What happens to people when they die with no next of kin to claim their bodies? RootsTelevision.com, an online channel dedicated to all aspects of genealogy and family history, has launched a new show, Unclaimed Persons, to bring attention to this largely unknown epidemic. Coroners’ offices across the country are struggling to cope with thousands of unclaimed people whose identities are known, but for whom no family can be found.
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Forty years before Harrison Ford starred in Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark, Leslie Howard played a plain-named archeologist who fought the Nazis in 1941's Pimpernel Smith, now available on DVD.
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The Director of the Academy of Cinema and Television was recently interviewed by News 5, Phoenix, AZ, in order to obtain an overview of the school's operation.
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The Academy of Cinema and Television, announces collaboration with actor Adrian R'Mante to produce a an online educational Q&A session that will inform and empower parents of children interested in the performing arts. The private academy is dedicated to helping students earn and maintain an edge in the highly competitive entertainment industry.
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Academy of Cinema and Television (ACT) students — four to be exact — were recently cast in two horror films for a major Hollywood studio. Casting Director impressed with student’s acting skills.
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RootsTelevision.com, an online channel dedicated to all aspects of genealogy and family history, has been recognized in the 29th Annual Telly Awards for four of its original productions. Selected from more than 14,000 shows were "DNA Stories: A Tale of Two Fathers" (documentary), "Heir Jordan: Extreme Genealogy" (entertainment), "Roots Books: Psychic Roots" (talk show), and "Flat Stanley’s Family Tree" (children’s audience).
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Chicago’s fastest growing wedding resource, The Daily Bride, launched its new website (www.thedailybride.com), ushering in the next phase of online wedding planning with the use of video segments to both attract and educate newly engaged couples. In an age when time is the most valuable commodity, The Daily Bride provides couples with the most convenient shopping experience. By visually exploring the wedding industry one vendor at a time, The Daily Bride offers the newly engaged a unique opportunity to enhance their planning experience, to put a face with the name, to hear someone ask the questions that they themselves would ask of a vendor, and to see their own wedding day’s potential.
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Up and coming teen actor William Erickson has announced a new project to follow his recent success in commercials, films and hit PBS KIDS GO! TV series FETCH! with Ruff Ruffman. William has partnered up with McKevin Company's film branch, Random Nature Productions, as the lead star in the short film series, “Lost and Found.” The series, coined as a “quadrilogy,” is the company’s second foray in providing quality, episodic entertainment for the internet. The inspiring tale of a boy's survival in the wilderness was specifically designed for the YouTube audience. William Erickson plays the film’s lead “Jason Canfield” with a performance so vivid and compelling- it is being called a true portrait by those who have lived the story.
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In a world over-saturated with sexualized media images, Reality TV, and Lindsay Lohan, young women often receive mixed messages about the true meaning of femininity, faithfulness, and fulfillment. Recognizing a need for action in this area, founder of the faith-based dance team, Jazz For Jesus, announced today that she will host a weekend conference entitled Broken and Beautiful along with several other “Generation X” females on Friday evening, November 9th and Saturday, November 10th, 2007 at Church at the Cross in Wichita, Kansas.
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Mr. Vasicek seized the opportunity to utilize the past seven years to write, direct and produce the award-winning documentary short, “The Sand Creek Massacre.”
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Recent changes in UK mortgage rates, the uncertainty brought on by the Northern Rock scare and the introduction of Home Information Packs appears to have buyers in the UK in a panic. UK home sellers are now reducing their prices in order to sell their properties.
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Although word has it TV’s Nip/Tuck is headed for Rodeo Drive, in the real world, Rodeo Drive Plastic Surgery is the first and only plastic surgery center on Beverly Hills’ ultimate address. Lloyd Krieger, M.D., founder and Medical Director of the center, who has been featured in such media as Fortune, The New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Access Hollywood and other media, is known both as an artist and an innovator in the world of Los Angeles cosmetic surgery, including such procedures as rhinoplasty and tummy tuck.
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Dark Maze Studios' new feature-length videogame parody movie Press Start is now available on DVD from www.PressStartMovie.com.
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Press Start, the first full-length feature film from Dark Maze Studios, will premiere Oct. 3rd, 7:00 pm at The Virginia Theatre in Champaign, IL, the historic vaudeville-era theater which is also home to Roger Ebert’s Film Festival. The event is sponsored by Volition, Inc., the Champaign-based developer of such videogames as Saints Row, Red Faction, and The Punisher.
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Desktop Wings, Inc. announces the release of the second edition of "Professor Poor's Guide to Buying HDTV" by Alfred Poor. The first edition of this popular e-book was released in December 2005. It has now been updated in time for the fall buying season of 2007.
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Videogame voice actor Robert Belgrade, known to gamers as the voice of Alucard in Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, has lent his talents to the latest episode of videogame-spoofing web cartoon series "Press Start: Bonus Levels."
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A list of the top ten ways to help you identify whether you are a reality TV junk-a-holic! By Casey Lee, the "Reality TV Expert"
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Locally she might be known as Carmen Wisenbaker. But, nationally and internationally, she’s known by her pen name, Casey Lee. Recently, Casey was in Los Angeles meeting with Mark Victor Hansen, the co-creator of the “Chicken Soup for the Soul” books. They were discussing strategies for Casey to use in promoting her new book, “52 Ways to Become Famous [and Sometimes Infamous]” (Penworth Publishing).
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Atlanta Broadcast Institute (ABI) located in Norcross, GA was chosen by the executive team of the Evander Holyfield Foundation to provide media coverage of their annual Evander Holyfield Foundation’s July 4th Celebration at Mr. Holyfield’s palatial estate. The event is one-way Mr. Holyfield gives back and funds programs helping disadvantaged youths to become productive citizens. A week before the event, the foundation contacted Thea Marcacci, President of ABI and within four days, Thea and her team donated their time, their equipment, and their professional talents to implement the logistics for the celebration. The ABI team moved into action with the precision of a major tour production. The team came prepared with solutions, alternatives, and even answers for other vendors. As fate would have it, Thea Marcacci and Evander Holyfield are in the same ring when it comes to benevolence and supporting a worthy cause. ABI helped to turn this great cause into a memorable event with great media coverage.
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