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Exclusive Wedding Details Revealed: Yellowjackets Star Samantha Hanratty Graces the Cover of The Knot Magazine Winter Celebration Issue

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Tuesday, October 24, 2023

The Knot Magazine, a leading wedding publication, today reveals its Winter 2023 Celebration Issue featuring Yellowjackets star Samantha Hanratty on the cover.

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  • The Knot Magazine, a leading wedding publication, today reveals its Winter 2023 Celebration Issue featuring Yellowjackets star Samantha Hanratty on the cover.
  • In the issue, Hanratty shares exclusive details about her big day, including how she is prioritizing her mental health throughout the planning process.
  • The issue also includes wedding wisdom from The Knot editorial team, drawing from their real-life wedding planning experiences; tips for creating a wedding playlist with your DJ; and diverse global wedding traditions.
  • The Knot Magazine Winter 2023 Issue is available on newsstands nationwide and online here for single-copy purchases and subscriptions.

The Hells' Kitchen Funk Orchestra, led by Bill Warfield is celebrating landmark events with a new CD project entitled "Time Capsule"

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Monday, October 23, 2023

NEW YORK, Oct. 23, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Trumpeter, composer, and bandleader Warfield has energized audiences, performers, and writers for more than four decades. Time Capsule is the third CD by the Hell's Kitchen Funk Orchestra. Although its name may lead one to think that it is an inflexible or at least predictable funk band, the leader's arrangements and the group's repertoire are much more wide-ranging than one might expect. Bill's vision of funk extends beyond the melodically percussive style of soul music that found commercial currency from the late 1960s to the early 1980s. Warfield channels the funk impulse in a slickly invigorating manner on the Hell's Kitchen Funk Orchestra's third album, Time Capsule.

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  • The Hell's Kitchen Funk Orchestra, led by Bill Warfield is celebrating landmark events with not only a new CD project entitled "Time Capsule" as well as high-profile industry considerations.
  • Time Capsule is the third CD by the Hell's Kitchen Funk Orchestra.
  • Warfield channels the funk impulse in a slickly invigorating manner on the Hell's Kitchen Funk Orchestra's third album, Time Capsule.
  • Please be on the lookout for this new work by Bill, Gary, and the Hell's Kitchen Funk Orchestra on Planet Arts Network.

Smile Train makes History by Setting a GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ Title for Largest Online Photo Album of Smiling Mouths

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Friday, October 6, 2023

The acknowledgment comes on World Smile Day® -- a day dedicated to kindness, smiles, and good will across the globe. "We are honored to partner with Smile Train for this event," said William Wallace, Executive Director of the Worcester Historical Museum. "The Worcester community came together to upload smiles and support Smile Train's GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ title attempt. World Smile Day® is significant for us in Worcester, as Harvey Ball -- who gave the world its most iconic smile, the smiley face – is a Worcesterite who encouraged us to help one person smile."

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  • Smile Train , the world's largest cleft-focused organization, makes history by setting a GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS title for largest online photo album of smiling mouths.
  • Today, a GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS adjudicator, Michael Empric verified the results and presented Smile Train with an Official Record Holder certificate.
  • "The Worcester community came together to upload smiles and support Smile Train's GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ title attempt.
  • Showtime's Yellowjackets actress and Smile Train Celebrity Ambassador Samantha Hanratty kicked off the campaign by sharing her smile.

Smile Train makes History by Setting a GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS® Title for Largest Online Photo Album of Smiling Mouths

Retrieved on: 
Friday, October 6, 2023

The acknowledgment comes on World Smile Day® -- a day dedicated to kindness, smiles, and good will across the globe. "We are honored to partner with Smile Train for this event," said William Wallace, Executive Director of the Worcester Historical Museum. "The Worcester community came together to upload smiles and support Smile Train's GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ title attempt. World Smile Day® is significant for us in Worcester, as Harvey Ball -- who gave the world its most iconic smile, the smiley face – is a Worcesterite who encouraged us to help one person smile."

Key Points: 
  • Smile Train , the world's largest cleft-focused organization, makes history by setting a GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS title for largest online photo album of smiling mouths.
  • Today, a GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS adjudicator, Michael Empric verified the results and presented Smile Train with an Official Record Holder certificate.
  • "The Worcester community came together to upload smiles and support Smile Train's GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ title attempt.
  • Showtime's Yellowjackets actress and Smile Train Celebrity Ambassador Samantha Hanratty kicked off the campaign by sharing her smile.

Wartime hijinks, wilderness survivors and contemporary dance: what we're streaming this October

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Sunday, October 1, 2023

If you’ve made your way through our September picks and are looking for something new, this month’s streaming picks have something for everyone. There is a classic romantic comedy, some British crime drama and even some contemporary dance. The weather might be turning, and the sun might be shining – but these picks will have you wanting to spend some more time on the couch. Yellowjackets season twoIn season one, a high-school girls’ soccer team survive a plane crash in the Canadian wilderness.

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If you’ve made your way through our September picks and are looking for something new, this month’s streaming picks have something for everyone. There is a classic romantic comedy, some British crime drama and even some contemporary dance. The weather might be turning, and the sun might be shining – but these picks will have you wanting to spend some more time on the couch.

Yellowjackets season two

    • In season one, a high-school girls’ soccer team survive a plane crash in the Canadian wilderness.
    • Season two introduces Lauren Ambrose and Elijah Wood to the cast.
    • Central to this season is the power Lottie (Courtney Eaton/Simone Kessell) has over the group.
    • – Stuart Richards

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The Way Home

    • The Way Home tells the story of three generations of women coming to terms with their trauma and how it has shaped their past and present.
    • If you enjoy Christmas movies where a pretty, white heterosexual woman returns home to be conveniently reunited with a lost love, then The Way Home is for you.
    • Ultimately, The Way Home is more enjoyable than the sum of its parts.

Am I

    • The dancers are all in black with only their feet, arms and faces visible, accentuating the shapes made by their upper bodies.
    • The backdrop is a wall of golden white light bulbs, which light in different patterns: at times a pixelated digital screen, other times an exploding sun.
    • They move through sequences using silver rods to produce line drawings in two dimensions, then three-dimensional clusters and networks.

While the Men Are Away

    • Well-meaning Gwen falls instantly for Frankie; the intense Esther is soon exchanging meaningful looks with Robert.
    • The costumes and production design have a soft-focus, Women’s Weekly glamour – a far cry from rationing and making do.
    • While the Men Are Away is a fantasy of queer visibility and acceptance, but the uneven script, churning plot and the often-didactic tone undermine its ambitions.

Annika season two

    • Neon (New Zealand); season one is available in Australia on iView and BritBox The second season of offbeat BBC police procedural Annika stands apart in a genre that usually veers towards silliness or misanthropy.
    • Season one followed the establishment of Glasgow’s specialist Maritime Homicide Unit, a small and unflappable team, which spends its time fishing bodies out of Scottish waterways and solving odd coastal crimes.
    • This is all while Annika navigated the prickly relationship with her teen daughter Morgan.

HBO's ‘The White Lotus’: Eerie music heightens drama of rich people's bad behaviour and emotional dysfunction

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Wednesday, August 30, 2023

The HBO series The White Lotus faced stiff competition when it was launched in summer 2021.

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  • The HBO series The White Lotus faced stiff competition when it was launched in summer 2021.
  • When the show’s trailer was released in June 2021, its strikingly novel soundtrack stood out.
  • This could be heard in full on YouTube and Spotify before HBO aired the first episode that July.

Canadian composers in film and TV

    • Tapia de Veer joins Emmy-winning Canadian composers Christophe Beck and Mychael Danna, demonstrating the important role Canada has occupied in producing music for film and television.
    • In the early 2000s, he had a Canadian hit with the song “Supersex World,” but then turned to working on music for film and television, creating scores for series like Hunters, Humans and Utopia.

‘Haunting’ sounds

    • In doing so, Tapia de Veer presents the themes and sounds that dominate the six Season 1 episodes.
    • The “Aloha” theme combines vocal and percussive sounds the composer calls “tribal” and “primal,” with bird calls “for an island feel with a spooky tropical depth.”

Menacing undertone

    • It provides a menacing undertone to a surface layer of popular music that tourists to Hawaii may recognize, whether it’s Louis Armstrong singing “On a Coconut Island” or the Rose Ensemble performing “Aloha ‘Oe,” a traditional Hawaiian song composed by Queen Liliʻuokalani.
    • For example, when Tapia de Veer uses the human voice in the underscore, it is never with words but rather in bizarre vocalizations.

‘Renaissance’ set in Italy

    • Season 2’s main theme, “Renaissance,” features flowing piano, harp and (wordless) operatic voice.
    • In later episodes, this setting is localized by the use of the mandolin, an Italian folk instrument.

Disconcerting background tones

    • Stories of treachery and infidelity play out in the disconcerting background tones created by Tapia de Veer and longtime collaborator Kim Neundorf, who in Season 2 has contributed to or composed over 10 tracks.
    • Neundorf also worked with Tapia de Veer on the TV series Humans and The Third Day, as well as the horror film Smile.

Next season: 36 Thai gongs


    It will be interesting to hear what White and Tapia de Veer decide to serve up as the music for the next ‘White Lotus’ season in Thailand. Already, the composer has teased his inclination for including the sounds of Buddhist temples and for using his collection of 36 Thai gongs “to go deep with it [and] make it take a journey.”

ReFrame and IMDbPro Award the ReFrame Stamp for Gender-Balanced Hiring to 94 of the 200 Most Popular TV and Streaming Series of 2022-23, including Emmy Nominees Abbott Elementary, The Bear, Yellowjackets, and Wednesday

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Wednesday, August 16, 2023

The 94 awardees represent 47% of the 200 most popular scripted series, which is equivalent to the 2021-22 season results.

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  • The 94 awardees represent 47% of the 200 most popular scripted series, which is equivalent to the 2021-22 season results.
  • For the second consecutive year, the majority of Emmy Nominees for Outstanding Comedy Series received the Stamp.
  • IMDbPro rankings are based on the actual page views of the more than 200 million monthly visitors to IMDb worldwide.
  • ReFrame encourages all scripted productions to implement equitable hiring practices and apply to earn the ReFrame Stamp year-round.

NPMA Launches New Video Series as a Cautionary Reminder of Stinging Insect Dangers

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Wednesday, August 9, 2023

FAIRFAX, Va., Aug. 9, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Beware of stingers! The National Pest Management Association (NPMA) unveiled its latest video project, Do Not Disturb, to show consumers just how easy it is to accidentally disturb stinging or biting insects.

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  • Project seeks to educate the public about various stinging insect species found in the U.S.
    FAIRFAX, Va., Aug. 9, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Beware of stingers!
  • The National Pest Management Association (NPMA) unveiled its latest video project, Do Not Disturb , to show consumers just how easy it is to accidentally disturb stinging or biting insects.
  • "Every year, 500,000 Americans visit the Emergency Room due to injuries related to stinging insects," said Dr. Jim Fredericks, board-certified entomologist and Senior Vice President of Public Affairs at NPMA.
  • "Do Not Disturb was created to show that insect bites and stings can be more than just a nuisance.

Lionsgate and Hasbro Sign Agreement for Lionsgate to Acquire Global Independent Content Platform eOne

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Thursday, August 3, 2023

SANTA MONICA, Calif. and PAWTUCKET, R.I., Aug. 3, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Lionsgate (NYSE: LGF.A, LGF.B) and Hasbro (NASDAQ: HAS) today announced that they have signed an agreement under which Lionsgate will acquire the independent content platform eOne in a transaction valued at approximately $500 million, comprised of cash of $375 million subject to additional purchase price adjustments, and the assumption of production financing loans.  The agreement is subject to Hart-Scott-Rodino approval and customary closing conditions.

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  • eOne is a world-class producer of scripted and unscripted television and motion pictures with global distribution and a 6,500-title film and television library.
  • Under the agreement, Lionsgate will acquire a library that includes titles such as 1917, Atomic Blonde, Green Book, Grey's Anatomy, Criminal Minds, Renegade and Designated Survivor.
  • As part of the agreement, Lionsgate also will acquire film development rights to Hasbro's Monopoly, based on the wildly popular board game.
  • "The acquisition of eOne checks off all the boxes in areas that play to our core strengths," said Lionsgate CEO Jon Feltheimer.

Hasbro to Sell eOne Film & TV Business to Lionsgate

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Thursday, August 3, 2023

Hasbro, Inc. (NASDAQ:HAS) a leading toy and game company, today announced that it has reached a definitive agreement to sell its eOne film and TV business to Lionsgate for approximately $500 million, consisting of $375 million in cash, subject to certain purchase price adjustments, and the assumption by Lionsgate of production financing loans.

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  • Hasbro, Inc. (NASDAQ:HAS) a leading toy and game company, today announced that it has reached a definitive agreement to sell its eOne film and TV business to Lionsgate for approximately $500 million, consisting of $375 million in cash, subject to certain purchase price adjustments, and the assumption by Lionsgate of production financing loans.
  • Hasbro will use the proceeds to retire a minimum of $400 million of floating rate debt by the end of the year, and for other general corporate purposes.
  • The eOne film and TV business being sold also includes Hasbro’s interest in the Canadian film & TV operations of Entertainment One Canada Limited, and the transaction has also been approved by Entertainment One Canada Limited’s Board of Directors.
  • “Lionsgate’s management team is experienced in entertainment and adept at driving value, and we’re glad to have found such a good home for our eOne film & TV business.