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“Jurassic” Returns to Big Screen

After over a decade of anticipation, Universal Studios has done it again and brought dinosaurs to back to the big screen for one more adventure of epic proportion.  Steven Spielburg’s Jurassic World had fans flooding the theaters for a prescreening at the local AMC on Universal Citywalk even before officially hitting the big screen for the public on June 12 and it’s sure to break records its opening weekend.

The fourth installment  brings an all new cast as Jurassic World replaces the park with an amusement park complete with rides, shows and interactive experiences.  Dinosaur trainer, (Chris Pratt) is perfecting his latest experiment of taming the vicious raptors and while scientists, headed by Claire (Bryce Dallas Howard) are trying to lure more visitors to the park with the latest creation of a hybrid species of dinosaur, while getting close to her nephews, Gray and Zach, but when the hybrid dinosaur decides to take a dangerous turn, and put the whole park in danger, it’s up to Pratt and Howard to team together and save the day as well as realize they work better together as a team.

With a runtime of 2 hours and 4 minutes, Jurassic World is packed with action, thrills and everything the Jurassic Park franchise is known for.  It opens June 12 in theaters everywhere and is well worth the anticipation.

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Wondercon 2015 in Anaheim, Calif.

Held on the first weekend in April on the Easter weekend, fans flooded into the Anaheim Convention Center for an opportunity to get their hands on the latest in comic books as well as to see exclusive sneak peeks of new movies and television shows at this year’s Wondercon, celebrating the popular arts.

Watch now, to learn just a little bit more about what awaited at this year’s event including a special look at the phenomenon know as Cosplay Dreamz 3D as well as a Celebrity Cruise, benefiting a lifelong illness.

And don’t forget to revisit last year’s Wondercon report, here.

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A Night of Stars in Beverly Hills

On February 22, 2015, while everyone was trying to view the Oscars in Hollywood, past academy winners and nominees showed up at the Beverly Hilton for the 25th Annual Night of 100 Stars.

Watch now to see just who was spotted at this hotel and hear who they most wanted to win at the 86th Annual Academy Awards.

It was a close race for best picture this year with 8 of the top movies in the running.  While Birdman took the top oscar for best picture as well as Cinematography, Directing and writing, all eight movies nominated for best picture equally took home at least one or two oscars.

For a complete list of Oscar Winners, click here.

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The Ultimate Movie Going Experience

In times, where the economy doesn’t seem to be getting better, there is always an alternate reality to take your mind of your troubles and it’s relatively inexpensive. As summer kicks off officially, blockbusters like Avengers and Men In Black III are bringing relief to California Residents. It’s the ultimate movie going experience that keeps everyone laughing and crying all at the same time.

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Animals stars or Animal Exploitation? Should animals really be working or is it cruel to keep them from being a “Regular” animal?

It’s been debated since animals first started being used in movies in the early 1900’s.

Peta (or People for the Ethical Treatment of animals) is an animal rights organization, dedicated to investigating the unfair practices and abuse of animals.

This includes the use of animals for…

One of the forms of entertainment is in the circus.  An investigation by Peta was done on Ringling Brothers, and found the elephants were repeated beaten with bullhooks prior to performing.  Additionally Peta is also against Animals being used for entertainment, such as Greyhound Racing.  The Greyhound Racing Association of America says the breed loves to run and thus are breed at a early age.  They say the dogs are well taken care of and most live to the typical age of 12.

But The ASPCA argues.  They say “each year thousands of young, healthy greyhounds are killed due to lack of racing potential or being injured or no longer competitive.  ASPCA say, the living conditions of a typical greyhound is massively small, with little or no social contact.

Other less conspicuous groups like Animal Actors of Hollywood are more responsible and actually adopt most of the animals that are used for work in the TV and Entertainment Industry.  The Trainers say, all of the animals are placed in loving homes, both during the animals work schedule as well as upon retirement.

Just the same, no matter how well their intentions are, there are always Peta groups to insure that all animals are treated right and justly so.  According to a petition done on change.org, the following findings were reported.

  • 10 billion domesticated land animal are slaughtered a day for food, including 250 million chicks and five and a half million calves
  • Between 25 and one hundred million animals are used in testing in the U.S. each year
  • Six to eight million dogs and cats enter shelters and half never leave alive
  • 80 percent of purebred, AKC puppies are born in puppy mills and sold at local pet shops
  • And one hundred percent of all circuses have been cited for animal cruelty