Taking a Break
October 30, 2007
Hi loyal fans and new readers,
After much debate, ReleaseMe is going to take a break. We’ve loved doing it and hope you’ve enjoyed the site, but we’re pausing to rethink where we can go with the idea. If you have any suggestions, please email us at noah AT mediabistro DOT com.
The Right Words for Difficult Times
October 26, 2007
VIENNA — With fires raging along the
Californian coast, it’s easy to feel helpless in the wake of such personal
tragedy. While it is hard to know what to say and do, loss is very
isolating and when you stay away, you compound the loss, says one expert.
“Many people shy away from someone who has experienced a devastating
loss because they are afraid to say the wrong thing,” says Robbie Miller
Kaplan, author of How To Say It When You Don’t Know What To Say: The Right
Words For Difficult Times (Prentice Hall Press $15.95). “The right words
and helpful deeds bring comfort when it’s needed most. Your positive
actions play a pivotal role in helping individuals cope with loss and
heal,” she adds.
Basketball is a Brotherhood
October 26, 2007
PORTLAND– After last season’s successful
launch of the global basketball movement, “Believe in 5IVE” and the idea of
believing in “We” and not “Me,” adidas, side-by-side with NBA All-Stars
Gilbert Arenas, Chauncey Billups, Tim Duncan, Kevin Garnett, Dwight Howard
and Tracy McGrady announced today the continuing evolution of this
philosophy with “Basketball is a Brotherhood.”
FRONTLINE presents “The Undertaking,” Tuesday, October 30 on PBS and online at http://www.pbs.org/frontline/undertaking
“Every year I bury a couple hundred of my townspeople.
Another two or three dozen I take to the crematory to be burned …
I sell caskets, burial vaults, and urns for the ashes … I am the only undertaker in this town.”
– Thomas Lynch
Thomas Lynch, 58, is a writer and a poet. He’s also a funeral director in a small town in central Michigan where he and his family have cared for the dead — and the living — for three generations. For the first time, Lynch agreed to allow cameras inside Lynch & Sons, giving FRONTLINE producers Miri Navasky and Karen O’Connor rare, behind-the-scenes access — from funeral arrangements to the embalming room — to the Lynches’ world in The Undertaking, airing Tuesday, October 30, 2007, at 9 p.m. on PBS (check local listings).
Royal College of Art Teams Up With Brioni
October 26, 2007
LONDON — The Royal College of Art and Brioni,
Italy’s leading menswear luxury brand have sealed a three-year academic
partnership agreement with the purpose of passing on the teachings of
sartorial techniques to a new generation of young talents. Under the terms
of this exclusive agreement, Brioni shall support the RCA’s MA Menswear
fashion design course over the next three years.
Colorado Strikes Out for Game Four
October 25, 2007
DENVER — Colorado’s outdated Blue Law
banning Sunday spirits sales will keep package store owners out of the game
during Sunday’s World Series Game Four, according to the Distilled Spirits
Council — a national trade association representing America’s leading
distillers.
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History and Vintage NYC Images from the AP
October 24, 2007
NEW YORK – An exhibit recounting how The Associated Press has covered some of the biggest stories in its 161-year history will be on view at the City University of New York’s Graduate Center, 365 Fifth Ave. in Manhattan, from Oct. 31 to Nov. 19.The exhibit is based on the AP’s recently published history, BREAKING NEWS: How the Associated Press Has Covered War, Peace, and Everything Else (Princeton Architectural Press, June 2007).
Cowboy Poetry Gathering with The Sundance Photographic Workshop
October 24, 2007
Students at the November 8-12 Sundance Photographic Workshop will have a unique opportunity to capture performers backstage at the 2007 Cowboy Poetry Gathering and Buckaroo Fair in Heber City, Utah. The popular event—billed as a celebration “to promote the cowboy way of life through music, poetry and art”—annually draws visitors from around the world.
Directing the Sundance Photographic Workshop students will be Pulitzer Prize winning photojournalist Martha Rial, who will be teaching a session on documentary and photojournalism.
Diddy Partners With Ciroc Vodka
October 24, 2007
NEW YORK — Diageo, the world’s
leading, spirits, wine and beer company, today announced a groundbreaking
strategic alliance between Sean “Diddy” Combs and Ciroc vodka. Under the
terms of the deal, Combs and Sean Combs Enterprises will take the lead on
all brand management decisions for Ciroc, while sharing in the future
profits of the growth of the brand. This exclusive US multi-year
collaboration, which calls for a 50/50 profit split, is a first for the
spirits industry and could be worth more than $100 million for Combs.
“Sean Combs has a proven track record of developing high-end brands and
we expect his alliance with Ciroc to follow suit,” said Debra Kelly-Ennis,
Chief Marketing Officer, Diageo North America. “We are confident that Sean
and his team are the right partners to further enhance the luxury profile
of Ciroc.”
Rebecca Aguilar Suspended Over “Aggressive” Reporting
October 24, 2007
MCLEAN, Va. — It has come to the
attention of UNITY: Journalists of Color that a television reporter at
KDFW-TV Fox 4 in Dallas was suspended last week after public outcry over
her aggressive style of reporting.
