May 20th, 2012
Waterwalk screening: Robert Cichini, director/lead actor in the movie Waterwalk, introduces Appleton native April Paul, who has a role in the movie, on May 2 after a screening of the movie for students at the Renaissance School for the Arts at Appleton West High School.
May 20th, 2012
Shopping Matters: Carolyn Stygstad leads a Shopping Matters tour at the East Salem Fred Meyers on Tuesday. The program teaches low-income families how to stretch their food budget by buying healthy products.
May 19th, 2012
Scarlett confessed, “Most of the time we just played how long can you hold the ice to your bruise game. We did actually play Dance Dance Revolution.”
She continued, “There so many videotapes like Tom Hiddleston and I doing the Macarena or something, from the back it’s absolutely absurd. You get so frenzied when you’re playing that game, you want to win it so bad you lose yourself completely.”
Ms. Johansson also discussed the pressure she felt to make the best movie possible. “There’s a lot of expectation from the fans to deliver. I’ve seen the film a couple of times and I don’t want to sound overly enthusiastic about...
May 19th, 2012
Well call him Gumby of the river — a flexible river guide who can shape your experience however youd like.
Just as the green, human-like clay figure of media fame is adaptable, Mike Clark can tailor guests experiences along the Missouri or Mississippi rivers for St. Louis area day trips, full-moon floats, multi-day canoe campaign trips or more.
I can be a cook and wild-eyed river guide or I can become a sage, old river traveller who understands the natural things going on out there. I work either side of the business, said Clark, co-owner of Big Muddy Adventures, a professional river guiding and outfitting company in St. Louis just downstream of the confluence of the two big rivers.
Clark...
May 18th, 2012
LONDON, Apr 11, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) –
To enhance the fan experience, venue operators, managers and promoters
are arduously improving food selection, food quality, menu flexibility,
and better customer service. Improved concessions and higher-end suite
and club seat foodservice programs are changing the guest experience —
and transforming many major venues into food destinations. Though, to
fully capitalize on sports and entertainment...
May 18th, 2012
Research firm Trepp reports that defaults of Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities (CMBS) surged in March to 9.68%, equating to about $5 billion in new delinquencies. Thats 0.26% higher than the same period last year, but ratings firm Fitch has a positive outlook despite the inflated numbers in part due to the fact that the percentage will remain lower than in 2011. Multifamily development and office space drove the increases for the month, while retail increased only a fraction and hotels saw an improvement. Fitch believes the office sector will continue to struggle in secondary markets moving through 2012. For more on this continue reading the following article from National Real Estate...
May 18th, 2012
– Sheamus will defend the World Heavyweight Championship against Alberto Del Rio on May 20 at Over the Limit. The Mexican grapplers victory over Sheamus on the April 6 SmackDown guaranteed him a future World Heavyweight Championship Match.
Other matches scheduled for the event include John Cena vs. John Laurinaitis and WWE Champion CM Punk vs. Daniel Bryan.
– Today marks the ten year anniversary of WWE. On May 5, 2002, Vince McMahons sports entertainment organization launched a Get The F Out marketing campaign and changed all references on its website from WWF to WWE, while switching the URL from WWF.com to WWE.com. The next day, a press release was issued announcing the official...
May 17th, 2012
NEW YORK, May 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Leverage Agency, a leading sports and entertainment marketing firm, today announced that Leonard Armato, one of the industrys most distinguished marketers, has joined Leverage as Chairman amp; Managing Director. Armato, who has also been at the forefront of sports and entertainment marketing for more than 25 years, comes to Leverage on the heels of an impactful two-year run as CMO and President of Skechers Fitness Group.
In his capacity as Chairman amp; Managing Director, Armato will lead the strategy and development of a distinctive brand accelerator model. This new model will incorporate the core competencies required to effectuate rapid...
May 17th, 2012
With major conference commissioners moving closer toward a four-team college football playoff by the 2014 season, and the real possibility that two national semifinals and/or a championship game will be at a neutral site, the city of Jacksonville wont be standing on the sideline.
Look for Mayor Alvin Brown, along with sports/entertainment director Alan Verlander and Gator Bowl Association President Rick Catlett, to have a game plan ready once the BCS power brokers sign off on the four-team format.
We want to be part of the change thats going on, Verlander said. We have a lot bigger vision of where we want to take sports in this city. Well do everything in our power to make sure...
May 16th, 2012
NEW YORK, May 2, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ –
Leverage Agency, a leading sports and entertainment marketing firm, today announced that Leonard Armato, one of the industry’s most distinguished marketers, has joined Leverage as Chairman & Managing Director. Armato, who has also been at the forefront of sports and entertainment marketing for more than 25 years, comes to Leverage on the heels of an impactful two-year run as CMO and President of Skechers Fitness...