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UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif., Jan. 7 -- It's a blast from the past, present and future -- three popular favorites available for the first time separately from Universal Studios Home Entertainment on February 10, 2009: "Back to the Future," "Back to the Future Part II" and "Back to the Future Part III." These are absolute classics for any DVD collection.

ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, N.J. and LOS GATOS, Calif., Jan. 5 -- LG Electronics today extended its groundbreaking partnership with Netflix, Inc. (Nasdaq: NFLX), as the two companies announced the first broadband-enabled HDTVs with Netflix streaming software embedded directly in the TV, requiring no external device. LG's new LCD and plasma "Broadband HDTVs" will display the growing library of movies, TV episodes and high-definition (HD) content that Netflix members can watch instantly directly on the TV with Ethernet connectivity.

NEW YORK, Dec. 18 -- Lifetime Television's annual "Fa La La La Lifetime" holiday movie marathon is heading toward record audience levels, boasting the highest-rated holiday movies on basic cable among W18+ -- and reaching more than 82 million total viewers with a week to go!

Led by the Lifetime Original Movie "Flirting with Forty," which averaged four million viewers during its December 8 premiere, the 2008 "Fa La La La Lifetime" success story includes:

After Effect New York Meet Up: Thursday, December 11, 2008

The Time: 
6:45 PM - 9:00 PM

The Place:
P.S. 41
116 West 11th St., NYC
(At the corner of 11th Street and 6th Ave.)

Thanks to the AENY sponsors, the meeting is FREE.
 
Prize info can be found at http://www.aeny.org/meetings.html

Lineup Includes:
Maxon CEO Paul Babb will walk us through some of the new features of C4D 11 - the latest release of the 3D software most integrated with After Effects.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 9 -- TV.com today announced preliminary results from its Best of 2008 Awards, where it asks its audience to vote on their favorite TV Shows and characters in categories like Drama, Comedy, and Action Adventure during the past year. So far, the Awards have received more than 70 million votes, a testament to TV.com's active and engaged community of TV fans.

DALLAS, Dec. 10 -- Saint Nick doesn't have to be saintly for America to love him, according to a survey conducted by Blockbuster Inc. Movie lovers chose Tim Allen's portrayal in "The Santa Clause" as their favorite "nice" on-screen Santa.

ALVISO, Calif., Dec. 9 -- TiVo Inc.

NEW YORK, Dec. 8 --

Defiance: An inspirational story, told with a maximum of physical detail and a minimum of rhetoric, about the three Bielski brothers (including Daniel Craig), who kept twelve hundred Jews alive in the forest during the Nazi occupation of Byelorussia.

Rachel Getting Married: Excruciating to get into, but, once you become accustomed to Ann Hathaway's high-wire performance and the jiggling camera style, very rewarding.

The Class: a smart, cocky teacher in multi-ethnic Paris takes on a class of turbulent ninth-graders, who then come back at him hard.

December 8, 2008 – OPEN WINDOW, the critically acclaimed independent film by Mia Goldman, continues its impact around the globe with a DVD release on December 9, 2009 from Image Entertainment.  The film is an intimate, honest portrayal of the inspirational recovery of a young woman, her friends and family, after she has been raped. The film, inspired by events in Ms. Goldman’s life, illustrates that, while brutal crime has a tragic impact on the people it touches, the road to recovery can transform and strengthen people and relationships.
 

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 -- The Washington, DC Area Film Critics Association (WAFCA) today announced its selection of the surprise indie hit Slumdog Millionaire as Best Film of 2008. In total, the Fox Searchlight film won four awards including Best Director for Danny Boyle, Best Breakthrough Performance for Dev Patel and Best Adapted Screenplay for Simon Beaufoy.