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“King Kong” Climbs its Way to the Top of Leonard Maltin’s DVD Awards

“King Kong: Collectors Edition” (1933) climbed its way to top all entries winning Best of Show in the 9th Annual DVD Awards with Leonard Maltin earlier this evening.

“The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe” led the way with three awards. AIX Records was awarded three awards total. 

Leonard Maltin “The Most Watched Film Critic in America” hosted the DVD Awards ceremony. His wife Alice was the lady in red with a smile proudly watching her husband during the evening. He coordinated with a red tie.  Meeting him in person, he is much the persona you’ve become to know when watching him now in his 24th season of Entertainment Tonight. He greeted each person with a smile and warmness while he was available to meet and take pictures with attendees.

The Criterion Collection was honored with the Leonard Maltin Award, now in its 3rd year. Considered the gold standard and honored for their lasting impact in the world of home video in their efforts to preserve film heritage, they began director’s commentaries and additional features which are now considered standard in today’s DVD offerings.  “King Kong” and “Citizen Kane” were The Criterion Collection’s first two titles.

Steve March Torme, was only a few chairs next to me. Joking with his musical director, I thought he must be very talented as he was nominated and hadn’t bought an entire table. Talent must run in the family. I later discovered he is the son of the legendary Mel Torme. He was nominated and awarded for his Music Performance for “Steve March Torme: Torme Sings Torme” honoring his father.

Awards were selected by a blue-ribbon jury of technologists and journalists within the industry to honor creators and marketers of digital video recordings.

Winners per category are highlighted below.

PSP/UMD MOVIE

Award sponsored by SAVVIS Presented by Tom Moran, Savvis Communications

  • Da Ali G Show: Complete Second Season - HBO Video
  • Sin City - Buena Vista Home Entertainment
  • The DC Video - Scope Seven
  • Wedding Crashers - Scope Seven

INDEPENDENT RELEASE - AUTHORING DESIGN

  • Gungrave: Fully Loaded Collector's Set - Geneon Entertainment
  • Rush: R30 - 30th Anniversary World Tour - Fogolabs/ Anthem Records
  • Scene It? Friends Edition - Screenlife
  • Ultimate Avengers - Lionsgate Home Entertainment

MAJOR RELEASE - AUTHORING DESIGN

  • Cinderella: Platinum Edition - Buena Vista Home Entertainment
  • Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - Warner Home Video
  • Lady and the Tramp: 50th Anniversary Edition - Buena Vista Home Entertainment
  • Lost: The Complete First Season - Buena Vista Home Entertainment
  • Sound of Music: 40th Anniversary Edition - Fox Home Entertainment
  • Star Wars Episode 3: Revenge of the Sith - Fox Home Entertainment
  • The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe - Buena Vista Home Entertainment

INDEPENDENT RELEASE - MENU DESIGN

  • Collective Soul: Home - Fogolabs/EI Music Records
  • Disney World Vacation Planning Kit - Nth Degree Design & Visual FX
  • Rush: R30 - 30th Anniversary World Tour - Fogolabs/ Anthem Records
  • Scene It? Friends Edition - Screenlife

MAJOR RELEASE - MENU DESIGN

  • Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Warner Home Video
  • Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - B 1 Media
  • Lady and the Tramp: 50th Anniversary Edition - Buena Vista Home Entertainment
  • Sin City (Recut, Extended, Unrated) - MiramaxiBuena Vista Home Entertainment/Drissi Multimedia
  • Star Wars Episode 3: Revenge of the Sith - Fox Home Entertainment
  • Toy Story: 10th Anniversary Edition - Gork Enterprises

INDEPENDENT RELEASE - AUDIO PRESENTATION

  • A High Resolution Music Experience - AIX Records
  • Bob Dylan: No Direction Home - Paramount Home Entertainment
  • Harry Connick Jr. and Branford Marsalis: Duo - Fogolabs/ Marsalis Music
  • Moonlight Acoustica - AIX Records
  • Rush: R30 - 30th Anniversary World Tour - Fogolabs/ Anthem Records
  • Vantage Point: Resolution - AIX Records

MAJOR RELEASE - AUDIO PRESENTATION

  • Cinderella: Platinum Edition - Buena Vista Home Entertainment
  • Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - Warner Home Video
  • Lady and the Tramp: 50th Anniversary Edition - Buena Vista Home Entertainment
  • Star Wars Episode 3: Revenge of the Sith - Fox Home Entertainment
  • The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe - Buena Vista Home Entertainment

INDEPENDENT RELEASE - VIDEO PRESENTATION

  • Collective Soul: Home - Fogolabs/EI Music Records
  • Gus Van Sant's Last Days - HBD Video
  • Rush: R30 - 30th Anniversary World Tour - Fogolabs/ Anthem Records
  • Vantage Point: Resolution - AIX Records

MAJOR RELEASE - VIDEO PRESENTATION

  • Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Warner Home Video
  • Cinderella: Platinum Edition - Buena Vista Home Entertainment
  • King Kong: Collector's Edition (1933) - Warner Home Video
  • Lady and the Tramp: 50th Anniversary Edition - Buena Vista Home Entertainment
  • Star Wars Episode 3: Revenge of the Sith - Fox Home Entertainment
  • The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe - Buena Vista Home Entertainment

ROM CONTENT (INDEPENDENT & MAJOR)

  • Cinderella: Platinum Edition - Buena Vista Home Entertainment
  • Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - Warner Home Video
  • Lady and the Tramp: 50th Anniversary Edition - Buena Vista Home Entertainment
  • Ultimate Avengers - Lionsgate Home Entertainment

INDEPENDENT THEATRICAL

  • Howl's Moving Castle - Buena Vista Home Entertainment
  • Murderball - THINKFilm
  • The Aristocrats - THINKFilm
  • The Boys of Baraka - THINKFilm

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MAJOR THEATRICAL NEW RELEASE

  • Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Warner Home Video
  • Crash: Director's Cut - Lionsgate Home Entertainment
  • Jarhead - Universal Studios Home Entertainment
  • Memoirs of a Geisha - Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
  • Walk the Line: Collector's Edition - Fox Home Entertainment

MAJOR THEATRICAL CATALOG RELEASE

  • Breakfast at Tiffany's: Anniversary Edition - Paramount Home Entertainment
  • King Kong: Collector's Edition (1933) - Warner Home Video
  • Sound of Music: 40th Anniversary Edition - Fox Home Entertainment
  • The Fly: Collector's Edition - Fox Home Entertainment
  • Toy Story: 10th Anniversary Edition - Buena Vista Home Entertainment

THE LEONARD MALTIN AWARD The Criterion Collection

DOCUMENTARY/EDUCATIONAL (INSTRUCTIONAL)

  • Grizzly Man - Lionsgate Home Entertainment
  • Little Einsteins: Our Huge Adventure - Buena Vista Home

Entertainment

  • Punk-Attitude - First Look Studios
  • Rize - Lionsgate Home Entertainment
  • Why Dance 7 - James E. Manning Inc.

MULTI-DISC COLLECTION

  • Cirque de Soleil: Anniversary Collection - Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
  • LooneyTunes: Volume 3 - Warner Home Video
  • Ten Commandments: Special Collector's Edition Paramount Home Entertainment
  • The Harold Lloyd Comedy Collection - New Line Home Entertainment
  • Titanic: Special Collector's Edition - Paramount Home Entertainment

MUSIC PERFORMANCE (ANTHOLOGY, PERFORMANCE, & DUALDISC)

  • A High Resolution Music Experience - AIX Records
  • Brian Setzer Orchestra Christmas Extravaganza Fogolabs/Surfdog Records
  • Neil Young: Heart of Gold - Paramount Home Entertainment
  • Rush: R30 - 30th Anniversary World Tour - Fogolabs/ Anthem Records
  • Steve March Torme: Torme Sings Torme - AIX Records
  • U2: Vertigo 2005/Live from Chicago - Solo Too

TELEVISION SPECIAL INTEREST

  • Extreme Makeover Home Edition: Season 1 - Buena

Vista Home Entertainment

  • Family Bonds - HBO Video
  • Ghost Hunters: First Season - Big Vision Entertainment
  • Jackass: The Box Set - MTV/Paramount Home Entertainment
  • Survivor: Pearl Islands - Paramount Home Entertainment

TELEVISION ENTERTAINMENT

  • Gunsmoke: 50th Anniversary Edition Volume One Paramount Home Entertainment
  • Lost: The Complete First Season - Buena Vista Home Entertainment
  • The Oprah Winfrey Show: 20th Anniversary Collection

- Paramount Home Entertainment

  • Seinfeld: Season 5 - Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
  • Seinfeld: Season 6 - Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
  • Sex and the City: The Complete Series - HBO Video

DIRECT TO DISC SPECIAL INTEREST

  • Basic Engine Building - BoxWrench Media
  • Disney World Vacation Planning Kit - Nth Degree Design & Visual FX
  • PEZ Universe - Left Coast Digital

DIRECT TO DISC ENTERTAINMENT

  • Bambi II - Buena Vista Home Entertainment
  • Bob Dylan: No Direction Home - Paramount Home Entertainment
  • Family Guy Presents Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story - Fox Home Entertainment·
  • Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children - Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
  • Irresistible - First Look Studios
  • Walt DisneyTreasures: Chronological Donald DuckBuena Vista Home Entertainment

GAME PLAY DVD

  • Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - Warner Home Video
  • Ice Age: Super Cool Edition - Gork Enterprises
  • Major League Baseball: Grand Slam Trivia - Snap TV Inc.
  • Scene It? Friends Edition - Screenlite
  • Scene It? Squabble - Screenlite
  • Shout About Music - ODVD Games
  • Shrek: Totally Tangled Tales - TV/DVD Game - Scope Seven
  • Who Rules? The Game - The Cannery

BLOCKBUSTER THEATRICAL

  • Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - Warner Home Video
  • King Kong: Special Edition (2005) - Universal Studios Home Entertainment
  • Star Wars Episode 3: Revenge of the Sith - Fox Home Entertainment
  • The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe - Buena Vista Home Entertainment

BEST OF SHOW

(All nominated titles are eligible for this category, conferred by the judges)

King Kong: Collector’s Edition (1933) – Warner Home Video

 

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How do the Killers follow up 2004's massive — if unexpected — hit debut album, Hot Fuss? On Sam's Town, the band maintains their epic sound, blending "glamorous indie rock 'n' roll" with powerful surges of energy. Pre-order the album today and get the video for "When You Were Young" and a bonus track "Where the White Boys Dance," when the album is available on October 3. And when you pre-order Sam's Town, the single "When We Were Young" is available for download immediately.
 
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MTVN Hit Programs Also Available Now for Download-To-Own on Google
Video

- Google Inc.
(NASDAQ: GOOG) and MTV Networks, a unit of Viacom (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B),
are collaborating to test an innovative video distribution model that
will serve consumers, web publishers and advertisers. Google will
distribute ad-supported content from MTV Networks to targeted website
publishers, allowing publishers to showcase clips from premium
programming like Nickelodeon's SpongeBob SquarePants and MTV's Laguna
Beach to enhance the content on their websites.  As the
first-of-its-kind offering from both companies, this new model will
provide users with new ways to experience content and create targeted
marketing vehicles for advertisers.  It will also serve to promote
programming that is available via cable, satellite and other
distribution platforms carrying MTVN's on-air channels.  The
companies expect to be testing the model later this month.

This venture marks the first time integrated video programming and
advertising will be made available directly to Google's extensive
AdSense network, which delivers targeted text and image ads to its
network of websites and blogs. This also represents the first time
clips from MTV Networks' kids and family, music and entertainment
programming will be available to consumers widely across the Web on an
ad-supported basis on sites outside MTVN's proprietary sites.

"Collaborating with Google gives us a terrific opportunity to take
our content and distribute it even more widely on the web in a seamless
and targeted way," said Tom Freston, President and CEO, Viacom.
"This deal fits in perfectly with our strategy to deliver the best
content to our audiences - wherever they are.  We're very happy to
be working with Google, a true innovator in content distribution."

"We're excited to work with MTV Networks on new ways of
distributing its content to consumers via the Internet and on Google
Video," said Eric Schmidt, Google's CEO. "With the combination of
our video technology, and extensive advertiser and publisher network,
Google is in a leading position to help content owners, web publishers
and advertisers generate interest and increase revenue
opportunities."

MTVN programming that initially will be distributed via Google Video
and targeted publishers includes clips from:
· MTV's "Laguna Beach: The Real OC" - video clips detailing major
plotlines from the hit show's third season, which premieres on
television August 14.
· MTV Video Music Awards - promotional clips from this year's VMAs,
airing Aug. 31, memorable highlights from past VMAs, and exclusive
clips from the upcoming "Scandalicious Show" previewing this year's
VMAs.
· Nickelodeon's "SpongeBob SquarePants" - Your Brain on SpongeBob,
taken from the hugely popular animated series.
"We are content people who make great creative product for all
platforms," said Judy McGrath, Chairman and CEO, MTV Networks.
"Our brands are great navigation tools for our audiences, and this
deal with Google will enable us to follow and lead them to new
places."

"We welcome the opportunity to work with great content providers like
MTV Networks to explore additional forms of distribution for online
video," said David Eun, Google's vice president of content
partnerships.  "MTV Networks offers a perfect blend of content that
is interesting, exciting and relevant to web publishers, advertisers
and users alike.  We look forward to the results of this relationship,
and the impact it will have on these audiences."

MTVN Hit Programs Also Available Now for Download-To-Own on Google
Video:
This new distribution model is just one of two significant
relationships announced today between Google and MTV Networks.  The
companies also announced that MTV Networks' hit programs will now be
available for download through Google Video, for $1.99 per episode.
With more content from across MTVN's entire hit portfolio to be
added, the initial offering includes full-length episodes from:
Comedy Central:
"Chappelle's Show": Comedian Dave Chappelle's series that
provides a comedic and sometimes defiant look at American culture;
"South Park", celebrating its 10th hit season, features the
animated misadventures of four eight-year-old boys whose everyday lives
regularly intersect with world events.

MTV:
Beavis & Butthead: The Mike Judge Collection, Vol. 1", jam-packed
with 40 episodes, including special director's cut episodes, an
exclusive featurette, and those ever-popular music videos with classic
Beavis and Butt-Head commentary;  "Laguna Beach", reality series
that follows the lives of privileged teens as they deal with the high
school politics of hookups, breakups, love triangles and popular
cliques;  "Gauntlet 2", features Real World and Road Rules alumni
in teams that are divided into "Rookies" versus "Veterans" as
they face off and compete for cash and prizes;  "My Super Sweet
Sixteen",  MTV's News & Docs  series that documents coming-of-age
celebrations and follows teens - and their parents - as they prepare
for one of the biggest nights of their lives;   "Jackass", hosted
by Johnny Knoxville, this series features absurd pranks and ridiculous
stunts performed by a bumbling cast of trained professionals; and
"Punked", the show features Ashton Kutcher and his team of
co-conspirators pulling off elaborate pranks on his celebrity friends.

MTV2:
"WonderShowzen", an absurd, smart and hilariously brilliant
comedy/variety show that spoofs children's television to create an
entirely unique adult comedy.

Nickelodeon:
"Avatar: The Last Airbender", the epic, action-filled journey of a
12-year-old boy torn between fulfilling his fate as the long-awaited
Avatar and just wanting to be a regular kid.  "SpongeBob
SquarePants", chronicling the nautical and sometimes nonsensical
adventures of SpongeBob, an incurably optimistic and earnest sea
sponge, and his undersea friends;  "Zoey 101",  a live-action
series starring Jamie Lynn Spears as 13-year-old Zoey Brooks, a winsome
leader whose independent nature is put to the test at the newly co-ed
Pacific Coast Academy; "The Fairly OddParents", an animated series
that follows 10-year-old Timmy Turner as his two fairy godparents,
Cosmo and Wanda, appear unexpectedly on the scene; and "Dora The
Explorer", a play-along, animated adventure series starring a
seven-year-old Latina heroine.

The N:
"Beyond the Break", a drama series about the competitive world of
surfing, where four women pursue their dreams of becoming professional
surfers;  "South of Nowhere", the dramatic series about the five
members of the Carlin family and their multi-faceted journey of
identity and self-discovery; and  "O'Grady", an animated series
about four self-centered high school students dealing with the
"weirdness," an inexplicable, phenomena that afflicts their town.

About MTV Networks:
MTV Networks connects with its audiences through its robust consumer
products businesses and its interactive properties worldwide, including
Neopets, Xfire, IFILM, GameTrailers.com, and online, broadband,
wireless and interactive television services.  MTV Networks also has
licensing agreements, joint ventures, and syndication deals whereby all
of its programming services can be seen worldwide.  The Company's web
properties recorded more than 175 million video streams in June, a
triple-digit increase over the same period last year.  Within one year,
the Company has launched 24 broadband channels globally, including MTV
Overdrive, mtvU's Uber, TurboNick, VH1's VSpot and Comedy
Central's Motherload.  All feature dynamic original content and are
expected to stream more than 1 billion videos by year's end.
Further, viewing of MTVN's on-air channels accounts for over 25% of
all time spent watching cable television, with such valuable brands as
Nickelodeon which is now enjoying its 11th year as the top- rated cable
network.

MTV Networks, a unit of Viacom (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B), is one of the
world's leading creators of programming and content across all media
platforms.  MTV Networks, with more than 120 channels worldwide, owns
and operates the following television programming services - MTV: MUSIC
TELEVISION, MTV2, VH1, mtvU, NICKELODEON, NICK at NITE, COMEDY CENTRAL,
TV LAND, SPIKE TV, CMT, NOGGIN, VH1 CLASSIC, LOGO, MTVN INTERNATIONAL
and THE DIGITAL SUITE FROM MTV NETWORKS, a package of 13 digital
services, with all of these networks trademarks of MTV Networks.

About Google Inc.
Google's innovative search technologies connect millions of people
around the world with information every day. Founded in 1998 by
Stanford Ph.D. students Larry Page and Sergey Brin, Google today is a
top web property in all major global markets. Google's targeted
advertising program provides businesses of all sizes with measurable
results, while enhancing the overall web experience for users. Google
is headquartered in Silicon Valley with offices throughout the
Americas, Europe and Asia. For more information, visit www.google.com.

 

 

 

HEE HAW RELEASES NEW DELUXE DVD BOX SET

A SALUTE TO HEE HAW - THE COLLECTOR'S EDITION

 

IN STORES SEPTEMBER 12

 

Collection Offers More Than 40 Musical Performances By

Hank Williams, Jr., Loretta Lynn,

Waylon Jennings, Tanya Tucker, Merle Haggard,

Conway Twitty, Ray Charles

And Many More!

 

 

 

 One of the most beloved series on American television will be commemorated in a five-DVD box set this fall as A Salute To HEE HAW - The Collector's Edition hits stores on September 12th (via Time Life in association with Gaylord Entertainment).   The collection, released just in time for the start of the holiday shopping season, is dominated by a who's who of country music from the 1960s and ‘70s.  Over 40 performances by such icons as co-hosts Buck Owens and Roy Clark, Hank Williams, Jr., Loretta Lynn, Tanya Tucker, Waylon Jennings, Merle Haggard, Conway Twitty and even Ray Charles and Jerry Lee Lewis remind viewers what an important role HEE HAW played in bringing country music into millions of homes.  Also exclusive to the set is brand new interview footage shot specifically for Time Life and peppered with behind-the-scenes anecdotes and wistful memories of Buck Owens, who died earlier this year.  Time Life has previously released single DVDs from the series which have gone on to sell over a million copies, but A Salute To HEE HAW  is the first box set to ever be assembled and is filled with episodes that have never been available via retail outlets before. 

     

     Comprised of eight different episodes, A Salute to HEE HAW -The Collector's Edition contains a total of eight hours of programming.  The five DVD package also includes a once-in-a-lifetime reunion of original cast members, videotaped in Nashville earlier this year specifically for the collection.  "We just couldn't pass up the opportunity to reunite members of the HEE HAW cast once more to share their experiences and reminisce about one of the most adored shows in the history of television," said Jeffrey Peisch head of Time Life's Video Division. Roy Clark, Roni Stoneman, Jim & John Hager, Lulu Roman, George Yanok and George "Goober" Lindsey speak candidly and emotionally about the time they spent together on the series. They reflect on the camaraderie and speak lovingly about fellow departed cast members including Grandpa Jones, Minnie Pearl and Buck Owens. And they answer one of the lingering questions about HEE HAW: No, Junior Samples wasn't acting.  A Salute to HEE HAW-The Collector's Edition is packaged in a unique collector's box featuring many exclusive photos, along with "high school yearbook-style" notes handwritten by HEE HAW cast members.

     

    Among other highlights, Dottie West performs "Silver Threads and Golden Needles"; Hank Williams, Jr. with "I'd Rather Be Gone"; Tanya Tucker singing her smash crossover hit "Delta Dawn," and Conway Twitty crooning "I Love You More Today."   One of the most special moments captured in the set is the historic appearance by Ray Charles on HEE HAW.  A long-time fan of country music, Ray Charles relished his appearance on the program.  He not only sang a soulful version of "Crying Time" (as a duet with Buck Owens), but also insisted on performing in the comedy segments.  It's priceless material for fans of Ray Charles, country music lovers and for devotees of classic television.

     

    HEE HAW was unlike anything else on television and created a timeless formula focused on rural, old-fashioned settings and Southern wit.  But the undeniable highlight of HEE HAW was the musical performances that filled each episode, not only by co-hosts Buck Owens and Roy Clark, but an impressive list of country music superstars and singers on the rise.  The new box set reflects the incredible legacy of country music that HEE HAW supported throughout its run, with an extraordinary list of musical guests whose performances ranged from classic to contemporary country and from gospel to bluegrass.

     

    HEE HAW, which ran from 1969-1992, began as a summer replacement on CBS and continued for over 20 years. The show's overwhelming popularity and its catch phrase "Hee, Haw" earned it a place in the pantheon of American culture which endures to this day.  And just this summer, the series returned to television on country music cable network, CMT. 

   

About Time Life Inc.

Headquartered in Fairfax VA, Time Life Inc. was founded in 1961 as a direct marketing company specializing in music and books.  It has since grown to become one of the world's largest direct marketers of audio and video products, selling more than 13 million units each year throughout North America, Europe, Asia and Australia, and is the largest advertiser of music products in Germany, Australia, and the United Kingdom.  Time-Life set the standard in the direct response industry by pioneering direct marketing techniques, building one of the most trusted and recognized brands in commerce.  The company now also sells their products through major traditional and non-traditional retailers around the world as well as via the Internet. Time Life is a registered trademark of Time Warner Inc. used under license by Direct Holdings Americas Inc., which is not affiliated with Time Warner Inc.

 

About Gaylord Entertainment
Gaylord Entertainment (NYSE: GET), a leading hospitality and entertainment company based in Nashville, Tenn., owns and operates three industry-leading brands - Gaylord Hotels (www.gaylordhotels.com), its network of upscale, meetings-focused resorts, ResortQuest (www.resortquest.com), the nation's largest vacation rental property management company, and the Grand Ole Opry (www.opry.com), the weekly showcase of country music's finest performers for 80 consecutive years. The company also owns Gaylord Program Services, Inc., owner of all rights and trademarks for HEE HAW, America's all-time favorite country music and comedy television series. The company's other entertainment brands and properties include Ryman Auditorium, General Jackson Showboat, Springhouse Links, Wildhorse Saloon, and WSM-AM. For more information about the company, visit http://www.gaylordentertainment.com/.


 


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