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Month: May 2016

Entertainment & Media Veteran Shows Entertainers How To Be Featured On Radio, T.V., Newspapers & Magazines..

Entertainment & Media Veteran Shows Entertainers How To Be Featured On Radio, T.V., Newspapers & Magazines..

Have you ever wanted your performing or entertainment business to be featured on television, radio, newspapers or magazines?

Do you ever wonder whey it seems the same entertainers get featured in the media and others don’t?

Do you think media coverage could help your performing or entertainment business?

Every day each and every one of us is influenced by the media. Radio, television, newspapers, magazines and the Internet are among the most popular and influential media formats.

The press and media help inform, educate, entertain and influence what we think about, accept and believe. They influence us to create our own thoughts, insights and opinions based on their input to our consciousness.

The media is powerful. It is authoritative. Most of all, the media is persuasive, influential and credible. In today’s world the media creates authoritativeness, perspective and credibility.

However, in a much bigger picture, the media is also a business tool, a resource and an opportunity for businesses. Press & media are tools that every entertainer on any level can utilize.

There are many benefits to the entertainer that can help to position, grow and offer credibility to your entertainment business. The press and media can be one of the most unique, powerful and fascinating resources available to entertainers.

So what does all of this mean for us as performers and entertainment business owners and operators? In short, how to take advantage of the press and media in as many ways as possible to benefit and create value to your business.

Press & Media For Entertainers pulls back the curtain and reveals the information you need to know to understand and utilize press and media for your business. Much of this information is closely-guarded industry secrets not easily obtained or understood by the live entertainment or speaking communities.

This is for performers, entertainers and speakers of all levels – part-time or full-time, kids/family performers, corporate performers, speakers, celebrity performers and performers of all types, semi-professionals or pros.

You’ll learn and understand the step-by-step process that is not commonly available to most entertainers industries.

Press & Media For Entertainers is written from a very unique perspective from an industry insider who was both a press & media specialist for over three decades, as well as being a national touring headlining performer and operating in almost every aspect of professional entertainment. The insights and perspectives are unique and unparalleled.  

Much of this information has never been published or presented in such easy to understand, easy to apply accessibility.

Never has such a professional resource been available on this topic offer precise information to dominate the press and media in your marketplace and position your business to it’s maximum potential. No “opt-ins,” no expensive courses to buy, just the real-world information you need to enjoy the many great benefits of press and media coverage for your performing business.

To learn more, check out  http://entertainmentopportunities.com/

Magician Michael Carbonaro on Disguises, Pranking Shaq, and Getting the Guy..

Magician Michael Carbonaro on Disguises, Pranking Shaq, and Getting the Guy..

He might be rushing to make a flight, but Michael Carbonaro talks with a charm that makes you think you have all the time in the world. The magician and prankster of tru TV’s The Carbonaro Effecthas quite a following for his elaborate illusions hoodwinking an unsuspecting public—often ridiculous products or inventions that make jaws drop. We caught up with the openly gay, Long Island-born trickster about coming up with stunts, a new wig collection, and if magic ever helped him get a hot date. Read more..

http://www.out.com/television/2016/5/19/10-qs-gay-magician-michael-carbonaro-disguises-pranking-shaq-and-getting-guy

How I Got My Dream Job: John Rizen, Magician..

How I Got My Dream Job: John Rizen, Magician..

Magicians have been with us for hundreds, if not thousands, of years. Historians date the first usage of the word as early as the 14th century, and trace its etymological origins to themagus, a type of ancient Persian priest, and cognate maghdim, a Chaldean term for “wisdom and philosophy.” Fast-forward a handful of centuries later, and the word’s basic connotations still apply, at least to modern-day magician John Rizen, a Canadian-born magic master and mogul currently based in Vancouver, BC. For the past six years, Rizen had managed to carve out a career path doing what he loves, through hard work, self-defined hustle, and of course — and please forgive the mandatory pun — a little magic.  Read the interview…

http://www.payscale.com/career-news/2016/05/how-i-got-my-dream-job-john-rizen-magician

Seaside resort BANS classic Punch and Judy show because it ‘trivalises domestic violence ‘..

Seaside resort BANS classic Punch and Judy show because it ‘trivalises domestic violence ‘..

A seaside resort has banned a classic Punch and Judy show – because councillors fear it trivialises domestic violence.

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The traditional puppet show was supposed to be part of the Barry Island Beats, Eats and Treats festival in south Wales next month.

But the performance was scrapped after officials and some councillors decided it would be at odds with the county council’s standpoint on domestic violence.

Ian Johnson, of Barry Town Council, which agreed to give £2,500 to support the festival, said: ‘The issue was that it was treading a fine line between entertainment and recognising that some of it was inappropriate.

Read more:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3589461/Seaside-resort-BANS-classic-Punch-Judy-summer-festival-trivalises-domestic-violence.html#ixzz48xpSz1av

** If you aren’t familiar with a Punch and Judy show.. here’s an archived film, about 8 minutes long, that will give you a good idea.. 

 https://archive.org/details/santa_claus_punch_and_judy