Praise & Recognition

I cannot thank each of you enough for your help. With this being my first "celebrity" experience, you all made it very easy and I truly appreciate all you did.
Rhinebeck Area Chamber of Commerce
 

WME could not have been more efficient, more understanding, nor better prepared. The event turned out to be spectacular and due in large measure to their professionalism and diligence. We could not have been more pleased!
Association for Financial Professionals
 

Speaker News


Forest Whitaker, Orlando Bloom thriller 'Zulu' to close Cannes

Los Angeles Times
The police thriller "Zulu," set and shot in South Africa, will close the 66th Cannes Film Festival on May 26. Starring Forest Whitaker and Orlando Bloom, the film is directed by Jerome Salle. An adaptation of the novel of the same name by Caryl Ferey, the screenplay was co-written by Salle and Julien Rappeneau.
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'Duck Dynasty' calls up new ratings record for A&E

The Los Angeles Times

"Duck Dynasty" is ascending the TV ratings throne.  The 10:30 p.m. Wednesday episode of the A&E series about a once-poor Louisiana family whose fortunes were transformed by their duck-call business hit a record 4.9 million total viewers, according to Nielsen.

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Seth MacFarlane to Host Oscars

ABC News
Seth MacFarlane, the mastermind behind ”Family Guy” and the 2012 comedy hit “Ted,”  will host the 85th Academy Awards in 2013.  ABC made the announcement in a press release today.  “We are thrilled to have Seth MacFarlane host the Oscars. His performing skills blend perfectly with our ideas for making the show entertaining and fresh,” producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron said in the release.
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Dr. Jennifer Ashton Joins ABC News

ABC News
This morning Chief Health and Medical Editor Dr. Richard Besser announced Dr. Jennifer Ashton is joining the ABC News Medical Unit.
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Eddie Huang Gets His Own Show

The New York Times
Eddie Huang came screeching onto the New York food scene in late 2009, when he opened the first Baohaus, a storefront serving bao - stuffed steamed buns, Taiwanese style - on the Lower East Side. It was the combination of his bao and blog posts that endowed him with instant fame.
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Regis returns to TV as 'Rachael Ray' co-host

USA Today
Regis Philbin left his co-host gig with Kelly Ripa last year after 28 seasons. Family, friends and stars dropped by to pay tribute. Tears flowed. And now he's coming back on the air -- with a new partner. On Monday, September 24th, the daytime talk show king joined Rachael Ray's kitchen.
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COMEDY CENTRAL Renews "Tosh.0"

Business Week
Daniel Tosh and "Tosh.0" will continue on in 2013 as COMEDY CENTRAL has ordered a fifth season of its highest-rated and most-watched series, it was announced today by Kent Alterman, Head of Original Programming and Production, COMEDY CENTRAL.  The fifth season of "Tosh.0" will consist of 30 episodes and premiere in January.
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Felix wins top U.S. Olympic athlete awards

Reuters

Michael Phelps and Allyson Felix were named as the United States Olympic Committee’s (USOC) best athletes for 2011-12 on Monday for their gold-medal performances at the London Olympics.  Felix won the women’s award after scooping winning gold in the 200 metres sprint and the 4×100m and 4×400m relays on the running track.

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Willie Geist Is Named Co-Host of 9 A.M. Hour of ‘Today’

The New York Times

NBC's "Today" show on Wednesday welcomed Willie Geist, the MSNBC newsman and occasional comedian, as the new co-host of its 9 a.m. hour.  The network confirmed that Mr. Geist would become a permanent presence on "Today," where he has regularly filled in for Matt Lauer this year. His impending appointment was first reported last month.

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Ricki Lake brings updated talk show, life to TV

USA Today
Ricki Lake was a babe in the talk show woods when her syndicated program launched nearly two decades ago.  Looking back at the 24-year-old actress she was then, Lake pronounces the 1993 career move "a little bit presumptous," although Ricki Lake quickly won over a young-adult audience that wanted a peppy take on life and love from someone like them.
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President Obama answers questions on Alexis Ohanian’s REDDIT site

All Things D
Question No. 1: Yup, that’s really Barack Obama, taking questions over at a Reddit AMA (Ask Me Anything).  Question No. 2: It was really no big deal, says Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian, via email:There’s not a lot to it. I’ve gotten to know quite a few folks in the WH & Obama campaign team over the years and it was always something I brought up when I got the chance...
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Maria Menounos to star in reality show on Oxygen

Boston Herald
Maria Menounos broke the news this week that she'll star in her own Oxygen Channel reality series, the network said in a press release. The 10-episode "docu-series" will follow the Medford homegal's "not-so-Hollywood home life with her longtime boyfriend and strict Greek immigrant parents who demand marriage and grandchildren."
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Danny Boyle: Olympics Opening Ceremony mastermind

CNN
He's brought bloodthirsty zombies, squalid junkies and murderous housemates to life on the big screen, but faced the toughest task of his career at London 2012: bringing boogying nurses, bucolic scenes and butterflies on bicycles to a worldwide audience of a billion people. Danny Boyle was the man responsible for the Olympic opening ceremony...
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Ashley Judd Nominated for Emmy

The Los Angeles Times

Ashley Judd has been nominated for an Emmy for Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie for her role as Rebecca Winstone in "Missing."

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Serena Williams wins fifth Wimbledon title

The Washington Post

The youngest of five girls, Serena Williams has long reveled in playing the role of spoiled baby sister.  But after winning her fifth Wimbledon championship Saturday to snap a two-year drought of major titles, Williams clambered up the Centre Court stands to her guest box to share the triumph with the loved ones she said had made it possible.

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How Reddit's Alexis Ohanian Became The Mayor Of The Internet

Forbes
Between Alexis Ohanian and the 35 million militant Internet users he represents, it’s sometimes hard to tell who’s leading the march on Washington and who’s following.
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Reddit's Alexis Ohanian And Activists Aim To Build A 'Bat-Signal For The Internet'

Forbes
The “blackout” of Web sites to protest the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in January was an unprecedented show of Internet solidarity against bad legislation. But with new net-threatening measures like ACTA and CISPA popping out of Congress on a practically monthly basis, one online entrepreneur and a group of net activists want to enable regular SOPA-style mass protests at the push of a button.
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The Sunday Conversation: Erin Brockovich lets it flow

Los Angeles Times
Environmental activist Erin Brockovich is one of the main talking heads of Oscar-winning director Jessica Yu's "Last Call at the Oasis,"a new documentary sounding the alarm about an impending global water shortage from the producers of "An Inconvenient Truth" and "Food, Inc."
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Marilu Henner reminds women to remember in New York Times best seller book

Houston Chronicle
The last time Marilu Henner ate red meat was in Houston on Aug. 4, 1979, a Saturday. That's the way the actress and best-selling author peppers her conversation these days.
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JOEL STEIN reviews his OWN book! And guess what? It’s a rave!

TIME

In my many years as a journalist, scholar and thinker, I have read nearly all the great works of literature, including Milton, Shakespeare and the first third of The Brothers Karamazov. But no book has ever spoken to me as profoundly or directly as Joel Stein's Man Made: A Stupid Quest for Masculinity.

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Tim Tebow named to TIME's list of the 100 Most Influential People in the World

TIME

Watching Tim Tebow play football, you can observe many things about his character. You see his fierce competitiveness, his strong work ethic and how he is a leader that his teammates trust and respect.

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Man V. Food's Adam Richman Talks Traveling And Food

Huffington Post
Adam Richman is finally full. The Travel Channel host spent the last few years traveling around the country stuffing his face with down home cooking for his hit program Man v. Food, which featured him facing down the many consumptive challenges thrown at him by America's best BBQs and steakhouses. No more.
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Amanda De Cadenet Gets The Conversation Started

Forbes

What were you doing when you were 14? If you’re like most women, you were probably somewhere between milestones that included your first crush and first training bra.  Not Amanda De Cadenet.

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O’Donnell vs. Coulter Debate

MSNBC
To raise money for the K.I.N.D. fund, MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell formally debated conservative pundit Ann Coulter. One of the conservative students in the audience, Will Healey, gives his reaction to the debate on The Last Word.
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The Master of the Mash-Up

The Wall Street Journal

Seth Grahame-Smith blended Jane Austen with zombies and Abraham Lincoln with vampires. Now, with two movies and a novel landing soon, he's one of Hollywood's most sought-after young players.

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