The rise of British actor John Boyega continues today as he’s now taken the high-profile lead role in Race – an upcoming biopic of Olympic legend Jesse Owens.
Owens was a Us track and field athlete in the 1930s, specializing in sprinting and long jump events. His fame reached epic proportions when he participated in the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany, winning four gold medals and becoming the most successful athlete in the entire competition. Making the triumph even more notable was the fact that Adolf Hitler had originally tried to ban all Jewish and black people from competing in the games, before a threatened boycott from a number of countries forced him to relent.
John Boyega – who burst onto the screen in 2011 with Da Brick and Attack The Block – is considered to be one of the most sought after young actors in the industry today, with a lead role...
Owens was a Us track and field athlete in the 1930s, specializing in sprinting and long jump events. His fame reached epic proportions when he participated in the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany, winning four gold medals and becoming the most successful athlete in the entire competition. Making the triumph even more notable was the fact that Adolf Hitler had originally tried to ban all Jewish and black people from competing in the games, before a threatened boycott from a number of countries forced him to relent.
John Boyega – who burst onto the screen in 2011 with Da Brick and Attack The Block – is considered to be one of the most sought after young actors in the industry today, with a lead role...
- 1/25/2014
- by Sarah Myles
- We Got This Covered
ABC executive Debra OConnell has been promoted to president of ABC National Television Sales, it was announced today by Rebecca Campbell, president of the ABC Owned Television Stations Group. She succeeds John Watkins, who previously announced that he will retire at the end of January. ABC National Television Sales is the sales and marketing arm of the ABC Owned Television Stations Group. Ms. OConnell will be responsible for national advertising sales at ABC’s eight owned stations in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Houston, Raleigh-Durham and Fresno as well as their extensive digital platforms, The Live Well Network and ABC Regional Sports & Entertainment Sales. ABC National Television Sales has nine regional sales offices in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Dallas, Atlanta, Detroit and Boston. Ms. OConnell has been with ABC for 17 years. She was previously senior vice president of sales for ABC National Television Sales,...
- 1/23/2014
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
Will Daniel Radcliffe show up? Shall the heavens open on Rupert Grint? And can Emma Watson's hair cope with the wind? Watch a live video stream of the final Harry Potter premiere with us from 16:00-19:00 BST. Plus our correspondents will be reporting direct from Trafalgar Square
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4.00pm: It all ends. Finally. After what feels like just 500 short years, the Harry Potter film franchise tonight comes to a finish. Or at least starts the beginning of that finish - the world premiere in London being only the first of many before the actual opening date (next week). And then there's the DVD and Blu-ray etc, so actually it'll be 2013-ish before we can stop hearing about the boy wizard.
But anyway, for the next three hours join us as we watch a live video stream of the festivities in Trafalgar Square, where the cast and crew will...
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4.00pm: It all ends. Finally. After what feels like just 500 short years, the Harry Potter film franchise tonight comes to a finish. Or at least starts the beginning of that finish - the world premiere in London being only the first of many before the actual opening date (next week). And then there's the DVD and Blu-ray etc, so actually it'll be 2013-ish before we can stop hearing about the boy wizard.
But anyway, for the next three hours join us as we watch a live video stream of the festivities in Trafalgar Square, where the cast and crew will...
- 7/7/2011
- by Henry Barnes, Catherine Shoard
- The Guardian - Film News
Ddn Engages ABC Regional Sports And Entertainment Sales As Exclusive Advertising Sales Representative For 7-eleven TV
7-Eleven TV On Track to Become One of America’s Largest Dooh Television Services, Reaching 200 Million Shoppers Monthly at 6,200 7-Eleven Stores By 2nd Quarter 2012
From the Press Release:
New York, NY (April 6, 2011) – Digital Display Networks, Inc., creator and operator of the fast-growing 7-Eleven TV, has signed ABC Regional Sports and Entertainment Sales (ABC Rses) as the exclusive advertising sales representative for the digital out-of-home network (Dooh) expected to reach 200 million shoppers monthly by June 2012. The announcement was made today by David Veckerelli and Darren Mann, co-CEOs of Digital Display Networks, and John Watkins, president of ABC National Television Sales, which includes the ABC Rses rep unit.
The agreement, effective immediately, covers a wide array of advertising opportunities available as 7-Eleven TV expands its current 24/7 operations in 1,100 convenience stores to more than 6,200 locations next year.
7-Eleven TV On Track to Become One of America’s Largest Dooh Television Services, Reaching 200 Million Shoppers Monthly at 6,200 7-Eleven Stores By 2nd Quarter 2012
From the Press Release:
New York, NY (April 6, 2011) – Digital Display Networks, Inc., creator and operator of the fast-growing 7-Eleven TV, has signed ABC Regional Sports and Entertainment Sales (ABC Rses) as the exclusive advertising sales representative for the digital out-of-home network (Dooh) expected to reach 200 million shoppers monthly by June 2012. The announcement was made today by David Veckerelli and Darren Mann, co-CEOs of Digital Display Networks, and John Watkins, president of ABC National Television Sales, which includes the ABC Rses rep unit.
The agreement, effective immediately, covers a wide array of advertising opportunities available as 7-Eleven TV expands its current 24/7 operations in 1,100 convenience stores to more than 6,200 locations next year.
- 4/6/2011
- by brians
- GeekTyrant
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