Call for Entries for 2014 iREPRESENT International Documentary Film Forum

The Call for Entries for the 2014 iREPRESENT International Documentary Film Festival is now open.

 In the last 3 years, over 100 films has been screened at the annual festival.

After three successful festivals, the I-REPRESENT INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENATRY FILM FORUM proudly announces the unveiling of the THEME and LOGO for the 2014 IREP INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL.

THEME OF THE FESTIVAL

The generic thematic thrust of the annual IREPRESENT

 INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL is "AFRICA IN SELF-CONVERSATION", but the 2014 edition would explore the theme: The Rhythms of Identity.

The theme will explore what defines us as Africans in our Music, Poetry, Dance, Theatre, Film, rituals and our daily experiences.

Entries should be submitted to:

iREPRESENT International Documentary Film Forum,
No 3 Bishop Lanre Obembe Close,
Off Emmanuel High street,
Ogudu GRA, Lagos,
Nigeria.

For more information, please visit www.irepfilmfestival.com

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Global Superstar Mariah Carey Takes Over NBCUniversal to Spread Festive Love and Cheer with "Mariah Carey's 12 Days of Christmas"

11 Dec 2013 15:55 Africa/Lagos

Global Superstar Mariah Carey Takes Over NBCUniversal to Spread Festive Love and Cheer with "Mariah Carey's 12 Days of Christmas"


Carey joins NBCUniversal to give an exclusive, never before seen look into her favorite time of year on various NBC shows and platforms
"Mariah Carey's 12 Days of Christmas" will feature a wide variety of stellar performances, exclusive one-on-one interviews, an unprecedented glimpse of the icon's holiday moments, and much more.

NEW YORK, Dec. 11, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Mariah Carey is the best-selling female artist of all time with more than 200 million albums sold to date and eighteen Billboard Hot 100 #1 singles (seventeen self-penned), more than any solo artist in history. The superstar is synonymous with Christmas thanks to her self-penned and produced #1 timeless classic, "All I Want For Christmas Is You." The evergreen holiday smash hit, which she wrote and produced early in her career, is the annual bestselling holiday single, hitting #1 on Billboard's Holiday Digital Songs, Holiday Hot 100 and Holiday Streaming Songs charts.

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Mariah's holiday opus, "Merry Christmas" is the perennial bestselling global holiday album, having sold over 14 million copies worldwide to date. And now, for the first time ever, NBCUniversal has unprecedented access into the icon's yuletide festivities.

Last week, Carey opened and closed NBC's Christmas in Rockefeller Center Treelighting special which garnered the highest ratings in seven years. Following the highly rated performances, Carey officially kicked off her "12 Days of Christmas" live from her chic Tribeca triplex in New York City on the Today Show on Wednesday, December 11 at 8am.

Mariah will make appearances on all three hours of the Today Show across numerous days and will also spread holiday love and cheer with appearances on Access Hollywood, Extra, Bravo's Watch What Happens Live, Al Sharpton's PoliticsNation on MSNBC, and more. The superstar will share Yuletide cocktail recipes, spend time with the Fresh Air Fund children, and for the first time, allow cameras exclusive access into her home decorated for the holiday.

Carey is confirmed to headline NBC's 2013 New Year's Eve broadcast with special performances you won't want to miss! The ordained "Queen of Christmas" will also grace the stage with Michael Buble for his special airing December 18th. For a complete list of dates and up-to-the-minute information please go to mariahcarey.com and @mariahcarey on twitter.

Mariah Carey is the best-selling female artist of all time with more than 200 million albums sold to date and eighteen Billboard Hot 100 #1 singles (seventeen self-penned), more than any solo artist in history. With her distinct five-octave vocal range, prolific songwriting, and producing talent, Carey has defined the modern pop performance. As a singer/songwriter/producer, she has been recognized with multiple Grammy Awards, 21 American Music Awards, Billboard's "Artist of the Decade" Award, the World Music Award for "World's Best Selling Female Artist of the Millennium," and BMI's "Icon Award" for her outstanding achievements in songwriting, to name a few. Mariah Carey's ongoing impact transcends the music industry to leave an indelible imprint upon the world at large. Recently, she's made a substantial mark in film with her critically acclaimed roles in Lee Daniel's Precious (2009) and The Butler (2013). A Congressional Award recipient, Carey has generously donated her time and energy to a range of philanthropic causes near to her heart including Save the Music, The Make-A-Wish Foundation, World Hunger Relief, and the Elton John AIDS Foundation, among many others. A tremendous supporter of children's charities, both domestic and international, Mariah Carey, in partnership with the Fresh Air Fund founded Camp Mariah, a retreat for inner city children to explore career development.

Mariah is currently in the studio, writing, recording and executive producing her next album for Island Def Jam Music Group.



SOURCE PMK*BNC

CONTACT: Cindi Berger, 212-373-6118

Web Site: http://www.mariahcarey.com

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Top 100 Best Restaurants in America

11 Dec 2013 14:31 Africa/Lagos

OpenTable Restaurant Reviews Reveal Top 100 Best Restaurants in America
Winning Restaurants Span Thirty States and Washington, D.C., with California, New York, Illinois, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania Leading the Pack

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 11, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- As we toast a remarkable year of fine dining, OpenTable (NASDAQ: OPEN), the world's leading provider of online restaurant reservations, is pleased to celebrate the 2013 Diners' Choice Award winners for the Top 100 Best Restaurants in America and highlight the Top 10 honorees. These awards reflect the combined opinions of more than 5 million restaurant reviews submitted by verified OpenTable diners for approximately 19,000 restaurants in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.

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The Top 10 Best Restaurants in America, in rank order, include:

1. St. Francis Winery & Vineyards – Santa Rosa, California
2. Mama's Fish House – Paia, Hawaii
3. n/naka – Los Angeles, California
4. Halls Chophouse – Charleston, South Carolina
5. Charleston – Baltimore, Maryland
6. o ya – Boston, Massachusetts
7. Orchids at Palm Court – Cincinnati, Ohio
8. Fearrington House Restaurant – Pittsboro, North Carolina
9. The French Laundry – Yountville, California
10. goosefoot – Chicago, Illinois

The Top 10 Best Restaurants in America are as distinct as they are deserving, with each winning restaurant creating one-of-a-kind dining adventures across an array of cuisines and service styles. From Thomas Keller's legendary French Laundry to relative newcomer goosefoot, both of which specialize in mind-blowing multi-course meals, to the intimate settings of the counter at o ya and the dining room at St. Francis Winery & Vineyards which seat under 20 diners at a time, the Top 10 restaurants are a reflection of the new definition of fine dining.

Standing out in a highly competitive field of exceptional chefs and restaurateurs, the complete list of honorees are scattered among 30 states and Washington, D.C., and include Del Posto in New York City, Noisette in Portland, Oregon, and Rasika in Washington, D.C. California and New York boast the greatest number of winning restaurants with 14 and 13, respectively, followed by Illinois with seven. New Jersey and Pennsylvania, each boast five winning restaurants. Arizona, Georgia, North Carolina, Ohio, South Carolina, Texas, and Virginia claim four winners apiece, while Washington, D.C., and Oregon have three. Colorado, Hawaii, Louisiana, Massachusetts, and Nevada have two. Alabama, Florida, Kansas, Maryland, Maine, Minnesota, Missouri, New Mexico, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Washington, and Wisconsin also have winning eateries. While American fare restaurants have the greatest number of winners, followed by those serving French food, an eclectic array of cuisines are represented, including English, Indian, Korean, Spanish, and Thai.

"These winning restaurants are conducted like great orchestras," said Caroline Potter, OpenTable Chief Dining Officer. "All the players, from chefs and managers to wait staff and sommeliers, have artfully mastered their parts, and every instrument of hospitality, whether it be deft service or imaginative menus, is in harmony with one another to create a symphonic dining experience."

The Diners' Choice Awards for the Top 100 Best Restaurants in America are generated from more than 5 million restaurant reviews collected from verified OpenTable diners between November 14, 2012, and November 15, 2013. All restaurants with a minimum number of qualifying reviews were included for consideration. Qualifying restaurants were then sorted according to a score calculated from each restaurant's average rating in the "overall" category along with that restaurant's rating relative to others in the same metropolitan area and the average number of restaurants reviewed by diners who reviewed that restaurant.

Based on this methodology, the following restaurants, listed in alphabetical order, comprise the Top 100 Best Restaurants in America according to OpenTable diners. The complete list may also be viewed at http://www.opentable.com/best-restaurants-in-america.


2013 Diners' Choice Award Winners for the Top 100 Best Restaurants in America 
 
Acquerello – San Francisco, California
Afternoon Tea-The Phoenician – Scottsdale, Arizona
Artisanal Restaurant – Banner Elk, North Carolina
Atelier Crenn – San Francisco, California
Auberge du Soleil – Rutherford, California
Bacchanalia – Atlanta, Georgia
Bibou – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Binkley's Restaurant – Cave Creek, Arizona
Bistro L'Hermitage – Woodbridge, Virginia
Blue Hill at Stone Barns – Pocantico Hills, New York
BOCA – Cincinnati, Ohio
Bones – Atlanta, Georgia
Bouchard Restaurant and Inn – Newport, Rhode Island
Bouley – New York, New York
Café Juanita – Kirkland, Washington
Café Matisse – Rutherford, New Jersey
Café Provence – Prairie Village, Kansas
Café Renaissance – Vienna, Virginia
Canoe – Atlanta, Georgia
Capital Grille – Dallas, Texas
Carpe Vino – Auburn, California
Charleston – Baltimore, Maryland
Charleston Grill – Charleston, South Carolina
Chez François – Vermilion, Ohio
Chez Nous French Restaurant – Humble, Texas
CityZen – Washington, D.C.
Colicchio & Sons-Main Dining Room – New York, New York
Coltello Ristorante Italiano – Crosswicks, New Jersey
Cúrate – Asheville, North Carolina
Daniel – New York, New York
Daniel-Lounge Seating – New York, New York
Del Posto – New York, New York
Eleven Madison Park – New York, New York
Farmhouse Inn & Restaurant – Forestville, California
Fat Canary – Williamsburg, Virginia
Fearrington House Restaurant – Pittsboro, North Carolina
Franklinville Inn – Franklinville, New Jersey
The French Laundry – Yountville, California
The French Room – Dallas, Texas
Gaetano's & Ristorantino Mediterraneo – Forest Park, Illinois
Geronimo – Santa Fe, New Mexico
Girl & the Goat – Chicago, Illinois
goosefoot – Chicago, Illinois
Gotham Bar and Grill – New York, New York
Gramercy Tavern – New York, New York
Halls Chophouse – Charleston, South Carolina
Highlands Bar & Grill – Birmingham, Alabama
joan's in the Park – Saint Paul, Minnesota
Joe's Seafood, Prime Steak & Stone Crab – Chicago, Illinois
JORY Restaurant at The Allison Inn & Spa – Newberg, Oregon
JUNGSIK – New York, New York
Kai – Sheraton Wild Horse Pass Resort – Chandler, Arizona
The Kitchen Restaurant – Sacramento, California
L'Auberge Chez François – Great Falls, Virginia
L'Etoile Restaurant – Madison, Wisconsin
L20 – Chicago, Illinois
La Grenouille – New York, New York
Lawry's The Prime Rib – Beverly Hills, California
Le Bernardin – New York, New York
Le Bistro – Incline Village, Nevada
Leis Family Class Act Restaurant – Kahului, Hawaii
Les Nomades – Chicago, Illinois
Mama's Fish House – Paia, Hawaii
Marinus-Bernardus Lodge – Carmel Valley, California
Menton – Boston, Massachusetts
Michael's – South Point Casino – Las Vegas, Nevada
Mille Fleurs – Rancho Santa Fe, California
n/naka – Los Angeles, California
Nahm Thai Cuisine – Alpharetta, Georgia
NAOE – Miami, Florida
Natalie's at Camden Harbour Inn – Camden, Maine
Nicholas – Red Bank, New Jersey
Noisette – Portland, Oregon
Noord – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
o ya – Boston, Massachusetts
Orchids at Palm Court – Cincinnati, Ohio
The Painted Lady – Newberg, Oregon
Peninsula Grill – Charleston, South Carolina
Per Se – New York, New York
Rasika – Washington, D.C.
The Refectory Restaurant & Bistro – Columbus, Ohio
Restaurant August – New Orleans, Louisiana
Restaurant Iris – Memphis, Tennessee
Restaurant Lorena's – Maplewood, New Jersey
Rudy & Paco Restaurant & Bar – Galveston, Texas
Ruth's Chris Steak House – Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Saint Jacques French Cuisine – Raleigh, North Carolina
Saison – San Francisco, California
SeaBlue Restaurant & Wine Bar – North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
Seasons Restaurant-Four Seasons – Washington, D.C.
Senza – Chicago, Illinois
ShinBay – Scottsdale, Arizona
Ski Tip Lodge – Keystone, Colorado
Sons & Daughters – San Francisco, California
Splendido – Beaver Creek, Colorado
St. Francis Winery & Vineyards – Santa Rosa, California
Talula's Garden – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Tony's – St. Louis, Missouri
Vernick Food & Drink – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Vetri – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

 
Diners can also read more about the Diners' Choice Awards for the Top 100 Best Restaurants in America by visiting the OpenTable "Dining Check" blog.


About OpenTable Restaurant Reviews
Originally launched in November 2008, the OpenTable Reviews program helps diners find restaurants that best fit their dining occasions.  Diners who recently honored an OpenTable reservation are invited via email to submit restaurant feedback using an online form. Visitors to OpenTable can access reviews for thousands of OpenTable restaurant partners across the United States, Canada, and the UK.  The OpenTable Reviews program has generated more than 20 million restaurant reviews by verified diners, establishing OpenTable as one of the largest and most trusted sources for restaurant reviews.


About OpenTable
OpenTable is the world's leading provider of online restaurant reservations, seating more than 12 million diners per month via online bookings across approximately 30,000 restaurants. The OpenTable network connects restaurants and diners, helping diners discover and book the perfect table and helping restaurants deliver personalized hospitality to keep guests coming back. The OpenTable service enables diners to see which restaurants have available tables, select a restaurant based on verified diner reviews, menus, and other helpful information, and easily book a reservation. In addition to the company's website and mobile apps, OpenTable powers online reservations for nearly 600 partners, including many of the Internet's most popular global and local brands. For restaurants, the OpenTable hospitality solutions enable them to manage their reservation book, streamline their operations, and enhance their service levels. Since its inception in 1998, OpenTable has seated more than 530 million diners around the world.  The Company is headquartered in San Francisco, California, and the OpenTable service is available throughout the United States, as well as in Canada, Germany, Japan, Mexico, and the UK. OpenTable also owns and operates toptable, the leading consumer destination site for restaurant reservations in the UK.  More information is available on http://www.opentable.com.

OpenTable, OpenTable.com, OpenTable logos, toptable and other
service names are the trademarks of OpenTable, Inc. and/or its affiliates

SOURCE OpenTable
CONTACT: Tiffany Fox, OpenTable, tfox@opentable.com, 415-344-4275; Jennifer Spector, M Booth, jennifers@mbooth.com, 212-539-3299
Web Site: http://www.opentable.com

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The Most Beautiful and Most Colourful Publication on Nollywood Now in Hardcover

The Most Beautiful and Most Colourful Publication on Nollywood Now in Hardcover 

NOLLYWOOD MIRROR®, the most beautiful and most colourful publication on Nollywood in 2013, a celebration of the best of Nollywood is now in hardcover!
The hardover edition released yesterday in the US will be available on Amazon, Barnes and Noble and other international booksellers.
There is 50% discount for bulk orders from 500 copies.

NOLLYWOOD MIRROR® showcases the best of Nollywood; from the accomplished filmmakers to the accomplished actors and hottest actresses and also includes special commendations of President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan for his unprecedented financial and morale boosting support for Nollywood with the N3 billion grant for Project ACT-Nollywood and the $200 million Entertainment Intervention Fund and Governor Babatunde Raji Fashola of Lagos State for his generous life saving interventions for notable Nollywood actors and actresses; sponsoring the production of "Champions of Our Time", the best family movie in Nollywood and the Nollywood Upgrade Fund. There are also comprehensive features on Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA), Africa Magic Viewers' Choice Awards (AMVCA), Nollywood and the Global Film Market, Silverbird Cinemas, The Coming of IMAX To Nigeria and so much more in 104 pages in full colour. And the cover celebrates the "Man of the Moment in Nollywood", Kenneth Gyang, winner of the Best Film Award and Best Nigerian Film Award at the 2013 Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) for his first feature “Confusion Na Wa”, that also won four more awards for Best Screenplay, Movie with Best Production Design, Director of the Year and Movie of the Year at the recent 2013 Best of Nollywood (BON) Awards. The cover is in the beautiful symbolic green and white colours of Nigeria, the home of Nollywood and green also means abundance of fertile land, rich harvest and success.

The publication includes articles by Shaibu Husseini, the foremost Nigerian film critic, member of International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI); Chair of the AMAA College of Screeners and author of “Moviedom, the Nollywood Narratives: Clips on the Pioneers” and Femi Odugbemi, multiple awards winning filmmaker, writer and photographer. Trained in Film and TV Production at Montana State University, Bozeman, United States; former President of the Independent Television Producers Association of Nigeria (ITPAN) when he convened the popular Lagos International Forum on Cinema, Motion Picture and Video in Africa, the first Nigerian international film festival that attracted participants and professionals from across the world; a member of the Advisory Board of the School of Media and Communications (SMC), Pan African University, Nigeria; Provost of the Orange Academy Lagos, Nigeria's first practical school of Idea and Brand Management; Co-Founding Executive Director/Festival Director of iRepresent International Documentary Forum and CEO of DVWORX Studios Lagos.

NOLLYWOOD MIRROR® is also the first Nigerian publication released in three different media formats for worldwide distribution.
Read NOLLYWOOD MIRROR® (Nollywood Reloaded) and NOLLYWOOD MIRROR® (NOLLYWOOD MIRROR® SERIES in the best selling Kindle Fire Edition.

Kindle Fire HDX 7", HDX Display, Wi-Fi, 16 GB.

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Read the NOLLYWOOD MIRROR®, Paperback edition.

Read the NOLLYWOOD MIRROR®, Hardcover edition.

About Kenneth Gyang:

Kenneth Gyang on the set of Cinema Kpatakpata's first feature film, "Confusion Na Wa" with award winning Nollywood hunk OC Ukeje and Ikechukwu Omenaihe.

 I have been following the captivating career of Kenneth Gyang as an ambitious young filmmaker since he was 19 when I interviewed him in 2006 for the highly esteemed Black Film Maker magazine, the foremost publication on blacks in the film industry, published in the UK and that interview “Young At Art” is still distributed widely by HighBeam Research and followed by my special focus on THE BEST OF NOLLYWOOD in the same year.

Kenneth Gyang is a young filmmaker in Nigeria and was born in Barkin Ladi of Plateau State, Nigeria. He studied Film Production at the National Film Institute in Jos and screenwriting at Gaston Kaboré's IMAGINE in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. Two of his short films as well as a script titled "Game of Life" were selected for the Berlinale Talent Campus 2006 and "Mummy Lagos" was well received as an official competition entry. "Mummy Lagos" was also selected for the Sithengi Talent Campus as part of the Cape Town World Cinema Festival in South Africa.

His film "Omule" won Best Documentary Film at the 1st Nigerian Students International Film Festival in 2006 and "Mummy Lagos" also won Best Film at the Nigerian Field Society Awards organized by the German Cultural Centre, Goethe-Institut, in Lagos as well as the Jury Special Mention at the ANIWA Festival in Ghana.

Kenneth has worked with the BBC World Service Trust, directing their high quality TV drama "Wetin Dey", which was presented at the International Emmy World Television Festival in New York City, USA.. He has also worked with Communicating For Change as an Associate Producer on "Bayelsian Silhouettes", a series of seven short films on HIV/AIDS and he also co-wrote, produced and directed "Finding Aisha" TV series for the Nigerian production company Televista.

 Kenneth Gyang on the definition of Nollywood:
I think this whole issue of ‘Nollywood, no, not Nollywood’ is being stretched to its breaking point so much so that at this year’s FESPACO, the prestigious film festival in Africa, Professor Wole Soyinka presented a paper about it called “A name is more than the tyranny of taste”. He talked about how in Yorubaland a name may mould a child so you don’t find any Yoruba parent giving their babies names that embed evil meanings.

Personally I’ll say this, Nollywood followed in the Bollywood/Hollywood bandwagon. When the Indian film industry in Mumbai was tagged Bollywood, no-one cut it some slack. A whole ton of look-alike films were churned out in overwhelming quantity but with time, they started raising their game. In the opposite direction, France is synonymous with art films but you still have tons of popcorn movies emanating from there. For me, the totality of films coming from Nigeria make up what is known as Nollywood and I’ll rather spend my time making films that matter than worry myself with the name of industry.
 ~ From Weekly Trust.

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Nollywood Confidential Presents The Nollywood Mirror Series: An Essential Publication on Nollywood

May we recommend this must have general series on Nollywood, the booming home entertainment film industry in Nigeria, the most populous country in Africa..
It is the best publication on Nollywood in 2013; focusing on the popular Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA), Africa Magic Viewers' Choice Awards (AMVCA), Nollywood and the Global Film Market, Silverbird Cinemas, The Coming of IMAX To Nigeria, Top 20 Nollywood Actresses, Top 20 Nigerian Filmmakers, Nollywood As Documentary and other important aspects of the Nigerian film industry.

It is a collector's item. And the first copy has been collected for His Excellency, President Goodluck Jonathan of Nigeria. And more copies already collected by most of the colleges and universities in the US and other countries for students and scholars of African Studies and African Cinema.

Nollywood Mirror Series


So much has been written and published on Nollywood, our Nollywood, the phenomenal Nigerian film industry producing thousands of home videos telling stories of Nigerians from the past to the present and has caught the attention of the rest of the world to say WOW! African magic? Did you know that Ivorian rebels in the bush stopped fighting when a shipment of Nollywood DVDs arrived from Lagos? Did you know that Zambian mothers said that their children now talk with accents copied from Nollywood movies? Did you know that when the President of Sierra Leone asked Genevieve Nnaji to join him on the campaign trail he attracted record crowds at rallies, because of her? Yes, Nollywood is our African magic that has hooked the world. The maiden edition of NOLLYWOOD MIRROR® is a celebration of the best of Nollywood.

50% DISCOUNTS FOR BULK ORDERS ABOVE 500 COPIES.

ISBN: 9781304288905
Copyright: Ekenyerengozi Michael Chima (Standard Copyright License)
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: International Digital Post Network Limited
Published: November 28, 2013
Language: English
Pages: 104
Binding: Perfect-bound
Paperback Interior
Full color
Weight 1.01 lbs.
Dimensions (inches) 8.5 wide x 11 tall.

Click here to order for copies.

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Sony Pictures' The Amazing Spider-Man 2™ Spins Into IMAX® 3D Theatres Worldwide

9 Dec 2013 13:30 Africa/Lagos

Sony Pictures' The Amazing Spider-Man 2™ Spins Into IMAX® 3D Theatres Worldwide

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 9, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- IMAX Corporation (NYSE:IMAX; TSX:IMX) and Sony Pictures Entertainment today announced that The Amazing Spider-Man 2™, the highly anticipated next chapter in the story of Peter Parker, will be digitally re-mastered into the immersive IMAX^® 3D format and released in IMAX^® theatres. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 will be released in theaters internationally beginning April 16, 2014, and domestically on May 2, 2014.
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"After the enormous worldwide success of The Amazing Spider-Man, we're looking forward to partnering again with Marc Webb, Avi Arad, and Matt Tolmach, and our friends at Sony Pictures to offer IMAX fans around the world an opportunity to experience this highly anticipated film in the immersive IMAX 3D format," said Greg Foster, CEO of IMAX Entertainment and Senior Executive Vice President, IMAX Corp. 


The IMAX release of The Amazing Spider-Man 2 will be digitally re-mastered into the image and sound quality of The IMAX 3D Experience^® with proprietary IMAX DMR^® (Digital Re-mastering) technology. The crystal-clear images, coupled with IMAX's customized theatre geometry and powerful digital audio, create a unique environment that will make audiences feel as if they are in the movie.
Audiences can learn more about The Amazing Spider-Man 2 by visiting the film's official Facebook page at www.facebook.com/amazingspiderman2movie.


We've always known that Spider-Man's most important battle has been within himself: the struggle between the ordinary obligations of Peter Parker and the extraordinary responsibilities of Spider-Man. But in The Amazing Spider-Man™ 2, Peter Parker finds that a greater conflict lies ahead.


It's great to be Spider-Man (Andrew Garfield). For Peter Parker, there's no feeling quite like swinging between skyscrapers, embracing being the hero, and spending time with Gwen (Emma Stone). But being Spider-Man comes at a price: only Spider-Man can protect his fellow New Yorkers from the formidable villains that threaten the city. With the emergence of Electro (Jamie Foxx), Peter must confront a foe far more powerful than he. And as his old friend, Harry Osborn (Dane DeHaan), returns, Peter comes to realize that all of his enemies have one thing in common: OsCorp. Directed by Marc Webb. Screen Story and Screenplay by Alex Kurtzman & Roberto Orci & Jeff Pinkner. Based on the Marvel Comic Book by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko. Produced by Avi Arad and Matt Tolmach.


About IMAX Corporation
IMAX, an innovator in entertainment technology, combines proprietary software, architecture and equipment to create experiences that take you beyond the edge of your seat to a world you've never imagined. Top filmmakers and studios are utilizing IMAX theatres to connect with audiences in extraordinary ways, and, as such, IMAX's network is among the most important and successful theatrical distribution platforms for major event films around the globe.


IMAX is headquartered in New York, Toronto and Los Angeles, with offices in London, Tokyo, Shanghai and Beijing. As of Dec. 31, 2012, there were 731 IMAX theatres (598 commercial multiplexes, 19 commercial destinations and 114 institutions) in 53 countries.


IMAX®, IMAX® 3D, IMAX DMR®, Experience It In IMAX®, An IMAX 3D Experience®, The IMAX Experience® and IMAX Is Believing® are trademarks of IMAX Corporation. More information about the Company can be found at www.imax.com. You may also connect with IMAX on Facebook (www.facebook.com/imax), Twitter (www.twitter.com/imax) and YouTube (www.youtube.com/imaxmovies).


This press release contains forward looking statements that are based on IMAX management's assumptions and existing information and involve certain risks and uncertainties which could cause actual results to differ materially from future results expressed or implied by such forward looking statements. These risks and uncertainties are discussed in IMAX's most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and most recent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q.
 
For additional information please contact:

Media: IMAX Corporation – New York Ann Sommerlath 212-821-0155 asommerlath@imax.com Entertainment Media: Principal Communications Group – Los Angeles Melissa Zukerman/Paul Pflug 323-658-1555 melissa@pcommgroup.com paul@pcommgroup.com

Investors: IMAX Corporation – New York Teri Loxam 212-821-0110 tloxam@imax.com Business Media: Sloane & Company – New York Whit Clay 212-446-1864 wclay@sloanepr.com

SOURCE IMAX Corporation

Web Site: http://www.imax.com

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Half of a Yellow Sun Gets Distributors in UK, Australia, Canada and New Zealand!

I bring you the good news that Nigeria’s most expensive film at the moment Half of a Yellow Sun has found distributors, according to Tambay A. Obenson of Shadow and Act, international sales have been brisk, as the sales company representing the film, Metro International Entertainment, reported that it has sold UK, Australia, Canada and New Zealand rights to the Biafran War film, an adaptation of famous author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Orange Prize-winning novel of the same title. Metro said that it is currently fielding "multiple offers" from USA distributors and finally we have the first official movie posters of Half of a Yellow Sun!

• Thandie Newton as Olanna
• Chiwetel Ejiofor as Odenigbo
• Onyeka Onwenu as Odenigbo's Mother
• Anika Noni Rose as Kainene
• Joseph Mawle as Richard
• Hakeem Kae-Kazim as Captain DUTSE
• John Boyega as Ugwu
• Rob David as Redhead Charles
• Babou Ceesay as Okeoma
• O. C. Ukeje as Aniekwena
• Genevieve Nnaji as Ms Adebayo
• Wale Ojo
• Tina Mba
• Zack Orji

BOOK OF THE MONTH: NOLLYWOOD MIRROR SERIES
So much has been written and published on Nollywood, our Nollywood, the phenomenal Nigerian film industry producing thousands of home videos telling stories of Nigerians from the past to the present and has caught the attention of the rest of the world to say WOW! African magic?

Nollywood Mirror By Michael Chima Ekenyerengozi 

View this Author's Spotlight

Paperback, 104 Pages

(1 Ratings) 

Did you know that Ivorian rebels in the bush stopped fighting when a
shipment of Nollywood DVDs arrived from Lagos?
Did you know that Zambian mothers said that their children now talk with
accents copied from Nollywood movies?
Did you know that when the President of Sierra Leone asked Genevieve
Nnaji to join him on the campaign trail he attracted record crowds at
rallies, because of her?
Yes, Nollywood is our African magic that has hooked the world.
The maiden edition of NOLLYWOOD MIRROR® is a celebration of the best of
Nollywood.

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The Famous Nigerian Actor Meets the Famous Nigerian Filmmaker in Canada

Famous British-born Nigerian actor Chiwetel Ejiofor met the famous Nigerian filmmaker Lancelot Imasuen at the world premiere of "Half of a Yellow Sun" on Sunday September 8, 2013, in the Winter Garden Theatre at the 38th Toronto International Film Festival, Canada.

Right now Chiwetel Ejiofor (star of Inside Man, American Gangster, Salt, 12 Years a Slave) is trending in Hollywood as one of the best contenders for the Best Actor Oscar at the 86th Academy Awards coming up on Sunday March 2, 2014, at the Dolby Theatre, Angeles, California, for his unforgettable role as "Solomon Northup" in Steve McQueen's 12 Years a Slave, a 2013 British-American epic historical drama.

 Lancelot Imasuen (director of Entanglement, Home in Exile, Bent Arrows, A Private Storm, ABCs of Death 2, Invasion 1897) is the buzz of the moment in Nollywood for one of the most ambitious movies in the Nigerian film industry, his historical epic Invasion 1897 based on the invasion of the Benin Kingdom by the British Empire in 1897 and how they carted away the priceless ancient artifacts belonging to the kingdom. And he is also trending in Hollywood for being the only African director among the 26 selected directors making the short horror thrillers of The ABCs of Death 2 series.

Lancelot Imasuen with Mitch Davis, an associate producer of The ABCs of Death 2. 

Mitch is the famous director of The Other Side of Heaven , a 2001 American adventure drama film, and has also written and directed Windrunner and A House Divided, a modern-day tale of Jewish man's undying love for a Palestinian woman in Israel.


~ By Ekenyerengozi Michael Chima

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The Amazing Spider-Man 2 Trailer is WOW!

Seriously, some trailers should be premiered at the cinemas and movie lovers will be willing to pay to see them and one of such fantastic trailers is The Amazing Spider-Man 2 official trailer with the ecstatic wizardry of the SFX. See the Spider-Man and a flipping NYPD squad car spin and you go WOW! Marc Webb is very ambitious and certainly belongs to the Utopian future of Marvel Comics universe.

You ain't seen nothing yet!

The film is scheduled to be released in 2D, 3D and IMAX 3D on April 18, 2014 in the UK, May 1, 2014 in Brazil and May 2, 2014 in the United States.

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