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‘Busy afternoon’: Bad weather sweeps through Central Florida
11 March 2010
Local stations returned to regular schedules this afternoon as severe weather swept through the region. “If we need to cut back in, that’s what we will do,” WESH-Channel 2 chief meteorologist Tony Mainolfi said. “It is going to be a very busy afternoon and evening, I can promise you that.” Stations offered different approaches to balancing the weather coveage with the regular schedule. WESH and WKMG-Channel 6 later returned to wall-to-wall weather reporting. WFTV-Channel 9 and WOFL-Channel 35 offered periodic updates along with schedule programs.W WKMG returned to regular programming at 3:48, but was back to a weather update at 3:50. WESH stayed with weather as the station prepared for the 4 p.m. news. On WFTV, chief meteorologist Tom Terry warned, “This is going to be a very busy afternoon.” He added that some of the heaviest thunderstorm activity would hit as children were leaving school. At 2:49, Terry explained that WFTV was “covering up your regular programming for four different tornado warnings going on simultaneously.” At 2:50, WKMG chief meteorologist Tom Sorrells talked to Tony Cristaldi of the National Weather Service. “The radar’s starting to look downright scary down toward Polk and Osceola counties,” Cristaldi said. There was a tornado watch for all of Central Florida until 6 p.m. But Sorrells wanted to know what happened afteward. “This is not calming down, is it?” Sorrells asked. “Not yet,” Cristaldi said. “We’ll probably see these storms continue well into the evening.”
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Star Wars: In Concert at Amway
11 March 2010
On sale this Saturday, it’s the latest tribute to the film franchise that refuses to die: Star Wars: In Concert at the Amway Arena. If there was ever a movie soundtrack that warranted it’s own live show, it’s John Williams’ score. Heck, I’m humming Darth Vader’s entrance music in my head right now. (Actually, I do that whenever the publisher walks by. Shh.) From the press release: The production features a full symphony orchestra and choir, accompanied by specially edited footage from the films displayed on a three-story-tall, high-definition LED super-screen – one of the largest ever put on tour. The footage actually runs in sync with the live music to create a full multi-media, one-of-kind Star Wars experience. “We’ve taken the key themes from the music and cut together all the images that fit with each theme, so you can really get a sense of how the music played into the images,” said George Lucas, creator of the Star Wars Saga
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Corey Haim: Corey Feldman tells Larry King that Hollywood builds child stars up, then walks away from them
11 March 2010
Actor Corey Feldman says people weren’t there for pal Corey Haim , who died Wednesday at age 38. In an interview on CNN’s “Larry King Live” last night, Feldman said complained: “In this entertainment industry in Hollywood, we build people up as children, we put them on pedestals and then when we decide that they’re not marketable anymore, we walk away from them. And then we taunt them and we tease them and things like TMZ, outlets like that, where it’s acceptable in society, it’s OK for society, as a whole, to poke fun at .. to laugh at us as human beings. Why is it OK to kick somebody when they’re down?” Do you agree? Here’s more of the King interview:
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Dear Conan O’Brien: Please come to Florida
11 March 2010
The news that Conan O’Brien will start a 30-city tour is grand news. But there’s a drawback: He’s not coming to Florida. He starts in Eugene, Ore., on April 12. He finishes in Atlanta on June 14. He’s playing Seattle, San Francisco, Dallas, Chicago, New York, Boston and Washington, D.C. But “The Legally Prohibited From Being Funny on Television Tour” won’t cross into the Sunshine State. Dear Conan , please come here. You have a lot of Central Florida fans who miss you in late night. They’ll fill your coffers, big guy. O’Brien left “The Tonight Show” rather than see it pushed back a half-hour for a half-hour Jay Leno show. So Leno is back at “Tonight.”
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Come see The Last Song with the Travoltas in Ocala
11 March 2010
The next Nicholas Sparks novel to become a movie is T he Last Song, which opens March 31. But if you’re willing to pop into Ocala you can see The Last Song with Kelly Preston (one of its stars), her husband John Travolta and their daughter Ella Bleu Travolta for a showing and reception that will benefit an Ocala special needs Boy Scout Troop and Memories of Missing Smiles Park. It’s a March 30 evening at the movies with movie stars. Tickets for event go on sale Monday, March 15 between at $50 per guest at Easy Street, 2727 Southwest 27th Avenue, Ocala, FL Tickets will be sold on a first come first served basis. Event Hotline: 877-546-3239 WHERE/WHEN: 5:00 PM VIP Reception -Easy Street Family Fun Center 2727 SW 27th Avenue Ocala, FL 7:00 PM Screening- Regal Cinemas Hollywood 16 2801 SW 27th Avenue, Ocala, FL
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MPAA: 10% of the population buys 50% of movie tickets
11 March 2010
Last year’s box office bonanza was fueled, the MPAA says, by 3D, with premium-priced tickets boosting BO and probably juicing overall attendance, too. Another stat further down in the Motion Picture Association of America’s press release — the news that just 10% of the moviegoing audience buys 50% of the tickets sold in a given year. You wonder why horror, comic book adaptations, action franchises and raunchy younger comedies dominate the mulitplex? It’s because of that generally young 10% who keeps theaters open so there’s still a place to show The Last Station or Precious when it rolls around.
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