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		<title>LISA MARIE PRESLEY LAUNCHES NEW ALBUM,  STORM &amp; GRACE, WITH TV APPEARANCES</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 18:15:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christine Thompson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“This album is a lot more stripped-down and naked, both musically and lyrically,” says Presley. “It’s me without any attitude or anger at a time of rediscovery.” STORM AND GRACE, PRODUCED BY T BONE BURNETT,...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p><em><span style="font-size: 1.25em; color: #af7817;">“This album is a lot more stripped-down and naked, both musically and lyrically,” says Presley. “It’s me without any attitude or anger at a time of rediscovery.”</span></em></p></blockquote>
<p><strong>STORM AND GRACE, PRODUCED BY T BONE BURNETT, WILL BE RELEASED MAY 15 ON UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC/XIX RECORDINGS<br />
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<p>Lisa Marie Presley will perform &#8220;You Ain&#8217;t Seen Nothing Yet&#8221; on “American Idol” (5/17), “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” (5/21), “Jimmy Kimmel Live” (5/22).</p>
<p>Fans in Memphis and Los Angeles will be able to join with Presley in celebrating the album’s release.  American Express will present “An Evening with Lisa Marie Presley” at the GRAMMY Museum’s Clive Davis Theater in downtown Los Angeles. Doors will open at 7:30 p.m. After an interview Presley will take questions and perform a selection of songs from Storm &#038; Grace. Please go to www.grammymuseum.org.</p>
<p>“Storm &#038; Grace is the album she was born to make – a raw, powerful country, folk and blues collection that finds her embracing her Southern roots and family name,” said Rolling Stone. Entertainment Weekly praised the “smoky, spooky” single “You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet” while Spinner.com observed: “Presley has made the strongest album of her career in the upcoming Storm &#038; Grace. It&#8217;s a moody masterpiece, exploring the demons and angels of her life to the tune of country-spiced downbeat pop.”</p>
<p>The album, which is available for pre-order now on the iTunes Store, is Presley’s first in five years and marks her Universal Republic/XIX Recordings debut. Produced with elegant restraint by 12-time GRAMMY® winner T Bone Burnett, Storm &#038; Grace is an unflinchingly honest piece of work. With its rootsy, Americana vibe, it is, she acknowledges, a departure from her previous albums, 2003&#8242;s Gold-certified To Whom It May Concern and 2005&#8242;s Now What, which both debuted in the Top 10 on The Billboard’s 200.<br />
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<p>or visit:</p>
<p>http://lisamariepresley.com/</p>
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		<title>Marilyn Monroe Files at Blue Book Model Agency Recovered in the Netherlands 50 Years After her Death</title>
		<link>http://amfmstudios.com/magazine/2012/05/marilyn-monroe-files-at-blue-book-model-agency-recovered-in-the-netherlands-50-years-after-her-death/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 22:10:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christine Thompson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Marilyn Monroe and Miss Snively at the filmset: No Business Like Showbusiness (1953) THE HAGUE, the Netherlands, May 15, 2012 /PRNewswire/ &#8211; The files of the Blue Book Agency, Marilyn&#8217;s first model agency in Los...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Marilyn Monroe and Miss Snively at the filmset: No Business Like Showbusiness (1953)<br />
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<p>THE HAGUE, the Netherlands, May 15, 2012 /PRNewswire/ &#8211;</p>
<p>The files of the Blue Book Agency, Marilyn&#8217;s first model agency in Los Angeles, recovered in The Hague,<span id="more-4820"></span> the Netherlands.</p>
<p>Miss Emmeline Snively, founder of the agency in 1939, discovered Marilyn Monroe (then Norma Jean Dougherty) in 1945 as a model. The files go all the way back from 1945 until 1969, the year that, as Miss Snively mentioned in a interview, &#8220;She put it away forever&#8221;.</p>
<p>The contents are many photographs, negatives, letters, telegrams, personal notes, autographs and even a script&#8230; Most of this material has never been published.</p>
<p>Miss Snively introduced Marilyn tol the movie world and always followed her career. From all the available information it appears that Miss Snively tried for years after Marilyn&#8217;s death to sell this box with the files to writers, editors and film producers like Mr. Zanuck from 20th Century Fox, without any luck. Who could have known at that time that Marilyn would still be such a legend even 50 years after her death? These files will be a unique start to make a great movie, book or documentary.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.benniesfifties.com/">WEBSITE</a></p>
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		<title>MEN IN BLACK 3 opens 5/25</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 16:14:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christine Thompson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Everybody loves a good bad guy, and Men In Black has the worst kind&#8230;reprehensible buggy mucoidal dastardly evil doers. Will Smith gives us his take on them in this clip. Then there&#8217;s the music industry,...]]></description>
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<p><strong>Everybody loves a good bad guy, and Men In Black has the worst kind&#8230;reprehensible buggy mucoidal dastardly evil doers.  Will Smith gives us his take on <span id="more-4789"></span>them in this clip.</strong></p>
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<p><strong>Then there&#8217;s the music industry, replete with it&#8217;s own version of mucoidal dastardly evil doers. Fortunately creativity flourishes in spite of them.   Pit Bull has over 8 million youtube hits on this theme song for Men in Black 3.<br />
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		<title>SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 03:54:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christine Thompson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Charlize Theron, Kristin Stewart and Christopher Hemsworth star in Snow White and the Huntsman, an otherwordly, dark and gothic twist on the childrens fairy tale which opens June 1st. In this version the Huntsman becomes...]]></description>
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<p>Charlize Theron, Kristin Stewart and Christopher Hemsworth star in Snow White and the Huntsman, an otherwordly, dark and gothic twist on the childrens fairy tale which opens June 1st.  In this version the Huntsman becomes the protector and mentor who allies with Snow White to bring down the evil queen.  This clip features interviews with the three lead actors.</p>
<p>Featurette:<span id="more-4776"></span></p>
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<p>FLORENCE AND THE MACHINE &#8220;BREATH OF LIFE&#8221;</p>
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		<title>AVENGERS BREAKS BOX OFFICE RECORD &#8211; Joss Whedon</title>
		<link>http://amfmstudios.com/magazine/2012/05/avengers-breaks-box-office-record/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 01:54:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christine Thompson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to Deadline Hollywood, the Joss Whedon-directed film grossed more than $207 million domestically this weekend, and holds the #1 spot for highest Saturday gross of all time with a whopping $69.7 million made in...]]></description>
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<p>According to Deadline Hollywood, the Joss Whedon-directed film grossed more than $207 million domestically this weekend, and holds the #1 spot for highest Saturday gross of all time with a whopping $69.7 million made in a single day.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s a brilliant concept, a franchise of related movies that culminate in all the leads together in a super movie.  These particular heroes have been a part of the American Culture through Marvel Comic Books for more than half a century, and we grew up with them.  So who&#8217;s surprised at the box office numbers?  Nobody, I would think.</p>
<p>The movie is both thrilling and campy, humorous and serious at the same time.  Most would agree it&#8217;s done justice to the original Marvel Comic concept, well, except for movie critic A.O. Scott of the New York Times.  Samuel Jackson avenge-tweeted a response, (which Scott gracefully handled) &#8220;#Avengers fans, NY Times critic AO Scott needs a new job! Let&#8217;s help him find one! One he can ACTUALLY do!&#8221; This was in response to Scott&#8217;s assertion that Jackson&#8217;s Nick Fury &#8220;is more master of ceremonies than mission commander.&#8221;</p>
<p>Here is a clip of Joss Whedon explaining the perils of adapting a popular comic book to a movie.</p>
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		<title>The Wheeler Brothers at the W in Austin&#8217;s &#8220;Living Room Live&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 05:36:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christine Thompson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Live Music Review by Tiffany Test The Wheeler Brothers Capture Your Soul! The &#8220;W&#8221; in Austin hosts an event called &#8220;Living Room Live&#8221;, where the public can enjoy free entrance, and the benefits of a...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p><em><span style="font-size: 1.25em; color: #af7817;">Live Music Review by Tiffany Test</span></em></p></blockquote>
<p><strong>The Wheeler Brothers Capture Your Soul</strong>!</p>
<p>The &#8220;W&#8221; in Austin hosts an event called &#8220;Living Room Live&#8221;, where the public can enjoy free entrance, and the benefits of a $5 &#8220;S.I.P&#8221; menu plus live music as they support worthy local musicians. This past Monday was no exception when The Wheeler Brothers played a two hour set in their home town.</p>
<p>The sound of the band is definitely something worth getting excited about! They can be described as rich, mellow, comforting, warm, and soul-felt. The crowd was definitely not disappointed by the easy chair-indie type of groove.  AJ Molyneaux captures your attention with some of the best guitar playing i&#8217;ve heard in a long time. <span id="more-4747"></span></p>
<p>Imagine the harmony of each instrument somehow all coming together to create a bigger harmony blessed with all of the different sounds. Imagine vocals as pure as a waterfall and the instruments as the glistening sparkles in the water; each as its own droplet falling into a flowing stream of harmony, and you have The Wheeler Brothers.</p>
<p>This five piece act composed of Austin natives recently received <strong>Best New band, Best Roots rock, Best Bass Player, Best Acoustic Guitar, and Best Lap Steel Player awards at the Austin Music Awards. </strong>The band has been touring since June of 2011, and was recently highlighted on &#8220;Last Call&#8221; with Carson Daly.  I definitely recommend checking these guys out next time they are in town for an experience you will not soon forget! Verdict: <strong> Memorable</strong></p>
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		<title>SIR SEAN CONNERY&#8217;S SIR BILLI WELL-RECEIVED AT THE SONOMA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL</title>
		<link>http://amfmstudios.com/magazine/2012/04/sir-sean-connerys-sir-billi-well-received-at-the-sonoma-film-festival/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 21:49:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christine Thompson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The first large scale animated production to come out of Scotland was premiered to audience acclaim at the Sonoma International Film Festival on Friday, April 13th. A heart-warming and hilarious adventure film, &#8220;Sir Billi&#8221; features...]]></description>
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<p>The first large scale animated production to come out of Scotland was premiered to audience acclaim at the Sonoma International Film Festival on Friday, April 13th.  A heart-warming and hilarious adventure film, &#8220;Sir Billi&#8221; features an all-star cast including Academy Award® winner Sir Sean Connery in his first ever animated voice-over role, and Tony Award® winner Alan Cumming.  AMFM spoke with Tessa Hartmann of Billi Productions in Glasgow Scotland.  Tessa wrote the screenplay, and her husband is Sascha Hartmann, the Director. </p>
<p>Academy Award® nominated Scottish composer Patrick Doyle, (&#8220;Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire,&#8221; &#8220;Sense and Sensibility&#8221;), created the film&#8217;s music score and British singing legend Dame Shirley Bassey also joined the project to perform the title track &#8220;Guardian of the Highlands,&#8221; marking the first time Connery and Shirley have worked together since the 1965 James Bond film &#8220;Goldfinger.&#8221;</p>
<p><strong>SYNOPSIS:</strong> <em>When tragedy strikes in the Highlands, there can be only one man for the job &#8211; Sir William Sedgewick, aka Sir Billi (Sir Sean Connery)! This is an adventure story about an inimitable Highland hero &#8211; a grandpa. As active senior skateboarding veterinarian he goes above and beyond the call of duty fighting villainous policemen and powerful lairds in a battle to save an illegal fugitive &#8211; Bessie Boo &#8211; last beaver in Scotland! A roller coaster adventure, Sir Billi braves treacherous ravines and hazardous gullies with his sidekick Gordon the Goat (Alan Cumming) to save Bessie Boo and Wee Dave the rabbit as they hurtle down a perilous river.<br />
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<p><strong>AMFM: I SAW THE <em>VARIETY MAGAZINE</em> REVIEW OF SIR BILLI.  I WAS SHOCKED.<br />
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<blockquote><p><em><span style="font-size: 1.25em; color: #af7817;">Oh listen, the other thing about being Scottish,   It’s going to take more than one bad review to put me off.  I said to my husband last night, “We knew by doing this project we’d be swimming with the sharks, and if I didn’t want to swim with the sharks I wouldn’t have jumped into the sea.  Bring it on.</span></em></p></blockquote>
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<p><strong>TESSA HARTMANN:</strong> It was rather surprising to us.  The only important thing is the reaction of the audience. Before we went to sonoma we were very nervous because it was the first time we’d shown it to a general public audience.  We’d shown it to lots of test screenings and focus groups in Scotland along our way.  For me and Sascha it was almost worse than waiting for one of your children to arrive.</p>
<p>We had four or five days, and the whole experience was a bit overwhelming.  The reaction, being a Scotsperson, our Scots mentality kind of puts you down, you always think the worst.  You can be an eternally positive person, but the natural temperament of the Scotsman is to not believe anything people tell you.</p>
<p>The audience laughed, they were laughing at things, there were tears in their eyes, they clapped at certain bits, but at the end, most importantly, they all cheered and clapped.  For us that was an exhilirating moment and a huge relief, because you&#8217;re sharing your vision.  To have it accepted by them was a monumental thrill.</p>
<p>* We had two calls from some fairly large journalists that asked us if we’d upset anyone at Variety, &#8220;because he’s not reviewing the same film I saw at Sonoma.&#8221;</p>
<p><a href="http://amfmstudios.com/magazine/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/GALLERY_WALL_012.jpg"><img src="http://amfmstudios.com/magazine/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/GALLERY_WALL_012-300x162.jpg" alt="" title="GALLERY_WALL_012" width="300" height="162" class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-4655" /></a><strong>AMFM: I THINK IT WAS PARTICULARLY THE COMMENT ABOUT THE ANIMATION BEING &#8220;SPAT OUT&#8221; BY SOFTWARE.  HELLO, ALL ANIMATION IS SPAT OUT BY SOFTWARE.  HAVE YOU NOTICED ON <em>ROTTEN TOMATOES </em>THAT WHEN THE CRITICS HATE IT THE AUDIENCE LOVES IT?  SO MAYBE THIS IS A GOOD THING.</strong></p>
<p><strong>TESSA HARTMANN:</strong>  I’ll tell you what was odd about it.  Variety doesn’t usually review films that don’t have a distributor and release date. Another media person pointed out that the writer was not at the screening, he said he was coming and cancelled at the last minute. He had asked for an advance copy.</p>
<p><a href="http://amfmstudios.com/magazine/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/GALLERY_WALL_008.jpg"><img src="http://amfmstudios.com/magazine/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/GALLERY_WALL_008-300x162.jpg" alt="" title="GALLERY_WALL_008" width="300" height="162" class="alignright size-medium wp-image-4651" /></a>This was written for the family market.  Our research showed it was tested really well with kids and teenagers, It tested through the roof with the adults, because there are so many of subtle <strong>“Bond”</strong> nuances and gags  which Sascha, the director, put in.  He’s a big fan of literature and he’s a reader, loves old cinematography and history that only an older person would pick up on, I think that’s why it went down so well in Sonoma.</p>
<p>When Sascha was leaving the theater, he was approached by the actor <strong>Christopher Lloyd,</strong> who came over and was raving about it, he said “I just want to shake your hand Sascha, I’m a huge fan of  animation, I thought the writing was amazing.  I loved the warmth, I loved the landscape.  I thought it was engaging, and up until the end I was at the edge of my seat.”</p>
<p>We saw him a few days later in the bar of the hotel and he again lauded the film and said we have a great product just keep going.</p>
<p><strong>(HERE&#8217;S A CLIP OF THE TALENT INCLUDING SIR SEAN CONNERY TALKING ABOUT THE FILM) </strong></p>
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<p>Another thing that happened when we were leaving the theater, a young lady in her 20s shouted over the crowd to Sasch a “Hey, I’m still waiting for Goat!” <a href="http://amfmstudios.com/magazine/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/GALLERY_WALL_015.jpg"><img src="http://amfmstudios.com/magazine/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/GALLERY_WALL_015-300x162.jpg" alt="" title="GALLERY_WALL_015" width="300" height="162" class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-4658" /></a> That’s a reference to a poster at the end of the film that’s got Gordon the Goat’s picture on it, and it says “Waiting For Goat by Sam Bucket,” which is an homage to the <strong>Samuel Becket play “Waiting for Godot.”</strong>  There’s loads of stuff in there that maybe only fans of literature would get, but this young girl spotted it and shouted it over to him, it was just like “Brilliant!” At the dinner afterwards, two guys came over and said, listen, what we thought was brilliant was the iconography, there’s references to <strong>Michael Curtiz&#8217;s Casablanca</strong>, and <strong>Bob Fosse’s Cabaret</strong>.  They said they loved the references to all the different iconic films.</p>
<p>The next day one of the photographer’s at the press reception said he loved the <strong><strong>Vermeer</strong> </strong>reference.   Sascha really concentrated on J<strong>ohannes Vermeer</strong> the geographer,  once you see the film you’ll notice the lighting is very different.  Jann Vermeer was a big influence on the lighting and animation of the film.  There’s lots of little gems in there, like paintings that are Billi’s version of <strong>Rembrandt</strong> and <strong>Caravaggio.</strong></p>
<p>Sascha as a director is just so well read, and he loves art and painting and literature.</p>
<p><strong>AMFM: SO THERE A LOT OF SOPHISTICATED REFERENCES IN THE FILM FOR THE ADULTS</strong>.</p>
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<p><strong></a>TESSA HARTMANN:</strong> Absolutely, and plus we have lots of references that are an homage to Bond, and people were just killing themselves laughing about it.  Sascha was Gobsmacked that people at our first screening picked it up.</p>
<p><strong>AMFM: SO THEY’RE LAUGHING ON TWO CONTINENTS, THE HUMOR IS NOT ENDEMIC TO SCOTLAND.</strong></p>
<p>The Sonoma audience picked even more up than the Scottish audience.  In Scotland the audience completely got all the Bond references, which they absolutely loved, but not a lot of them picked up on the artistic, literature and cinematography references but the California audience absolutely did.  </p>
<p>But then again, film festival goers are cultural enthusiasts.  Straightaway you’ve got them picking up on all these little intricate details which actually are just important as everything else in the package in terms of  the creative output.  For us, that just made Sascha’s week, he’s over the moon about that.</p>
<p><strong><strong>AMFM: I’M SURE YOU WERE SHOCKED WHEN THE VARIETY ARTICLE CAME OUT BECAUSE OF THE AUDIENCE’S POSITIVE REACTION.</strong><br />
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<p><strong>TESSA HARTMANN</strong>:  To the guys in production obviously, it’s harsh to them, but as I said listen, as someone once said, there’s nothing worse than being talked about than NOT being talked about.  If they’re going to come straight out and slag off our film then they must be worried about it.</p>
<p><a href="http://amfmstudios.com/magazine/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/GALLERY_WALL_018.jpg"><img src="http://amfmstudios.com/magazine/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/GALLERY_WALL_018.jpg" alt="" title="GALLERY_WALL_018" width="600" height="324" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-4664" /></a>Otherwise why would they even give it the time of day in such a high profile publication?  Ironically, why we went to California in the first place is it’s the Holy Grail of animation.  John Lassiter is the legend of the town and quite rightly so.  There’s nobody we are impressed by more than Pixar and the companies we look up to.  That’s his hometown, he was there the year before.  So when the film festival director Kevin McNeeley approached me and I sent him the DVD, in December, he came back a couple of weeks later and they were so enthusiastic about the film.  I said to Sascha, “Given that’s Lassister&#8217;s  hometown, if we can crack that audience, as they’re probably one of the most well educated “animation audiences” in the world, then it’s bloody good start.  That’s why we thought “Let’s go for it, live dangerously, show it there!”  So for us that was even more complimentary.</p>
<p>That’s why it was a shame the Variety reviewer was not in the audience.  He was completely outnumbered.</p>
<p><strong>AMFM:  IS YOUR HOPE FOR THIS PROJECT TO PUT SCOTLAND ON THE MAP FOR ANIMATION AND FILM?  YOU’VE ALWAYS EXPORTED GREAT ACTORS.</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://amfmstudios.com/magazine/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/GALLERY_WALL_020.jpg"><img src="http://amfmstudios.com/magazine/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/GALLERY_WALL_020-300x162.jpg" alt="" title="GALLERY_WALL_020" width="300" height="162" class="alignright size-medium wp-image-4666" /></a><strong>TESSA HARTMANN:</strong> Yes, one of the guys at the dinner afterwards, I don’t know who it was, I kept meaning to ask his name, came over and put his hand on Sascha’s shoulder and said “I have to congratulate you, that was absolutely brilliant.”   He laughed and patted his back and said “You do know now the knives will be out for you because it’s good.  But I wish you all the luck in the world.”</p>
<p>To me, when you do a review, you say what you want, but then you let the audience judge for yourself. Then you hand it over to the audience so they can see what you just saw.  “Here’s a link to what I just saw, “  “Here’s a teaser trailer.”  There were no links back to our website.  There was nothing.  We’ve got a video on our web, we designed an app to embed the video in our facebook.  I thought that was really odd, if you think that badly of it why not show a link and tell them where to go look?  It’s like critiquing a record and not letting anybody hear it.  You can tell in 30 seconds whether you like it or not.</p>
<p>I said to Sascha, I am the positive in the family, he may have done us a favor in the long run, because people are going to want to know” how bad it really was in his opinion.</p>
<p>I’m totally open to criticism, because without criticism one will never succeed.  From a purely economical and business perspective,  you’ve got to consider that this is Scotland, we’ve got a much smaller economy, we have built a business, we’re building a a small studio, we’ve employed people in the area, we’re contributing to the local economy, and to compete in the  global animation market at a theatrical level takes a very big deal.<br />
<a href="http://amfmstudios.com/magazine/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/smalllGALLERY_WALL_021.jpg"><img src="http://amfmstudios.com/magazine/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/smalllGALLERY_WALL_021.jpg" alt="" title="smalllGALLERY_WALL_021" width="600" height="325" class="alignright size-full wp-image-4668" /></a> Now I don’t expect to be up there for another few years yet,  and I don’t expect to be as good as Pixar because I don’t have $200 million dollars to put into a film.  But I do expect to stand alongside the giants of animation with a really decent product.  Over the years our business will grow, and we’ll do more adventurous projects.  But for him to decry an entire production in what was clearly a biased review without highlighting or referencing for the audience so that they can confirm or disagree was just bad journalism.  That’s what was disappointing.  And then to even slag off <strong>Dame Shirley Bassey</strong> was just beyond my comprehension.</p>
<p><a href="http://amfmstudios.com/magazine/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/GALLERY_WALL_019.jpg"><img src="http://amfmstudios.com/magazine/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/GALLERY_WALL_019.jpg" alt="" title="GALLERY_WALL_019" width="600" height="324" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-4665" /></a></p>
<p><strong>AMFM: ITS A LABOR OF LOVE</strong></p>
<p><strong>TESSA HARTMANN:</strong>  It is a labor of love.  Somebody asked who did the casting for us.  We did everything ourselves because we had to, we had no choice.  I’d never approached people like this before, I just did it.  My background is in marketing and i just did it how we would do any other project and we got really lucky.</p>
<p><a href="http://amfmstudios.com/magazine/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/SirBilli_170.jpg"><img src="http://amfmstudios.com/magazine/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/SirBilli_170-157x300.jpg" alt="" title="SirBilli_170" width="157" height="300" class="alignright size-medium wp-image-4742" /></a><strong>INTERESTING TRIVIA:  A special &#8220;Sir Billi&#8221; tartan created for the film was exclusively manufactured by Lochcarron of Scotland, based in Hawick. The &#8216;Sir Billi&#8217; tartan fabric was woven over a period of ten weeks, then registered as a member of the Scottish Tartans Authority, proving it&#8217;s authenticity for the hero&#8217;s real-life and film wardrobes.  Fashion played a part in the Sonoma Film Festival dinner, Barbies wearing the &#8220;Sir Billi&#8221; tartan designed by <a href="http://www.corrienielsen.com/" target="_blank">Corrie Nielson</a>, who was a huge hit at London Fashion Week, decorated each table. Scottish designer Graeme Black designed Dame Shirley&#8217;s dress out of &#8220;Sir Billi&#8221; tartan &#8211; Graeme Black was head of Giorgio Armani Black Label for 8 years before going to Salvatore Ferragamo and now his own design consultancy under his own name &#8211; Graeme Black. </strong></p>
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		<dc:creator>Christine Thompson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Epic Records/Legacy Recordings Announce the Release of Strange Euphoria, the First Definitive Career-Spanning Retrospective of Heart, Curated by Ann Wilson and Nancy Wilson Historic 3CD/1DVD Box Set Available Everywhere Tuesday, June 5 NEW YORK, April...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Epic Records/Legacy Recordings Announce the Release of Strange Euphoria, the First Definitive Career-Spanning Retrospective of Heart, Curated by Ann Wilson and Nancy Wilson</p>
<p><strong>Historic 3CD/1DVD Box Set Available Everywhere Tuesday, June 5</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://amfmstudios.com/magazine/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/well-according-to-e-online-and-heart8217s-off-L-chs227.jpeg"><img src="http://amfmstudios.com/magazine/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/well-according-to-e-online-and-heart8217s-off-L-chs227.jpeg" alt="" title="ann and nancy wilson" width="336" height="280" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-4629" /></a>NEW YORK, April 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ &#8212; Epic Records and Legacy Recordings proudly announce the release of Strange Euphoria, the first definitive career-spanning, multi-label boxed set retrospective chronicling the seminal American rock band Heart, personally curated by Ann Wilson and Nancy Wilson. A carefully-considered anthology of biggest hits and best-loved songs set alongside deep catalog treasures, rarities, demos and live performances, Strange Euphoria, three compact discs and one DVD in a deluxe box, will be available everywhere Tuesday, June 5.<span id="more-4628"></span></p>
<blockquote><p><em><span style="font-size: 1.25em; color: #af7817;">&#8220;In all the years we have been making music we have seen trends come and go,&#8221; said Ann Wilson.   &#8220;We have always felt that to try and chase the latest &#8216;it&#8217; sound is pointless, and we have tried to remain true to ourselves as songwriters and musicians.  Sometimes we have had amazing success and heard ourselves on the radio&#8230; other times not so much, but the music is always playing in our house.  In this box we have included many things that until now have never seen the light of day.  Also here are our favorite deep tracks and live moments that really speak to who we are on the stage and the connection between us and the people who show up to rock.  Enjoy this collection.  It has many facets just like we do, but the spirit running through it is all Heart. &#8220;</span></em></p></blockquote>
<p>Ann Wilson and her younger sister, Nancy Wilson, first showed the world that women can rock when their band Heart stormed the charts in the 1970s with hits like &#8220;Crazy on You,&#8221; &#8220;Magic Man,&#8221; &#8220;Barracuda,&#8221; &#8216;Straight On,&#8221; &#8220;Even It Up,&#8221; &#8220;Kick It Out,&#8221; and many more.  Not only did the Wilson sisters lead the band, they wrote the songs and played the instruments, making them the first women in rock to do so.  Heart continued topping the charts through the &#8217;80s and into the &#8217;90s with huge hits like &#8220;These Dreams,&#8221; &#8220;Alone,&#8221; &#8220;Never,&#8221; and a string of other hits that showcased the sisters&#8217; enormous talents as both musicians and singers. Along the way, Heart sold more than 35 million records, had 21 top 40 hits, sold out arenas worldwide, and profoundly influenced the sound and direction of American rock music while inspiring women (and guys too!) around the world to rock out in bands of their own.</p>
<p>Heart were 2008 recipients of VH1 Rock Honors, received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Northwest Grammy Foundation,  and received ASCAP&#8217;s award for Excellence in Songwriting in 2009.<br />
In August 2010, Red Velvet Car, the first new studio album in six years from Heart, entered the Billboard 200 best-selling album charts at #10, becoming the seventh Top 10 album of the group&#8217;s career.  The group&#8217;s first album for Legacy Recordings, Red Velvet Car marked the return of the group to the Sony Music Entertainment family, reaching #1 in sales on Amazon.com in September.<br />
What&#8217;s made Heart endure across four decades and 13 studio albums, from Dreamboat Annie (1976) through Red Velvet Car (2010), is simply the quality of the music and the Wilsons&#8217; ability to connect to the emotions and experiences of their audience.  Strange Euphoria represents the first time Ann and Nancy have personally curated a collection of their work and is the only time they&#8217;ve opened up their vaults for demos and rarities never heard by the public. The set includes song-by-song annotations, anecdotes, and commentary by the Wilson sisters.<br />
Heart &#8211; Strange Euphoria &#8211; track listing</p>
<p><center><strong>CD 1</strong><br />
1. Through Eyes And Glass (by Ann Wilson &#038; The Daybreaks)<br />
2. Magic Man (demo)*<br />
3. How Deep It Goes (demo)*<br />
4. Crazy On You (demo)*<br />
5. Dreamboat Annie (Fantasy Child) + Dreamboat Annie Reprise (edit)*<br />
6. Love Alive<br />
7. Sylvan Song<br />
8. Dream Of The Archer<br />
9. White Lightning And Wine (live at the Aquarius)*<br />
10. Barracuda (live from BBC Radio Concert)*<br />
11. Little Queen<br />
12. Kick It Out<br />
13. Here Song (demo)*<br />
14. Heartless (demo)*<br />
15. Dog &#038; Butterfly (acoustic demo)*<br />
16. Straight On<br />
17. Nada One<br />
<strong>CD 2 </strong><br />
1. Bebe le Strange<br />
2. Silver Wheels II<br />
3. Even It Up<br />
4. Sweet Darlin&#8217;<br />
5. City&#8217;s Burning<br />
6. Angels<br />
7. Love Mistake<br />
8. Lucky Day (demo)*<br />
9. Never (live, with John Paul Jones)*<br />
10. These Dreams<br />
11. Nobody Home<br />
12. Alone<br />
13. Wait For An Answer<br />
14. Unconditional Love (demo)*<br />
15. High Romance (demo)*<br />
16. Under The Sky (demo)*<br />
17. Desire Walks On (&#8220;Beach demo&#8221; version)*<br />
CD 3<br />
1. Kiss (by The Lovemongers)<br />
2. Sand (live) (by The Lovemongers)<br />
3. Everything (live) (by Nancy Wilson)<br />
4. She Still Believes (live)*<br />
5. Any Woman&#8217;s Blues (demo) (with the Seattle Blues Revue Horns)*<br />
6. Strange Euphoria<br />
7. Boppy&#8217;s Back (demo)*<br />
8. Friend Meets Friend (live)  (by The Lovemongers)*<br />
9. Love Or Madness (live) *<br />
10. Skin To Skin*<br />
11. Fallen Ones<br />
12. Enough<br />
13. Lost Angel (live)<br />
14. Little Problems, Little Lies (by Ann Wilson)<br />
15. Queen City<br />
16. Hey You<br />
17. Avalon (Reprise)<br />
* previously unreleased<br />
<strong>DVD</strong><br />
KWSU &#8220;The Second Ending – featuring Heart&#8221; program<br />
circa February-March 1976<br />
1. Pre Show<br />
2. Heartless<br />
3. White Lightning &#038; Wine<br />
4. Dreamboat Annie<br />
5. Silver Wheels<br />
6. Crazy On You<br />
7. Sing Child<br />
8. Soul Of The Sea<br />
9. Devil Delight<br />
10. Magic Man<center><br />
Visit:<br />
<a href="http://www.heart-music.com">http://www.heart-music.com</a><br />
<a href="http://www.facebook.com/heart ">http://www.facebook.com/heart </a></p>
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		<title>Relics of Knights of Columbus Priest Martyrs Begin 2012 US Pilgrimage in Houston</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 00:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christine Thompson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[HOUSTON, April 26, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ &#8212; Relics of six Knights of Columbus canonized by Pope John Paul II in 2000 will launch a tour of several American cities Friday, April 27, in Houston. The Co-Cathedral...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://amfmstudios.com/magazine/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/martyrs_221.jpg"><img src="http://amfmstudios.com/magazine/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/martyrs_221.jpg" alt="" title="martyrs_221" width="221" height="336" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-4595" /></a>HOUSTON, April 26, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ &#8212; Relics of six Knights of Columbus canonized by Pope John Paul II in 2000 will launch a tour of several American cities Friday, April 27, in Houston. The Co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Houston will host the relics beginning with a special Mass Friday evening for the Knights of Columbus Texas State Convention. The relics will remain in the church for veneration during the regularly scheduled weekend Masses.<br />
The six priests — Fathers Pedro de Jesus Maldonado Lucero, Miguel de la Mora de la Mora, Jose Maria Robles Hurtado, Luis Batiz Sainz, Rodrigo Aguilar Aleman, and Mateo Correa Magallanes — were all martyred for their faith by the Mexican government during the religious persecution in Mexico in the early 20th century. Thousands of the faithful turned out in 2005 for a previous pilgrimage of these relics in cities around the United States — from Dallas to Philadelphia to Los Angeles<span id="more-4594"></span><br />
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&#8220;For many years, this period of history has been all but forgotten on both sides of the border,&#8221; said Supreme Knight Carl Anderson. &#8220;This year, with the release of both a major motion picture and a book on this subject, the story of the struggle for religious freedom in Mexico will begin to be told. It is our hope that the pilgrimage of these relics will remind us all of the sacrifices made on behalf of religious liberty on this continent less than 100 years ago. It is a timely reminder that — from Ancient Rome to 1920s Mexico to today — persecution does not stifle the faith, but emboldens it.&#8221;</p>
<p><strong>For Greater Glory</strong> — a film being released June 1 — takes the history of this period to the big screen with an all-star cast including Andy Garcia, Peter O&#8217;Toole and Eva Longoria.</p>
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<p>During the persecution of Catholics in Mexico by President Plutarco Elas Calles, the Knights of Columbus stood in solidarity with Catholics in Mexico raising funds for humanitarian relief of those displaced and for the education of the American public regarding the horrific facts of the persecution. A delegation of the Knights of Columbus met with President Calvin Coolidge in 1926 to discuss ways in which the U.S. government could influence the Mexican government to end the persecution.</p>
<p>Despite the support of the Calles regime and its anti-Catholic policies by the a number of American groups — including the Ku Klux Klan — the pressure brought by the Knights of Columbus and others had an effect and, in 1929, the U.S. government helped broker an agreement between the Mexican government and the Catholic Church, ending the worst of the persecution.</p>
<p>Relics have long been a part of Catholic devotional practice. Since the days of the Apostles, Christians have preserved and honored the physical remains of men and women recognized as saints.<br />
The Knights of Columbus is active throughout the United States and Mexico – as well worldwide in Asia, Europe, and throughout North America Knights number more than 1.8 million members worldwide.</p>
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		<title>TAKE THE RESOLUTION RESET QUIZ AND WIN A NEW YEAR&#8217;S EVE DVD</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 19:33:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christine Thompson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[April is a perfect time to think about all those resolutions you made that may have been placed on the backburner. With the New Year’s Eve Resolution Reset Blog App you can double check and...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p><em><span style="font-size: 1.25em; color: #af7817;">April is a perfect time to think about all those resolutions you made that may have been placed on the backburner. With the New Year’s Eve Resolution Reset Blog App you can double check and make sure you are on the right path to making your resolutions come true!</span></em></p></blockquote>
<p><strong>Take The Quiz!  Are you on your way to making the most out of 2012? Take this quiz and find out if you are a Resolution Renegade!? Personal New Year’s Eve Tips! We want you to make your resolutions come true, so to help you achieve your goal we will get you some awesome tips to jump-start your resolution this year!<br />
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<p><strong>Warner Bros. Pictures is proud to announce the release of the hit romantic comedy New Year’s Eve on DVD and Blu Ray May 1st! This all star comedy stars Ashton Kutcher, Michelle Pfeiffer, Katherine Heigl, Sofia Vergara, Hilary Swank, Sarah Jessica Parker, Zac Efron, Jon Bon Jovi, and Josh Duhamel! </strong> <span id="more-4568"></span></p>
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