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Knoxville, TN (PRWEB) January 23, 2012

Jewelry Television? (JTV), the largest broadcast shopping network focused exclusively on the sale of fine jewelry and gemstones, unveiled its new Titanic Jewelry Collection last week selling out the entire collection in less than one hour. The collection, created in partnership with Titanic Museum Attractions, was designed to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the ship?s maiden voyage in April 2012. The network plans to bring the collection back throughout the year with multiple promotions during the month of April. The proprietary Titanic Jewelry Collection will also be for sale at JTV.com with prices ranging from $ 20 to $ 200.

?The public?s reception to the Titanic Jewelry Collection reflects the fascination and reverence for this piece of history,? said Pat Bryant, chief marketing officer for JTV. ?Our purpose in bringing this collection to the public is to honor and celebrate the fashionable women onboard the Titanic, several of whom were international style icons.?

“John Joslyn’s expedition to the Titanic’s resting place at the bottom of the ocean afforded us the opportunity to collaborate on a historically accurate jewelry collection,” said Dan Chase, vice president of merchandising. “Women everywhere will now be able to adorn themselves with a piece of history.”

The Titanic Jewelry Collection captures the elegance and opulence of the period with intricately designed pieces in the art nouveau and Edwardian styles typical of that era. Collections were inspired by famous women traveling on the RMS Titanic?s maiden voyage.

Dorothy Gibson?s ?American Beauty Collection? was inspired by the 22-year-old movie star. Gibson began her Broadway career as a singer and dancer before being discovered. The epitome of ?American Beauty,? the signature piece in this collection is an exquisite gold tone red and white crystal rose pin/brooch that captures her grace and elegance.

Edith Rosembaum?s Collection features a gorgeous chandelier necklace inspired by the Victorian era. Rosenbaum was a spicy character who loved couture fashion. A journalist who often traveled to Europe to report on the latest fashions, she was returning home from France when she boarded the Titanic.

?Lucy? Lady Duff Gordon?s Couture Cameo Collection features gem-encrusted cameo necklaces, earrings, and brooches. ?Lucy? Lady Duff Gordon was an international style icon and renowned couture designer. She opened an upscale boutique in London called ?Maison Lucile? and was known for her dramatic use of color and sheer fabrics.

Lucile Carter?s Noble Heart Collection features a blue resin ?Heart of the Ocean? pendant surrounded by white crystals. Carter was from one of the most prominent families in Philadelphia and was accustomed to a life of privilege. When she boarded the Titanic she was on her way home from Europe with her husband, two children, maid, husband?s ?manservant,? two dogs, and a brand new convertible she had purchased in France.

Eleanor Widener?s Social Butterfly Collection features a silver tone, marcasite crystal flower pin/brooch. Widener and her husband were among the wealthiest families aboard the Titanic – second only to Madeleine and John Jacob Astor.

Madeleine Astor?s Edwardian Princess Collection features a glamorous necklace with round, baguette, square and emerald cut crystals. Madeleine Talmage Force Astor was only 18 when she boarded the Titanic on her journey home from Egypt where she honeymooned with John Jacob Astor IV – one of the wealthiest men in America. Mr. Astor was more than twice her age and treated his young bride like a princess.

“JTV is proud to partner with Titanic Museum Attractions to bring our loyal customers the jewelry collection of a lifetime,” said Randy Sadler, vice president of marketing for JTV.

About Jewelry Television?

Jewelry Television? (JTV) is the only broadcast shopping network that focuses exclusively on the sale of fine jewelry and gemstones. The privately-held company was founded in 1993 and broadcasts high definition programming 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, to over 80 million unique households in the U.S. Jewelry Television? was recently ranked the 14th largest retailer of fine jewelry in the U.S. by National Jeweler. JTV.com is the fifth largest jewelry destination on the internet according to Internet Retailer?s Top 500 Guide for 2010. For more information, visit JTV.com.

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Maitland, FL (PRWEB) January 19, 2012

In her new book Covered & Kept: The Tearing Between Two Worlds ($ 22.99, paperback, 978-1-61215-587-6), author Karen R. Johnson describes the horror of losing her husband to murder and the long road to healing that followed. She shares her deepest fears, pain, faith, and joy in an intimate and honest account of her journey with Christ in the midst of tragedy. Holding nothing back, she hopes the reader will gain insight into what it means to be a true woman or man of God in spite of loss and tragedy.

Beginning with Johnson?s earliest life experiences, the book carries readers up to the night of the murder of her husband, TV cameraman Jon Johnson, and beyond. On that night, the desperate cry ?Oh, God, please tell me why?? rang out from the lips of two women from two distinct walks of life as their worlds turned upside down. One was celebrating the birthday of her mother-in-law while the other was out on a romantic date night with her husband. The nightmare began when gunshots rang out, leaving two husbands dying in pools of their own blood just a mile apart. Horrified bystanders ducked for cover while witnessing police engage in a deadly shootout that left many people asking, ?Why??

The story describes the Aaron Dunn case in Sacramento, California, in 2010. One reader wrote, ?As I read this book, my heart and head were glued to the story as if I were watching a movie. I think Karen Johnson has done an excellent job of bringing honor to our heavenly Father.? You will undoubtedly learn, as Johnson did, how God has always had His hand on her life, assuring her that she is Covered & Kept.

Xulon Press, a division of Salem Communications, is the world?s largest Christian publisher, with more than 8,000 titles published to date. Retailers may order Covered & Kept through Ingram Book Company and/or Spring Arbor Book Distributors. The book is available online through xulonpress.com/bookstore, amazon.com, and barnesandnoble.com.

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Wimberley, TX (PRWEB) January 17, 2012

Joe Vitale, a star in the hit movie “The Secret” and author of numerous bestselling books, such as Zero Limits has beat the odds and turned into a full-fledged musician — meeting his New Year’s Resolution goals, or as he prefers to call them, “Positive Predictions.”

Recently, the Boston Globe was quoted as saying that researchers have finally acknowledged that there’s an 80% failure rate against New Year’s Resolutions and that “it’s probably better not to make those January 1st promises at all.”

Vitale couldn’t disagree more. A huge proponent for setting goals and sticking to them — being new to the music industry — he completed his first music CD in 2011, a second CD in 2012 and has two more in the works, set to release in the coming year!

Blue Healer is Vitale?s first album that is an original creation of Healing Music. Each track helps heal, releases stress, and boosts creativity?Blues/New Age style. Blue Healer is a fusion genre CD that is specifically designed to move energy through you and help you feel great. Vitale says that “One track (#4) in particular is so potent that I doubt any problem or issue can remain while you listen to it. I describe it as ‘a freight train up your spine,’ as it opens all the chakras and leads to a satori experience of awakening.” Obviously, the inspiration must have moved through Vitale quite fast, thus allowing him to complete his very first album in just two months!

Vitale played as many as seven instruments to create this music, including a very rare 1915 Gibson Harp Guitar and he states that ?The idea behind all of these breakthrough audios is to allow the high vibration of inspired music to work on you. Blue Healer will inspire you. Blue Healer will open your creative mind.”

You can listen to a sampler and get a copy of Blue Healer today at http://www.healingmojomusic.com

His second album called Strut!, is Vitale?s very first debut as the world?s first self-help singer-songwriter. In this album, you will hear lyrics Vitale wrote himself, sang himself as well as instruments he played himself.

Learning how to write lyrics, sing and play guitar was a brand new category for Vitale, of which he struggled with at first. What he realized was that the struggle he was experiencing wasn?t real; not in any outward, measurable way. The struggle was within, the conscious and unconscious thoughts of self-judgment that made him fight with his own progress.

Vitale’s formula for success?

He would remind himself that his goal was to sing, play, learn, and most importantly, to have FUN.

He worked for months with dynamic passion, training with various coaches for guitar, voice and overall musical lessons. He increased his practice outside of scheduled lessons and intensified his focus even more and because of that focused discipline, he found out the limits he thought he had reached were only the stepping stones to higher planes of achievement.

Setting himself up for this challenge, Vitale found a new way to stretch his talents, exceed his potential, dare something worthy and achieve what others might call improbable. He learned that the line he was able to cross was the self-imposed limitation of his own potential.

The end result? Because of that level of determination, the world now has access to pure-sound healing enjoyment. The songs on Strut! are positive songs of motivation, inspiration and transformation; songs you can feel in your spine! It only took Vitale one year to complete his very first singer-songwriter album with 11 original songs.

Strut! has just been released and the music can be sampled at: http://www.GetUpAndStrut.com

Vitale?s third album Aligning to Zero, with Mathew Dixon, rounds out his musical trifecta. These three albums have all been created, written and recorded in less than 17 months!

Aligning to Zero, shares something in common with the aforementioned CDs; it is also a healing CD, though the healing on this album is focused on the cleansing power of Ho?oponopono.

Ho?oponopono is an ancient Hawaiian practice of reconciliation and forgiveness that is done through a mental discipline called, “Cleaning.”

This is the world?s first healing CD recorded with a special cleaning guitar. This amazing purple guitar (said to be a high vibrational color and Vitale’s favorite), was specifically designed by Vitale and includes the four Ho?oponopono cleaning phrases with yin~yang symbols placed beneath the mantra, all made with mother of pearl. It is a truly magical instrument.

The seven healing tracks on Aligning to Zero, are each played in a certain key and each key has a specific vibrational frequency that resonates with different points in your body. With the entire CD being instrumental, the flow is nice and soothing, seamlessly going through a series of keys, all emanating a cleansing affect. Each specific music key has been carefully crafted to interweave magically within each track to help shift your mood by erasing the negative data stored in our unconscious minds, according to the teachings of Ho’oponopono. Vitale has also recorded subliminal Ho’oponopono phrases that have been embedded into the songs to reach below your conscious awareness, allowing for greater ease in aligning with the Divine.

The third in Vitale’s Healing Music series only took two and a half months to complete!

Take a peek at the titles and feel the energy?

1 – Aligning – (played in the key of C).

2 – Please Forgive Me – (played in D sharp).

3 – I’m Sorry – (played in E flat).

4 – Thank You – (played in the key of F).

5 – I Love You – (played in the key of G).

6 – Zero Limits – (played in the key of A).

7 – At Zero – (played in the key of B).

Stay tuned…Aligning to Zero is coming soon in 2012!

Check http://www.AligningToZero.info frequently for updates and details!

Media and Performance Requests Contact:

Suzanne Burns

(512) 278-1610

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Biloxi, Miss. (PRWEB) January 12, 2012

Scores of film and music enthusiasts from around the nation will converge on the Mississippi Gulf Coast November 7 ? 12, 2012, to experience for the first time ? Sun & Sand, the Mississippi Film & Music Festival. Plans for this five-day mega-event were announced today as organizers revealed details about the festival?s tremendous combination of concerts, screenings and trade show activities including mixers and breakout and academic sessions.

?Sun & Sand is the first-ever film and music event of this scale in the Southeast,? said Bobby Benton, chief executive officer of Red Planet Entertainment and Sun & Sand sponsor. ?Film and music fans ? along with renowned actors, musicians, producers, directors and other entertainment-industry leaders ? will be attracted by Sun & Sand?s extraordinary mix of entertainment and its unique location along the Mississippi Gulf Coast.?

Over the five-day event, Sun & Sand is projected to attract more than 200,000 people which can have an economic impact to the Mississippi Gulf Coast of over $ 23 million. Hosting Sun & Sand along the Mississippi Gulf Coast gives the festival opportunity to expand across the beaches of the three counties that comprise the Mississippi Gulf Coast.

Sun & Sand?s line-up offers concerts and screenings that will be set among exciting indoor and outdoor venues, including luxurious resorts and casinos, historic downtown theatres and beachfront settings under the stars. From major motion pictures and independent shorts, to movies with Mississippi roots, a variety of films will be screened.

Each five nights of the festival, great concerts will be held at select venues. Festival-goers will rock the nights away while enjoying a wide selection of music from local bands to top headliners.

?Contact with potential national sponsors of Sun & Sand have been very positive,? said Benton. ?The Mississippi Gulf Coast location makes the festival accessible to an audience from a 13-state radius that includes an impressive target of students, professionals and potential festival fans.?

Sun & Sand?s schedule also leaves time for exhibits and breakout sessions.

?This festival is an incredible opportunity for Sun & Sand to bring together some of the industry?s top digital and interactive experts to share the latest concepts, equipment and emerging technologies,? said Wes Benton, president of Red Planet Entertainment. ?Experts who created the digital effects that brought movies like ‘Avatar’ to life are a perfect example of the calibre of experienced professionals who will take part in Sun & Sand?s Emerging Tech Show.?

Other activities scheduled during the Emerging Tech Show will give fans the chance to connect with some of the most respected, aspiring players in all facets of the worlds of filmmaking, music, video game and digital entertainment.

In keeping with Southern hospitality, food is a natural focus for Sun & Sand and will be the highlight of the Film Catering Trade Show. Exhibitors, including Mississippi restaurants, caterers and food producers from the Delta to the Coast, will share their on-location capabilities and demonstrate how to feed hungry film crews in Mississippi.

?Sun & Sand is arriving at an exciting time in Mississippi?s film history since our state has recently emerged as a favoured destination among filmmakers,? Wes Benton said. ?While Sun & Sand celebrates the creativity of music and film, it also serves as springboard for increasing the film and entertainment industry?s awareness of what Mississippi has to offer. Location, equipment, technology and available crews, combined with Mississippi?s Motion Picture Incentive Program, makes Mississippi and the Mississippi Gulf Coast a filmmaking contender.?

For more information about Sun & Sand, visit http://www.sunandsandfestival.com or follow us on Facebook.

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Reno, NV (PRWEB) January 10, 2012

From January 10th until 13th Las Vegas will be hosting the 2012 Consumer Electronic Show (CES). Every year, the world?s largest convention of consumer electronics attracts, in addition to the crowds of fans, important exhibitors displaying their latest technology. Each January in Las Vegas the tradeshow typically hosts previews of products and new product announcements. Therefore, MAGIX is pleased to announce the release of its next version of the ground breaking video editing software, MAGIX Video Pro X4 (US release date: January 31).

MAGIX Video Pro X4 is simply a great solution for professional video editing: the multi-award-winning software, which is geared towards the unique requirements of professional users, offers an unbeaten range of powerful post-production tools. Thanks to the new MAGIX Hybrid Video Engine, MAGIX Video Pro X4 leverages the efficiency of AMD?s multi-core CPU and GPU technology, while incorporating acceleration through OpenCL? for AMD Radeon? Graphics.. As a result, performance is increased by up to 350% in comparison to previous versions during the output of AVCHD footage.

?With AMD we found the perfect partner to enhance our video products with a faster and more convenient workflow. Our professional video software, Video Pro X4 and our consumer product, Movie Edit Pro MX, are our first video editing solutions fully compatible with AMD graphic cards and OpenCL?, says MAGIX CEO J?rgen Jaron. Multi monitor set-ups are the future and MAGIX together with AMD gives every user the possibility to use up to six screens in video editing with a single AMD Radeon? HD graphics card and AMD Eyefinity technology. This gives the user more space for implementing ideas and ?we have also found out that the benefit in terms of speed is huge: The processing of video effects like colour-correction, transitions and scaling on the GPU leads to great improvement in real-time video effect editing.?

OpenCL and the OpenCL logo are trademarks of Apple, Inc. used by permission by Khronos.

In 2012 MAGIX has no booth at the CES, but will be present on site with the MAGIX Vice President of Sales and Marketing in North America, Markus Gunn.

Download Product Information Package:

http://www.ces2012.magix.net/

Contact

MAGIX

Markus Gunn

1105 Terminal Way #202

Reno, NV 89502

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Hudson, New York (PRWEB) January 07, 2012

After winning a battle against cancer, Russian-American concert pianist Vladimir Pleshakov began to channel ancient traditional Slavonic sacred music. At the preview concert, his new music brought members the audience to tears, as if touched by a divine inspiration.

DIVINE INSPIRATION

Famed Russian-American Pianist Channels Slavonic Sacred Choral Music

World Premier Carnegie Hall

http://www.carnegiehall.org/Event.aspx?id=4294978273

After winning a battle against cancer, Russian-American concert pianist Vladimir Pleshakov began to channel ancient traditional Slavonic sacred music. At the preview concert, his music brought members the audience to tears, as if touched by a divine inspiration.

?After suffering from a life threatening battle with cancer, world renowned pianist Vladimir Pleshakov began to experience something that can only be described as a mystical journey into his past. He went from not being able to compose, to hearing a ?radio? in his head which produced perfectly completed sacred choral music that is deeply rooted in the Russian tradition. Pleshakov is founder of the Piano Museum in Hudson, New York.

On January 22nd, 2012 at 2:00 P.M. the world will be uplifted by a celebration of the soaring sounds of voices singing to the heavens at the world debut of a musical tribute to the Russian heritage. The concert will feature the 26 voice strong Aoede Consort in an hour?s worth of newly-born settings at Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall. Pleshakov, along with his wife Elena Winther-Pleshakov, will also perform piano works by Rachmaninoff and Beethoven.

Speaking of Pleshakov, William Carragan, Kilenly Medalist says. ?These are ambitious, complex settings in which intricate counterpoint alternates with serene homophony. The impressive skill and inspiration of the composer are humbly offered as an expression of the kind of wordplay in the music where almost note by note, in natural speech rhythm, the words pour forth with unmistakable significance by virtue of the music which reflects the most detailed nuances of the texts from the Old and New Testament.

These new compositions are not derived from the work of any other composer. Many in attendance at the preview concert, in Albany, New York, were moved to tears as if touched by the hand of some divine force. ?The fact that the voice of such a composer is among us today, a man who is a living link to the great tradition of Russian composers, is a miracle in itself,? says Carragan.

?Vladimir?s music is a great gift to the world which we in the Aoede Consort have the distinct privilege to perform for the first time,? explains Dan Foster, founder and conductor of the Aoede Consort. ?The music has deeply touched everyone who has heard it with its richness of spirituality, its passionate, evocative settings of the Slavonic texts; and its unique tone world. These new works are undeniably Russian?neo-Romantic even?a continuation of the Great Russian choral tradition which languished after the Russian Revolution,? says Foster.

Born in Shanghai, China, the child of Russian emigrants, Pleshakov was enthralled by the divine sound of Russian choirs performing this ancient form of liturgical music at the Russian Cathedral in Shanghai. The tradition of Slavonic choral works dates back to the 8th century with professional choirs singing texts from the Old Testament and New Testament. When the 1917 revolution raged through Russia, thousands of churches were destroyed and priests put to death. The beautiful a-cappella music and the voices of the choirs seemed to be silenced forever.?

DIVINE INSPIRATION:

?I can?t explain what happened, but one day I started writing, on paper napkins at dinner, on scraps of paper at the movies. Something or someone was guiding my hand. Each piece emerged unwilling to be changed, not one note. I had tried to compose before but it was awful,? explains the 77 year old concert pianist. I think it was my survival of two deadly forms of cancer that may have touched me in some way. It was this gift that put into motion profound changes in my life and music,? says Pleshakov.

His childhood experiences proved to be the catalyst for a Proustian reconstruction of the past. This ?reconstruction? allowed the music to be channeled into the strictest form. Vladimir?s memory opened up to sacred texts that he read and heard as a child. The composer has remembered with uncanny accuracy, over 70 years of silence, the words appeared in an archaic Slavonic tongue, which generated in Vladimir?s mind a subconscious stream of creativity resulting in an hour of music that is absolutely precise. ?There probably is no documented example in the entire history of serious music of anybody beginning to compose at age 75,? says Pleshakov.

This new composition s firmly based in the Russian tradition, and was influenced by the music of Berezovsky and Bortnyansky through to the music of the magnificent Liturgy and All-Night Vigil of Rachmaninoff. The choral work is fresh and ancient at the same time. Pleshakov says that he does not know where the music comes from: ?it just seems to appear.? Indeed it comes from the whole man, from a lifetime of experience of the church and the stage, of everything which makes the composer the highly sensitive, cultivated and intelligent person that he is. Because of the complex rhythm, this music would probably be best in a building with acoustics at the same time less rich and more detailed than those of a large building, for which the classic church literature was written. Acoustics play such an important role in the sound of the music which needs to be performed in buildings closer to those of a smaller Orthodox parish church and now ideally showcased in the glorious Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall. Pleshakov?s music is a celebration of the emotion and meaning of the words of the Bible.

TICKETS AND TRANSPORTATION

Tickets for the concert are available through:

The Carnegie Hall box office at 57th Street and Seventh Avenue, CarnegieCharge: 212-247-7800 or http://www.carnegiehall.org/Event.aspx?id=4294978273

Bus reservations, schedule and pick up points may be found at

the Aoede Consort website: http://www.AoedeConsort.org

NOTE TO EDITORS:

Interviews with Dan Foster and Vladimir Pleshakov are available upon request for all media.

Media is invited to a rehearsal of the performance, Saturday January 14th at 2:00-5:00 P.M and 7-10 P.M. at Trinity Church Wall Street, Main Sanctuary, 74 Trinity Place, New York. For more information on rehearsals please call Dan Foster at 518 248 6670. Radio and T.V and Internet I-reporters welcome.

CONTACT: Anne Macpherson, dameannemac(at)gmail(dot)com or call 518 851 9670

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Buffalo, NY and New York, NY (PRWEB) January 04, 2012

Synacor, the Entertainment Everywhere Platform powering next-gen portals and TV Everywhere (TVE) services, today announced the appointment of Marwan Fawaz and Gary Ginsberg to Synacor?s board of directors. Their collective experience comprises world-class companies including Charter Communications, Time Warner, News Corporation, and more.

“I?m thrilled to have Marwan and Gary join our board of directors,? said Ron Frankel, Synacor CEO. ?Their singular experiences, leadership skills and collective expertise with key service and content providers will be invaluable to Synacor as we prepare for a potential IPO, continue to deliver the Synacor Platform to cable, satellite, telco and consumer electronics companies, and in our campaign to bring TV Everywhere to everyone.?

A principal at Fawaz Consulting Services, Marwan Fawaz is a communications and tech veteran with valuable insight into customer needs from his experience as an executive officer in the cable industry. While at Charter, one of Synacor?s largest customers, Fawaz served as executive vice president strategy and chief technology officer. Prior to that, Fawaz served as senior vice president and chief technical officer for Adelphia Communications Corporation, and as technology analyst at Vulcan Investment.

Gary Ginsberg brings fundamental operational and management experience to Synacor, having served as an executive for media giants, Time Warner and News Corporation. Ginsberg has held the position of executive vice president of corporate marketing and communications at Time Warner since February 2010. Prior to that, Ginsberg served as the executive vice president at NewsCorp. He also has been a managing director at strategic consulting firm Clark & Weinstock, a senior editor and counsel at the monthly magazine, George, and a former assistant counsel to President Clinton.

For more information on Synacor and its TV Everywhere services including ?TV Everywhere for Everyone,? please visit http://www.synacor.com or email tvee(at)synacor(dot)com.

About Synacor

Synacor is the Entertainment Everywhere Platform powering next-gen portals and TV Everywhere services reaching more than 21 million high-speed Internet subscribers worldwide. Synacor clients?including cable, telecom, satellite and consumer electronics companies?use Synacor’s Platform to deliver TV shows, movies, music, news, games, sports, email, tech support and other value-added services to their end-customers, across multiple connected devices. Synacor’s technology solutions enable its partners to quickly adapt to the evolving online landscape, driving consumer engagement and generating new revenues through search, content distribution, advertising, value-added services and e-commerce. Synacor is headquartered in Buffalo, NY.

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(PRWEB) January 02, 2012

KidzBirthdaySupplies.com – a leading online vendor of kids birthday supplies – offers everything moms need for hosting a themed celebration that kids will remember for a lifetime.

The company is announcing its top 5 kids birthday themes of the past year: Super Mario, Ladybugs, John Deere, Monster Jam, and Construction Pals.

“And they show promise for remaining bestsellers next year, too. Super Mario was the best selling birthday theme of 2011, as it has been for many years past. This colorful character has delighted kids for a generation now, and shows no sign of stopping.” said Patti Lauwers, owner of KidzBirthdaySupplies.com

As a close second comes the Ladybugs theme. According to Patti, “It’s no wonder that LadyBugs birthday supplies are a huge favorite of moms and their little girls.The theme offers tons of fun, dozens of colorful items that will bring a party to life.”

John Deere farm equipment has been around for generations. So, it’s no surprise that birthday supplies that echo all the traditional values they evoke should be so popular. Some things stand the test of time well and that goes for both the equipment and the birthday supplies patterned after them. Party planners and kids choose these time and time again.

Monster Jam may be the relative new kid on the block but it continues to be among the best selling birthday themes for boys. The Mattel-designed toys and the party supplies on which they’re based bring all the excitement of the real events to a celebration. Month after month moms keep coming back for more.

A similar birthday party theme – Construction Pals – gives Monster Jam a run for the money. Ideal for 1st and 2nd year birthday celebrations, these party items make every mom think of their child’s favorite Disney characters. The art work resembles the hugely popular Cars series.

No matter which of these birthday themes a party planner selects kids get really excited. These top five, and many of the 150+ other kids birthday themes sold by KidzBirthdaySupplies.com, show every sign of remaining popular in the year to come. Even the Smurfs have become known to yet another generation thanks to the recent popular movie.

For more themes and information on kids birthday supplies, please visit http://www.kidzbirthdaysupplies.com

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Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) December 29, 2011

The MISS CALIFORNIA USA? pageant has registered the most contestants for any state in the history of Donald Trump?s MISS USA? and MISS UNIVERSE? organization. Over 400 women are set to compete for the prestigious title of MISS CALIFORNIA USA and MISS CALIFORNIA TEEN USA 2012. The pageant is scheduled to take place on January 7 & 8 at the McCallum Theatre in Indian Wells, California.

?Continuing with the concepts introduced at the 2011 pageant, the MISS CALIFORNIA USA pageant in 2012 will emphasize individuality and push the envelope even further, distancing ourselves from most traditional pageants,? according to Keith Lewis, Co- Executive Director of MISS CALIFORNIA USA and MISS CALIFORNIA TEEN USA. ?This year?s event will be bigger and reflect the progressive attitudes of the contestants as well as our forward-looking and thinking state,? added Lewis. ?We have changed the essence of MISS CALIFORNIA USA from a bathing-suit beauty contest to the style of a sexy runway show during fashion week.?

The MISS CALIFORNIA USA and MISS CALIFORNIA TEEN USA pageants are judged by well-known celebrities and respected industry professionals on three main categories: interview, swimsuit and evening gown. All contestants are also reviewed on vital judging criteria including: character, poise, confidence and personality. The winner of the MISS CALIFORNIA USA pageant will go on to compete in the MISS USA pageant, the precursor to the MISS UNIVERSE pageant.

This year?s judges include Joey Maalouf (?The Rachel Zoe Project?), Dulce Candy (YouTube Fashion & Beauty Guru/ Social Media Icon), Christie Bear (former TMZ producer), Christopher Mannor (Style Director at Beauty Entertainment Magazine), Elizabeth Rusnak Arizmendi (V.P. Rusnak Auto Group), Annie Roberts (Casting Director for E! Entertainment), Brehan Fitgerald (Executive Director of Feature Talent at 20th Century Fox Filmed Entertainment), Brian Worley (Co-Owner of YourBASH! Event Production), Justin Killion (V.P. Development with Original Productions), Lori Montoya (Owner & Co-Founder of Rain Cosmetics), Mark Harris (Co-Founder, WOW! Creations Media), Meg Day (Director of Women?s Division for Vision Los Angeles), Ric Enriquez (Head of Casting for CONAN on TBS), Rich Orosco (General Manager, LA Matadors), Ronald Jason Palmieri (Celebrity & Entertainment Attorney), Stewart Goldman (Executive V.P. of Chinese Laundry Shoes and Accessories), Ty Griffin (Producer, ?The Celebrity Apprentice?, ?The Glee Project?, ?Fashion Star?). The 2012 pageant will also feature an individual ?Style Award? presented by world-renowned fashion designer Tony Bowls.

Last year, the state of California was fortunate enough to see its reigning MISS CALIFORNIA USA winner, Alyssa Campanella, move on to win the MISS USA crown and to be a top 16 semifinalist at the MISS UNIVERSE 2011 pageant. In lieu of such victories, the MISS CALIFORNIA USA pageant is a highly anticipated event; its contestants and winners have impressive pageant histories and have become very successful in the entertainment, movie, television and modeling industries.

To purchase tickets to the MISS CALIFORNIA USA? pageant please visit http://www.MissCaliforniaUSA.com or http://www.MCCallumTheatre.com/singletickets.php. Tickets range from $ 55-115 dependent on seat location and day/round of the competition.

About MISS CALIFORNIA USA? and MISS CALIFORNIA TEEN USA?

There really is no better opportunity for today?s ambitious young women. The MISS CALIFORNIA USA? and MISS CALIFORNIA TEEN USA? Pageants bring beautiful young women from throughout the state to compete for this title and the chance to be crowned MISS USA? and MISS TEEN USA?. Stepping up the excitement for 2012, the pageant will increase the number of contestants, feature top designer clothes and incorporate more up-to-date music and programming.

The MISS UNIVERSE?, MISS USA and MISS TEEN USA Pageants are a Donald J. Trump and NBC Universal joint venture. If you are interested in information on the upcoming 2012 MISS CALIFORNIA USA and MISS CALIFORNIA TEEN USA events, you can call the state offices at K2 Productions at (310) 275-4339 or you may log onto http://www.MissCaliforniaUSA.com.

About McCallum Theatre

The McCallum Theatre is a historic, nationally renowned, state-of-the art theatre and concert venue located on the southern edge of Palm Desert, California. The venue, named after the Coachella Valley family, first opened in January 1988, the culmination of a ten year and $ 22M project; since opening, it has been home to nationally televised events and sold-out concerts.

The theatre itself is a breath-taking sight every step of the way, from the front doors to seating inside the concert hall. Upon entry, event and concert goers are greeted by neatly arranged palm trees, lit up majestically from the base, lining a perfectly paved driveway adjacent to the off-white, modern architecture that is McCallum Theatre. While the exterior of the building appears modern and chic, the inside reflects a much different feel, resembling the glamour and luxury of Old Hollywood. The pinkish-purple plush seats of the hall sit facing a classical image of rich, burgundy, velvet curtains draped across the vast stage, with all 1,127 seats, spread across three massive level, stretching remarkably into the sky.

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Movie Awards Trivia App is the first iPhone and iPad App from MOVIE TRIVIA APPS. Made for movie lovers, movie trivia fans, Academy Awards trivia fans and old movie image lovers.

The purpose of the App Quiz is for users to test their knowledge of Academy Award trivia including winning movies and nominees through a series of multiple choice questions.

Answering questions correctly allows users to rack up points as they test their knowledge and enjoy wonderful images of Academy Award winning movies. Updated with new images and movies every year, the Movie Awards Trivia App will keep entertaining even the most knowledgeable users.

This movie trivia quiz is enjoyable for experts and novices alike users don?t need to know all the answers since guessing is part of the fun. It is simple to play? A clock gives participants sufficient time to answer but rewards quicker, correct responses with a better score. High scores are recorded so anyone can play against friends or individually. After answering the movie quiz, images can be enlarged and enjoyed in greater detail.

With multiple answers, even movie buffs who know just a little can guess, get several answers right, score points and build up their knowledge. Users can even collaborate on Facebook to test their friend?s film IQ.

?Our aim was to produce a fun, interactive trivia App for movie lovers, which taps into their passion for answering movie quiz questions. We know they?ll enjoy the spectacular images of Academy Award winning actors and nominees while matching them to the films quiz? said Christopher Black, Vice President of New Media at Movie Awards Trivia App. ?We thought this would be a great way for them to compare their movie trivia knowledge against their friends. We?re really excited about getting the Movie Awards Trivia App into the hands of iPad and iPhone users around the globe.?

MOVIE TRIVIA APPS Movie Awards Trivia Lite App is FREE can be downloaded from the iTunes App Store here: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/movie-awards-trivia-lite/id482719751?ls=1&mt=8

MOVIE TRIVIA APPS Movie Awards Trivia App is priced at $ 2.99 for the iPhone and iPad and can be downloaded from the iTunes App Store here: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/movie-awards-trivia/id482939736?ls=1&mt=8

MOVIE TRIVIA APPS Movie Awards Trivia App is priced at $ 2.99 for the iPad and can be downloaded from the iTunes App Store here: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/movie-awards-trivia-hd/id482943706?ls=1&mt=8

Further information is available at http://movieawardstrivia.com/

**Movie Awards Trivia is not affiliated with The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

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