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the National
Board that SAG-AFTRA stands strongly in
support and solidarity with the members of
the Writers Guild of America who are
engaged in contract negotiations with the
Alliance of Motion Picture and Television
Producers. It is long past time for the
studios, streamers, and other employers in
the entertainment industry to remove
roadblocks to fair and equitable wages and
working conditions, and to agree to terms
that reflect the unique worth and
contribution of creative talent and
workers, without whom the industry would
not exist.
SAG-AFTRA
represents approximately 160,000 actors,
announcers, broadcast journalists,
dancers, DJs, news writers, news editors,
program hosts, puppeteers, recording
artists, singers, stunt performers,
voiceover artists, influencers and other
entertainment and media professionals.
SAG-AFTRA members are the faces and voices
that entertain and inform America and the
world. A proud affiliate of the AFL-CIO,
SAG-AFTRA has national offices in Los
Angeles and New York and local offices
nationwide representing members working
together to secure the strongest
protections for entertainment and media
artists in the 21st century and
beyond.
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101-
Writers Guild of America calls for strike
authorization
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The leadership of
the Writers Guild of America is asking its
11,500 members to authorize a strike
should they fail to reach an agreement on
a new contract with the studios. The
guild's negotiators cited a lack of
progress in contract talks that began last
month.
••••
Members of the
Writers Guild of America have voted
overwhelmingly in favor of allowing union
leadership to call a strike if talks with
Hollywood studios fail. The
strike-authorization vote passed with
97.85% of members in favor, WGA leaders
announced Monday.
••••
Leaders of the
Writers Guild of America secured a strong
showing of support from members on Monday,
moving the union closer to a possible work
stoppage that would disrupt Hollywood
production and ripple across Southern
California's economy.
•••
WGA members voted
by a historic margin &emdash; 98% to 2%
&emdash; (among 9,218 ballots cast) in
favor of a strike authorization, which
allows union leaders to call a walkout if
they are unable to negotiate a new film
and TV contract.
•••
The vote, held
April 11 to 17, adds pressure to already
high-stakes negotiations between the
Alliance of Motion Picture and Television
Producers and the Writers Guild of America
over pay and conditions.
•••
The current
three-year contract, covering about 11,500
members, expires May 1.
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101- SAG-AFTRA
on the Use of Artificial
Intelligence and Digital Doubles
in Media and Entertainment
LOS
ANGELES (Mar. 17, 2023) - SAG-AFTRA
proudly supports the Human Artistry
Campaign's core principles for Artificial
Intelligence Applications in support of
Human Creativity and Accomplishment and
today reaffirmed its position on digital
voice, likeness and performance
simulations. The terms and conditions
involving rights to digitally simulate a
performer to create new performances must
be bargained with the union. In addition,
any use or reuse of recorded performances
is limited by our collectively bargained
contract provisions, including those
requiring consent and negotiation of
compensation.
••••These
rights are mandatory subjects of
bargaining under the National Labor
Relations Act. Companies are required to
bargain with SAG-AFTRA before attempting
to acquire these rights in individual
performers' contracts. To attempt to
circumvent SAG-AFTRA and deal directly
with the performers on these issues is a
clear violation of the NLRA.
••••Additionally,
Global Rule One, a fundamental principle
of the union stating that SAG-AFTRA
members must always work under a union
contract anywhere they work, covers
entering into any agreement with an
employer to digitally simulate a member's
voice or likeness to create a new
performance. As such, members should not
assign these rights to any employer who
has not executed a basic minimum agreement
with the union.
••••Human
creators are the foundation of the
creative industries and we must ensure
that they are respected and paid for their
work. Governments should not create new
copyright or other IP exemptions that
allow AI developers to exploit creative
works, or professional voices and
likenesses, without permission or
compensation. Trustworthiness and
transparency are essential to the success
of AI.
••••SAG-AFTRA
will continue to prioritize the protection
of our member performers against the
unauthorized use of their voices,
likenesses and performances. We are in
frequent contact and actively collaborate
with other performers unions around the
world on these important issues. We follow
the newest developments in AI technology,
its uses in the entertainment and media
industries, and the evolving legal
landscape. We will continue to negotiate
and enforce provisions around these
technologies and their uses so employers
and performers can work
collaboratively.
••••Members
who believe that employers are asking them
to surrender AI rights should email their
agreement to aiquestions@sagaftra.org. The
union will investigate and take
appropriate steps to protect members based
on the specific circumstances. Please also
email us with any questions regarding
authorizations, riders or improper
uses.
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SAG-AFTRA represents approximately 160,000
actors, announcers, broadcast journalists,
dancers, DJs, news writers, news editors,
program hosts, puppeteers, recording
artists, singers, stunt performers,
voiceover artists, influencers and other
entertainment and media professionals.
SAG-AFTRA members are the faces and voices
that entertain and inform America and the
world. A proud affiliate of the AFL-CIO,
SAG-AFTRA has national offices in Los
Angeles and New York and local offices
nationwide representing members working
together to secure the strongest
protections for entertainment and media
artists in the 21st century and
beyond.
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40th
Anniversary of Lucasfilm's "Star Wars:
Return of the
Jedi"
HOLLYWOOD,
Calif. - April 20, 2023 -- The El Capitan
Theatre is celebrating the 40th
Anniversary of Lucasfilm's "Star Wars:
Return of the Jedi" with an opening night
fan event and a Trilogy Day.
• About
Lucasfilm's "Star Wars: Return of the
Jedi": 2023 marks the 40th anniversary of
one of the most beloved chapters in the
Star Wars saga, Return of the Jedi.
Released in 1983, it was the third film in
the original Star Wars trilogy, bringing
to a close &endash; at least for a time
&endash; the storylines introduced and
developed in 1977's Star Wars: A New Hope
and 1980's The Empire Strikes Back. Return
of the Jedi is the film that first
featured Jabba the Hutt, the lovable
Ewoks, and one of the most poignant
moments in the entire Star Wars saga --
Vader's ultimate sacrifice to save his
son... and the galaxy. Rated
PG.
• About
The El Capitan Theatre: The El Capitan
Theatre is an exclusive first-run movie
theatre equipped with state-of-the-art
technology, operated by The Walt Disney
Studios. Known as Disney's Home on
Hollywood Boulevard, the theatre also
hosts live stage shows, world premieres,
special events and screenings of classic
Disney films. In 2014, the City of Los
Angeles declared the theatre a Historical
Monument after it's restoration showcasing
the original lavish architecture.
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40th
Anniversary of Lucasfilm's "Star Wars:
Return of the
Jedi"
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SAG-AFTRA
Acquires Commercial Office Property in
North Hollywood, California - Site to Be
Future Home to the Union's National
Headquarters
LOS ANGELES,
(APRIL 11, 2023) - SAG-AFTRA, the nation's
largest entertainment industry union,
recently closed a deal for the purchase of
an existing commercial office building and
nearby vacant lot in North Hollywood,
California.
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The property
features more than 118,000 square feet of
commercial office space and is 100
percent leased with two anchor
tenants -- Pilgrim Media Group and Screen
Engine/ASI. In total, the purchase
includes the building on 1.22 acres and a
nearby 0.71-acre vacant lot that provides
a significant development opportunity for
future office space, event facilities or
additional leasable square footage.
••••
SAG-AFTRA was
represented by Arlene Sommer of Cushman
& Wakefield in the $46.6 million
acquisition from former owner Dr. David
Lee of Jamison Properties.Members will be
kept apprised of critical design,
occupancy and development milestones as
they unfold.
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102-
BuzzFeed News shutting down as company
cuts
staff
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(Television Int'l
Magazine)
NEW
YORK - April 20, 2023 --
BuzzFeed News,
which won a Pulitzer Prize for its
reporting in 2021, is shutting down, due
to economic challenges facing digital
media companies attempting to deliver
serious journalism.
••••
A memo from
BuzzFeed chief Jonah Peretti announced the
closure Thursday in a staff memo, which
also said the New York-based company is
cutting 15% of its staff.
••••
"While layoffs are
occurring across nearly every division,
we've determined that the company can no
longer continue to fund BuzzFeed News as a
standalone organization," Peretti
said.
••••
BuzzFeed News,
which once had as many as 250 employees,
has undergone significant staff reductions
in recent years, shrinking to a team of
about 50.
••••
BuzzFeed's content
was aimed at a younger demographic of
digital natives who embraced the company's
stories designed to get traction on social
media.
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BuzzFeed News shutting down as company
cuts
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115- MIPTV
2023 marks 60th
Jubilee
••• •CANNES,
France -- Mip TV 2023 will mark the' 60th
jubilee scheduled for April 17 to 19, at
it usual location in the Palais des
Festival. MIP TV is Cannes's
longest-running annual television and
content marketplace tradefair.
••••
The Spring
International Content & Co-production
is 4 Markets in One:
••••
Billed as 'the
biggest week in unscripted television',
MIPTV features genre focused strands for
Documentary & Factual (MIPDOC),
Formats (MIPFORMATS), Drama (MIPDRAMA) and
Kids and Young Adults (Future of Kids TV).
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In addition to the
MIPDOC COPRODUCTION SUMMIT, the footprints
for both MIPDOC and MIPFORMATS are
significantly expanded for the 60th
anniversary edition of MIPTV, including
the inaugural MIPDOC International Buyer
Screening Showcase for over 500 invited
buyers on the eve of the market and an
extended MIPFORMATS programme featuring
further workshops, the FRAPA summit and a
new Fresh TV Formats survey from The
WIT.
••••
Once again running
alongside MIPTV will be international
festival CANNESERIES (14-19 April) whose
Season 6 also introduces its first
documentary selection.
••••
Among the hundreds
of leading documentary and factual buyers
confirmed to attend the market are
representatives from A+E Networks,
Aljazeera Media Network, Amazon Studios,
American Public Television, ARTE,
CBC/Radio-Canada, Channel 4, Foxtel,
France Télévisions, Globo,
The HISTORY Channel, ITV, National
Geographic Television, Network Ten, NHK
Enterprises, PBS International, RMC
Découverte, RTE, Seven.One
Entertainment Group, Sky, SBS, TF1, Warner
Bros. Discovery.
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2023 marks 60th
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LAS VEGAS --
April 18, 2023 -- The National Association
of Broadcasters (NAB) announced today
preliminary registered attendance of
65,013 for the 2023 NAB Show, the
centennial celebration of the world's
premiere convention for the broadcasting
media, entertainment and technology
industries.
••••
"We are thrilled to
have so many exhibitors, attendees and
partners from around the world join us in
Las Vegas to help celebrate 100 years of
innovation. More than any other year,
everyone is filled with so much enthusiasm
and energy as they engage on the show
floor, in special sessions and throughout
the entire event," said Curtis LeGeyt, NAB
President and CEO. "We thank the NAB Show
community for helping us reflect on our
collective experience with media and
entertainment and for previewing the many
innovations we'll see within the next
hundred years."
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60
MINUTES TO RECEIVE INSIGHT AWARD FROM
LIBRARY OF AMERICAN BROADCASTING
FOUNDATION AT 2023 NAB
SHOW
Washington, D.C. -- Venerated television
news magazine "60 Minutes" will receive
the second annual Insight Award from the
Library of American Broadcasting
Foundation (LABF) during the Welcome
Session at the 2023 NAB Show on April 17
in Las Vegas, Nev. The award recognizes
the iconic program's 55-year history of
excellence in broadcast journalism.
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Minutes receives Insight Award at NAB
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Illusionist-Palm
Springs,
Ca.- Photo:
Gary Sunkin/TVI Magazine
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101-
Passionate hip hop dancers meet at
USA Hip Hop Championship at Burbank
Mariott, April 14 - 16
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By Gary Sunkin
••••
Coast to Coast
dance crews from all across the United
States will unite in Los Angeles for the
biggest weekend in hip hop dance. The
three-day event includes the USA Hip Hop
Dance Championship, World Moves Dance
Workshops, meeting and socializing with
respected living legends and icons of hip
hop dance, and shopping the latest apparel
and merchandise in Hip Hop International's
Marketplace. JV Megacrew division; Mini
crew division; Megacrew divisions
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115- The 4th Filmocracy Film Market is
around the
corner!
••••
On April 6 - 8,
Filmhub the virtual market presents a rare
opportunity to get face time with
executives who can launch your
film/script/project into the stratosphere.
Unlike other film markets, you don't just
buy a badge and wander the halls hoping
someone will sweep you off your feet. At
the Filmocracy Film Market you click on
the executive you want to meet with, wait
for your turn, and start building that
relationship. Love it or hate it,
Hollywood is built on these relationships
and if you don't have them, your career is
infinitely harder.
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101-
Hear Jackie Gibson in "BROADWAY BOUND" at
the Lineage Performing Arts Center,
Pasadena
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(Television Int'l
Magazine)
 JACKIE
GIBSON -- "Whatever the mood calls for,
she's there, smooth and velvety, hard and
angry, sexy and inviting. So great to hear
a singer who knows what she's singing
about and is capable of making you feel it
100%," so says celebrated vocal coach
Terri Baker Weiss of Los Angeles-based
singer JACKIE GIBSON.
Having performed locally throughout
including E Spot Lounge, Feinsteins, The M
Bar, the Gardenia Supper Club, Catalina's,
Myrtle Tree Café, The Pour House,
Campus Jax, La Puglia. And most recently
at the Agua Caliente Casino in Palm
Springs, in the beautiful Cascade Room,
Jackie is probably
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Photo: Gene Reed
best known for her often performed "Songs
at the Brill Building" cabaret show that
celebrates the best loved classics of the
late 50s/early 60s.
••••
She is collaborating with
singer/songwriter Wayne Moore, on her
children's story, with Wayne and Jackie
writing the lyrics and music for the
upcoming book. She also has been recording
the works of singer/songwriter Stephen
Michael Schwartz, and the works of both
the multitalented producer/musician
Stephan Oberhoff and Country Music Hall of
Famer Sharon Vaughn.
••••Jackie
has been researching her Latino roots, and
has been preparing a show as well as
writing a book about her mother, Dr. Helia
Israel Benavides Olivera, MD, sharing her
journey of being a Latina woman whose
passion was medicine, and the struggles
she faced to become a doctor in
California.
••••
Jackie is also part
of a Latina duo, "DOS DIVAS," with fellow
singer Lorraina Marro. Together, they
celebrate their Latin roots and family
stories, growing up as Latinas in Los
Angeles. She is a member of the Angela
O'Neil and the Outrageous 8 little Big
Band.
••••
Singing songs from
the Great American Songbook… She also
is a member of the non profit group
Theatre Americana, performing throughout
Los Angeles and surrounding cities. They
have an upcoming Broadway show, "BROADWAY
BOUND," performing at the Lineage
Performing Arts Center on April 28 and 29
in Pasadena, CA.
••••
Jackie's other
passion is as a creator/producer of
specialized fundraising events that assist
fellow L.A. jazz artists. in various
life-altering states of need. She is a
member of the CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MONROVIA
GUILD and loves to share her songs at
various functions.
••••
She has been chosen
to be featured on RADIO AIRPLAY'S TOP
ARTIST OF THE WEEK and social
media.
Radioairplayblog.logspot.com
- Radio Airplay's Top 10 Artists of The
Week. Jackie's single "LOVE
SAID MY HEART"
is being featured on jango.coms'
INDEPENDENT
ARTIST'S TOP
PICK.
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Tickets
for BROADWAY BOUND" at the Lineage
Performing Arts Center, 920 Mountain St.,
Pasadena,
CA.
http://www.bloomagain.ticketleap.com/broadway-bound---bloom-again-fundraiser/
Friday, 4/28 @7:00 pm - Saturday, 4/29
@3:00
pm
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Jackie
Gibson songs
"DOS
DIVAS" at
Vitellos
"REMIND
ME" - Feinstein's upstairs at
Vitello's
"MY
EYES ARE OPEN" - music video
release
Acoustic
duo - Jackie and Marcus
Gerakos
"LOVE
SAID MY
HEART"
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Jackie Gibson in "BROADWAY
BOUND"
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102-
These Countries spend the most time
online
••••
Undoubtedly, we spend a significant
portion of our day online. But just how
much?
••••
According to data presented by
the
Atlas
VPN
team, the average
time spent browsing the internet in 2022
was 397 minutes (6 hours and 37 minutes)
per day. It equates to an astonishing
2,415 hours yearly, or nearly 30% of our
time.
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101-
John
Wick: Chapter 4 sets franchise record with
73.5 Million
•
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Lionsgate said Wick
4 is one of nine movie franchises to set a
box office record on its fourth release in
the past 40 years.
••••
The fourth
installment in Lionsgate's successful John
Wick movie franchise met expectations,
with the Keanu Reeves-starrer generating
an estimated record $73.5 million in North
American weekend ticket sales through
March 26, according to Lionsgate. John
Wick: Chapter 4 added another $64 million
in foreign revenue to top $137.5 million
in worldwide ticket sales.
••••
The opening
exceeded the $56.8 million debut of John
Wick: Chapter 3 &endash; Parabellum in
pre-pandemic 2019. That movie went on to
realize more than $328 million in global
revenue.
••••
Driven by word of
mouth, an A CinemaScore, skillful
marketing strategy, and a 95% Certified
Fresh Rotten Tomatoes score, John Wick
Chapter 4 screened at 3,855 locations as
well as 1,692 premium priced format
screens, including Imax, Premium Large
Format, and Motion Enhanced Seats (DBOX,
4DX, MX4D), according to
Lionsgate.
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Wireless
Telephone inventor Nathan
Stubblefield
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106- Proclamation by Wallace G. Wilkinson,
former Governor of
Kentucky
• 1992
proclaimed Nathan Beverly Stubblefield
year and
• Murray, Kentucky 'Birthplace of
radio'
STUBBLEFIELD-MAIN
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Thanks-Gerry
ThanksGovWilkinson
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115th
Anniversary of the N.B. Stubblefield's
Wireless Telephone
Patent
1908
0512 - PATENT GRANTED: Stubblefield's U.S.
Patent, Number 887,357, All Purpose
Wireless Telephone, Filed April 5, 1907,
Granted May 12, 1908. / Click MORE STORY
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(Patent Expires May 12, 1925) CLICK ANY
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Nathan
B. Stubblefield's Wireless Telephone
Patent
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Nathan
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Ground
Battery
Trivia:
What
other event occurred in 1902, the year of
Stubblefields's public demonstration in
1902.
A:
The founding of J.C. Penney stores by
James Cash.
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Nathan B. Stubblefield, the Man History
Overheard
By
Harvey
Geller
••••
In Life's current Bicentennial
issue, radio checks in, at #86 on the hot
"100 Events That Shaped America," 19
buttons behind Bell's telephone.
Erroneously, Life lists Guglielmo Marcon's
dots and dashes as the first wireless
broadcast, a fable echoed by the World
Almanac and Encyclopedia Britannica. It's
a forgivable mumpsimus, since the evidence
offered on the following pages has not,
until now, appeared in any national
publication.
••••
The birth of broadcasting is a bizarre
soap opera saga, a lacrymal legend of
mystery, machination, ephemeral
enshrinement, decline, disillusionment and
disaster. It's denouncement dissolves six
miles north of Murray, Kentucky, in a
two-room shanty constructed of pine and
cornstalks, where radio's uncelebrated
architect is discovered 48 hours after his
death, his records scattered, his
equipment destroyed, his brain partly
eaten by rats. Even local radio fails to
mention his demise. He is Nathan Beverly
Stubblefield, the man history over-heard
and then overlooked.
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History Overheard
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Who
are the SMART Inventors of
Radio-WITEL
1890-2017
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®™©
1908
0512 - PATENT GRANTED: Stubblefield's U.S.
Patent, Number 887,357, All Purpose
Wireless Telephone, Filed April 5, 1907,
Granted May 12, 1908. / Click MORE STORY
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SMART90
SMART90 stands for Stubblefield
Nathan, Marconi Guglielmo,
Ambrose Fleming, Reginald
Fessenden, Tesla Nicola,
DeForest Lee, Armstrong
Edwin Howard, Alexanderson Ernst
Fredrik Werner, Farnsworth Philo,
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SMART-DAAF
Boys,
Vol I, 'The Inventors of Radio
& Televison & The Life Style of
Nathan B. Stubblefield," by Troy
Cory-Stubblefield and Josie Cory, Library
of Congress Number 93060451. (ISBN)
1-883644-003, pgs.
580.
•Copyright
© 1993
SMART-DAAF stands for
Stubblefield,
Marconi, Ambrose,
Reginald Fessenden, Tesla,
DeForest, Armstrong,
Alexanderson, Farnsworth
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NBS100
After the Telecommunication
Act of 1996 and the prior establishment of
the world wide web
by Tim
Berners-Lee, Television International
Magazine went online in the mid-90s as
TVIMAGAZINE.COM under the distribution arm
of SMART90.COM. (
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SMART
- DAFF Boys
Stubblefield
• Marconi
• Ambrose
Fleming
• Reginald
Fessenden
• Tesla
• DeForest
• Armstrong
• Alexanderson
• Farnsworth
•
Smartdaafboys/
(The
inventors of the Signals and Frequencies
that put the Pizzazz in the
Electromagnetic Radio
Wave)
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101-Vine
Street Video Center
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Troy
Cory
Show
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Pasadena
Show Case House 1990- the Cory
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115-
The 26th Shanghai TV Festival with focus
on story's quality &
energy
••••
On the morning of
August 5, the meeting of judges for
Magnolia Award of the 26th Shanghai TV
Festival (STVF) was held, including
Chinese judges for Dramas, Documentaries
and Animations.
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• Troy
Cory Performs at the 1988 Shanghai TV
Festival
(STVF)
• Troy
Cory- Shanghai TV Festival concert
program
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Troy Cory, First American to perform on
Stage in China,
PRC
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Cory's Road to
China;
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Troy Cory was among the first
international entertainers and the first
American entertainer to perform in the
People's Republic of China, beginning in
1988. In itself a notable
culture-historical feat, in view of
China's closed door policies of the late
70s and well into the 80s. The PRC's
administrative climate in comparison is
much less restrictive now and China's open
door policy enables many entertainers to
introduce themselves to the populace
Chinese audiences.
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Back in the 80s, as a
goodwill ambassador representing the
U.S.A., Troy Cory and his back-up dancers
and singers, "The Brooke Sisters," were
the first entertainers from the United
States to appear in a full staged program
in the People's Republic of China during
the Shanghai TV Festival, and televised on
China's National Television (CCTV), viewed
by over 300 million
people.•
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It was there Cory met Jiang Zemin, then
mayor of Shanghai, and who later became
the 5th President of the People's Republic
of
China.•
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The '88 Shanghai Concert was the
beginnings of Troy's concert tours in
China for the next two decades. The
concerts, just to name a few, included the
following cities: Shanghai, Beijing,
Anshan, Harbin,
Fuzhou and and Tsingtao
(Qingdao)
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Rice, Hawaiian Tropic founder in 2004
accompanied the Troy Cory Show on a
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Rice
died May 19, 2022 at the age of 81 in
Daytona Beach,
Florida
•••
He grew up in the mountains of North
Carolina, and fell in love with the
beaches of Florida on a childhood visit.
He made his home in Daytona Beach, where
he worked as a high school chemistry
teacher and part-time lifeguard.
•••
It was at his part-time job that Rice was
inspired by seeing people all over the
beach using Coppertone suntan lotion. He
became determined to create a unique
competitor, using his chemistry knowledge
to experiment with a suntan lotion
formula, scented with coconut and
fruit.
•••
He famously mixed his first formula in a
garbage can, bottling it at home in his
garage with a $500 loan from his father to
launch his business. He named it Hawaiian
Tropic to evoke an exotic beach
locale.
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His experiment was a hit making him a
multi-millionaire, with his Hawaiian
Tropic suncare brand creating sales of
$110 million per year.
•••
Ricewith his Hawaiian Tropic brand became
known for sponsoring beauty pageants and
NASCAR racecars.
•••
In 2004 he accompanied Troy Cory to a
concert tour through China.
•••After
selling Hawaiian Tropic to Playtex in
2007, Rice returned to the industry in
recent years with the suncare brand Habana
Brisa.
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Scott B. Whitenack-Stubblefield Esq.,
great-grand son of wireless telephone
inventor, Nathan B. Stubblefield,
died
- By Troy
Cory
Scott Bryan Whitenack passed away
untimely on September 18, in Los Angeles,
CA.
••••
Scott, aka Scott
Stubblefield, was one of four children
with siblings, Alden, Keith, and
Priscilla. (His brother Keith pre-ceded
him in death at the age of 32). His
parents were Troy Cory Stubblefield, an
entertainer and author and Dorothy
Swafford, owner of a furniture and
antiques retail store. Scott's children
are Steven, David and grand-children,
William, Bruce, Cora and Max, borne to
Steven and Skylark. Scott's
great-grandfather is Nathan B.
Stubblefield, the inventor of Radio, in
1882, and patent holder of the wireless
telephone (1908) and his great-great-great
.... grandparents were - John and
Priscilla Alden who were part of the
pilgrimage who sailed on the Mayflower to
Plymouth Rock from England in
1620.
(The
Stubblefield story is incorporated within
several photographs and denotes of and
about S Scott to show how their personal
ambitions and dreams parallel each other -
both died - before their dreams and
ambitions were
fulfilled)
 During
the time he studied for the State Bar,
Scott lived with Josie and myself on our
family estate in Pasadena. He passed the
State Bar the first time and was among
only 33% to do so.
The balance of time was spent doing
cinematography for my TV shows, which he
considered an artistic outlet besides his
major life's work, in the field of law.
After he passed the State Bar he handled
numerous legal cases and ended up working
as an associate lawyer with Melvin Belli
with whom he engaged in several cases and
won a lawsuit that became precedent case
law. Whitenack was committed to his legal
profession for over three
decades.•
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If
you needed legal advice or help with a
motion filing, Scott was there with his
trusty law books. He was very intelligent,
outspoken and an independent thinker.
••••
He
also was a family man, who loved hiking
and scuba diving, a good game of tennis
and enjoyed bringing his sons to Paramount
Ranch for regular family outings and
Father's Day get-togethers.
••••
As
to his love for cinematography he
videotaped additional segments for the
movie "Christmas around the World." Scott
later became my producer and
cinematographer for "To Catch a Dream"
filmed in Europe. The video project
brought him and the production team to
Paris, Venice, Cannes, Munich and
Salzburg. Said footage with perfect
picture-book pans of the Eiffel Tower, the
Seine River, the leaning Tower of Pisa and
the Venice Bridge of Sigh, is a legacy he
left behind for us.
••••
In the early 90s
during the writing of our 4-volume set of
books entitled "the SMART-DAAF Boys" about
the invention of radio and the the
wireless telephone, Scott lent a helpful
hand in giving his legal aspect of his
great-grandfather Nathan Stubblefield's
copyrighted and patented invention. He
also was the co-author of "Bank America,
the Tortfeasor."
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Scott
as a teenager with John Wayne
at LA Herald-Express columnist Harrison
Carroll's Cinema Reporting Prize press
conference.
••••
His
favorite poem is found on a card he
prepared for one of my Father's Days
titled "The Force That Through The Green
Fuse Drives The Flower."
•••••
He
leaves behind his father, Troy
Cory-Stubblefield, his mother Dorothy
Steele, sister Priscilla Stubblefield
Cory, brother and sister-in-law Alden and
Sara Stubblefield, step mother Josie
Cory-Stubblefield, sons David and Steven,
daughter-in law Skylar, and
great-grandchildren, William, Bruce, Cora
and Max; Nephew
Ryan White, and niece Jenny Wharton. His
brother Keith pre-ceded him in death at
the age of 32.
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