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• 115- "My Salinger Year," kicked off the Berlin Int'l Film Festival - 18 films are vying for the Golden Bear By Gordon Talbot
BERLIN -- The 70th annual Berlin International Film Festival known as "the Berlinale" is currently taking place from 20 February to 1 March 2020. It is the first under the leadership of new Berlin Film Festival heads, business administration director Mariette Rissenbeek and artistic director Carlo Chatrian who took over from Dieter Kosslick last year.
•••• The Berlinale is a unique place of artistic exploration and entertainment. It is one of the largest public film festivals in the world, attracting tens of thousands of visitors from around the globe each year. For the film industry and the media, the eleven days in February are also one of the most important events in the annual calendar and an indispensable trading forum
•••• The Festival got off to a somber start after news of a racially motivated mass shooting Wednesday night in the Frankfurt neighboring German city of Hanau rocked the country.
••••"I wanted to say something about the 70th anniversary of the Berlinale, but events in Hanau hit us all hard," said Berlinale executive director Mariette Rissenbeek.
••••Artistic director Carlo Chatrian added: "We stand here as a community. When we sit in the cinema, there is no distinction between class or religion. Cinema brings us together."
•••The opening night kicked off with the screening of Philippe Falardeau's "My Salinger Year," starring Sigourney Weaver and Margaret Qualley, who attended the premiere.
••••Philippe Falardeau also paid respects to the Hanau shootings, which claimed 11 lives, telling the audience, "I want to convey my unflinching solidarity with the German people in these troubled times," adding his hope that the film might "give you a little light."
••••Hosting the show, actor Samuel Finzi offered an often politically pointed speech that focused largely on the plight of immigrants and on his own life as a Bulgarian native in Berlin.
••••"We shouldn't isolate ourselves and build walls," Finzi said.
"Perhaps there is someone trying to come here that will be a great German hope. Cinema is about shared experiences."
••••Finzi replaced long-time host Anke Engelke, a Canadian-German comedian.
••••Some pointed out the change in tone between last year and this year's ceremony. Dieter Kosslick was known for his larger-than-life personality, and his antics seemed to be missed on stage, in contrast to the more serious, nature of the festival's new co-directors.
••••Later in the evening, German culture minister Monika Grütters also took the stage and delivered a rousing anti-terror message that brought the crowd to its feet  -- one of the ceremony's few highlights. 
•••• Also in attendance was Johnny Depp who arrived at the Berlin Film Festival Friday to support the film "Minamata," in which he plays celebrated war photographer W. Eugene Smith. In the film, based on real events, Smith is pitted against a powerful corporation responsible for poisoning with mercury the people of Minamata in Japan in 1971.
•••• At the film's press conference, Depp said he had a "strange fascination" with Smith and his photography, which was enhanced when he'd "read a bit about his life and what he'd gone through, what he'd experienced, what he'd sacrificed to capture those moments, to capture those photos."
••••Over the next 10 days, the Berlinale will screen 18 films that are vying for the Golden Bear, among them Kelly Reichardt's "First Cow," Mohammad Rasoulof's "There Is No Evil," Natalia Meta's "The Intruder," and Burhan Qurbani's "Berlin Alexanderplatz."
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• 115- WHATS TRENDING at MIP-TV
•••• Paris -- MIPTV 2020 strengthens its focus on buyers with the launch of WHAT'S TRENDING, a bespoke market intelligence strand aimed at arming international executives with the strategies, insights and exclusive data to "future-proof" their business in the face of steep competition for international IP and programming rights.
•••• Ampere Analysis, Broadcast Intelligence, FTI Consulting, Glance, Greenlight Insights, K7 Media, MIDiA Research, The WIT and Wunderman Thompson are among nine market-leading data and analytics experts joining forces to co-create the programme with the MIPTV content team. WHAT'S TRENDING will feature a daily strand of exclusive presentations centred on proprietary insights and analysis assembled in Cannes for the first time in one location.
•••• Two months out from MIPTV, Reed MIDEM is reporting an upward trend in buyer registrations confirming MIP's expanded focus on "future-proofing" the business of acquiring content rights.
•••• WHAT'S TRENDING will also feature creative keynote speaker Alexandre Amancio, CEO of Reflector Entertainment and one of the visionaries behind Assassin's Creed , who will demonstrate how pushing the boundaries of creativity and experience are key to success in a rapidly evolving global content ecosystem.
•••• Market intelligence is a key pillar of the reimagined MIPTV experience, billed as The Global Content Market for the Future. WHAT'S TRENDING responds directly to Reed MIDEM's global survey of buyers who highlighted the need for MIP to differentiate its spring programme with a focus on "future proofing" their business.
•••• WHAT'S TRENDING will sit at the heart of MIPTV's re-imagined programme, featuring a streamlined schedule of conferences debuting twice daily on the main stage Debussy Theatre in the Palais des Festivals in Cannes. The programme is open to all delegates.
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• 106- Britain officially leaves the EU
•••• October 31, 2020 -- Britain has officially left the European Union after 47 years of membership, marking the end of an anguished chapter in the country's history.
•••• The departure comes 3 years after the country narrowly voted to walk away from the 28-nation bloc, which set rules for trade, farming, environmental protection and much more.
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• 114- SAG-AFTRA mourns the passing of Kirk Douglas
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LOS ANGELES (Feb. 5, 2020) -- SAG-AFTRA mourns the loss of SAG Life Achievement honoree Kirk Douglas, who passed away today at the age of 103. 
•••• Douglas' career spanned more than six decades and more than 80 films, including Spartacus, Lust for Life, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, The Man From Snowy River and The Final Countdown. A union member since 1942, Douglas was honored with the 35th SAG Life Achievement Award in 1998.
•••• "One of the last remaining legends of Hollywood's golden age, Kirk Douglas was an extraordinary actor. He was also a powerful voice who helped end the blacklist in our industry." said SAG-AFTRA President Gabrielle Carteris. "With his extensive body of work, he made an indelible mark on cinema. But, as a true humanitarian, his lifelong dedication to quietly supporting worthy causes may have made an even greater impact. Kirk will be deeply missed and we send our condolences to his family, friends and fans."
••••Douglas was a generous philanthropist, donating millions of dollars to schools, hospitals and facilities that help the homeless. He also remembered his fellow performers. Douglas and his wife Anne gave more than $40 million to the Motion Picture & Television Fund over their lifetimes and were responsible for the creation of a care facility for Alzheimer's patients. In 2015, in honor of Douglas' 99th birthday, the MPTF announced that it would build a new facility to be named in the actor's honor.
•About SAG-AFTRA
SAG-AFTRA represents approximately 160,000 actors, announcers, broadcast journalists, dancers, DJs, news writers, news editors, program hosts, puppeteers, recording artists, singers, stunt performers, voiceover artists and other entertainment and media professionals. SAG-AFTRA members are the faces and voices that entertain and inform America and the world. A proud affiliate of the AFL-CIO, SAG-AFTRA has national offices in Los Angeles and New York and local offices nationwide representing members working together to secure the strongest protections for entertainment and media artists into the 21st century and beyond.
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• 108- Genie Gateway - Pay with your own phone number
Some customers still like to use traditional checks, but to save time and money new technology has allowed those paper checks to be converted into a digital version known as Check21. This is a fast, secure, and efficient way to offer an additional payment option to merchants while saving on transaction fees that are higher when accepting debit and credit cards.
•••• Check21 is the new way for you to receive payments for all your goods and services! Get Real-Time processing AND payment, 24x7x365, from any customer with a valid US checking account &endash; whether they buy in person, online, or by cell phone.
•••• Genie Gateway holds the Key to Unlocking a Wide-Open Opportunity by using its patented technology to create a unique environment where customers can communicate and send and receive payments, globally, in real-time through Telecommunications, eCommerce, Cable TV, and High Speed Internet, integrated on one platform into One Unified Solution.
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• 115- OSCAR Nominations and Winners 2019
The 92nd Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, will honor the best films of 2019 and will take place on February 9, 2020 at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California.
•••• Billie Eilish confirmed to perform at the 92nd Oscars. She made GRAMMY® Award history as youngest artist to win all four major categories.

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• Billie Eilish makes history, sweeping all four major categories at 2020 Grammy• 115- Grammy Awards focuses on new stars
•••• January, the month of awards in Hollywood, is ending with the 62nd Grammy Awards taking place on Sunday, January 26, at the Staples Center, Los Angeles. The live awards will air at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT on CBS.
•••• The 2020 Grammy Awards is focusing largely on up-and-coming stars but that may become overshadowed by controversy surrounding allegations made by Deborah Dugan, the former head of the Grammys, in her lawsuit against the National Academy of Recording Arts.
•••• This was set to be the first edition of the Grammy Awards that the new Recording Academy President Deborah Dugan would have presided over; however, she was relieved of her duties as President and CEO and placed on administrative leave from the organization on January 16, 2020. Recording Academy Chairman Harvey Mason Jr. took over as interim President and Chief Executive Officer. He is currently slated to preside over the ceremony instead of Dugan
•••• After her critically lauded run as emcee of last year's GRAMMYs, 15-time Grammy winner Alicia Keys is returning to host the main telecast. She is only the fifth woman to host the Grammys and the first woman of color to host it twice. Before Keys, Queen Latifah hosted in 2005, while Rosie O'Donnell took on the duties in 1999 and 2000. Ellen DeGeneres hosted in 1996 and 1997. During last year's Grammy Awards, Keys stole the show as host. The theater audience and viewers at home raved over the musician's melodic performance, during which she impressively played two pianos at once. Whoopie Goldberg was the first woman ever to host the event, in 1992.
•••• Aerosmith was honored as the MusiCares Person of the Year two nights prior to the telecast.
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• 106- 1.1 BillJury Award to Caltech
•••• A Los Angeles jury on Jan 29, awarded $Billion damages to Caltech in litigation alleging that Apple and Broadcom infringed on four of the university's patents related to wireless data transmissions. Apple Inc. and Broadcom Inc. must pay $1.1 billion in damages for infringing Caltech patents on Wi-Fi technology, a federal jury in Los Angeles ordered.
•••• The federal jury in downtown Los Angeles ordered Apple to pay $837 million while Broadcom was hit with a $270.2-million verdict, according to lawyers for Caltech. The school sued the technology companies over patents related to wireless data transmissions.
•••• The California Institute of Technology issued a statement saying it appreciates the jury's thoughtful attention throughout the trial. "We are pleased the jury found that Apple and Broadcom infringed Caltech patents."
•••• "As a nonprofit institution of higher education, Caltech is committed to protecting its intellectual property in furtherance of its mission to expand human knowledge and benefit society through research integrated with education."
•••• It's the biggest jury verdict of any kind so far this year and the sixth-largest patent verdict of all time, according to Bloomberg data.
•••• Lawyers for the two companies have denied infringing the patents and said the school wasn't entitled to significant damages even if they were using the inventions.
•••• Apple said it plans to appeal the Caltech verdict. Broadcom said that it also plans to appeal, and that it disagreed with the factual and legal basis for the verdict.
•••• Caltech filed suit in 2016, alleging that Apple products including iPhones, iPads, iPods, Apple Watches and Mac computers used Broadcom's components, which allegedly infringed on Caltech's patents. e Watches and Mac computers used Broadcom's components, which allegedly infringed on Caltech's patents.
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• SUPER BOWL LIV: KANSAS CITY 31, SAN FRANCISCO 20
• 101-The Chiefs head to the Super Bowl vs. the San Francisco 49ers
•••• When the Kansas City Chiefs take on the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl LIV, a lot will be made of the battle between a dominant offense (Chiefs) and a dominant defense (49ers). But this game is so much more than that. In addition to the fact that both teams are more than capable on the opposite side of the ball, respectively, this matchup features two teams who had to overcome their fair share of adversity to get to this stage.
•••• The Chiefs earned their bid to the Super Bowl by rallying back from double-digit deficits twice, first beating the Houston Texans 51-31 in the divisional round and then blowing by the Tennessee Titans 35-24 in the AFC title game. The 49ers made relatively easy work of their NFC opponents on their way to the Super Bowl, downing the Minnesota Vikings 27-10 before laying it to the Green Bay Packers 37-20 in a game San Francisco led 27-0 at halftime.
•••• Super Bowl LIV will be played in Miami Gardens, Florida, at Hard Rock Stadium, home of the Miami Dolphins. This year's Big Game will mark the 11th time South Florida has hosted a Super Bowl, with the last one coming in 2010 (Super Bowl XLIV) at Hard Rock, then known as Sun Life Stadium.
•••• Jennifer Lopez and Shakira are scheduled to headline the Super Bowl 2020 halftime show.

Super Bowl LIV will be broadcast on Sunday, Feb. 2, 2020 at: 6:30 p.m. ET through the following channels:
TV: FOX
Stream: fuboTV (try for free)
FuboTV can be streamed live on any device: Desktop, iOS, Android, Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, Google Chromecast, Android TV and Samsung Smart TV •among others.
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• 114- Lakers' legend Kobe Bryant's death stuns L.A. and the world
•••• Nine people, including Kobe Bryant and his daughter, were killed when a helicopter crashed into rough terrain in Calabasas Sunday morning, Jan. 26. Investigators are still looking into the cause of the crash. Condolences streamed in on social media from Italy to China on learning of the death of the Los Angeles legend.
•••• A light fog had settled on the runway of John Wayne Airport Sunday morning when Kobe Bryant, his daughter Gianna and six other passengers boarded a chartered helicopter to fly to a basketball tournament in Thousand Oaks. 
•••• Half an hour later, they were flying over thickening clouds in the San Fernando Valley. The pilot was worried enough to ask flight controllers to keep track of them. As he approached the hills of Calabasas at 150 miles per hour, they radioed him, telling him he was too low for them to see on radar.
•••• The pilot commenced a climb, rising 765 feet in 36 seconds, enough to clear adjacent hills.
•••• Then - the Sikorsky S-76B suddenly veered off course and descended rapidly. The twin-engine aircraft dropped 325 feet in 14 seconds, reaching 176 miles per hour before losing contact and hitting the hillside above Las Virgenes Road.
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• Billie Eilish makes history, sweeping all four major categories at 2020 Grammys for best new artist, album of the year, record of the year, song of the year and bet po vocal album. Her brother Finneas O'Connell took home additional producer of the year, non classical and best engineered, non classical GRAMMY® AWARDS.
•••• The Grammys are typically a vibrant celebration of the most talented artists in the industry, this year's show took on a more somber tone as musicians honored NBA star Kobe Bryant, who with his daughter Gianna died Sunday in a helicopter crash.
••• The tributes began with Lizzo's performance of "Cuz I Love You" and "Truth Hurts," after which she declared, "Tonight is for Kobe." Lizzo was followed by Alicia Keys, the show's host, who took a moment as the ceremony got underway to reflect on the Bryants.
•••• "Here we are together, on music's biggest night, celebrating the artists that do it best, but to be honest with you, we're all feeling crazy sadness right now," Keys said. "Because earlier today, Los Angeles, America and the whole wide world lost a hero."
•••• Keys, joined by Boys II Men, sang "It's So Hard to Say Goodbye."
• 115- Grammy Awards focuses on new stars
•••• January, the month of awards in Hollywood, is ending with the 62nd Grammy Awards taking place on Sunday, January 26, at the Staples Center, Los Angeles. The live awards will air at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT on CBS.
•••• The 2020 Grammy Awards is focusing largely on up-and-coming stars but that may become overshadowed by controversy surrounding allegations made by Deborah Dugan, the former head of the Grammys, in her lawsuit against the National Academy of Recording Arts.
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• 115- Directors Guild Awards
The Directors Guild of America Awards are issued annually by the Directors Guild of America. The first DGA Award was an "Honorary Life Member" award issued in 1938 to D. W. Griffith. The statues are made by New York firm, Society Awards .

• 115- 17th Brandon Tartikoff Award at NATPE, Founainebleau, Miami Beach
•••• The recipients of NATPE's 17th Annual Brandon Tartikoff Legacy Awards are award-winning actress Christine Baranski, ABC Entertainment President Karey Burke, prolific television creator, producer and writer Courtney A. Kemp, President of NBCUniversal's Telemundo Global Studios, Marcos Santana, and Chairman, WarnerMedia News and Sports & President, CNN Worldwide Jeff Zucker. They will receive the prestigious awards during the NATPE Miami 2020 convention during a dinner gala on January 22, 2020, at the Fontainebleau Hotel in Miami Beach.
•••• Named in honor of Brandon Tartikoff, one of television's greatest programmers, the Brandon Tartikoff Legacy Awards were created to recognize an exceptional ensemble of professionals who exhibit extraordinary passion, leadership, independence and vision in content programming. Brandon had an unmatched love for television, life and family. He will always be remembered among the most gifted programmers of his generation. 
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• 115- OSCAR Nominations
The 92nd Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, will honor the best films of 2019 and will take place on February 9, at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California.
•••• Billie Eilish confirmed to perform at the 92nd Oscars. She made GRAMMY® Award history as youngest artist to win all four major categories.
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• Annual Critics' Choice Awards, January 12
The night's top prize for best picture went to "Once Upon A Time ... In Hollywood."
Hollywood gathered Sunday night at the Barker Hangar at the Santa Monica Airport, to celebrate the best in television and film at the 25th annual Critics' Choice Awards, hosted by Taye Diggs.
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• 115- Golden Globe Awards- Winners, January 5, 2020
The Golden Globe Awards are accolades bestowed by the 93 members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association beginning in January 1944, recognizing excellence in film, both American and International, and the American television.
•••• Tina Fey and Amy Poehler will be returning as co-hosts for the 78th Golden Globe Awards in 2021.
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• 115- CES, a Global Stage for Innovation, Las Vegas, JANUARY 7 - 11
CES represents the $211 billion U.S. consumer electronics industry.
The International CES is the world's gathering place for all who thrive on the business of consumer technologies. It has served as the proving ground for innovators and breakthrough technologies for more than 40 years -- the global stage where next-generation innovations are introduced to the marketplace. As the largest hands-on event of its kind, CES features all aspects of the industry. And because it is owned and produced by the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA), the technology trade association representing the $211 billion U.S. consumer electronics industry, it attracts the world's business leaders and pioneering thinkers to a forum where the industry's most relevant issues are addressed.
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• 115- Rita Moreno, Gina Torres and Laurie Hernandez will ride as Grand Marshals
in the 131st Rose Parade® presented by Honda, and join in the pre-game celebration of the 106th Rose Bowl Game® presented by Northwestern Mutual both are held on January 1, 2020.
PASADENA, Calif. -- The 2020 theme is 'The Power of Hope.' "With hope, we can aspire to do better and inspire others to reach higher; hope never quits; with hope anything, in fact everything is possible," said Tournament of Roses® President Laura Farber. "Rita Moreno, Gina Torres, and Laurie Hernandez epitomize hope. Through their talent, efforts, persistence, and dedication, they have achieved excellence and have given back to the world stories of hope, dreams fulfilled, dignity, respect and inspiration.  They have provided el Poder de La Esperanza para todo el mundo!"
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PASADENA, Calif. -- America clebrates the New Year with the 131sth Rose Parade, presented by Honda - By Gary Sunkin
Rose Parade® Theme History in the 21st Century

2020 The Power of Hope 2019 The Melody of Life 2018 Making a Difference 2017 Echoes of Success 2016 Find Your Adventure 2015 Inspiring Stories 2014 Dreams Come True 2013 Oh, the Places You'll Go!™ 2012 Just Imagine… 2011 Building Dreams, Friendships & Memories 2010 2010: A Cut Above the Rest 2009 Hats Off to Entertainment

2008 Passport to the World's Celebrations 2007 Our Good Nature 2006 It's Magical 2005 Celebrate Family 2004 Music Music Music 2003 Children's Dreams, Wishes and Imagination 2002 Good Times 2001 Fabric of America 2000 Celebration 2000: Visions of the Future

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Scores are based on criteria such as creative design, floral craftsmanship, artistic merit, computerized animation, thematic interpretation, floral and color presentation, and dramatic impact.

• 114- Pasadena resident H. Guido Meindl passed away December 28. (1939-2019)

Guido was born in Munich, Germany in 1939 and immigrated to Pasadena, California, with his parents and brother in 1950. He attended Loyola High School and was graduated from Loyola (Marymount) University and Cal State University, Los Angeles. A true Renaissance man, Guido was an accomplished visual artist, musician, writer and cook.
•••• He worked 29 years for the Parsons Corporation, several years at Wyle Research and North American Rockwell Corporation, founded an award winning BBQ sauce and seasoning company and played a mean game of tennis. He will be remembered for his artistry, creativity, civic engagement, boundless energy and enthusiasm for life, sharp wit and epic 4th of July and Christmas parties.
•••• Besides his engineering career Guido was an accomplished piano player and played on Troy Cory's recording session at the Ray Charles Studio, entitled "Song Sung Blue," for the Troy Cory Evening Show, broadcast on Channels 13 and Channel 5-KTLA.
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• 101- Oregon Defeats Wisconsin in the Rose Bowl
•••• No. 6 Oregon defeated No. 8 Wisconsin, 28-27, in the 106th Rose Bowl Game. The Ducks (12-2) completed their fifth 12- win season in program history behind Justin Herbert's three rushing touchdowns and Brady Breeze's career defensive performance.
•••• Oregon won the Rose Bowl with a roster that includes more then 30 players who grew up in Sothern California within 70 miles of the Rose Bowld. Oregon just used kids from So LA to Norco to Rancho Ccamonga to Mission Viejo to defeat a bunch of behemohts from Wisconsin 28-27.
••• With about one-third Sothern Calfiornia kids, they beat Wisonsin despite being outgained 322 yard to 204 because they stole the ball four times and shut town the Badger in crunch time. With Soouthern California kids, Oregon won by playing the sort of thghnes that USC uesed to have.
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• 101- 2020 Rose Bowl Game will kick off January 1, 2020 at 1:00 p.m.••••
•••• Since 1890, the Tournament of Roses has produced America's New Year Celebration, bringing the traditions of the Rose Parade and Rose Bowl Game to Pasadena and the world for 130 years.
•••• The 106th Rose Bowl Game between Wisconsin vs Oregon Ducks and presented by Northwestern Mutual will take place on January 1, 2020, at the Rose Bowl Stadium and will feature top teams from the Pac-12 and Big Ten known as "The Granddaddy" of Them All. The Rose Bowl Game is the oldest bowl game and kicked off a myriad college football legacies in 1902.
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• 101- OREGON AND WISCONSIN TO PLAY IN THE ROSE BOWL GAME - By Gary Sunkin
•••• Since 1890, the Tournament of Roses has produced America's New Year Celebration, bringing the traditions of the Rose Parade and Rose Bowl Game to Pasadena and the world for 131 years.
•••• The Oregon Ducks, champions of the Big Ten Conference, and Wisconsin, champions of the Pac-12 Conference, will play in the 106th Rose Bowl Game presented by Northwestern Mutual at 1 p.m. PT/4 p.m. ET, on January 1, 2020, at the Rose Bowl Stadium.
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• 108- TELEVISION INTERNATIONAL MAGAZINE receives 2019 Best of Toluca Lake Award
TOLUCA LAKE, December 17, 2019 -- TELEVISION INTERNATIONAL MAGAZINE has been selected for the 2019 Best of Toluca Lake Award in the Magazine Publishers since 1956 category by the Toluca Lake Award Program.
•••• Various sources of information were gathered and analyzed to choose the winners in each category. The 2019 Toluca Lake Award Program focuses on quality, not quantity. Winners are determined based on the information gathered both internally by the Toluca Lake Award Program and data provided by third parties.
•••• The Toluca Lake Award Program is an annual awards program honoring the achievements and accomplishments of local businesses throughout the Toluca Lake area. Recognition is given to those companies that have shown the ability to use their best practices and implemented programs to generate competitive advantages and long-term value.
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• 150 Years LAPD
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• 2019 celebrated the 30th Anniversary of the World Wide Web
•••• In 1989 the world's largest physics laboratory, CERN was a hive of ideas and information stored on multiple incompatible computers. Tim Berners-Lee envisioned a unifying structure for linking information across different computers and wrote an proposal in 1989 called "Information Management: A Proposal." By 1991 this vision of universal connectivity had become the Word Wide Web.

"Suppose all information stored on computers everywhere were linked . Suppose I could program my computer to create a space in which everything could be linked to everything."
-Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web

•••• Tim Berners-Lee wrote the first web browser in 1990 while employed at CERN near Geneva, Switzerland. The browser was released to the general public in August 1991. The World Wide Web has been central to the development of the Information Age and is the primary tool billions of people use to interact on the Internet.

•••••"There are very few innovations that have truly changed everything." "The Web is the most impactful innovation of our time."
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• 101- Ken Burns' "Country Music"documentary film premiered on PBS-SoCal
•••••••••• COUNTRY MUSIC, a new 8-part, 16-hour documentary film series directed by Ken Burns, written by Dayton Duncan and produced by Duncan, Julie Dunfey and Burns, premiered September 15, 2019 on PBS stations nationwide.

•••• The documentary features never-before-seen footage and photographs, plus interviews with more than 100 country music artists. Viewers will hear the remarkable stories of the people and places behind a true American art form as the documentary, chronicles country music's early days, from Southern Appalachia's songs of struggle, heartbreak and faith to the rollicking Western swing of Texas, California's honky-tonks and Nashville's "Grand Ole Opry." Much like the music itself, the film tells unforgettable stories of hardships and joys shared by everyday people. 
•••• A documentary eight years in the making and and looked forward to by many with anticipation, the film did not fail to impress. Millions joined the viewing sharing the sentiment of Meredith Vieira when she stated "I watch all things Burns."

Photo r: Josie Cory and Troy Cory-Stubblefield covered a sneak preview event of the film "COUNTRY MUSIC' at the Autry Mueum, July 27, 2019. for TVI (Television Int'l Magazine). After attending a roundtable interview with Ken Burns and producers, Troy Cory asked Burns during the reception if he is working already on any new projects and "yes" he replied, "future projects include Ernest Hemingway, Muhammad Ali, the Holocaust and the United States, Benjamin Franklin, Lyndon B. Johnson, the American Buffalo, Leonardo da Vinci, the American Revolution, the history of crime and punishment in America, the history of Reconstruction, and Winston Churchill, among others."
•••• Sadly no project plans of American inventor, Nathan B. Stubblefield of Kentucky, who broadcast voice (not signals) in 1892 with his 'Hello Reiney' addressed to Reiney T. Wells, who later became president of Murray State University.
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• 107- Country Artist Jerry Wallace remembered by his friends, and fans, but not by the Country Music Association By Josie Cory
The CMA failed to pay tribute the year Jerry Wallace passed away by mentioning his name during the 2008 Country Music Award ceremonies. Jerry's musical gift was enjoyed by millions of fans and this writer felt the unfairness to this artist by the omission of his mention during the CMA's "In Memoriam."
Shame on them! What a minor effort it would have been for the Country Music Award and its Association to acknowledge this gifted singer with a well deserved albeit small credit.
••• What brought Jerry Wallace to mind is Ken Burns' recent broadcast of his 8 episode "Country Music" film, that dives deep into the roots and evolvement of country music with never-before-seen footage and photographs.
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• First Country Music album by 25 great country music artists
Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum
• • The original Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum opened on Music Row (Music Square East and Division Street) on April 1, 1967. The LP record album was produced and released to help honor those artists pictured on front.
• • On behalf of the Country Music Association, it was Martin Gilbert and Troy Cory with the help of Jerry Wallace who selected both the Nashville recordings on the album, which included, non-Nashvillians: Lefty Frizzell, Tex Ritter, and Merle Travis.
• •• "Country Doctor Prescribes City Music"
• • Many musical evenings were spent at our Hollywood Hills home, when Jerry brought his musician friends like, Freddie Hart, Ray Peterson, the 'Queen Mother of Nashville,' Mae Axton, Stuart Hamlin, Chill Wills, and Hoyt Axton. It was during that time Jerry became the co-producer of the Country Hall of Fame LP record album, and helped in the choosing of the group of country stars selected as "Hall of Fame" honoraries.
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• Nathan B. Stubblefield's Wireless Telephone Patent
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• 102- Nathan B. Stubblefield, the Man History 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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• Who are the SMART Inventors of
Radio-WITEL 1890-2017 - ®™©
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1908 0512 - PATENT GRANTED: Stubblefield's U.S. Patent, Number 887,357, All Purpose Wireless Telephone, Filed April 5, 1907, Granted May 12, 1908. / Click MORE STORY TO GO DIRECTLY TO U.S. Patent Office - (Patent Expires May 12, 1925) CLICK ANY IMAGE TO VIEW PATENT
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SMART90 stands for Stubblefield Nathan, Marconi Guglielmo, Ambrose Fleming, Fessenden Reginald, Tesla Nicola, DeForest Lee, Armstrong Edwin Howard, Alexanderson Ernst Fredrik Werner, Farnsworth Philo,

•••• SMART-DAAF Boys, Vol I, 'The Inventors of Radio & Televison & The Life Style of Nathan B. Stubblefield," by Troy Cory-Stubblefield and Josie Cory, Library of Congress Number 93060451. (ISBN) 1-883644-003, pgs. 580. •••Copyright © 1993

SMART-DAAF stands for
Stubblefield, Marconi, Ambrose, Reginald Fessenden, Tesla, DeForest, Armstrongd, Alexanderson, Farnsworth

After the Telecommunication Act of 1996 and the prior establishment of the world wide web by Tim Berners-Lee, Television International Magazine went online in the mid-90s as TVIMAGAZINE.COM under the distribution arm of SMART90.COM. ( CLICK FOR MORE TVI History)The SMART - DAFF Boys

• Stubblefield		• Marconi		• Ambrose
• R. Fessenden		• Tesla		• DeForest
• Armstrong		• Alexanderson		• Farnsworth

• Radio Trust
(The inventors of the Signals and Frequencies that put the Pizzazz in the Electromagnetic Radio Wave)
Stubblefield • Marconi • Ambrose Fleming • Reginald Fessenden • Tesla • DeForest • Armstrong • Alexanderson • Farnsworth
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• • Back in the 80s, as a goodwill ambassador representing the 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 people.• •
• • It was there Cory met Jiang Zemin, then mayor of Shanghai, and who later became the 5th President of the People's Republic of China.•
• 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)

• ••• Troy Cory was among the first international entertainers and the first American entertainer to perform in the People's Republic of China, beginning in 1988. In itself a notable culture-historical feat, in view of China's closed door policies of the late 70s and well into the 80s. The PRC's administrative climate in comparison is much less restrictive now and China's open door policy enables many entertainers to introduce themselves to the populace Chinese audiences.
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TOLUCA LAKE, December 17, 2019 -- TELEVISION INTERNATIONAL MAGAZINE has been selected for the 2019 Best of Toluca Lake Award in the Magazine Publishers since 1956 category.

 

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