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LOS ANGELES
- September 20, 2026 - GERMAN CURRENTS
celebrates its 20th anniversary from
October 8 - 13, 2026 bringing outstanding
German cinema and acclaimed filmmakers to
Los Angeles . A co-production of the
Goethe-Institut and the American
Cinematheque, the festival continues its
two-decade tradition of fostering
transatlantic dialogue through
film..
Screenings
will take place at iconic venues including
the American Cinematheque's Aero Theatre
in Santa Monica, the Los Feliz 3, the
Wende Museum, the Goethe-Institut Los
Angeles and the Gardena Cinema.
GERMAN
CURRENTS 2026 opens on October 8 with the
red-carpet West Coast Premiere of
FATHERLAND (VATERLAND), the new film by
acclaimed director Pawe? Pawlikowski,
starring Sandra Hüller and Hanns
Zischler. The screening will be followed
by a conversation with Pawlikowski and an
opening-night celebration.
For two
decades, GERMAN CURRENTS has connected Los
Angeles audiences with outstanding German
cinema and fostered cultural exchange
through film. This anniversary edition
emphasizes the festival's mission of
building empathy and understanding through
storytelling, especially in today's
polarized world. The 2026 program
features 12 screenings, including seven
award-winning feature films, two
documentaries, two youth films, and the
NEXT GENERATION SHORT TIGER short film
program.
A special
focus this year is on European
co-productions and international
collaboration, showcased through films
such as FATHERLAND, A LAND WITHIN
(Zweitland) by Michael Kofler, and THE
FROG AND THE WATER by Thomas Stuber.
Several filmmakers will attend in person,
including Michael Kofler, Florian Baron,
Laura Laabs, and Bernd Sahling, offering
audiences opportunities for discussions
and Q&As. Educational screenings
and family programming remain an important
part of the festival.
The 2026
program features 12 screenings, including
seven award-winning feature films, two
documentaries, two youth films, and the
NEXT GENERATION SHORT TIGER short film
program.
To help
GERMAN CURRENTS celebrate this important
milestone, several filmmakers will present
their films in person. Join filmmakers
Laura Laabs for the SoCal Premiere of her
award-winning debut feature, ROTE STERNE
ÜBERM FELD (RED STARS UPON THE
FIELD), Villa Aurora fellow Florian Baron,
for the U.S. Premiere of his documentary
SPEARA, and Michael Kofler for the LA
Premiere of his film A LAND WITHIN
(ZWEITLAND), a multi-award-winning
German-Austrian-Italian
co-production.
Bernd
Sahling will present and discuss three of
his films, the documentary IT'LL BE OK
(ALLES WIRD GUT), his latest family
feature, KOSCHKA, and his youth film,
TOMORROW I'LL BE BRAVE (AB MORGEN BIN ICH
MUTIG) as part of the GERMAN CURRENTS'
educational outreach program.
GERMAN
CURRENTS will conclude with a special
Closing Night screening of BERLIN HERO
(Der Held vom Bahnhof
Friedrichstraße), the final film by
celebrated German filmmaker Wolfgang
Becker (Good Bye, Lenin!), presented as
its U.S. Premiere.
The GERMAN
CURRENTS Film Festival 2026 is a
co-production of the Goethe-Institut Los
Angeles and theAmerican Cinematheque with
the support of The Friends of Goethe, ELMA
(European Languages and Movies in
America), Condor, the
Consulate General
of Switzerland in San
Francisco, the Austrian Consulate General
in Los Angeles, the Italian Cultural
Institute of Los Angeles, the Consulate
General of the Republic of Poland in Los
Angeles, Paulaner USA, Paulaner Sunset,
Tupetz Wine Connection, KRUU.COM, and in
cooperation with the German Consulate
General in Los Angeles, Villa Aurora &
Thomas Mann House e.V., the German Film
Office, the Wende Museum, and the DEFA
Film Library, as well as our media
partners Deutsche Welle, KPFK Radio,
Campus Circle, and our educational
outreach partners ELMA and Creating
Creators.
Admission
for all programs is free. Tickets will be
available starting Monday, September 21st
@ 10:00am.
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MIPCOM
CANNES 2026 a "convergence" point for
every entertainment industry to talk
vertical series, branded content, gen AI,
and
more.
In the
entertainment industry October means the
annual
trip to the
French Riviera
CANNES -
October 1, 2026 - MIPCOM,
the
International Market of Communications
Programmes
is the world's
largest annual global market and
networking event for the television, film,
digital media, and entertainment content
industry. It will run Oct. 12-15 at the
Palais des Festivals
When more than
10,000 people arrive on the shores of the
French Riviera for MIPCOM 2026, they'll be
greeted by an event designed with one
theme in mind: convergence.
MIPCOM,
which Director Lucy Smith calls "the
global gateway to the media and content
business," has long been a meeting,
networking, and dealmaking tentpole of the
TV, film, and advertising industries. In
2025, it officially recognized the growing
importance of digital creators in both
entertainment and branded content - and
for 2026, it's expanding creators'
footprint while adding programming around
current trends in our space, like vertical
series and generative AI.
The
convergence of new and traditional will
have leaders from Netflix, BBC Studios,
Banijay Entertainment, FOX, Fremantle, and
Lionsgate in direct conversation with
folks from YouTube, TikTok, Tubi, Samsung
TV Plus, Holywater, Crazy Maple Studio,
and dentsu, as well as creator studios
like Dhar Mann Studios and the
Sidemen.
Key 2026
Highlights:
• First
Pre-Opening Keynote: Digital media
producer Dhar Mann and Sean Atkins of Dhar
Mann Studios headline the opening session
on Sunday, October
11.
• New
Initiatives: Introduction of the MIP AI
Entertainment Forum and MIP BrandWorks
focusing on generative AI, vertical series
(microdramas), and creator-brand
convergence.
•
Premieres: Major
international screenings, including the
world premiere of the Cold War thriller
Honey from Sid Gentle Films.
Participants
will attend workshops, showcases,
invitation-only summits, and curated
matchmaking sessions. And as for new
networking and conferencing formats,
MIPCOM 2026 is introducing nexus points
like MIP BrandWorks, the Global Microdrama
and Vertical Leaders' Summit, and the MIP
AI Entertainment Forum.
MIP
BrandWorks will invite senior leaders to
attend an exclusive CXO Summit, hear from
Meta, Dentsu, and Ferrero Rocher about
vertical dramas, and head to the
BrandWorks Showcase for an Upfronts-style
presentation highlighting individual
brands and their content.
The forum
will feature a keynote from former Google
engineer turned UTOPAI founder/CEO Cecilia
Chen and a roundtable discussion for
attendees to speak with gen AI
experts.
"We have a
very dedicated agenda to push for a more
educative and practical understanding of
how AI is applied," Bernet Head of MIPCOM
Conference Programm says. "Whether it's AI
startups coming to explain the solution
they can provide to entertainment
companies or entertainment companies
launching their own AI initiatives or
divisions within their organizations, we
have the two worlds coming together to
talk under the same roof. Again, it's all
about convergence and
collaboration."
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2026
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MIPCOM
2026: TV Asahi unveils high-stakes
psychological format "Trade
Room
Japanese
broadcaster is heading to Cannes with its
newest high-stakes competition where
shifting alliances and a unique trade
mechanic turn trust into a strategic
currency.
TV Asahi
Corporation has unveiled its newest
unscripted format, "Trade Room", ahead of
MIPCOM 2026. The high-stakes psychological
competition pits ten celebrities against
each other in a game where trust is
temporary, alliances are constantly
rewritten, and teammates can instantly
turn into rivals.
Divided into
two teams of five and housed in the Black
Room and White Room, contestants compete
in physical, psychological, and strategic
challenges to build their respective prize
pots. However, the game's core mechanic --
Trade Time -- forces players at unexpected
moments to execute dramatic trade
directives: either exiling a member of
their own team or recruiting a player from
the opposing side. In an instant,
contestants can find themselves competing
against former allies or working alongside
previous enemies, with the money they
helped earn shifting to the rival
room.
The format
relies on organic psychological tension
rather than manufactured conflict, driving
strong engagement among younger
demographics in Japan. In multiple recent
broadcasts, the series ranked No. 1 in its
timeslot among teen viewers, while social
media conversation around its strategic
betrayals and mind games has generated a
reach exceeding 15 million across digital
platforms.
The company
is preparing to showcase the title to
international buyers in Cannes,
highlighting both its linear success and
strong digital footprint.
Kenichi
Hamasaki, Producer at TV Asahi, stated:
"'Trade Room' is not just about winning
games; at its heart, it's about the
psychology between people&emdash;the bonds
they form, the betrayals that break them,
and the desire for money that drives their
decisions. By adding Trade, a simple yet
powerful mechanic, we've been able to
intensify those emotions and accelerate
the human drama. Every trade instantly
changes relationships, turning trust
itself into part of the game." Hamasaki
also pointed to the strategic role of team
captains within the format rules. "Another
fascinating element is the role of the
leader, the only player who can never be
traded. Each leader's personality and
leadership style can completely shape the
atmosphere of the room and their
relationships with the other players,
creating very different dynamics between
the two teams," he
added.
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MIPCOM CANNES
2026
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NBC
and Telemundo Reporter Eliana Moreno and
pilot George
Marciniw
killed
in NBC4 Helicopter
Crash
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Gary Sunkin, TVI
Magazine
LOS
ANGELES - September 11, 2026 - The So Cal
journalism community suffered a terrible
blow Tuesday, September 9 when NBC and
Telemundo reporter Eliana Moreno and pilot
George Marciniw were killed Tuesday,
around 7 p.m.
The NBC
reporters have extensively covered the
helicopter crash, digging to learn more
about what happened and to paint a more
complete picture of Moreno and Marciniw,
NBC's "eyes and ears in the
sky."
The
helicopter was flying over the scene of a
nearby deadly Metro bus collision in the
Chatsworth neighborhood when it crashed
and burst into flames. Several other
vehicles that the chopper crashed next to
also caught fire.
The crash
was reported just before 7 p.m PT. in the
9100 block of North Mason Avenue in
Chatsworth, a neighborhood in northern Los
Angeles, according to the Los Angeles Fire
Department.
The
NBC4
Helicopter
helicopter lost
power and crashed in Chatsworth, two
blocks away from a fatal collision they
were covering.
Edy
Gutierrez Mejia, a 29-year-old visiting
from Guatemala, was struck and killed by
the falling helicopter.
The ground
collision involved 36-year-old Bailee Lynn
Rios, who was charged by the L.A. County
District attorney with reckless driving,
driving under the influence and two counts
of second-degree murder for driving her
Ford Expedition into a Metro bus, killing
46-year-old Daniel Castillo and
31-year-old Gage Weida.
About
Moreno and
Marciniw
 An
Orange County native, Eliana Moreno
graduated from Chapman University with a
degree in broadcast journalism and
political science. She had been flying in
news choppers since 2010. She was engaged
to be married.
Jake
Asner, creator of the video news
organization Traffic News L.A. and
organizer of a small memorial at Whiteman
Airport in Pacoima told the LA Times that
he trained with Moreno in 2022 and also
stating "She was just so wildly good at
what she did," he said. "She had the
scanners on, she was talking to ...
assignment desks ... and controlling the
camera. .... She did it like it was a
piece of
cake."
Marciniw
also grew up in Southern California and
graduated from Burbank High School in
1974, according to NBC4. He also worked as
a flight instructor for aspiring
pilots.
According to
an online flight instructor profile,
Marciniw was a helicopter flight
instructor for more than 30 years and had
flown 14,000 hours. He was based at
Whiteman Airport, and was affiliated with
Pacific Rotorways Helicopter
Training.
A memorial
mass is being held Sunday, in
Chatsworth
Gary Sunkin, TVI
Int'l Magazine - Eliana
Moreno
Golden Mike
Awards
Memorial
grows for victims killed in NBC Los
Angeles helicopter crash in
Chatsworth
Chatsworth
- September 20, 2026 - Among the victims
killed were NBCLA aerial news reporter
Eliana Moreno and her pilot George
Marciniw. Authorities identified the third
victim as also 29-year-old Edy Guitierrez
Mejia, who was killed on the ground in the
crash.
Family
and friends of the victims started a
memorial outside of Whiteman Airport,
placing flowers and photos. NewsChopper 4
is operated by Angel City Air that is
based out of the airport.
A
vigil will be held at 6:30 p.m. at St.
John Eudes Parish in Chatsworth, near the
site of the crash, where the community
will have a chance to honor the
victims.
Names
of Eliana Moreno and George Marciniw will
be part of Fallen Journalists
Memorial
The
Los Angeles helicopter news crew will be
added to the Fallen Journalists Memorial,
which recognizes contributions of
journalists who have died as they covered
news.
The
names of news helicopter pilot George
Marciniw and reporter Eliana Moreno will
be part of a Washington, D.C. memorial
honoring journalists who died while
reporting news.
Former
Congressman David Dreier, chairman of the
Fallen Journalists Memorial Foundation,
made the announcement Wednesday, a day
after the long-time news helicopter crew
died in a crash as they covered a deadly
Metro bus collision in the Los Angeles
community of Chatsworth for NBCLA and
Telemundo 52.
"The
tragic deaths of the KNBC reporting team
of Eliana Moreno and George Marciniw in a
helicopter crash yesterday is a
devastating loss for local journalism in
Southern California," Dreier said in a
statement. "It is a painful reminder that
gathering the news can carry very real
risks. Eliana and George lost their lives
while doing what they had done so many
times before, going toward a breaking
story so that the public could be
informed. The work of journalism depends
not only on the reporters whose voices and
bylines we know, but also on the
photographers, pilots, technicians and
many others who make newsgathering
possible."
The
first-of-its-kind memorial received
Congressional approval in 2020 to
construct the memorial using private funds
on federal land at the National Mall.
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9/11 Through the Media Lens: 25 Years
Later
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78th
Emmy Awards Winners
Outstanding Drama
Series
The Pitt -
WINNER
Outstanding Comedy
Series
Widow's Bay -
WINNER
Outstanding Lead Actress
in a Drama
Series
Rhea Seehorn,
Pluribus - WINNER
Outstanding Lead Actor in
a Drama
Series
Noah Wyle, The
Pitt - WINNER
Outstanding Supporting
Actress in a Drama
Series
Allison Janney,
The Diplomat - WINNER
Outstanding Supporting
Actor in a Drama
Series
Tom Pelphrey,
Task -
WINNER
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List of 78th EMMYS
Winners
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9/11
Through the Media Lens: 25 Years
Later
In
Collaboration with the National September
11 Memorial &
Museum
Thursday,
September 10, 2026 | 6:30
pm
The Paley
Museum, 25 West 52 Street, NYC
NEW YORK, -
On September 11, 2026, the nation will
mark the 25th anniversary of the attacks
that claimed 2,977 lives and reshaped
American life. As we approach this
milestone, The Paley Museum, in
collaboration with the National September
11 Memorial & Museum, brings together
a distinguished panel of journalists,
historians, and photographers who covered
the events firsthand, as well as those who
later documented, analyzed, and reflected
on that tragic day.
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CINECON
62 motto "If it's rare we'll show
it!"
It's almost
time for Cinecon! where cinefans,
archivists, authors, historians and iconic
celebrity guests will gather as usual over
Labor Day
weekend.
Cinecon, the
nation's olderst Classic Filmfestival will
run September 3 - 7, 2026 at it's new
location the Landmark Nuart Theatre in
West Los Angeles, located at 11272 Santa
Monica Boulevard, celebrating its 62nd
anniversary with timeless movie magic and
exclusive rarities.
The main
goal is to show films that are rare,
unusual, from a variety of genres and
different time periods.. with Cinecon
having a trusting relationship with studio
archives and other
institutions.
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The
chilling classic THE VISIT comes to the
Pasadena
Playhouse
September 9,
2026 to October 4,
2026
- Press Opening
Sunday, September 13,
2026
Tickets on sale
now
at pasadenaplayhouse.org
PASADENA, CA
(Aug 10, 2026) -- Danny Feldman,
Producing Artistic Director of Pasadena
Playhouse, the State Theater of California
and recipient of the 2023 Regional Theatre
Tony Award, announced the full cast and
creative team for its upcoming production
of FRIEDRICH DÜRRENMATT's chilling
classic "The Visit" adapted by
MAURICE VALENCY, directed by Tony
Award-winner DARKO TRESNJAK k, and
featuring some of the amazing cast and
creative team behind this season's
critically acclaimed production
of Amadeus.
In The
Visit, when the richest woman in the world
returns to her struggling hometown, she's
ready and willing to rescue it from
ruin… on one condition. In this
haunting, twisted, and truly grotesque
comedy, an entire community is forced to
confront an unthinkable question: how far
are you willing to go for a billion
dollars?
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Lucus
Museum to
Open
After
years of anticipation, George Lucas' Lucas
Museum of Narrative Art is finally opening
its doors on September 22 in Los
Angeles.
After years
of planning, construction, and delays, the
five-story museum is set to officially
open on September 22, 2026, in Los
Angeles' Exposition Park. The five-story
building hosts galleries, two
state-of-the-art cinematic theaters with
dining, retail, and learning spaces.
The
museum is within walking distance of the
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles
County, the California Science Center, and
USC, where Lucas studied cinema before
launching his career with the acclaimed
1971 science-fiction film "THX
1138."
George Lucas
and Mellody Hobson helped bring this
project to life, with the museum set to
bec e-foot spaceship-looking building will
also feature over 1,200 pieces of art from
comics, manga, photography, film, and
more, all celebrating the power of
storytelling
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Amy Goodman covering
the Standing Rock oil pipeline protest,
October
2016
(courtesy of
Reed Brody)
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Documentary
on 'Democracy Now's' Amy Goodman Shines a
Light on Independent Journalism presented
at the Telluride Film
Festival
TVI
Magazine - August
31, 2025
A new
documentary, Steal This Story, Please!,
tells the personal story of Amy Goodman
and her decadeslong career as an
independent journalist, is premiering this
Sunday at the Telluride Film Festival in
Telluride, Colorado. The film highlights
some of the monumental stories Democracy
Now! has covered throughout the years and
the importance of independent
journalism.
Telluride,
CO -- The art of boots-on-the-ground
mission journalism -- going to where a
story is happening, talking to people
despite the physical and emotional risk
and reporting the facts -- is in decline,
a victim of pod-casting, opinionated
opining, shrinking news budgets and
government intimidation.
Telling the
truth as controversial and hard as it
always was, it's harder than ever
today.
Documentarians
and longtime partners Carl Deal and Tia
Lessin ("Citizen Koch," "Fahrenheit 9/11")
confessed that they made the film about
Goodman, a friend and colleague, in part
to cope with their concern about the
decline of press freedom in general and
independent journalism in
particular.
"We were
looking for ways to deal with the insanity
in the world," said Deal from Telluride,
where he and Lessin are showing the film.
"We were drawn to Amy's story. The way
she's been working over the last three
decades is validated in the way that the
media is capitulating to
power."
Lessin, Deal
and Goodman are fellow travelers in the
rough and tumble world of independent
journalism and documentaries. Deal
and Lessin worked closely with firebrand
Michael Moore on "Bowling for Columbine"
and "Fahrenheit 11/9," films that stand
the test of time in highlighting critical
social issues, from gun control to climate
change.
Goodman's
broadcast "Democracy Now" has been on the
air for 29 years, but she has been a
fierce advocate for the poor, the
powerless, the marginalized, the forgotten
people in distant war zones for even
longer.
She is one of
the few or maybe the only one that keeps
audiences informed with visual evidence
about the inhumanities in Gaza and the war
in Ukraine on a daily
basis.
But the more
significant distinction is her willingness
to fearlessly s go out and expose the
facts, convenient or otherwise. She
is one of the few or maybe the only one
that keeps audiences informed about the of
inhumanities in Gaza and Ukraine on a
daily basis..
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Proclamation
by Wallace G.
Wilkinson,
former Governor of
Kentucky
•
1992
proclaimed Nathan Beverly Stubblefield
year and
• Murray
Kentucky, Birthplace of
Radio
•
Nathan
B. Stubblefield's patented the wireless
telephone in
1908
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May
will mark the 115th Anniversary of
the
Wireless Telephone
Patent
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Nathan
B. Stubblefield, the Man History
Overheard
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Who
are the SMART Inventors of Radio
WiTel?
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Scott
Bryan Stubblefield great-grand son of
inventor,
Nathan B. Stubblefield died Sept. 18,
2022
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Nathan
Stubblefield Speaks -
YouTube
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Proof
of Connection 1902 when voice was
introduced to wireless transmission -
Wi-Fi
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106- Proclamation by Wallace G. Wilkinson,
former Governor of
Kentucky
• 1992
proclaimed Nathan Beverly Stubblefield
year and
• Murray, Kentucky 'Birthplace of
radio'
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Wireless
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30Min
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115th
Anniversary of the N.B. Stubblefield's
Wireless Telephone
Patent
1908
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Stubblefields's public demonstration in
1902.
A:
The founding of J.C. Penney stores by
James Cash.
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Overheard
By
Harvey
Geller
••••
In Life's current Bicentennial
issue, radio checks in, at #86 on the hot
"100 Events That Shaped America," 19
buttons behind Bell's telephone.
Erroneously, Life lists Guglielmo Marcon's
dots and dashes as the first wireless
broadcast, a fable echoed by the World
Almanac and Encyclopedia Britannica. It's
a forgivable mumpsimus, since the evidence
offered on the following pages has not,
until now, appeared in any national
publication.
••••
The birth of broadcasting is a bizarre
soap opera saga, a lacrymal legend of
mystery, machination, ephemeral
enshrinement, decline, disillusionment and
disaster. It's denouncement dissolves six
miles north of Murray, Kentucky, in a
two-room shanty constructed of pine and
cornstalks, where radio's uncelebrated
architect is discovered 48 hours after his
death, his records scattered, his
equipment destroyed, his brain partly
eaten by rats. Even local radio fails to
mention his demise. He is Nathan Beverly
Stubblefield, the man history over-heard
and then overlooked.
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1988. In itself a notable
culture-historical feat, in view of
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70s and well into the 80s. The PRC's
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U.S.A., Troy Cory and his back-up dancers
and singers, "The Brooke Sisters," were
the first entertainers from the United
States to appear in a full staged program
in the People's Republic of China during
the Shanghai TV Festival, and televised on
China's National Television (CCTV), viewed
by over 300 million
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mayor of Shanghai, and who later became
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The '88 Shanghai Concert was the
beginnings of Troy's concert tours in
China for the next two decades. The
concerts, just to name a few, included the
following cities: Shanghai, Beijing,
Anshan, Harbin,
Fuzhou and and Tsingtao
(Qingdao)
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Daytona Beach,
Florida
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He grew up in the mountains of North
Carolina, and fell in love with the
beaches of Florida on a childhood visit.
He made his home in Daytona Beach, where
he worked as a high school chemistry
teacher and part-time lifeguard.
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It was at his part-time job that Rice was
inspired by seeing people all over the
beach using Coppertone suntan lotion. He
became determined to create a unique
competitor, using his chemistry knowledge
to experiment with a suntan lotion
formula, scented with coconut and
fruit.
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He famously mixed his first formula in a
garbage can, bottling it at home in his
garage with a $500 loan from his father to
launch his business. He named it Hawaiian
Tropic to evoke an exotic beach
locale.
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multi-millionaire, with his Hawaiian
Tropic suncare brand creating sales of
$110 million per year.
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Ricewith his Hawaiian Tropic brand became
known for sponsoring beauty pageants and
NASCAR racecars.
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In 2004 he accompanied Troy Cory to a
concert tour through China.
•••After
selling Hawaiian Tropic to Playtex in
2007, Rice returned to the industry in
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died
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Scott Bryan Whitenack passed away
untimely on September 18, in Los Angeles,
CA.
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Scott, aka Scott
Stubblefield, was one of four children
with siblings, Alden, Keith, and
Priscilla. (His brother Keith pre-ceded
him in death at the age of 32). His
parents were Troy Cory Stubblefield, an
entertainer and author and Dorothy
Swafford, owner of a furniture and
antiques retail store. Scott's children
are Steven, David and grand-children,
William, Bruce, Cora and Max, borne to
Steven and Skylark. Scott's
great-grandfather is Nathan B.
Stubblefield, the inventor of Radio, in
1882, and patent holder of the wireless
telephone (1908) and his great-great-great
.... grandparents were - John and
Priscilla Alden who were part of the
pilgrimage who sailed on the Mayflower to
Plymouth Rock from England in
1620.
(The
Stubblefield story is incorporated within
several photographs and denotes of and
about S Scott to show how their personal
ambitions and dreams parallel each other -
both died - before their dreams and
ambitions were
fulfilled)
 During
the time he studied for the State Bar,
Scott lived with Josie and myself on our
family estate in Pasadena. He passed the
State Bar the first time and was among
only 33% to do so.
The balance of time was spent doing
cinematography for my TV shows, which he
considered an artistic outlet besides his
major life's work, in the field of law.
After he passed the State Bar he handled
numerous legal cases and ended up working
as an associate lawyer with Melvin Belli
with whom he engaged in several cases and
won a lawsuit that became precedent case
law. Whitenack was committed to his legal
profession for over three
decades.•
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If
you needed legal advice or help with a
motion filing, Scott was there with his
trusty law books. He was very intelligent,
outspoken and an independent thinker.
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He
also was a family man, who loved hiking
and scuba diving, a good game of tennis
and enjoyed bringing his sons to Paramount
Ranch for regular family outings and
Father's Day get-togethers.
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As
to his love for cinematography he
videotaped additional segments for the
movie "Christmas around the World." Scott
later became my producer and
cinematographer for "To Catch a Dream"
filmed in Europe. The video project
brought him and the production team to
Paris, Venice, Cannes, Munich and
Salzburg. Said footage with perfect
picture-book pans of the Eiffel Tower, the
Seine River, the leaning Tower of Pisa and
the Venice Bridge of Sigh, is a legacy he
left behind for us.
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In the early 90s
during the writing of our 4-volume set of
books entitled "the SMART-DAAF Boys" about
the invention of radio and the the
wireless telephone, Scott lent a helpful
hand in giving his legal aspect of his
great-grandfather Nathan Stubblefield's
copyrighted and patented invention. He
also was the co-author of "Bank America,
the Tortfeasor."
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Scott
as a teenager with John Wayne
at LA Herald-Express columnist Harrison
Carroll's Cinema Reporting Prize press
conference.
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His
favorite poem is found on a card he
prepared for one of my Father's Days
titled "The Force That Through The Green
Fuse Drives The Flower."
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leaves behind his father, Troy
Cory-Stubblefield, his mother Dorothy
Steele, sister Priscilla Stubblefield
Cory, brother and sister-in-law Alden and
Sara Stubblefield, step mother Josie
Cory-Stubblefield, sons David and Steven,
daughter-in law Skylar, and
great-grandchildren, William, Bruce, Cora
and Max; Nephew
Ryan White, and niece Jenny Wharton. His
brother Keith pre-ceded him in death at
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