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Don't forget to subscribe through email.Jesus Figueroahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01001024556947912074noreply@blogger.comBlogger9690125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3003803242766282662.post-57059216798846450772024-03-27T15:49:00.001-07:002024-03-27T15:49:55.617-07:00Lifestyle: THE OBSCURE Season 2 continues with the story, presents a new side of the distillery<img id="id_40d9_3fac_8f93_a1f2" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d/1x9i8WCtirTTkJoEZB-xyAIfgmYh3GdQG" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><span class="s1"><b>Written by Jesus Figueroa</b></span></p><p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><span class="s1">@ThisFunktional</span></p><p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; min-height: 19px;"><span class="s1"></span><br></p><p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><span class="s1">A new set of drinks are presented in season 2 of THE OBSCURE, but a surprise ends the tasting experience.</span></p><p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; min-height: 19px;"><span class="s1"></span><br></p><p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><span class="s1">Season 1 of the tasting experience brings those in attendance some incredible drinks and history of not only the types of spirits used, but how distiller and creator Théron Regnier comes to make the unique spirits used in the cocktails.</span></p><p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; min-height: 19px;"><span class="s1"></span><br></p><p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><span class="s1">Those expecting the same thing with new drinks get what they expect and much more than adds to the experience.</span></p><p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; min-height: 19px;"><span class="s1"></span><br></p><p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><span class="s1">While the spirits and cocktails are the centerpiece of the experience, Reignier and his journey as a distiller is the aspect of the experience which connects the pieces together.</span></p><p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; min-height: 19px;"><span class="s1"></span><br></p><p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><span class="s1">Regnier hosts the tasting and shares just how special these spirits are.</span></p><p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; min-height: 19px;"><span class="s1"></span><br></p><p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><span class="s1">Harbinger Jakarta Rum opens the tasting with a smooth flavor. The shot on its own is delicious, but the Philosopher’s Punch cocktail was marvelous. </span></p><p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; min-height: 19px;"><span class="s1"></span><br></p><p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><span class="s1">This beginning drink sets the bar very high for flavors.</span></p><p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; min-height: 19px;"><span class="s1"></span><br></p><p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><span class="s1">The Rites of Fall Rye follows with a nutty taste, which was my personal favorite. The spirit has its special story and is the most unique spirit, not only for THE OBSCURE, but of many spirits this age.</span></p><p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; min-height: 19px;"><span class="s1"></span><br></p><p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><span class="s1">The cocktail that was made with this spirit was the Darling 58. This spectacular cocktail has a nutty and fruity flavor which is well worth savoring while sipping slowly to get all the key notes.</span></p><p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; min-height: 19px;"><span class="s1"></span><br></p><p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><span class="s1">Bar Director Hope Ewing takes tells the story of this spirit as she not only curated this drink, but she has a personal attachment to this spirit in particular.</span></p><p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; min-height: 19px;"><span class="s1"></span><br></p><p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><span class="s1">Then the experience changes as a sake is served to cleanse the palate before a change of location for the final drink.</span></p><p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; min-height: 19px;"><span class="s1"></span><br></p><p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><span class="s1">The Three Fates Génépi Liqueur is another flavorful citrus liqueur that does not need anything added to it to be a flavorful drink.</span></p><p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; min-height: 19px;"><span class="s1"></span><br></p><p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><span class="s1">The Serendipity cocktail which is a simple addition to the Three Fates Génépi accentuates the spirit bringing out more of its taste.</span></p><p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; min-height: 19px;"><span class="s1"></span><br></p><p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><span class="s1">The special part of the final cocktail is the location you get to drink it in, the members bar.</span></p><p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; min-height: 19px;"><span class="s1"></span><br></p><p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><span class="s1">This beautiful location is open to members of THE OBSCURE to bring up to three guests and enjoy the atmosphere and the spirits that are offered at THE OBSCURE.</span></p><p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; min-height: 19px;"><span class="s1"></span><br></p><p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><span class="s1">With such a wonderful experience through season one and season two, ThisFunktional will be on the lookout for season three and what that experience brings to make it stand out.</span></p> Jesus Figueroahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01001024556947912074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3003803242766282662.post-88810101583607846212024-03-27T12:38:00.001-07:002024-03-27T12:38:54.020-07:00Video Interview: @ThisFunktional talks with Actress, Writer, Singer-Songwriter Laura Ault about acting, music<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/qHhsQIteCrU" width="500" height="281" id="y_id_e76a_d74e_2e4e_23e1" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div><br></div><div><div>Jesus Figueroa, @ThisFunktional of ThisFunktional.com, talks with Actress, Writer, Singer-Songwriter Laura Ault about her career in acting and music.</div><div><br></div><div>Showing no signs of slowing down, Laura will next be seen in a recurring role on the new Apple TV+ Series "Bad Monkey" alongside Vince Vaughn and as Jo Schirra in "The Right Stuff." Now streaming all episodes on Disney+.</div><div><br></div><img id="id_2d26_21ef_2a36_11d6" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d/1i60HvTw0N2YiFHuyVfJXjgxFmkjVzTb2" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;">———————————————————<br><div>Anchor podcasts:</div><div>anchor.fm/ThisFunktional</div><div>anchor.fm/while-we-were-gaming</div><div>anchor.fm/LatinX-Talks</div><div><br></div><div>Gaming channels:</div><div>twitch.com/ThisFunktional</div><div>facebook.com/gaming/thisfunktionalgaming</div><div><br></div><div>Tipping Page:</div><div>streamelements.com/thisfunktional/tip</div><div><br></div><div>Like, Follow, Subscribe to ThisFunktional:</div><div>Thisfunktional.com</div><div>@thisfunktional</div><div>instagram.com/thisfunktional</div><div>facebook.com/thisfunktional</div><div>YouTube.com/thisfunktional</div><div>thisfunktional.tumblr.com</div></div>Jesus Figueroahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01001024556947912074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3003803242766282662.post-16237252165090834872024-03-27T12:25:00.001-07:002024-03-27T12:25:33.420-07:00Sports Recap: Angel City draws on first away game of 2024, first of 3 game roadtrip<img id="id_b999_a74e_2f8e_f2a3" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d/13ekn6wTENWoIsgAFIRppfnos5v7YiRwF" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><span class="s1"><b>Written by Jesus Figueroa</b></span></p><p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><span class="s1">@ThisFunktional</span></p><p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; min-height: 19px;"><span class="s1"></span><br></p><p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><span class="s1">While the first Angel City FC game of the season ended in a draw, it’s a good place to be for Angel City early in the season.</span></p><p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; min-height: 19px;"><span class="s1"></span><br></p><p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><span class="s1">Angel City started the game rocky against Orlando Pride at Inter & Co Stadium in Florida, but playing away in rainy weather against a formidable team and being the first to score and showing dominance shows promise.</span></p><p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; min-height: 19px;"><span class="s1"></span><br></p><p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><span class="s1">Claire Emslie, Angel City number 10, scored a well taken penalty shot early in the second half at the 53rd minute.</span></p><p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; min-height: 19px;"><span class="s1"></span><br></p><p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><span class="s1">Angel City would keep the lead until late in the game when Marta, Orlando Pride number 10, scored a volley off a corner set piece that she was left unmarked.</span></p><p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; min-height: 19px;"><span class="s1"></span><br></p><p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><span class="s1">The back line for Angel City dominated the Orlando Pride forwards for the majority of the game, even as MA Vignola, Angel City number 16, went down early in the first half with a possible knee injury.</span></p><p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; min-height: 19px;"><span class="s1"></span><br></p><p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><span class="s1">Merritt Mathias, Angel City number 12, got subbed on for the injured Vignola and got to play considerable minutes after coming back from injury that had her miss the 2023 season.</span></p><p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; min-height: 19px;"><span class="s1"></span><br></p><p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><span class="s1">The midfield for Angel City had a good game and showed they could keep possession as well as get the ball back quickly when needed and go forward to try to score as the midfielders were in the box in a dangerous position many times throughout the entire game.</span></p><p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; min-height: 19px;"><span class="s1"></span><br></p><p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><span class="s1">Angel City forwards continue to struggle to put the ball in the back of the net, even though Emslie continues to be able to break the defense and put in a good cross which is not met for chance at goal.</span></p><p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; min-height: 19px;"><span class="s1"></span><br></p><p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><span class="s1">Alyssa Thompson, Angel City number 21, created some opportunities, but is yet to score this season. As a rookie, Thompson scored Angel City’s opening goal in the 2023 season. Thompson was able to use her speed and agility to trouble the Orlando defense and create a few promising opportunities and shows that the ability is there even if the scoring has been lacking.</span></p><p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; min-height: 19px;"><span class="s1"></span><br></p><p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><span class="s1">Angel City forward Messiah Bright, number 24, and former Orlando Pride forward, had an impressive game showing her former team the progress she has made as a player. Bright was able to maneuver her way through the defense and win the ball in promising areas as well as make crucial passes to players in the attacking third.</span></p><p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; min-height: 19px;"><span class="s1"></span><br></p><p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><span class="s1">Angel City goalkeeper Angelina Anderson, number 19, almost had her first clean sheet of the 2024 season after stopping many promising attacks from Orlando, but was beaten on the far post by Marta’s game tying volley.</span></p><p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; min-height: 19px;"><span class="s1"></span><br></p><p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><span class="s1">Angel City continues their roadtrip traveling to CPKC Stadium to face the Kansas City Current on March 30 at 12:30 p.m. PT.</span></p> Jesus Figueroahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01001024556947912074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3003803242766282662.post-73941330307823918542024-03-22T01:31:00.001-07:002024-03-22T01:31:45.284-07:00Announcement: YOSHIKI Invited to Perform U.S. National Anthem at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles for Hello Kitty Night on April 16<img id="id_5e90_afba_ccea_4ff9" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d/1OTYz1Eymo317a274ZGHpJb3ALh-eBxNz" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;">(Info from press release)<div><br></div><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b><font size="5">Rock Star Made Announcement at Press Conference in Tokyo for His High-Fashion Brand MAISON YOSHIKI PARIS</font></b></div></b><div><br></div> Following his return from Milan, YOSHIKI held a press conference in Tokyo, unveiling exciting new developments for his high-fashion brand, MAISON YOSHIKI PARIS, which debuted at last month's Milan Fashion Week.<div><br></div><div>It was also announced that YOSHIKI will perform the U.S. national anthem at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on April 16 for "Hello Kitty Night", with Hello Kitty making a special appearance for the ceremonial first pitch. Dodger Stadium is the home of Los Angeles Dodgers' star players Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto.</div><div><br></div><div>Earlier this year, it was announced that YOSHIKI will create the global theme song for Hello Kitty's 50th Anniversary celebration.</div><div><br></div><div>Tickets for the Dodger Stadium special event can be purchased via the official Dodgers website.</div><blockquote>YOSHIKI said at the press conference, "The concept of MAISON YOSHIKI PARIS is edgy, genderless, sustainable, and upcycled."</blockquote><div>Vogue Magazine review: "At MAISON YOSHIKI PARIS, modern tailoring and hard edged details make for perfect harmony… glamour and drama coexisted well in this solid debut." The fashion line also received rave reviews from the media around the world, including WWD and New York Magazine's The Cut.</div><div><br></div><div>The complete footage of MAISON YOSHIKI PARIS's debut collection was revealed on the brand's official YouTube channel:
MAISON YOSHIKI PARIS - Milan Fashion Week 24/25 (Full Show)</div><div><div><a href="https://youtu.be/gVBknbEPi3Y" id="id_5ba6_9dad_d2f2_bb75" target="_blank">youtu.be/gVBknbEPi3Y</a></div><div><span style="line-height: 21.6px;"><br></span><span style="line-height: 21.6px;"><b><u>For more information about MAISON YOSHIKI PARIS:</u></b><br></span><span style="line-height: 21.6px;"><b>Official Website:</b> </span><a href="https://www.maisonyoshikiparis.com/" id="id_dc2b_ad6d_86e9_eea6" target="_blank">maisonyoshikiparis.com/</a></div><div><span style="line-height: 21.6px;"><b>Instagram:</b> </span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/maisonyoshiki/" id="id_b4e4_8ee4_4cfc_52de" target="_blank">instagram.com/maisonyoshiki/</a><span style="line-height: 21.6px;"> </span></div><div><span style="line-height: 21.6px;"><br></span><span style="line-height: 21.6px;"><b><u>For more information about YOSHIKI:</u></b><br></span><span style="line-height: 21.6px;"><b>Official Website:</b> </span><a href="https://www.yoshiki.net/" id="id_c79c_197d_abea_c9c5" target="_blank">yoshiki.net/</a></div><div><span style="line-height: 21.6px;"><b>Instagram:</b> </span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/yoshikiofficial/" id="id_6256_e348_cdf7_909" target="_blank">instagram.com/yoshikiofficial/</a></div><div><span style="line-height: 21.6px;"><b>YouTube:</b> </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/yoshiki" id="id_5ebb_f8a4_201c_1bf2" target="_blank">youtube.com/yoshiki</a></div></div>Jesus Figueroahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01001024556947912074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3003803242766282662.post-16128267389725871752024-03-22T01:15:00.001-07:002024-03-22T01:15:51.459-07:00Announcement: LISA FRANKENSTEIN Comes Alive on Digital March 29, Blu-ray April 9<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/RXte6ceN3P0?si=dCQUyki1XyRDug2i" width="500" height="281" id="y_id_9d8f_71be_54c1_4ced" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div>(Info from press release)</div><div><br></div><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b><font size="5">THE HAIR-RAISING COMEDY HORROR FILM
COMES ALIVE AT HOME IN AN ALL-NEW COLLECTOR’S EDITION FEATURING NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN DELETED SCENES,
A GAG REEL, AND MORE!</font></b></div></b><div><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>YOURS TO OWN ON DIGITAL MARCH 29, 2024,
AND ON BLU-RAY™ & DVD APRIL 9, 2024
FROM UNIVERSAL PICTURES HOME ENTERTAINMENT</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: left;">Kathryn Newton and Cole Sprouse star in Focus Features’ 80’s inspired dark comedy, LISA FRANKENSTEIN, available to own as a Collector’s Edition with never-before-seen bonus content on Digital <span dir="ltr" style="line-height: inherit !important;">March 29, 2024</span>, and on Blu-rayTM and DVD <span dir="ltr" style="line-height: inherit !important;">April 9, 2024</span>, from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment. The electrifying bonus material includes a hilarious gag reel, deleted scenes, and featurettes that give a behind-the-scenes look at Diablo Cody’s inspiration behind the film, Lisa’s relationship with Creature, plus a feature commentary by director Zelda Williams.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br></div><div style="text-align: left;">LISA FRANKENSTEIN is directed by Zelda Williams in her feature-length directorial debut and written by Academy Award® winning scribe Diablo Cody (Jennifer’s Body, Juno.) The film stars Kathryn Newton (Blockers, “Big Little Lies”), Cole Sprouse (Big Daddy, “Riverdale”), Liza Soberano (Alone/Together, “Make It with You”), Henry Eikenberry (“Euphoria,” “The Crowded Room”), Joe Chrest (Killers of the Flower Moon, “Stranger Things”), and Carla Gugino (Watchmen, San Andreas).</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br></div><div style="text-align: left;">A coming of RAGE love story about a misunderstood teenager and her high school crush, who happens to be a handsome corpse. After a set of playfully horrific circumstances bring him back to life, the two embark on a murderous journey to find love, happiness … and a few missing body parts along the way.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><strong style="caret-color: rgb(32, 32, 32); color: rgb(32, 32, 32); font-family: tahoma, verdana, segoe, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><u><br></u></strong></div><div>BONUS FEATURES on BLU-RAYTM AND DVD:</div><div><ul><li>DELETED SCENES<ul><li>Get Me Out of Hell!</li><li>Knock Knock</li><li>Music Lovers</li><li>Incredible Friend</li><li>Breaking News</li></ul></li><li>GAG REEL</li><li>RESURRECTING THE 1980’s – Set in 1989, LISA FRANKENSTEIN is a loving tribute to the wacky, tacky, yet totally awesome 80s. Every department of production embraced the stylized world Diablo Cody created in her script and brought their A-game to making this colorful world a reality.</li><li>AN ELECTRIC CONNECTION – While it's no easy feat to turn a 19th century dead guy into the perfect boyfriend, this piece explores Lisa and her charming Creature and what makes their relationship work. Kathryn Newton, Cole Sprouse, and filmmakers explore how Lisa and Creature really need each other to truly thrive, why Creature is the “perfect man,” and Lisa’s choice at the end of the film.</li><li>A DARK COMEDY DUO – Well-known for her ability to subvert genres, Diablo Cody delves into the inspiration behind LISA FRANKENSTEIN, what made her want to give the Frankenstein story a youthful, modern twist full of both horror and hilarity, and why Zelda Williams was the perfect choice to bring her story to life.</li><li>FEATURE COMMENTARY WITH DIRECTOR ZELDA WILLIAMS</li></ul><img id="id_2d8b_4ec1_539_c49" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d/1ImuWuZ1T9q3Pija3U-20xEULw5RF-7ZL" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><div><b><u>For more information on LISA FRANKENSTEIN, please visit:</u></b><br>Facebook: <a href="https://mandykaymarketing.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d610d4d2df4bfb8063b317d6f&id=d68a1a9b1b&e=fd27f00513" id="id_94b4_53e8_9bbe_f67a" target="_blank">/LisaFrankensteinFilm</a> | <a href="https://mandykaymarketing.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d610d4d2df4bfb8063b317d6f&id=16c5d867d6&e=fd27f00513" id="id_2c3d_2b0d_4e41_192d" target="_blank">/UniversalPicturesAllAccess</a><br>X: <a href="https://mandykaymarketing.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d610d4d2df4bfb8063b317d6f&id=9c0f1c01ca&e=fd27f00513" id="id_1a70_c556_7c74_ee0e" target="_blank">@lisafrankenfilm</a> | <a href="https://mandykaymarketing.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d610d4d2df4bfb8063b317d6f&id=cbc9bca52f&e=fd27f00513" id="id_1d1d_c882_7109_61d6" target="_blank">@UniAllAccess</a><br>Instagram: <a href="https://mandykaymarketing.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d610d4d2df4bfb8063b317d6f&id=b5b360f937&e=fd27f00513" id="id_473c_1678_7e87_738a" target="_blank">@Lisafrankensteinfilm</a> | <a href="https://mandykaymarketing.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d610d4d2df4bfb8063b317d6f&id=c8f83bc116&e=fd27f00513" id="id_9cc0_f1b0_e77d_7862" target="_blank">@UniAllAccess</a><br>#LisaFrankenstein</div></div>Jesus Figueroahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01001024556947912074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3003803242766282662.post-50169037707879918142024-03-21T17:28:00.001-07:002024-03-21T17:29:55.539-07:00Video Interview: @ThisFunktional talks to Director Melissa Vitelli about ABIGAIL<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kixI4miF29s" width="500" height="281" id="y_id_41dc_641e_d0ca_b62c" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div><br></div><div><div>Jesus Figueroa, @ThisFunktional of ThisFunktional.com, talks with director Melissa Vitelli about ABIGAIL.</div><div><br></div><div>In 1976 Alabama, Abigail and her mom move to a new town for a fresh start. A precocious teen, Abigail befriends the lonely boy next door and soon stands up to his bullies. As she takes him under her wing, the secrets of her past begin to surface. Though they take on the world together, he discovers she may have a more disturbing side.</div><div><br></div> <img id="id_16e_36a7_1027_e0a2" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d/1-h8I5wVpAwHKFaVAC99yaq9x76F01Ejy" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"> <div>———————————————————</div><div>Anchor podcasts:</div><div>anchor.fm/ThisFunktional</div><div>anchor.fm/while-we-were-gaming</div><div>anchor.fm/LatinX-Talks</div><div><br></div><div>Gaming channels:</div><div>twitch.com/ThisFunktional</div><div>facebook.com/gaming/thisfunktionalgaming</div><div><br></div><div>Tipping Page:</div><div>streamelements.com/thisfunktional/tip</div><div><br></div><div>Like, Follow, Subscribe to ThisFunktional:</div><div>Thisfunktional.com</div><div>@thisfunktional</div><div>instagram.com/thisfunktional</div><div>facebook.com/thisfunktional</div><div>YouTube.com/thisfunktional</div><div>thisfunktional.tumblr.com</div></div>Jesus Figueroahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01001024556947912074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3003803242766282662.post-36068273215607518712024-03-21T17:16:00.001-07:002024-03-21T17:16:43.024-07:00Trailer: The juice is loose! Official Teaser Trailer for BEETLEJUICE BEETLEJUICE, in theaters September 6<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/e6yDanmWI1E" width="500" height="281" id="y_id_724e_734d_b2f3_831f" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div>(Info from press release)</div><div><br></div><div><div><a name="_Hlk159328978">Beetlejuice is back! Oscar-nominated, singular creative visionary Tim Burton and Oscar nominee and star Michael Keaton reunite for Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, the long-awaited sequel to Burton’s award-winning Beetlejuice.<br></a><br></div><div>Keaton returns to his iconic role alongside Oscar nominee Winona Ryder (Stranger Things, Little Women) as Lydia Deetz and two-time Emmy winner Catherine O’Hara (Schitt$ Creek, Corpse Bride) as Delia Deetz, with new cast members Justin Theroux (Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi, The Leftovers), Monica Bellucci (Spectre, The Matrix films), Arthur Conti (House of the Dragon) in his feature film debut, with Emmy nominee Jenna Ortega (Wednesday, Scream VI) as Lydia’s daughter, Astrid, and Oscar nominee Willem Dafoe (Poor Things, At Eternity’s Gate).<br><br></div><div>After an unexpected family tragedy, three generations of the Deetz family return home to Winter River. Still haunted by Beetlejuice, Lydia's life is turned upside down when her rebellious teenage daughter, Astrid, discovers the mysterious model of the town in the attic and the portal to the Afterlife is accidentally opened. With trouble brewing in both realms, it's only a matter of time until someone says Beetlejuice's name three times and the mischievous demon returns to unleash his very own brand of mayhem.<br><br></div><div>Burton, a genre unto himself, directs from a screenplay by Alfred Gough & Miles Millar (Wednesday), story by Gough & Millar and Seth Grahame-Smith (The LEGO® Batman Movie), based on characters created by Michael McDowell & Larry Wilson. The film’s producers are Marc Toberoff, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Tommy Harper and Burton, with Sara Desmond, Katterli Frauenfelder, Gough, Millar, Brad Pitt, Larry Wilson, Laurence Senelick, Pete Chiappetta, Andrew Lary, Anthony Tittanegro, Grahame-Smith and David Katzenberg executive producing.<br><br></div><div>Burton’s creatives behind the scenes includes director of photography Haris Zambarloukos (Meg 2: The Trench,Murder on the Orient Express); such previous and frequent collaborators as production designer Mark Scruton (Wednesday), editor Jay Prychidny (Wednesday), Oscar-winning costume designer Colleen Atwood (Alice in Wonderland, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Sleepy Hollow), Oscar-winning creature effects and special makeup FX creative supervisor Neal Scanlan (Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory) and Oscar-nominated composer Danny Elfman (Big Fish, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Batman); and Oscar-winning hair and makeup designer Christine Blundell (Topsy-Turvy).<br><br></div><img id="id_16f2_5f64_ea1b_d381" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d/18A6iyzvQ_HRt8qW8vxFipU8WEFzvobDW" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>A Warner Bros. Pictures presentation, Beetlejuice Beetlejuicewill be released only in theaters and IMAX <span dir="ltr">on September 6, 2024</span> nationwide, and internationally <span dir="ltr">beginning 4 September 2024</span>. It will be distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures.</b></div><p align="center"><o:p></o:p></p><p align="center"><o:p></o:p></p><p align="center"><o:p></o:p></p><p align="center"><o:p></o:p></p><p align="center"><o:p></o:p></p></div>Jesus Figueroahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01001024556947912074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3003803242766282662.post-79686601840406041002024-03-21T16:47:00.001-07:002024-03-21T16:48:43.339-07:00Announcement: Universal Monsters Store at Production Central is Now Open at Universal CityWalk Bringing to Life Universal Pictures’ Classic Monsters, in an All-New Retail Experience<img id="id_b52d_c732_65eb_90c" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d/1GHNo9c4ZHMcJY7NSXwvkr9zw33rRgu_p" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><div>(Info from press release)</div><div><br><div>Icons of horror—<span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Frankenstein’s Monster, The Bride of Frankenstein, Dracula, The Wolf Man, Creature from the Black Lagoon, The Mummy</span> and more—take centerstage at the Universal Monsters Store at Production Central now open at <a href="https://www.universalstudioshollywood.com/web/en/us/things-to-do/lands/citywalk" style="box-sizing: border-box;" id="id_12f0_acfe_54a2_3aa8" target="_blank">Universal CityWalk Hollywood</a>.<br><br></div><div>Inspired by Universal Pictures’ classic monsters—whose stories symbolize the misunderstood, the outsider and the misfit—this all-new retail store is divided into four aptly themed sections that include a tomb, a gothic cathedral, a laboratory and outdoor woods – serving as photo backdrops for guests to experience. Each themed section features a wide range of unique products, including apparel, accessories, magnets, keychains, drinkware, toys and other collectibles.<br><br></div><div>Movie props and décor enhance this retail destination and include such theming as aged pine boxes resembling coffins to replace familiar retail store display tables. A paver pattern designed to look like cobblestone, reminiscent of Old Europe outdoor stonework paths, adorns the floor to seamlessly blend into each of the four sections of the store.<br><br></div><div>The new Universal Monsters Store is located adjacent to <a href="https://www.universalstudioshollywood.com/web/en/us/things-to-do/dining/citywalk/toothsome-chocolate-emporium-and-savory-feast-kitchen" style="box-sizing: border-box;" id="id_8504_84d1_3c0a_c106" target="_blank">The Toothsome Chocolate Emporium & Savory Feast Kitchen</a> and the popular <a href="https://www.citywalkhollywood.com/Cinema/Now-Playing/" style="box-sizing: border-box;" id="id_aaf0_912b_3d5d_443e" target="_blank">Universal Cinema, a AMC® Theater</a> and joins other CityWalk establishments, including <a href="https://www.universalorlando.com/web/en/us/things-to-do/dining/nbc-sports-grill-brew" style="box-sizing: border-box;" id="id_248f_67f6_9de2_1577" target="_blank">NBC Sports Grill & Brew</a>, <a href="https://www.citywalkhollywood.com/Dine/Casual-Dining/Antojitos/" style="box-sizing: border-box;" id="id_91e1_ad7d_160f_b2e4" target="_blank">Antojitos Cocina Mexicana</a>, <a href="https://www.citywalkhollywood.com/Dine/Casual-Dining/Vivo-Italian-Kitchen/" style="box-sizing: border-box;" id="id_d20f_816_2451_cd88" target="_blank">VIVO Italian Kitchen</a>, <a href="https://www.universalstudioshollywood.com/web/en/us/things-to-do/dining/citywalk/firehouse-subs" style="box-sizing: border-box;" id="id_453d_ac09_fb47_1472" target="_blank">Firehouse Subs®</a>, <a href="https://www.citywalkhollywood.com/Dine/Casual-Dining/Jimmy-Buffett-s-Margaritaville/" style="box-sizing: border-box;" id="id_2d89_750a_372f_f17" target="_blank">Jimmy Buffett’s Margaritaville</a><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">®,</span><a href="https://www.universalstudioshollywood.com/web/en/us/things-to-do/dining/citywalk/the-habit-burger-grill" style="box-sizing: border-box;" id="id_953e_465d_2c4b_e752" target="_blank">The Habit Burger Grill</a>® and <a href="https://www.citywalkhollywood.com/Dine/Snacks-Refreshments/Voodoo-Doughnut/" style="box-sizing: border-box;" id="id_b949_10e9_20a6_6680" target="_blank">Voodoo Doughnut</a><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">®</span>.<br><br></div><div>For more information about Universal Studios Hollywood and Universal CityWalk, guests can visit <a href="http://www.universalstudioshollywood.com/" style="box-sizing: border-box;" id="id_5e77_cbce_b739_a40e" target="_blank">UniversalStudiosHollywood.com</a>; like Universal Studios Hollywood on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/universalstudioshollywood" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Facebook</a> and follow @UniStudios on <a href="http://www.instagram.com/UniStudios" style="box-sizing: border-box;" id="id_66c2_c0a5_9823_629f" target="_blank">Instagram</a> and <a href="http://www.twitter.com/UniStudios" style="box-sizing: border-box;" id="id_6e96_527_9b51_ce2f" target="_blank">X (formerly known as Twitter</a>).</div></div><div><br></div>Jesus Figueroahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01001024556947912074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3003803242766282662.post-54617797035042348362024-03-21T09:52:00.001-07:002024-03-21T09:53:53.135-07:00@ThisFunktional #Contest: THE FIRST OMEN Fandango Code<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/lmN1Op8ygno" width="500" height="281" id="y_id_ff08_382d_c3b4_3680" frameborder="0"></iframe><b><br></b></div> <b>Written by Jesus Figueroa</b><br><div>@ThisFunktional</div><div><br></div><div style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;"><span style="orphans: 2; widows: 2;">Horror fans, 20th Century Studios’ THE FIRST OMEN is coming to theaters April 5.</span></div><div><span style="orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><br></span></div><div><span style="orphans: 2; widows: 2;">ThisFunktional has some fandango codes for some lucky winners to watch the movie.</span></div><div><span style="orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><br></span></div><div></div><div><div><p dir="ltr" id="docs-internal-guid-edc2e14f-7fff-6649-9703-517bbcf50343" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><b>Winners will receive:</b></p></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><div><ul><li>1 Fandango code for THE FIRST OMEN</li></ul></div><div><span class="s2"><b>Here's more ways to enter:</b><br></span><span class="s2">To enter you must be subscribed to my YouTube channel: <a href="https:///www.youtube.com/channel/thisfunktional" id="id_1b04_73d9_3982_c607" target="_blank">Thisfunktional</a></span>, Twitch channel: <a href="Twitch.com/ThisFunktional" id="id_4ef2_d198_4039_e3bb" target="_blank">Twitch.com/ThisFunktional</a>, and follow <a href="instagram.com/Thisfunktional" id="id_9deb_3be1_a230_e5f9" target="_blank">instagram.com/Thisfunktional</a>, as well as joining my <a href="https://ig.me/j/AbYQvw8byQqIreaP/" id="id_616a_761c_43ab_5ff7" target="_blank">Instagram channel</a> and email me your full name and email with the subject line #ThisfunktionalContest #TheFirstOmen to <a href="mailto:Thisfunktional@Gmail.com" id="id_ef5a_e11f_ce64_1b38">Thisfunktional@Gmail.com</a>.<br><span class="s2"><br></span></div><div><span class="s2"><font size="2"><b>Disclaimer:</b> Winners will be chosen randomly. Contest runs to April 1,, 2024 at noon. No purchase necessary. Prize provided by 20th Century Studios. Only open to the U.S., no PO Boxes or international addresses. Only one entry per household. Entries on behalf of another person will not be accepted and joint submissions are not allowed. We will not accept entries of contestants who have claimed a prize in the last 6 months.</font></span></div><div><span class="s2"><font size="2"><br></font></span></div></div></div> <div><div><img id="id_28c6_fd52_b14a_bfc7" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d/1kSl4MUIJUf6EQdCdritA6nkiMzLQsGnD" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 307px; height: auto; margin: 4px; display: block; float: left;"></div><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin: 0in; line-height: normal;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin: 0in; line-height: normal;"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><br></div> 20th Century Studios’ psychological horror film “The First Omen,” which is a prequel to the classic horror film franchise, will open April 5, exclusively in theaters nationwide.<div><br></div><div>When a young American woman is sent to Rome to begin a life of service to the church, she encounters a darkness that causes her to question her own faith and uncovers a terrifying conspiracy that hopes to bring about thebirth of evil incarnate.</div><div><br></div><div>“The First Omen” stars Nell Tiger Free (“Servant”), Tawfeek Barhom (“Mary Magdalene”), Sonia Braga (“Kiss of the Spider Woman”), Ralph Ineson (“The Northman”), and Bill Nighy (“Living”).</div><div><br></div><div>The film is directed by Arkasha Stevenson based on characters created by David Seltzer (“The Omen”), with a story by Ben Jacoby (“Bleed”) and a screenplay by Tim Smith & Arkasha Stevenson and Keith Thomas (“Firestarter”).</div><div><br></div><div>The producers are David S. Goyer (“Hellraiser”) and Keith Levine (“The Night House”) and the executive producers are Tim Smith, Whitney Brown (“Rosaline”), and Gracie Wheelan.</div><div><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><font size="7">THE FIRST OMEN</font></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><font size="5">In Theaters April 5</font></b></div>Jesus Figueroahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01001024556947912074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3003803242766282662.post-86080399088719785462024-03-21T08:58:00.001-07:002024-03-21T09:03:48.781-07:00Video Interview: @ThisFunktional talks with Actress Chantelle Albers about TWO SINNERS AND A MULE<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/NjnYb704Vas" width="500" height="281" id="y_id_61aa_d9a8_50f4_893c" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div><br></div> Jesus Figueroa, @ThisFunktional of ThisFunktional.com, talks with Actress Chantelle Albers about TWO SINNERS AND A MULE.<div><br></div><div>In TWO SINNERS AND A MULE directed by rodeo champ turned filmmaker Raliegh Wilson, free-spirited 'Alice' (Chantelle Albers) and 'Nora' (Hannah James) set out for Virginia City to pursue their dream of opening a restaurant after being kicked out of a small Western town for sinful behavior. Out on the prairie, they come across an injured bounty hunter named Elden (Cam Gigandet, Twilight). Hoping to share in the reward, they nurse Elden back to health and help him stalk his prey, Grimes (Cord Newman). But as Nora and Alice both develop feelings for Elden, no one notices that Grimes is now on their tail, and the hunters become the hunted. </div><div><br></div><img id="id_3b2a_116_4512_caa1" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d/1jPBFY3E7Cro1K9nMzYE5nuWJy25NZrIe" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><div>——————————————————— </div><div><div>Anchor podcasts:</div><div>anchor.fm/ThisFunktional</div><div>anchor.fm/while-we-were-gaming</div><div>anchor.fm/LatinX-Talks</div><div><br></div><div>Gaming channels:</div><div>twitch.com/ThisFunktional</div><div>facebook.com/gaming/thisfunktionalgaming</div><div><br></div><div>Tipping Page:</div><div>streamelements.com/thisfunktional/tip</div><div><br></div><div>Like, Follow, Subscribe to ThisFunktional:</div><div>Thisfunktional.com</div><div>@thisfunktional</div><div>instagram.com/thisfunktional</div><div>facebook.com/thisfunktional</div><div>YouTube.com/thisfunktional</div><div>thisfunktional.tumblr.com</div></div>Jesus Figueroahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01001024556947912074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3003803242766282662.post-72700382618563621042024-03-21T08:50:00.001-07:002024-03-21T09:07:13.141-07:00Announcement: Beetlejuice is back, checkout the images from the upcoming BEETLEJUICE BEETLEJUICE, theaters on September 6<img id="id_859d_d525_b071_81e6" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d/1-EKLQuqpONs-U7LBYx3QY_ws4PKK_fTS" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><div>(Info from press release)<br></div><div><br></div> Oscar-nominated creative visionary Tim Burton and Oscar nominee and star Michael Keaton reunite for Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, in theaters on September 6.<div><br></div><div>Keaton returns to his iconic role alongside Oscar nominee Winona Ryder (Stranger Things, Little Women) as Lydia Deetz and two-time Emmy winner Catherine O’Hara (Schitt$ Creek, Corpse Bride) as Delia Deetz, with new cast members Justin Theroux (Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi, The Leftovers), Monica Bellucci (Spectre, The Matrix films), Arthur Conti (House of the Dragon) in his feature film debut, with Emmy nominee Jenna Ortega (Wednesday, Scream VI) as Lydia’s daughter, Astrid, and Oscar nominee Willem Dafoe (Poor Things, At Eternity’s Gate).</div><div><br></div><div>After an unexpected family tragedy, three generations of the Deetz family return home to Winter River. Still haunted by Beetlejuice, Lydia's life is turned upside down when her rebellious teenage daughter, Astrid, discovers the mysterious model of the town in the attic and the portal to the Afterlife is accidentally opened. With trouble brewing in both realms, it's only a matter of time until someone says Beetlejuice's name three times and the mischievous demon returns to unleash his very own brand of mayhem.</div><div><br></div><img id="id_c967_5102_9181_8ae" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d/1qwxeg34_VtKCQbng5-vy0j4z8cRDovpI" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>A Warner Bros. Pictures presentation, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice will be released only in theaters and IMAX on September 6, 2024 nationwide, and internationally beginning 4 September 2024.
It will be distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures</b></div>Jesus Figueroahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01001024556947912074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3003803242766282662.post-55539870987776896342024-03-19T00:33:00.001-07:002024-03-19T00:33:22.969-07:00Sports Recap: Angel City FC start 2024 season with a loss<img id="id_1228_bad4_7d45_96" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d/1WnE5Tw6YcqbqME-F2_Yn33fhuLSCf4QN" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><b>Written by Jesus Figueroa</b><br><div><div><span class="s1">@ThisFunktional</span><br><span class="s1"><br></span></div><div><span class="s1">Although Angel City FC produced many promising opportunities for goal, ACFC lose to new Northern California rivals Bay FC at their season and home opener on March 17 at BMO Stadium.</span><br><span class="s1"><br></span></div><div><span class="s1">The final whistle blew to a 1-0 loss for Angel City after numerous opportunities at goal just could not find the back of the net.</span><br><span class="s1"><br></span></div><div><span class="s1">The loss came after Bay FC’s Asisat Oshoala early goal in the 16th minute of play.</span><br><span class="s1"><br></span></div><div><span class="s1">Angel City played well throughout the entire match, but a single mistake close to their net was costly as it led to the only goal of the game.</span><br><span class="s1"><br></span></div><div><span class="s1">The crowd cheered from beginning to end, a sold out crowd of 22,000 in attendance at BMO Stadium showed up ready to make some noise.</span><br><span class="s1"><br></span></div><div><span class="s1">Goalie Angelina Anderson kept several shots on goal from going in with some impressive stops.</span><br><span class="s1"><br></span></div><div><span class="s1">That’s not to say the defense did not do a great job, the back line of M.A. Vignola, left back, Paige Nielsen, Sarah Gordon, and Ali Riley were busy keeping Bay FC’s fast attackers at bay.</span><br><span class="s1"><br></span></div><div><span class="s1">Subs came a bit late but had an impact with a few promising opportunities at goal, although none were able to score to tie the game.</span><br><span class="s1"><br></span></div><div><span class="s1">Riley and Vignola went up the sides to provide more options for a pathway to goal, which showed as Angel City had more shots at goat than Bay FC.</span><br><span class="s1"><br></span></div><div><span class="s1">The midfield took care of the ball and made good passes which connected to give Bay FC trouble.</span><br><span class="s1"><br></span></div><div><span class="s1">Angel City’s Amandine Henry looked strong in the mid, with newcomers Kennedy Fuller and Maggie Dougherty Howard on each side.</span><br><span class="s1"><br></span></div><div><span class="s1">Bay FC goalie Lysianne Proulx had good position and seemed to be at the right place at the right time.</span><br><span class="s1"><br></span></div><div><span class="s1">So many shots looked to be headed in the right direction only to have Proulx get fingertips enough to keep the ball out.</span><br><span class="s1"><br></span></div><div><span class="s1">Angel City’s Claire Emslie had to put in much work with many promising classes into the box and corner set pieces that all looked dangerous.</span></div></div><div><span class="s1"><br></span></div><div><span class="s1">Angel City FC play away on March 22 at 5pm PT against Orlando Pride. The game will be broadcast on Prime Video.</span></div>Jesus Figueroahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01001024556947912074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3003803242766282662.post-3970308332345831882024-03-18T23:59:00.001-07:002024-03-18T23:59:58.916-07:00Announcement: Check Out the NEW Official Poster, Character Posters for BOY KILLS WORLD<img id="id_a4bb_a792_271c_81f6" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d/1Fa46DtDZ-VnSgfApUZAFTUyEFGUg5Pmx" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><div>(Info from press release)</div><div><br></div><div><span style="text-align: center;">Bill Skarsgård stars as "Boy" who vows revenge after his family is murdered by Hilda Van Der Koy (Janssen), the deranged matriarch of a corrupt post-apocalyptic dynasty that left the boy orphaned, deaf and voiceless. Driven by his inner voice, one which he co-opted from his favorite childhood video game, Boy trains with a mysterious shaman (Ruhian) to become an instrument of death and is set loose on the eve of the annual culling of dissidents. Bedlam ensues as Boy commits bloody martial arts mayhem, inciting a wrath of carnage and blood-letting. As he tries to get his bearings in this delirious realm, Boy soon falls in with a desperate resistance group, all the while bickering with the apparent ghost of his rebellious little sister.</span><br style="text-align: center;"></div><div><span style="text-align: center;"><br></span></div><div><span style="text-align: center;"><b>Directed by</b> </span><span style="text-align: center;">Moritz Mohr<br></span><div><span style="text-align: center;"><b>Written by</b> Tyler Burton Smith, Arend Remmers<br></span><span style="text-align: center;"><b>Produced by</b> Sam Raimi, Roy Lee, Simon Swart, Alex Lebovici, Stuart Manashil, Wayne Fitzjohn,<br></span><span style="text-align: center;">Zainab Azizi, Dan Kagan <br></span><span style="text-align: center;"><b>Starring</b> Bill Skarsgård, Jessica Rothe, Michelle Dockery, Brett Gelman, </span><span style="text-align: center;">Isaiah Mustafa, Yayan Ruhian, with Andrew Koji, Sharlto Copley and Famke Janssen <br></span><span style="text-align: center;"><b>Voice of "Boy" Narrated by</b></span><span style="text-align: center;"> H. Jon Benjamin</span></div></div><div><br></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/iDWQorTluFs" width="500" height="281" id="y_id_3611_e9ae_6a8e_d089" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><font size="7">BOY KILLS WORLD</font></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><font size="5">In Theaters <span dir="ltr">April 26</span></font></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><font size="5"><span dir="ltr"><br></span></font></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Coming Soon – Super Dragon Punch Force 3</b></div><div><span style="text-align: center;"><br></span><span style="text-align: center;">From South African development studio </span><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.talentdigital.art_home_&d=DwMFaQ&c=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf-v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM&r=Mh85DOapQ4u_Z53LwbqOOTsIaYcw7MlH-a2sYP6AI8mHSpuTJTVbndSi3I6XSi1-&m=lMpeq0_fZlpgzpmOlJ9Uq5LptBRtNU1djvlyZ192JALay78bbIx3wzhZeC4L4n__&s=P4ve7kPPTQ5wDkEN9sD40z-KCH2wA8Y_ZPBQcixdnZ4&e=" target="_blank" title="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.talentdigital.art_home_&d=DwMFaQ&c=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf-v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM&r=Mh85DOapQ4u_Z53LwbqOOTsIaYcw7MlH-a2sYP6AI8mHSpuTJTVbndSi3I6XSi1-&m=lMpeq0_fZlpgzpmOlJ9Uq5LptBRtNU1djvlyZ192JALay78bbI" style="text-align: center;" id="id_6236_752b_79b3_5b3f">Talent Digital Art</a><span style="text-align: center;">, Super Dragon Punch Force 3 is a free-to-play, live-service, 2.5D Fighting Game inspired by the fictitious 2D fighting game franchise depicted in the upcoming film, Boy Kills World. In this real world third installment in the fictional franchise, players will master the unique fighting styles of their favorite characters and engage in thrilling casual and ranked matches against challengers from around the world.</span></div><div><br><div style="text-align: center;"><b><font size="7">Super Dragon Force Punch 3</font></b></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><font size="5">Coming To PC And Mobile Devices O<span dir="ltr">n April 26</span></font></b><br></div>Jesus Figueroahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01001024556947912074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3003803242766282662.post-37916060487183801822024-03-16T20:01:00.001-07:002024-03-16T20:04:51.147-07:00Video Interview: @ThisFunktional talks with Actor Emmanuel Lopez Alonso about AMERICA’S FAMILY<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/xWZhtp8xu6M" width="500" height="281" id="y_id_3b5a_ad9c_fdb5_45e" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div><br></div><div><div>Jesus Figueroa, @ThisFunktional of ThisFunktional.com, talks with Emmanuel Lopez Alonso about AMERICA’S FAMILY.</div><div><br></div><div>America's Family is inspired by real people and real events. The film follows the Diaz Family, a typical immigrant American family whose lives are suddenly shattered when ICE agents arrive on Thanksgiving, arresting their mother and deporting their eldest son to Mexico. While her husband seeks sanctuary, their two American-born children—a young attorney and his teenage sister— will do whatever they can to reunite the family.</div><div><br></div><img id="id_933_edd5_7fa3_96d2" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d/1jjhIeU9PfA6Bfo-nLgJ6HvdY7hVJVkwk" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><div>———————————————————</div><div>Anchor podcasts:</div><div>anchor.fm/ThisFunktional</div><div>anchor.fm/while-we-were-gaming</div><div>anchor.fm/LatinX-Talks</div><div><br></div><div>Gaming channels:</div><div>twitch.com/ThisFunktional</div><div>facebook.com/gaming/thisfunktionalgaming</div><div><br></div><div>Tipping Page:</div><div>streamelements.com/thisfunktional/tip</div><div><br></div><div>Like, Follow, Subscribe to ThisFunktional:</div><div>Thisfunktional.com</div><div>@thisfunktional</div><div>instagram.com/thisfunktional</div><div>facebook.com/thisfunktional</div><div>YouTube.com/thisfunktional</div><div>thisfunktional.tumblr.com</div></div>Jesus Figueroahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01001024556947912074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3003803242766282662.post-45028791179172900592024-03-16T15:58:00.001-07:002024-03-16T15:58:41.521-07:00Trailer: Prime Video and Kilter Films Unveils Official Trailer for Highly Anticipated New Series Fallout Starring Ella Purnell, Aaron Moten, Walton Goggins, and Kyle MacLachlan<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/V-mugKDQDlg?si=bA7odegyeG-g2qII" width="500" height="281" id="y_id_3a12_2a58_c4c4_eac8" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div>(Info from press release)</div><div><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><font size="5">Set in the world of the best-selling global video game franchise, Fallout <span style="background-image: none; background-position: 0px 0px; background-size: auto; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-origin: padding-box; background-clip: border-box; box-sizing: border-box; border-style: none; border-color: currentcolor; border-image: none;">will now exclusively premiere all episodes on Prime Video on new date April 11</span></font></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: left;">Prime Video opened the vault to the official trailer for the upcoming post-apocalyptic series <span style="box-sizing: border-box; border-style: none; border-color: currentcolor; border-image: none; background-position: 0px 0px; background-size: auto; background-repeat: repeat;">Fallout</span>, based on the immensely popular retro-futuristic video game franchise. The cinematic trailer, which maintains the game’s expansive world building and signature dark humor, sees vault dweller Lucy (Ella Purnell) struggle to adapt to the twisted and dangerous world of the irradiated wasteland, and offers the first glimpse of Moldaver (Sarita Choudhury) and Ma June (Dale Dickey). The trailer also revealed that the series will premiere all eight episodes on April 11 on Prime Video, one day sooner than previously announced.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; background-position: 0px 0px; background-size: auto; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-origin: padding-box; background-clip: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; background-position: 0px 0px; background-size: auto; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-origin: padding-box; background-clip: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Jonathan Nolan directed the first three episodes of the Kilter Films series. </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-size: auto; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-origin: padding-box; background-clip: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; background-position: 0px 0px; background-size: auto; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-origin: padding-box; background-clip: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Geneva Robertson-Dworet and Graham Wagner serve as executive producers, writers and co-showrunners. The series comes from Kilter Films and executive producers Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy. Athena Wickham of Kilter Films also executive produces, along with Todd Howard for Bethesda Game Studios and James Altman for Bethesda Softworks. The series stars Ella Purnell (</span></span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1pt windowtext; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; background-position: 0px 0px; background-size: auto; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-origin: padding-box; background-clip: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0in;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; background-position: 0px 0px; background-size: auto; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-origin: padding-box; background-clip: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Yellowjackets</span></span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-size: auto; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-origin: padding-box; background-clip: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; background-position: 0px 0px; background-size: auto; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-origin: padding-box; background-clip: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">), Aaron Moten (</span></span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1pt windowtext; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; background-position: 0px 0px; background-size: auto; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-origin: padding-box; background-clip: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0in;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; background-position: 0px 0px; background-size: auto; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-origin: padding-box; background-clip: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Emancipation</span></span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-size: auto; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-origin: padding-box; background-clip: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; background-position: 0px 0px; background-size: auto; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-origin: padding-box; background-clip: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">) and Walton Goggins (</span></span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1pt windowtext; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; background-position: 0px 0px; background-size: auto; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-origin: padding-box; background-clip: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0in;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; background-position: 0px 0px; background-size: auto; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-origin: padding-box; background-clip: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">The Hateful Eight</span></span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-size: auto; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-origin: padding-box; background-clip: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; background-position: 0px 0px; background-size: auto; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-origin: padding-box; background-clip: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">). Amazon MGM Studios and Kilter Films produce in association with Bethesda Game Studios and Bethesda Softworks. The series cast includes Moisés Arias (</span></span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1pt windowtext; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; background-position: 0px 0px; background-size: auto; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-origin: padding-box; background-clip: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0in;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; background-position: 0px 0px; background-size: auto; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-origin: padding-box; background-clip: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">The King of Staten Island</span></span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-size: auto; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-origin: padding-box; background-clip: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; background-position: 0px 0px; background-size: auto; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-origin: padding-box; background-clip: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">), Kyle MacLachlan (</span></span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1pt windowtext; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; background-position: 0px 0px; background-size: auto; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-origin: padding-box; background-clip: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0in;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; background-position: 0px 0px; background-size: auto; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-origin: padding-box; background-clip: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Twin Peaks</span></span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-size: auto; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-origin: padding-box; background-clip: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; background-position: 0px 0px; background-size: auto; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-origin: padding-box; background-clip: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">), Sarita Choudhury (</span></span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1pt windowtext; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; background-position: 0px 0px; background-size: auto; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-origin: padding-box; background-clip: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0in;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; background-position: 0px 0px; background-size: auto; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-origin: padding-box; background-clip: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Homeland</span></span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-size: auto; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-origin: padding-box; background-clip: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; background-position: 0px 0px; background-size: auto; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-origin: padding-box; background-clip: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">), Michael Emerson (</span></span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1pt windowtext; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; background-position: 0px 0px; background-size: auto; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-origin: padding-box; background-clip: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0in;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; background-position: 0px 0px; background-size: auto; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-origin: padding-box; background-clip: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Person of Interest</span></span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-size: auto; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-origin: padding-box; background-clip: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; background-position: 0px 0px; background-size: auto; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-origin: padding-box; background-clip: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">), Leslie Uggams (</span></span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1pt windowtext; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; background-position: 0px 0px; background-size: auto; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-origin: padding-box; background-clip: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0in;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; background-position: 0px 0px; background-size: auto; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-origin: padding-box; background-clip: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Deadpool</span></span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-size: auto; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-origin: padding-box; background-clip: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; background-position: 0px 0px; background-size: auto; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-origin: padding-box; background-clip: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">), Frances Turner (</span></span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1pt windowtext; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; background-position: 0px 0px; background-size: auto; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-origin: padding-box; background-clip: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0in;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; background-position: 0px 0px; background-size: auto; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-origin: padding-box; background-clip: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">The Boys</span></span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-size: auto; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-origin: padding-box; background-clip: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; background-position: 0px 0px; background-size: auto; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-origin: padding-box; background-clip: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">), Dave Register (</span></span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1pt windowtext; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; background-position: 0px 0px; background-size: auto; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-origin: padding-box; background-clip: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0in;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; background-position: 0px 0px; background-size: auto; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-origin: padding-box; background-clip: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Heightened</span></span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-size: auto; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-origin: padding-box; background-clip: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; background-position: 0px 0px; background-size: auto; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-origin: padding-box; background-clip: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">), Zach Cherry (</span></span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1pt windowtext; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; background-position: 0px 0px; background-size: auto; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-origin: padding-box; background-clip: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0in;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; background-position: 0px 0px; background-size: auto; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-origin: padding-box; background-clip: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Severance</span></span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-size: auto; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-origin: padding-box; background-clip: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; background-position: 0px 0px; background-size: auto; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-origin: padding-box; background-clip: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">), Johnny Pemberton (</span></span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1pt windowtext; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; background-position: 0px 0px; background-size: auto; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-origin: padding-box; background-clip: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0in;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; background-position: 0px 0px; background-size: auto; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-origin: padding-box; background-clip: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Ant-Man</span></span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-size: auto; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-origin: padding-box; background-clip: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; background-position: 0px 0px; background-size: auto; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-origin: padding-box; background-clip: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">), Rodrigo Luzzi (</span></span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1pt windowtext; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; background-position: 0px 0px; background-size: auto; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-origin: padding-box; background-clip: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0in;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; background-position: 0px 0px; background-size: auto; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-origin: padding-box; background-clip: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Dead Ringers</span></span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-size: auto; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-origin: padding-box; background-clip: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; background-position: 0px 0px; background-size: auto; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-origin: padding-box; background-clip: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">), Annabel O'Hagan (</span></span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1pt windowtext; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; background-position: 0px 0px; background-size: auto; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-origin: padding-box; background-clip: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0in;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; background-position: 0px 0px; background-size: auto; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-origin: padding-box; background-clip: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Law & Order: SVU</span></span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-size: auto; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-origin: padding-box; background-clip: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; background-position: 0px 0px; background-size: auto; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-origin: padding-box; background-clip: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">), and Xelia Mendes-Jones (</span></span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1pt windowtext; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; background-position: 0px 0px; background-size: auto; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-origin: padding-box; background-clip: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0in;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; background-position: 0px 0px; background-size: auto; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-origin: padding-box; background-clip: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">The Wheel of Time</span></span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-size: auto; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-origin: padding-box; background-clip: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; background-position: 0px 0px; background-size: auto; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-origin: padding-box; background-clip: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">). It will be available to stream exclusively on Prime Video in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide.</span></span></div><br><img id="id_c036_7e42_5e4d_a325" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d/1BAuSKrgaw8QiQKFvhsm_f7Y1hwTBheqP" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><div style="text-align: left;"><b><u>About <span style="box-sizing: border-box; border-style: none; border-color: currentcolor; border-image: none; background-position: 0px 0px; background-size: auto; background-repeat: repeat;">Fallout</span></u></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: center;">Based on one of the greatest video game series of all time,</span><span style="text-align: center;"> </span><span style="text-align: center; box-sizing: border-box; border-style: none; border-color: currentcolor; border-image: none; background-position: 0px 0px; background-size: auto; background-repeat: repeat;">Fallout</span><span style="text-align: center;"> </span><span style="text-align: center;">is the story of haves and have-nots in a world in which there’s almost nothing left to have. Two-hundred years after the apocalypse, the gentle denizens of luxury fallout shelters are forced to return to the irradiated hellscape their ancestors left behind—and are shocked to discover an incredibly complex, gleefully weird, and highly violent universe waiting for them.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: center;"><br></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: center;">Ella Purnell is Lucy, an optimistic Vault-dweller with an all-American can-do spirit. Her peaceful and idealistic nature is tested when she is forced to the surface to rescue her father. Aaron Moten is Maximus, a young soldier who rises to the rank of squire in the militaristic faction called Brotherhood of Steel. He will do anything to further the Brotherhood’s goals of bringing law and order to the wasteland. Walton Goggins is the Ghoul, a morally ambiguous bounty hunter who holds within him a 200-year history of the post-nuclear world.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: center;"><br></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: center;">The series comes from Kilter Films and executive producers Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy. Nolan directed the first three episodes. Geneva Robertson-Dworet and Graham Wagner serve as executive producers, writers and co-showrunners. The series stars Ella Purnell (</span><span style="text-align: center; box-sizing: border-box; border-style: none; border-color: currentcolor; border-image: none; background-position: 0px 0px; background-size: auto; background-repeat: repeat;">Yellowjackets</span><span style="text-align: center;">), Aaron Moten (</span><span style="text-align: center; box-sizing: border-box; border-style: none; border-color: currentcolor; border-image: none; background-position: 0px 0px; background-size: auto; background-repeat: repeat;">Emancipation</span><span style="text-align: center;">) and Walton Goggins (</span><span style="text-align: center; box-sizing: border-box; border-style: none; border-color: currentcolor; border-image: none; background-position: 0px 0px; background-size: auto; background-repeat: repeat;">The Hateful Eight</span><span style="text-align: center;">). Athena Wickham of Kilter Films also executive produces, along with Todd Howard for Bethesda Game Studios and James Altman for Bethesda Softworks. Amazon MGM Studios and Kilter Films produce in association with Bethesda Game Studios and Bethesda Softworks. The series cast includes Moisés Arias (</span><span style="text-align: center; box-sizing: border-box; border-style: none; border-color: currentcolor; border-image: none; background-position: 0px 0px; background-size: auto; background-repeat: repeat;">The King of Staten Island</span><span style="text-align: center;">), Kyle MacLachlan (</span><span style="text-align: center; box-sizing: border-box; border-style: none; border-color: currentcolor; border-image: none; background-position: 0px 0px; background-size: auto; background-repeat: repeat;">Twin Peaks</span><span style="text-align: center;">), Sarita Choudhury (</span><span style="text-align: center; box-sizing: border-box; border-style: none; border-color: currentcolor; border-image: none; background-position: 0px 0px; background-size: auto; background-repeat: repeat;">Homeland</span><span style="text-align: center;">), Michael Emerson (</span><span style="text-align: center; box-sizing: border-box; border-style: none; border-color: currentcolor; border-image: none; background-position: 0px 0px; background-size: auto; background-repeat: repeat;">Person of Interest</span><span style="text-align: center;">), Leslie Uggams (</span><span style="text-align: center; box-sizing: border-box; border-style: none; border-color: currentcolor; border-image: none; background-position: 0px 0px; background-size: auto; background-repeat: repeat;">Deadpool</span><span style="text-align: center;">), Frances Turner (</span><span style="text-align: center; box-sizing: border-box; border-style: none; border-color: currentcolor; border-image: none; background-position: 0px 0px; background-size: auto; background-repeat: repeat;">The Boys</span><span style="text-align: center;">), Dave Register (</span><span style="text-align: center; box-sizing: border-box; border-style: none; border-color: currentcolor; border-image: none; background-position: 0px 0px; background-size: auto; background-repeat: repeat;">Heightened</span><span style="text-align: center;">), Zach Cherry (</span><span style="text-align: center; box-sizing: border-box; border-style: none; border-color: currentcolor; border-image: none; background-position: 0px 0px; background-size: auto; background-repeat: repeat;">Severance</span><span style="text-align: center;">), Johnny Pemberton (</span><span style="text-align: center; box-sizing: border-box; border-style: none; border-color: currentcolor; border-image: none; background-position: 0px 0px; background-size: auto; background-repeat: repeat;">Ant-Man</span><span style="text-align: center;">), Rodrigo Luzzi (</span><span style="text-align: center; box-sizing: border-box; border-style: none; border-color: currentcolor; border-image: none; background-position: 0px 0px; background-size: auto; background-repeat: repeat;">Dead Ringers</span><span style="text-align: center;">), Annabel O'Hagan (</span><span style="text-align: center; box-sizing: border-box; border-style: none; border-color: currentcolor; border-image: none; background-position: 0px 0px; background-size: auto; background-repeat: repeat;">Law & Order: SVU</span><span style="text-align: center;">), and Xelia Mendes-Jones (</span><span style="text-align: center; box-sizing: border-box; border-style: none; border-color: currentcolor; border-image: none; background-position: 0px 0px; background-size: auto; background-repeat: repeat;">The Wheel of Time</span><span style="text-align: center;">). It will be available to stream exclusively on Prime Video in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="text-align: center;"><u><br></u></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="text-align: center;"><u>About Kilter Films</u></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: center;">Kilter Films is an award-winning Los Angeles-based production company founded and run by Lisa Joy and Jonathan Nolan with their producing partner Athena Wickham. Nolan is a critically acclaimed, Academy Award- and Emmy Award-nominated writer, director, and producer, known for his work on</span><span style="text-align: center;"> </span><span style="text-align: center; box-sizing: border-box; border-style: none; border-color: currentcolor; border-image: none; background-position: 0px 0px; background-size: auto; background-repeat: repeat;">The Dark Knight</span><span style="text-align: center;">,</span><span style="text-align: center; box-sizing: border-box; border-style: none; border-color: currentcolor; border-image: none; background-position: 0px 0px; background-size: auto; background-repeat: repeat;"> </span><span style="text-align: center;">Interstellar,</span><span style="text-align: center;"> </span><span style="text-align: center;">and</span><span style="text-align: center;"> </span><span style="text-align: center; box-sizing: border-box; border-style: none; border-color: currentcolor; border-image: none; background-position: 0px 0px; background-size: auto; background-repeat: repeat;">Memento</span><span style="text-align: center;">. Joy is an Emmy Award-nominated writer, director, and producer. Kilter Films produced HBO’s hit series</span><span style="text-align: center; box-sizing: border-box; border-style: none; border-color: currentcolor; border-image: none; background-position: 0px 0px; background-size: auto; background-repeat: repeat;"> </span><span style="text-align: center;">Westworld,</span><span style="text-align: center;"> </span><span style="text-align: center;">which amassed 54 Emmy nominations over its four seasons, along with DGA, WGA, PGA, and SAG nominations, and remains the highest-rated first season show in HBO’s history. Through their deal with Amazon, Kilter Films produced the series adaptation of William Gibson’s 2014 sci-fi thriller novel,</span><span style="text-align: center;"> </span><span style="text-align: center; box-sizing: border-box; border-style: none; border-color: currentcolor; border-image: none; background-position: 0px 0px; background-size: auto; background-repeat: repeat;">The Peripheral</span><span style="text-align: center;">, starring Chloe Grace Moretz, Gary Carr, and Jack Reynor. They have also partnered with Bethesda Game Studios to develop</span><span style="text-align: center;"> </span><span style="text-align: center; box-sizing: border-box; border-style: none; border-color: currentcolor; border-image: none; background-position: 0px 0px; background-size: auto; background-repeat: repeat;">Fallout</span><span style="text-align: center;">, a television series for Amazon based on the worldwide best-selling video game franchise, starring Ella Purnell, Walton Goggins, and Aaron Moten, with Nolan directing the first three episodes. Kilter Films also produced the Emmy-nominated crime series</span><span style="text-align: center;"> </span><span style="text-align: center; box-sizing: border-box; border-style: none; border-color: currentcolor; border-image: none; background-position: 0px 0px; background-size: auto; background-repeat: repeat;">Person of Interest</span><span style="text-align: center;">, created by Nolan, which ran for five seasons and over 100 episodes on CBS. In film, Joy made her feature film directorial debut with</span><span style="text-align: center;"> </span><span style="text-align: center; box-sizing: border-box; border-style: none; border-color: currentcolor; border-image: none; background-position: 0px 0px; background-size: auto; background-repeat: repeat;">Reminiscence</span><span style="text-align: center;"> </span><span style="text-align: center;">for Warner Bros. Starring Hugh Jackman, Rebecca Ferguson, and Thandiwe Newton, Joy wrote the script, which landed on The Black List, and produced with Nolan and Wickham. Kilter Films also produces interactive and transmedia marketing, including a</span><span style="text-align: center;"> </span><span style="text-align: center; box-sizing: border-box; border-style: none; border-color: currentcolor; border-image: none; background-position: 0px 0px; background-size: auto; background-repeat: repeat;">Westworld</span><span style="text-align: center;"> </span><span style="text-align: center;">Super Bowl spot directed by Nolan.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: center; box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; background-position: 0px 0px; background-size: auto; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-origin: padding-box; background-clip: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: center; box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; background-position: 0px 0px; background-size: auto; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-origin: padding-box; background-clip: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Fallout</span><span style="text-align: center; box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; background-position: 0px 0px; background-size: auto; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-origin: padding-box; background-clip: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> is a part of the savings, convenience, and entertainment that Prime members enjoy in a single membership.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="text-align: center;"><u><br></u></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="text-align: center;"><u>About Prime Video</u></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: center; box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; background-position: 0px 0px; background-size: auto; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-origin: padding-box; background-clip: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Prime Video offers customers a vast collection of movies, series, and sports</span><span style="text-align: center; box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-size: auto; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-origin: padding-box; background-clip: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; background-position: 0px 0px; background-size: auto; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-origin: padding-box; background-clip: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">—all available to watch on </span></span><span style="text-align: center; box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; background-position: 0px 0px; background-size: auto; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-origin: padding-box; background-clip: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">hundreds of compatible devices.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><ul><li><b><span style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; background-position: 0px 0px; background-size: auto; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-origin: padding-box; background-clip: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Included with Prime Video</span>:</b> Watch movies, series, and sports, including <span style="box-sizing: border-box; border-style: none; border-color: currentcolor; border-image: none; background-position: 0px 0px; background-size: auto; background-repeat: repeat;">Thursday Night Football</span>. 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height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><div>(Info from press release)</div><div><br></div><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b><font size="5">As Part of the Celebration, Universal Studios Hollywood Welcomes Florean Fortescue’s Ice-Cream Counter, Serving 10 Flavors of Soft Serve Ice Cream, Including Butterbeer, Opening Friday, March 29 in Honeydukes</font></b></div></b><div><br></div><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1rem; overflow-wrap: break-word;">For the first time ever, <a href="https://www.universalorlando.com/web/en/us" style="box-sizing: border-box;" id="id_fd8_bade_babb_557d" target="_blank">Universal Orlando Resort</a> and <a href="https://www.universalstudioshollywood.com/" style="box-sizing: border-box;" id="id_4baf_f957_dcd_c0d4" target="_blank">Universal Studios Hollywood</a> will celebrate Butterbeer™ Season, offering fans and guests a chance to enjoy Butterbeer in all-new ways within “The Wizarding World of Harry Potter,™” beginning March 15 and continuing through April 30, 2024.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1rem; overflow-wrap: break-word;">The celebration also marks the introduction of Florean Fortescue’s Ice-Cream counter within “<a href="https://www.universalstudioshollywood.com/web/en/us/things-to-do/lands/the-wizarding-world-of-harry-potter" style="box-sizing: border-box;" id="id_823d_5860_cfad_d088" target="_blank">The Wizarding World of Harry Potter</a>” at Universal Studios Hollywood. Opening on Friday, March 29, the all-new venue, located in Honeydukes™, will feature 10 decadent and savory soft serve ice cream flavors, including Butterbeer, Banana, Chocolate, Mint, Orange, Vanilla, Toffee Nut, Granny Smith Apple, Pistachio and Toffee Apple, served in a cup or waffle cone.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1rem; overflow-wrap: break-word;">With a flavor reminiscent of butterscotch and shortbread, Butterbeer is a perfectly fine-tuned Wizarding World treat that includes cold, frozen, hot and non-dairy Butterbeer beverages along with Butterbeer fudge, potted cream and ice cream.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1rem; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Throughout Butterbeer Season, both destinations will roll out delectable treats, including an ice lolly which features the rich palate pleasing Butterbeer flavor in popsicle form, in addition to the traditional items served daily. Plus, new Butterbeer caramels will only be available at Universal Orlando Resort. For a limited time only during this festive period, cold and frozen Butterbeer will be available for purchase in a special collectible silver stein.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1rem; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Guests at Universal Orlando Resort can enjoy Butterbeer and celebrate the season at “<a href="https://www.universalorlando.com/web/en/us/theme-parks/islands-of-adventure/the-wizarding-world-of-harry-potter-hogsmeade" style="box-sizing: border-box;" id="id_14d1_d26a_c497_7279" target="_blank">The Wizarding World of Harry Potter – Hogsmeade</a>” at Universal Islands of Adventures as well as at “<a href="https://www.universalorlando.com/web/en/us/theme-parks/universal-studios-florida/the-wizarding-world-of-harry-potter-diagon-alley" style="box-sizing: border-box;" id="id_feb1_68c_f74c_515" target="_blank">The Wizarding World of Harry Potter – Diagon Alley</a>™” at Universal Studios Florida.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1rem; overflow-wrap: break-word;">For more information about “The Wizarding World of Harry Potter” at Universal Orlando Resort, visit <a href="http://www.universalorlando.com/" style="box-sizing: border-box;" id="id_c820_9b4_10c9_2fa1" target="_blank">universalorlando.com</a>, and at Universal Studios Hollywood, visit <a href="http://www.universalstudioshollywood.com/" style="box-sizing: border-box;" id="id_1842_1265_962b_9963" target="_blank">universalstudioshollywood.com</a>.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1rem; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><b><u>About Butterbeer Season:</u></b><br style="box-sizing: border-box;"></span>Butterbeer Season is a new global franchise initiative to annually celebrate the flavor, scent and look of the iconic beverage fans will recognize from the magical wizarding world. Butterbeer was first introduced in <span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban</span> and quickly became a fan favorite symbol of joy, comfort, warmth and togetherness. Fans who longed for the opportunity to enjoy the beverage have loved the varied Butterbeer offerings currently available at The Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Destinations & Experiences global theme parks, Warner Bros. Studio Tours in Hollywood, Tokyo and London, and many of the Harry Potter touring experiences around the world. Now, every March through early May, fans around the world will have the opportunity to experience Butterbeer in new and unexpected ways during Butterbeer Season. Look out for new treats, limited-edition products, events, and activations to celebrate the joy of Butterbeer.</p><div><br></div><div><br></div>Jesus Figueroahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01001024556947912074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3003803242766282662.post-53306174582468307462024-03-14T15:15:00.001-07:002024-03-14T15:15:46.158-07:00Announcement: Jazz in the Gardens Grows in Attendance from the Previous Year, With 41K at Hard Rock Stadium<img id="id_9ce5_261d_5c38_1f23" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d/1oQs72MZd4Y7DPTN2Hhh4FIPNZcYBawaM" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><div>(Info from press release)<br><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><font size="5"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Music Royalty and Chart-Topping Artists of Multi-Genres Maxwell, </span><span class="xn-person" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Summer Walker</span>, <span class="xn-person" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Jazmine Sullivan</span>, Uncle Luke, Jeezy, T.I., Babyface, Fantasia, Tamia, <span class="xn-person" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Kirk Franklin</span>, and October London Illuminate the Stages at Jazz in the Gardens</font></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><b><br></b></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Legendary Civil Rights Leader Ben Crump Receives a Proclamation from </span><span class="xn-location" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Miami-Dade County</span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">, While Legendary Rappers Trick Daddy and Trina Receive the Key to the City of </span><span class="xn-location" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Miami Gardens</span></b></div><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br></span></div><div><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">JAZZ IN THE GARDENS 2024</span>(JITG), hosted by the <span style="box-sizing: border-box;">City of</span> <span class="xn-location" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Miami Gardens</span>, has grown in attendance from the previous year, with more than 41,000 fans gathering at Hard Rock Stadium. In its inaugural partnership with <span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Black Promoters Collective</span> (BPC), the festival, in its 17th year, saw a remarkable 25% increase in ticket sales. The 2024 festival, with its diverse lineup and unforgettable performances, spanned two days and featured two magnetic stages.<br><br></div><div>On <span class="xn-chron" style="box-sizing: border-box;">March 9th</span> and 10th, festival-goers showed up and showed out to enjoy all of JITG's culture-driven offerings. From a varied lineup in food, music, brand activations, vendor merchandise, and art, every attendee could find their place at this annual homecoming.<br><br></div><div>This year's events were made even more remarkable by the presence of a highly curated sponsors lounge and activations for fans to enjoy. Sponsors included <span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Simply, Calder</span> <span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Casino</span>, The Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau, <span class="xn-location" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Miami-Dade</span> District 1, Amscot, AARP, Aetna, Bahamas Air, Southern Glazers Wine & Spirits, and<span style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span>more.<br><br></div><div>The festival included two special performances with the <span style="box-sizing: border-box;">"Welcome to the Crib"</span> stages hosted by DJ Nasty, which gave the fans a special taste of <span class="xn-org" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Miami</span> with performances by <span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Trick Daddy, Trina,</span> <span class="xn-person" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Rick Ross</span>, Ball Greezy, Major 9, and <span class="xn-person" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Wayne Wonder</span>. <br><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br></span></div><div><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">DJ Cassidy</span> gave fans an unforgettable treat with his "Pass The Mic Live!" stage, featuring some of the biggest names in hip hop, including <span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Uncle Luke,</span> <span class="xn-person" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Lil Kim</span>, T.I., and Too $hort.<br><br></div><div>Two of the highlights included a surprise presentation to civil rights attorney <span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Ben Crump</span>, who was honored with a proclamation from <span class="xn-location" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Miami-Dade County</span>, while legendary rappers <span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Trick Daddy and Trina</span> received the key to the City of <span class="xn-location" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Miami Gardens</span> from Mayor <span class="xn-person" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Rodney Harris</span>and Vice Mayor <span class="xn-person" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Katrina Wilson</span>. <br><br></div><div>On Saturday, platinum-selling singer/songwriter <span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Eric Bellinger</span> opened up and set the tone for the energetic performances to come throughout the day. <span class="xn-location" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Chicago</span>-born songstress and rapper <span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Tink</span> served the crowd real rawness with her high-energy hits. <span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Fantasia</span> hit the stage and had everyone out of their seats with her rendition of <span class="xn-person" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Tina Turner's</span> "Proud Mary." <span class="xn-person" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Kirk Franklin's</span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">adrenaline-pumping spiritual performance had the crowd going to church, while</span> <span class="xn-person" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Jazmine Sullivan</span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span>gave the most powerful performances for the ladies. Afrobeats artist <span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Davido</span> kept the energy high and the crowd moving. Saturday night closed out with the sexy and sultry sounds of <span class="xn-person" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Summer Walker</span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">. </span><br><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br></span></div><div><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">JITG's</span> second day brought more recognition to the festival. Rising star <span style="box-sizing: border-box;">October</span> <span class="xn-location" style="box-sizing: border-box;">London</span> opened the day with the smooth sounds from his debut album. Songbird <span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Tamia</span> sang hit after hit, and the crowd broke out into the "Can't Get Enough" challenge. <span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Jeezy</span> gave the fans what they wanted with a rousing performance, while R&B legend <span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Maxwell</span>, who had a spectacular stage presence, closed out the festival. <br><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br></span></div><div><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">JITG</span> continues to bring the best in urban music while highlighting the community, and this year's event was nothing short of spectacular. With great attendance, unforgettable performances, and meaningful recognitions, JITG once again showcased its ability to unite music enthusiasts and celebrate the power of music diversely and dynamically.<br><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br></span></div><div><b><u><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">About the City of</span> <span class="xn-location" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Miami Gardens</span></u></b><br>The City of <span class="xn-location" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Miami Gardens</span> celebrated its 20th anniversary of incorporation in 2023. With a population of approximately 113,000, it is the third-largest city in Miami-Dade County. <span class="xn-location" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Miami Gardens</span> is a solid professional community of unique diversity. It is the largest predominantly African American municipality in <span class="xn-location" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Florida</span> and boasts thousands of <span class="xn-location" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Caribbean</span> and Hispanic residents. The city is the home of the Hard Rock Stadium, Miami Dolphins football team, <span class="xn-org" style="box-sizing: border-box;">University of Miami</span> Hurricanes football team, Orange Bowl football game, 2020 Super Bowl, Miami Tennis Open, the Miami Dolphins Training Facility and home of the Formula One Miami Grand Prix Race. The city has demonstrated steady growth in the areas of community and economic development and has gained a reputation for being a premier destination in <span class="xn-location" style="box-sizing: border-box;">South Florida</span>. <span class="xn-location" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Miami Gardens</span> is the future host city of the College Football Playoff National Championship and one of the host cities of FIFA World Cup 2026. <span class="xn-location" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Miami Gardens</span> is a 2020 All-America City.<br><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br></span></div><div><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><b><u>About Black Promoters Collective</u></b></span><br>The Black Promoters Collective (BPC) is a coalition of six of the nation's top independent concert promotion and event production companies. As a 100% Black-owned business, its mission is to be the world's leading producer and provider of culturally relevant live entertainment experiences. To learn more, visit <a href="http://www.blackpromoterscollective.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" style="box-sizing: border-box; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;" id="id_d2eb_ebfc_d2b_76c3">blackpromoterscollective.com</a><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">.</span><br><br></div><div>Social:<br>X (Formerly known as Twitter): @jazzgardens<br>Instagram: @jazzgardens<br>Facebook: <a href="facebook.com/JazzInTheGardens" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" style="box-sizing: border-box; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;" id="id_766a_e589_dd8b_c4f3">facebook.com/JazzInTheGardens</a><br>Website: <a href="jazzinthegardens.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" style="box-sizing: border-box; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;" id="id_7653_330b_cc80_2133">jazzinthegardens.com/</a></div></div>Jesus Figueroahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01001024556947912074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3003803242766282662.post-8268005493904614372024-03-13T17:10:00.001-07:002024-03-13T17:10:14.226-07:00Announcement: Amazon Studios’ MÚSICA had its World Premiere at SXSW<img id="id_9575_8eb0_48d5_cde5" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d/1Kmx6a8abvNkPi-LFceYetRki4sZjcWz-" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><div>(Info from press release)<br></div><div><br></div><div>MÚSICA, from Amazon Studios, had its<span style="text-align: center;"> SXSW World Premiere featuring Rudy Mancuso, Camila Mendes, and </span><span style="text-align: center;">Francesca Reale.</span></div><div><span style="text-align: center;"><br></span></div><div><span style="text-align: center;">Based on writer, director and star Rudy Mancuso, </span><span style="text-align: center;">Música</span><span style="text-align: center;"> is a coming-of-age love story that follows an aspiring creator with synesthesia, who must come to terms with an uncertain future, while navigating the pressures of love, family and his Brazilian culture in Newark, New Jersey.</span></div><div><span style="text-align: center;"><br></span></div><div><span style="text-align: center;">Directed by: Rudy Mancuso</span><div><span style="text-align: center;">Cast:</span><span style="text-align: center;"> Rudy Mancuso, Camila Mendes, </span><span style="text-align: center;">J.B. Smoove, Francesca Reale, and Maria Mancuso</span></div></div><div><br><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/VckVviJh8ho?si=IwVaEkHM70LKW73j" width="500" height="281" id="y_id_ee4_cbe1_1952_c92c" frameborder="0"></iframe><span style="text-align: center;"><br></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><font size="7">MÚSICA</font></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><font size="5">Streaming Globally on Prime Video <span dir="ltr" style="line-height: inherit !important;">on April 4</span></font></b></div>Jesus Figueroahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01001024556947912074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3003803242766282662.post-14852295872450637082024-03-11T19:01:00.001-07:002024-03-11T19:04:32.181-07:00Video Interview: @ThisFunktional talks with Director Luke Sparke about BRING HIM TO ME<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Q_UZ3uscMFk" width="500" height="281" id="y_id_1f46_7c3_f193_2dc" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div><br></div><div><div>Jesus Figueroa, @ThisFunktional of ThisFunktional.com, talks with Director Luke Sparke about BRING HIM TO ME, out now in select US theaters and VOD.</div><div><br></div><div>BRING HIM TO ME is about a mild-mannered Driver (Barry Pepper) working for a mob boss. His conscience is tested when he is asked to collect a young and unsuspecting new crew member known as Passenger (Jamie Costa) one week after a violent robbery. What Passenger doesn’t know is that he is being driven into an ambush, forcing Driver to confront his loyalties to his boss and his own morality.</div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_1d6e_db61_427c_cdb2" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d/18mu6nK0XX6EmYd5H7BJACa6lEPZ7ULt5" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 392px; height: auto;"><br><div style="text-align: center;"><b><font size="7">BRING HIM TO ME</font></b></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><font size="5">Available Now In Select US Theaters, On VOD</font></b></div><div>———————————————————</div><div>Anchor podcasts:</div><div>anchor.fm/ThisFunktional</div><div>anchor.fm/while-we-were-gaming</div><div>anchor.fm/LatinX-Talks</div><div><br></div><div>Gaming channels:</div><div>twitch.com/ThisFunktional</div><div>facebook.com/gaming/thisfunktionalgaming</div><div><br></div><div>Tipping Page:</div><div>streamelements.com/thisfunktional/tip</div><div><br></div><div>Like, Follow, Subscribe to ThisFunktional:</div><div>Thisfunktional.com</div><div>@thisfunktional</div><div>instagram.com/thisfunktional</div><div>facebook.com/thisfunktional</div><div>YouTube.com/thisfunktional</div><div>thisfunktional.tumblr.com</div></div>Jesus Figueroahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01001024556947912074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3003803242766282662.post-20873793000023262442024-03-08T11:36:00.001-08:002024-03-08T11:36:37.230-08:00Trailer: Watch the official trailer for Roku Original CARPE DM WITH JUANPA, Season 1 Available on The Roku Channel on March 11<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/E4FtMxNtvYA?si=BYwLj6o6DiO-5bjE" width="500" height="281" id="y_id_bbfd_f5_a9af_723e" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div>(Info from press release)</div><div><br></div><div><span style="text-align: center;">International social media star Juanpa Zurita travels to the United States, where he teams up with a different partner for a heart-pounding adventure in each episode.</span></div><div><span style="text-align: center;"><br></span></div><div><span style="text-align: center;">Whether it’s riding a bucking bronco, attempting to reach 10Gs in a combat plane, jumping a monster truck, climbing Mt. Rainier, scaling Castleton Tower or flying through the air as a trapeze artist, Juanpa and his partner must overcome danger and fear while attempting physically demanding feats in each episode.</span></div><div><span style="text-align: center;"><br></span></div><div><img id="id_b40b_9d3e_8cf9_7645" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d/1EjufyeOqq7y6ol_kjUeh65ow47MS_l8N" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><div>CARPE DM WITH JUANPA</div></div><div><span style="text-align: center;">Season 1 </span><span class="spelle" style="text-align: center;">Available</span><span style="text-align: center;"> </span><span class="spelle" style="text-align: center;">on</span><span style="text-align: center;"> </span><span class="spelle" style="text-align: center;">The</span><span style="text-align: center;"> </span>Roku <span class="spelle" style="text-align: center;">Channel</span><span style="text-align: center;"> </span><span class="spelle" style="text-align: center;"><span dir="ltr">on</span></span><span dir="ltr" style="text-align: center;"> March 11</span></div>Jesus Figueroahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01001024556947912074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3003803242766282662.post-49328732417207996262024-03-08T11:17:00.001-08:002024-03-08T11:17:21.583-08:00Trailer: Amazon MGM Studios release the official trailer for FRIDA, Coming Soon to Theaters in Mexico on May 9<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/dlrqxAgdY58?si=Eb7OSbriir7HOHGw" width="500" height="281" id="y_id_38c8_36b7_e79_e3f9" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div>(Info from press release)</div><div><br></div><div><span style="text-align: center;">An intimately raw and magical journey through the life, mind, and heart of iconic artist Frida Kahlo,</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="text-align: center;"> </span><span style="text-align: center;">FRIDA</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="text-align: center;"> </span><span style="text-align: center;">is told through her own words for the very first time, drawn from her famed illustrated diary, revealing letters, essays, and candid print interviews — and brought vividly to life by lyrical animation inspired by her unforgettable artwork. The feature film directorial debut of acclaimed editor Carla Gutiérrez (</span><span style="text-align: center;">RBG</span><span style="text-align: center;">, "La Corona"),</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="text-align: center;"> </span><span style="text-align: center;">FRIDA</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="text-align: center;"> </span><span style="text-align: center;">posits a striking context as to why the artist – and her art - remains as powerful as ever.</span><br style="text-align: center;"><div><span style="text-align: center;"> <br></span><div><span style="text-align: center;">Covering more than 40 years of her life, the filmmakers received unrestricted access to research materials, much never shown to the general public before. What is extraordinary about Kahlo's life and art is how her images would galvanize multiple generations of admirers worldwide, doing more than solidifying her status as a modern artist of timeless import. <br></span><span style="text-align: center;"> <br></span><span style="text-align: center;">An intensive journey spanning two years, Gutiérrez and her formidable team of artisans, most of whom are women and proudly Latine, gathered together to craft a singular cinematic experience that could be no ordinary art history lesson. A living portrait emboldened by the magical realism befitting Kahlo's remarkable life emerges. Yet, her voice ultimately stands supreme, a complex and powerful sound of a multitude of Fridas: fearless, seductive, defiant, vulnerable, raucous, and wonderfully alive.</span></div></div></div><div><span style="text-align: center;"><br></span></div><div><img id="id_b9ad_99fd_b391_e1de" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d/1LY0TBBbEsUlRe9DyxvI7SfeHpuCIgiUT" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: center;"><b><font size="7">FRIDA</font></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><font size="5"><span style="text-align: center;">Coming Soon to Theaters in Mexico <span dir="ltr">on May 9 </span></span><span style="text-align: center;">via Cinépolis</span></font></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><font size="5"><span style="text-align: center;">Streaming on Prime Video </span><span dir="ltr" style="text-align: center;">on March 14</span></font></b></div></div>Jesus Figueroahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01001024556947912074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3003803242766282662.post-76689433325950020602024-03-02T13:21:00.001-08:002024-03-02T13:21:45.655-08:00Video Interview: @ThisFunktional talks with Hip Hop legend Freeway about event Connecting the Dots: Hip Hop and Health<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/qewFVygdprE" width="500" height="281" id="y_id_a8a1_9d09_9557_2e3d" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div><br></div><div><div>Jesus Figueroa, @ThisFunktional of ThisFunktional.com, talks with Hip Hop legend Leslie Pridgen, better known as Freeway, about event Connecting the Dots: Hip Hop and Health.</div><div><br></div><div>OneLegacy Inspires Hollywood will be hosting a special event titled "Connecting the Dots: Hip Hop and Health” on Saturday, March 2 in West Adams/Crenshaw.</div><div><br></div><div>The star-studded panel will feature Hip Hop legend and kidney transplant recipient, Leslie Pridgen, better known as Freeway, who will share his experience with kidney failure and his pride as a donor father to his son, Jihad Pridgen, who saved four lives as an organ donor after his untimely death.</div><div><br></div><div>The event will also include FREE health screenings from Charles Drew Medical School and Chinatown Service Center, FREE haircuts and manicures, as well as wellness sessions, music, fun activities for children and adults, FREE produce and grocery items, food trucks and more.</div></div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_3cb1_d535_acb1_8890" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d/1Isc918AADfJbMehqAkTte1Pa_-0cm6R-" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"></div>Jesus Figueroahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01001024556947912074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3003803242766282662.post-11842515146238603602024-03-01T12:23:00.001-08:002024-03-01T12:23:31.312-08:00Trailer: Watch the official trailer for THE STRANGERS: CHAPTER 1, In Theaters May 17<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/3pZUQmZdOi4" width="500" height="281" id="y_id_ca6a_4e60_75a5_b286" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div>(Info from press release)</div><div><br></div> After their car breaks down in an eerie small town, a young couple (Madelaine Petsch and Froy Gutierrez) are forced to spend the night in a remote cabin.<div><br></div><div>Panic ensues as they are terrorized by three masked strangers who strike with no mercy and seemingly no motive in THE STRANGERS ― CHAPTER 1, the chilling first entry of this upcoming horror feature film series.</div><div><br></div> Director: Renny Harlin<div>Cast: Madelaine Petsch, Froy Gutierrez, Gabriel Basso, Ema Horvath </div><div><br></div><img id="id_fa90_9600_69a3_88bc" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d/1AjGJaK22rYoocl-kMVJsmKzs7wzjnsPV" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><font size="7">THE STRANGERS ― CHAPTER 1</font></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><font size="5">In Theaters May 17</font></b></div>Jesus Figueroahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01001024556947912074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3003803242766282662.post-44665959374211353232024-02-29T14:35:00.001-08:002024-02-29T14:35:06.166-08:00Video Interview: @ThisFunktional talks with actress Ava Cantrell about ABIGAIL<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/GpfIJdl2H3I" width="500" height="281" id="y_id_cf0c_ae0d_556d_b734" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div><br></div><div><div>Jesus Figueroa, @ThisFunktional of ThisFunktional.com, talks with Actor Ava Cantrell talks about ABIGAIL, not available on Digital and DVD.</div><div><br></div><div>In 1976 Alabama, Abigail and her mom move to a new town for a fresh start. A precocious teen, Abigail befriends the lonely boy next door and soon stands up to his bullies. As she takes him under her wing, the secrets of her past begin to surface. Though they take on the world together, he discovers she may have a more disturbing side.</div><div><br></div><div>Director: Melissa Vitello</div><div><br></div><div>Cast: Ava Cantrell, Tren Reed-Brown, Hermione Lynch, Gene Farber, Karimah Westbrook</div><div><br></div><img id="id_16e_36a7_1027_e0a2" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d/1-h8I5wVpAwHKFaVAC99yaq9x76F01Ejy" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><font size="7">ABIGAIL</font></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><font size="5">Available Now on Digital and DVD</font></b></div></div>Jesus Figueroahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01001024556947912074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3003803242766282662.post-63808152070310621202024-02-27T22:40:00.001-08:002024-02-27T22:40:27.973-08:00Announcement: NEON to host nationwide one night only screening event of Ava Duvernay’s ORIGIN featuring exclusive pre-recorded intro and Q&A<img id="id_f3f7_a022_8101_2d30" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d/16nz76sCKJCWP37d2q0Mu3l1JBq6sCUBn" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><div><b>Photo courtesy of NEON</b></div><div><br></div><div>(Info from press release)</div><div><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><font size="5">The film will screen in 500 theaters across the country <span dir="ltr">Wednesday, February 28, 2024</span></font></b></div><div><span style="text-align: center;"><span dir="ltr"><br></span></span></div><div><div>Award-winning studio NEON has announced that it will screenOrigin from writer/director/producer Ava DuVernay in 500 theaters in the U.S. <span dir="ltr">on Wednesday, February 28, 2024</span> for a one night only special screening event featuring an exclusive pre-recorded introduction and post-screening Q&A with DuVernay. The film has profoundly connected with audiences since its wide theatrical release on January 19, 2024, garnering strong word of mouth.<br><div><o:p> <br></o:p>Warmly received by critics, Origin was recently awarded Best Drama as well as Best Director for Ava DuVernay and Best Actress for Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor by the African American Film Critics Association. It also received NAACP Image Awards nominations for Outstanding Motion Picture; Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture for Ava DuVernay; Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture for Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor; and Outstanding Youth Performance in a Motion Picture for Lennox Simms ahead of the ceremony <span dir="ltr">on March 16, 2024</span>.<br><o:p> <br></o:p>From Academy Award nominated filmmaker Ava DuVernay, Origin explores the mystery of history, the wonders of romance, and a fight for our future. While investigating the global phenomenon of caste and its dark influence on society, a journalist faces unfathomable personal loss and uncovers the beauty of human resilience.<br><o:p> <br></o:p>Origin is written and directed by Ava DuVernay and produced by DuVernay and Paul Garnes at Array. The film stars Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Jon Bernthal, Niecy Nash-Betts, Emily Yancy, Finn Wittrock, Victoria Pedretti, Jasmine Cephas Jones, Isha Blaaker, Vera Farmiga, Audra McDonald, Connie Nielsen, Blair Underwood, Nick Offerman, Stephanie March, and Myles Frost <br><o:p> <br></o:p>The film has received rave reviews from Manohla Dargis at the New York Times, Richard Brody at The New Yorker and many others. Dargis writes, “Few American movies this year reach so high so boldly.” Variety wrote, “Monumental. Here is a director who has demonstrated on multiple occasions her capacity to shift and reframe the conversation.” Valerie Complex at Deadline called the film "Essential. This film is an ambitious and, dare I say, radical venture. Ava DuVernay continues to establish herself as one of the most vital voices in contemporary cinema.” <br><o:p> <br></o:p>NEON recently garnered seven Academy Award®-nominations, five for Anatomy of a Fall from Justine Triet; Wim Wenders’ Perfect Days, the Japanese selection for ‘Best International Film’; and Best Animated Feature,Robot Dreams from Pablo Berger. In January, the Sundance Film Festival marked world premieres ofSeeking Mavis Beacon from director Jazmin Jones and Theda Hammel’s Stress Positions, both of which NEON produced, and Handling the Undead starring Renate Reinsve. NEON also launched its international sales outfit ahead of the Venice Film Festival in 2023, led by seasoned film executive Kristen Figeroid. Its slate currently includes <a href="https://variety.com/t/steven-soderbergh/" id="id_47cd_e900_de68_a3ec" target="_blank">Steven Soderbergh</a>’s Presence which made its world premiere in Sundance where NEON picked up the worldwide rights; They Follow, the long awaited sequel to the modern horror classic It Follows from visionary writer/director David Robert Mitchell and starring Maika Monroe; and NEON production Cuck oo from writer/director Tilman Singer and starring Hunter Schafer which premiered in the Berlinale Special section.</div></div><p style="margin: 0in;"><o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><o:p></o:p></p></div>Jesus Figueroahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01001024556947912074noreply@blogger.com0