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“THE MARVEL EXPERIENCE: THE WORLD’S FIRST HYPER-REALITY TOUR” ANNOUNCES NATIONAL TOUR DATES FOR GROUNDBREAKING INTERACTIVE AND IMMERSIVE DOMED ATTRACTION

STEP INTO HYPER-REALITY
Launching in Phoenix; Tickets On-Sale October 10th
Available through Ticketmaster

 New York, NY – Hero Ventures, a Los Angeles-based experiential entertainment company, revealed details behind “The Marvel Experience: The World’s First Hyper-Reality Tour;” with the first four tour stops and ticket availability being announced at a press conference held today at New York Comic Con. Joining The Marvel Experience’s executive team for the announcement at the Marvel Booth was Marvel’s Chief Creative Officer, Joe Quesada.

The Marvel Experience is a first-of-its-kind, hyper-reality attraction that covers over two acres and encompasses seven colossal Domes, a life-size Avengers Quinjet, the world’s only 360-degree, 3-D stereoscopic full-Dome attraction and a state-of-the-art 4-D motion ride.

Produced by Hero Ventures Founders Rick Licht, Doug Schaer and Jason Rosen along with their partners, touring impresario Michael Cohl and PRG founder Jeremiah J. Harris, this first-ever hyper-reality touring Marvel adventure will preview in Phoenix from December 12, 2014 – January 3, 2015. The World Premiere will take place in Dallas, with a red carpet event scheduled for January 9, 2015. Promoted by Cohl’s S2BN Entertainment, the first leg of the North American tour will also feature stops in San Diego and San Francisco before heading back toward the East Coast, and will remain in each market for approximately three weeks. Future markets will be announced on a rolling basis.

As agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. in training, guests of The Marvel Experience will swing with Spider-Man, smash with Hulk, fly with Iron Man and more, all in preparation for an epic battle alongside Marvel’s biggest Super Heroes in a fight against Red Skull, M.O.D.O.K. and an army of evil Adaptoids. The Marvel Experience incorporates next-generation interactive technology including augmented reality, multi-person gaming and RFID progress tracking so you can see yourself in action. Everything happens with bleeding-edge technology and advanced computer animation. There’s nothing else like it. Not only does the audience get to join the adventure, in the end they may even become heroes themselves.

“The Marvel Experience is even more exciting than the great rock shows I have been associated with,” comments Michael Cohl, an Executive Producer of The Marvel Experience, in addition to his role as promoter.

“And with this dynamic new way to experience entertainment, you’re actually in the middle of the action from start to finish,” says Hero Ventures CEO, Rick Licht. “While I’m sure kids will eat this up, we know that there is an extensive Marvel fan base over the age of 25 – and we’ve created this event with them in mind. The grown-ups are going to absolutely love The Marvel Experience!”

“There’s so much to be excited about here and a great many elements that literally don’t exist anywhere else,” said Quesada. “Fans will love seeing iconic Marvel Super Heroes in action against the backdrop of this first ever Hyper-Reality Tour. Nothing else compares!”

Tickets for The Marvel Experience will go on sale to the general public beginning October 10th and will be available exclusively through Ticketmaster, a division of Live Nation Entertainment.

“At Ticketmaster, we work to deliver innovative ticketing and event marketing products for our clients so together we can offer their fans the best ticket buying experience. Entertainment is always about delivering the next level of great experiences and The Marvel Experiencedoes all that and more. We are very excited to work with Hero Ventures and Marvel on this one-of-a-kind tour,” said Geoff Carns, SVP Core Clients West at Ticketmaster.

The Marvel Experience – North American Dates
[All dates, cities and venues below subject to change.]

Phoenix, Arizona	The Domes at Salt River Fields – Talking Stick	12/12/14–1/3/15
Dallas, Texas	The Domes at The Cotton Bowl – Fairpark	1/9/14–2/1/15
SanDiego, California	The Domes at Del Mar Fairgrounds	2/7/15–2/22/15
SanFrancisco, California	The Domes at AT&T Park – Lot A	2/27/15–3/22/15

For a complete list of tour dates, visit The Marvel Experience website (www.themarvelexperiencetour.com) and stay current on the latest developments through social media, including:

Facebook — www.facebook.com/MarvelExperience
Twitter — @TheMarvelExp; twitter.com/themarvelexp
Google+ — http://gplus.to/themarvelexp

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Grants Announced for 2012-2013 French-American Jazz Exchange

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Grants Announced for 2012-2013 French-American Jazz Exchange

Baltimore, MD - September 20, 2012 - Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation, and FACE (French-American Cultural Exchange) have announced five grants totaling $111,930 in support of the 2012-2013 French-American Jazz Exchange ("FAJE") program. FAJE is dedicated to furthering the creative and professional development of jazz artists from France and the United States through the interchange of artistic practice and exposure to new constituencies. FAJE is made possible through the generous support of Cultural Services of the French Embassy, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, Société des Auteurs et Compositeurs de Musique (SACEM), Florence Gould Foundation and InstitutFrançais.

Applications to the program were assessed through an adjudicated review process. Four experienced artists and arts professionals, two from France and two from the United States, were selected to review the applications and serve as panelists. The panel included:

• Reza Ackbaraly, Jazz & World Music Programmer, Mezzo TV, Paris, France
• Gerald Clayton, jazz artist, New York, NY
• Patricia Cruz, Executive Director, Harlem Stage, New York, NY
• Benoit Delbecq, jazz artist, Clichy, France

The panel recommended the following projects for funding:

Amir ElSaffar with Sylvain Barou
Iraqi-American trumpeter, dulcimer player and vocalist Amir ElSaffar and his New York-based colleagues Emmanuel During (violin, guitar, lute) and Mavrothi Kontanis (uod) will collaborate with Sylvain Barou (wooden flute) of Brittany and the Paris-based French-Iranian percussionist Keyvan Chemirani to compose new works that combine elements of jazz, Middle Eastern music and Celtic folk tunes. The project will include a five-day residency in New York, a three-day Paris residency, recorded live performances in both cities, and a studio recording.

Jeremy Udden with Nicolas Moreaux
American saxophonist Jeremy Udden and French bassist Nicolas Moreaux will collaboratively compose new jazz pieces influenced by the folk traditions of their respective countries. The composers will be joined by Americans Robert Stillmann (saxophone and Fender Rhodes) and R.J. Miller (drums) as well as the French banjo and guitar player Pierre Perchaud. The new work will be rehearsed and recorded in Paris and performed at venues in New York City and Boston. The composers and full band will also conduct a number of workshops for secondary school students during their tour of the northeastern United States

Larry Ochs with Didier Petit
The East West Collective is a collaboration of Americans Larry Ochs (saxophone) and Miya Masaoka (Japanese koto), Frenchmen Didier Petit (cello, voice) and Sylvain Kassap (clarinet), and the Chinese guzheng player and vocalist Xu Fengxia that combines the compositional structure and sounds of free jazz with traditional Eastern music forms. The project will support three concert engagements at prestigious venues in New York, San Francisco, and Seattle; and five engagements at important French jazz festivals in Brest, Nantes, Paris, Strasbourg, and Tours. The ensemble is also planning a studio recording session while in France.

Sylvain Rifflet with Jon Irabagon
Saxophonist and clarinetist Sylvain Rifflet and his French ensemble members Joce Menniel (flute, electronics), Phil Gordiani (guitar), and Benjamin Flament (percussion, electronics) will work with American saxophonist Jon Irabagon on a project that celebrates the work of the eccentric, yet influential, Blind American composer and street performer Moondog (Louis Hardin 1916-1999). The project will include the composing of new music, a premier of the work at the prestigious Banlieues Bleues Festival outside of Paris, and the recording of a studio album.

William Parker with François Tusques
The cultural threads that connect France with New Orleans and New York will be explored by the French American Peace Ensemble, which is comprised of Americans William Parker (bass), Hamid Drake (drums), and Kidd Jordon (saxophone); and French musicians François Tusques (piano) and Louis Sclavis (bass clarinet, saxophone). Parker will compose a new musical suite for the ensemble which will be performed at venues in New Orleans, New York and Seattle. The performance at the Vision Festival in New York will be filmed and recorded. Discussions are underway for festival performances in France as well as for a studio recording.

FAJE, co-administered by FACE and Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation, annually awards approximately $100,000 in grants through a competitive application process to support projects that take place either in France or the United States and their territories or both, within a 16-month period. Individual artists or ensembles whose members are citizens or permanent residents of France or the United States and are based in their resident countries are eligible to participate in the program. Funding may be used towards artist stipends, communications, equipment and space rentals, marketing, recording and production fees, shipping, travel-related expenses, and visa fees.

Additional support is available to artists who received funding through FAJE for touring in the mid-Atlantic region of the United States. Presenters in Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, U.S. Virgin Islands, and West Virginia are eligible to receive fee-subsidy for booking selected FAJE artists.

French applicants should contact Emmanuel Morlet, FAJE Program Officer and Director, Music Office, Cultural Services of the French Embassy at emmanuel.morlet@diplomatie.gouv.fr. American applicants should contact Josh Kohn, Program Officer, Jazz and Traditional Arts at Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation at josh@midatlanticarts.org.


About Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation
Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation develops partnerships and programs that reinforce artists' capacity to create and present work, advance access to and participation in the arts, and promote a more sustainable arts ecology. For more information on the Foundation's programs and services, please visit: www.midatlanticarts.orgAbout FACE (French-American Cultural Exchange)
FACE is a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting contemporary creative work in the context of French-American cultural and educational exchange. FACE administers programs and projects in dance, secondary and higher education, film, music, theater, and the visual arts. FACE is overseen by a Board of Trustees and works in partnership with the Cultural Services of the French Embassy in the United States. Visit: www.facecouncil.orgAbout the Cultural Services of the French Embassy
The Cultural Services of the French Embassy is dedicated to the promotion of French culture and language throughout the United States. With headquarters in New York, the Cultural Services also maintains regional offices in Washington, D.C. and other major cities in the U.S. It offers a broad spectrum of opportunities for the American public to learn about and experience French culture, in the fields of performing and visual arts, television and cinema, literature and humanities, and education. Visit: www.frenchculture.org

About the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
The mission of the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation is to improve the quality of people's lives through grants supporting the performing arts, environmental conservation, medical research and the prevention of child maltreatment, and through preservation of the cultural and environmental legacy of Doris Duke's properties. Visit: http://www.ddcf.org.

Vincent Marcais Promoted to EVP, Worldwide Brand Marketing

Vincent Marcais Promoted to EVP, Worldwide Brand Marketing

James Finn Promoted to SVP, Worldwide Communications, Media and Partnerships

 

Press Release by Ray Pride

 

LOS ANGELES, October 15, 2012 – Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment announced today a realignment of the division’s marketing management under President and Chief Marketing Officer of Worldwide Marketing Mary Daily to promote further growth, creativity and integration of strategic initiatives across all current and emerging platforms worldwide.
Effective immediately, Vincent Marcais has been promoted to the role of Executive Vice President, Worldwide Brand Marketing. Marcais previously served as Senior Vice President of International Marketing.
James Finn has been promoted to the newly created position of Senior Vice President, Worldwide Communications, Media and Partnerships. Finn will expand his domestic responsibilities to include international publicity and corporate communications, while taking on oversight of Media and Marketing Partnerships and Promotions for the division.
Marcais and Finn will both report to Daily. Under her leadership, they will oversee all campaigns for Fox film and television programing, as well as all third party distribution partners.
“Vincent and James set success as a goal and then overachieve in whatever they do, from shaping and delivering disruptive campaigns across an expanding set of media platforms to effectively positioning our titles with consumers as the best in home entertainment experiences,’’ Daily said. “In their new positions, the resonance of their great work, spirit of collaboration and unbridled enthusiasm for addressing new challenges in this dynamic marketplace will extend across the global group.’’
A long-standing Fox executive, Marcais oversaw the division’s strategic marketing initiatives in all major territories outside North America since 2009. Marcais has also played a key role in helping transform the organization from a pure physical distribution company into a business that delivers its filmed content across all media platforms.
Marcais formerly served as Senior Vice President of International Brand Marketing when he relocated to Los Angeles in 2006. Prior to that, Marcais was based in London where he served as Fox’s Vice President of Marketing for the European home entertainment operation.
Since 2009, Finn has managed communications for new technology advancements, including the recently launched Digital HD™, Blu-ray, 3D in the home, UltraViolet and VOD (video-on-demand). He has also overseen the implementation of more than 200 home entertainment releases a year, and has been involved with some of the most successful TV and film home entertainment releases in recent history, including AVATAR, 24, ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS, FAMILY GUY, GLEE, MODERN FAMILY, RIO, SONS OF ANARCHY, STAR WARS SAGA, THE SIMPSONS and X-MEN: FIRST CLASS.
Finn’s career at Fox spans nearly 12 years. Prior to joining the home entertainment division, he was based in New York at Fox Searchlight Pictures where he held the position as Vice President of National Publicity. He shepherded campaigns for some of the studio’s most successful and acclaimed films, including SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE, which earned ten Oscar® nominations and eight wins, including Best Picture; Best Picture nominees JUNO and LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE, as well as 28 DAYS LATER, NAPOLEON DYNAMITE, ONCE, THANK YOU FOR SMOKING, and THE NAMESAKE. Prior to Searchlight, Finn was a publicist at Twentieth Century Fox, where he worked on many successful theatrical campaigns including CAST AWAY, ICE AGE, MINORITY REPORT and MOULIN ROUGE!
About Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, LLC (TCFHE) is a recognized global industry leader and a subsidiary of Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, a News Corporation company. Representing 75 years of innovative and award-winning filmmaking from Twentieth Century Fox, TCFHE is the worldwide marketing, sales, and distribution company for all Fox film and television programming, acquisitions and original productions on DVD, Blu-ray Disc, Digital Copy, Video On Demand and Digital HD™. The company also releases all products globally for MGM Home Entertainment. Each year TCFHE introduces hundreds of new and newly enhanced products, which it services to retail outlets from mass merchants and warehouse clubs to specialty stores and e-commerce throughout the world.

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GRAMMY® Award Winner Descends Upon HQ Nightclub for the First Time

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GRAMMY® Award Winner Descends Upon HQ Nightclub for the First Time

REVEL BEACH, ATLANTIC CITY, N.J., Oct. 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- On Sunday, November 11, one of the most in-demand DJs and producers in the world, Afrojack will bring a second leg of his sold-out JACKED Tour to HQ Nightclub at Revel. The GRAMMY® Award-winning artist will grace the venue for the first time and perform his massive dance beats and electrical stage show for a once in a lifetime experience partygoers will not want to miss. Tickets go on sale Thursday, October 4 at 11 a.m. EDT available on www.revelnightlife.com/tickets.

The extension of the JACKED Tour marks his largest tour to date, with 20 headlining shows across North America. With two summer hits, including "Can't Stop Me" featuring Shermanology, which received top radio play in the US and "Rock the House," named the hottest dance song of the summer by The Los Angeles Times, Afrojack's landmark stop at HQ Nightclub will go down as part of his most successful year thus far.

In the span of less than two years, he has become one of electronic dance music's major icons. From humble DJ beginnings in his native country of Holland, the artist has grown to become a multi-award winning, platinum-selling producer. In addition to two GRAMMY® Awards under his belt, his DJ sets have fast become both iconic and unparalleled, providing an explosive take on the current state of dance music that is sure to rock Revel's nightlife arena as he brings a larger than life show to HQ Nightclub's captivating main room.

Joining him for the monumental performance are openers Bobby Burns and Shermanology. Burns, a mainstay of Afrojack's label, Wall Recordings, created waves when he teamed up with Afrojack himself and heavy hitter Sidney Samson, to spawn four releases which have gone on to receive support from such names as David Guetta, Calvin Harris, Axwell, and Dada Life. Shermanology, comprising family members Andy, Dorothy, and Leon Sherman, have collaborated with such renowned producers including Afrojack, Chuckie, John Dahlback, and Fedde le Grand. The EDM duo-turned-trio with the addition of Leon will bring their collective energy to amplify the highly anticipated show at HQ Nightclub.

HQ Nightclub, a joint venture by Angel Management Group (AMG) and EMM Group, is Atlantic City's newest nightlife destination consisting of distinct levels, each boasting a unique ambiance intended to surprise and excite even the most discerning partygoer. The club's main floor serves as the centerpiece of the venue, where a custom DJ booth, state-of-the-art sound system and video wall consisting of the largest HD LED panels ever installed in a nightclub, conspire to amplify illusions andintensify the evening.

Doors will open at 10 p.m. Guests must be 21 years of age or older. For more information, visit www.revelnightlife.com or find us on Facebook and Twitter.

Revel is a new destination for uncommon recreation. The beachfront resort is smoke-free and features more than 1,800 rooms with sweeping ocean views. The resort houses a 130,000-square-foot casino with more than 2,000 slot machines, nearly 100 table games, electronic tables and a Poker Room. Designed to embrace its natural surroundings, Revel curates a collection of daylife and nightlife experiences crafted to bring the outside in and the inside out. Indoor and outdoor pools, gardens, lounges, and a 32,000-square-foot spa provide guests with a relaxing resort, while an outstanding collection of 14 restaurant concepts from award-wining chefs and restaurateurs, live entertainment featuring marquee acts and international artists, nightclubs, a casino that feels like a theatre and a collection of boutiques in The Row tailor to each guest's passions. Revel recently received regional recognition in the annual 'Best of Philly' awards by Philadelphia magazine, named the 'Best of Philly 2012 Casino Hotel.

To start your Revel journey, visit www.revelresorts.com. To receive the latest updates on Revel, become a fan on Facebook at www.facebook.com/revel and follow @revelresorts on Twitter. Revel is located on the Boardwalk at Revel Blvd in Atlantic City, New Jersey.