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Florida Travel Tips & Deals
Special CorrespondentCheck this list often as new tips, events and deals around Florida come in: Culinary features on Anna Maria Island Mainsail Beach Inn on Florida’s Anna Maria Island has partnered with the Beach Bistro to offer a number of culinary luxuries to...Tags: Golf, Rentals, Business, Zora Neale Hurston, Sculpture
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Microsoft unveils Xbox One! Layoffs at ESPN. Box-office pressure.
After the coffee. Before waiting for Xbox One to change my world. The Skinny: I may be in the minority, but I'm not looking for more interaction with my TV. I spend my days interacting and it is mostly a frustrating experience. I don't want to be...
Tags: Kelly Clarkson, Steven Spielberg, The New York Times, Television Industry, U.S. Department of Justice
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Walt Disney Co.'s ESPN says it is cutting staff
Just one week after touting its strength to advertisers and declaring it wasn't worried about new competition from Fox Sports, ESPN is cutting its staff. The moves are part of an overall cost-cutting effort by ESPN parent Walt Disney Co. Earlier this...Tags: Fox Sports (tv network), ESPN (tv network), Joe Flint, Television Industry
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United Talent Agency shoots for the stars with new screening room
The numbers on United Talent Agency's new 130,000-square-foot Beverly Hills digs are notable. The Civic Center Drive property includes a 158-piece art collection, 11 conference rooms and a private plaza that can accommodate as many as 500 people....
Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Elizabeth II, Rentals, Television Industry, Hilton Hotels Corp.
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How to talk like Yoda on Talk Like Yoda Day
Talk Like Yoda Day, Tuesday is. In Orlando, it seems like there's always a reason to celebrate the "Star Wars" films. Right now, we're in between sessions of Star Wars Weekends at Disney's Hollywood Studios. Last summer, Celebration VI, a convention...
Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Orange County Convention Center, Frank Oz, Warwick Davis, Star Wars (movie)
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SeaWorld's Antarctica could further tilt Orlando's tourism market
Three years ago, Harry Potter loosened Mickey Mouse's grip on Orlando's theme-park market. Now, Puck the Penguin is ready to try pulling Mickey's fingers even farther apart. After more than a year of construction, SeaWorld Orlando this week will...
Tags: Gardens and Parks, Jim Atchison, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Avatar (movie), Walt Disney World Resort
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Cleanin' up the Los Angeles river
Alex Hausman and his four-year-old son, Theo, were walking across a shallow area of the Los Angeles River on Saturday morning when they spotted a child-sized mattress floating near the edge. When a few nearby volunteers saw the find, they lifted the...
Tags: Google Inc., Whole Foods Market
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Calendar makes good quarter even better
OrlandoSentinel.comThe Walt Disney Co. 's theme-park division turned in an impressive second fiscal quarter, with operating income skyrocketing 73 percent from the same period a year ago, according to results announced last week.... -
ESPN to take over U.S. Open tennis rights from CBS in 2015
After holding serve for 45 years, CBS has lost the rights to the nation's premier tennis tournament. ESPN on Thursday said it has clinched an 11-year deal with the United States Tennis Assn. for the exclusive TV rights, beginning in 2015, for the annual...Tags: Tennis, Media Industry, Fox Sports (tv network), Tennis Channel (tv network), NBC (tv network)
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Getting into stormtrooper gear at Disney's Star Wars Weekends
Guests at Disney's Hollywood Studios can have their likenesses transformed into a stormtrooper figurine, pose for photographs with Jabba the Hutt's pet and hear a short story from a man who was an Ewok during this year's edition of Star Wars Weekends. The...
Tags: Sam Witwer, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Peter Mayhew, James Arnold Taylor, Warwick Davis
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2013 TV upfronts: Turner to offer online streams of TNT, TBS
NEW YORK -- Time Warner's TNT and TBS are joining the parade of networks offering a live linear feed of their channels online for viewers on the go. "Starting this summer, subscribers will be able to watch TBS and TNT live -- anytime, anywhere, on...
Tags: TNT (tv network), Television, TBS (tv network), Television Industry, ABC (tv network)
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Less dancing at ABC! Viacom jumps gun in upfront ad race.
After the coffee. Before the CBS and TNT upfronts. Jealous yet? The Skinny: It feels like I've been here a week. Oh wait, I have been here a week! By the time most of you read this, I'll have already been to two upfront events and in desperate need of a...
Tags: The New York Times, Viacom Inc., ABC (tv network), Television Industry, Entertainment
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May 16, 2013
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May 16, 2013
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May 15, 2013
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May 15, 2013
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