Mar 2007 Newsletter

They’re baaaaaack!  Are those pesky, stealth-like subliminal ads making a comeback?  According to this video capture of a recent broadcast it certainly appears that way.  Is it true that a major brand such as McDonald’s would stoop to this type of consumer trickery?  Check out AdFreak.com and this single frame blip on Food Network's Iron Chef America and judge for yourself.
http://adweek.blogs.com/adfreak/2007/01/is_mcdonalds_in.html 

More Upgrades...The HollywoodCheatSheet.com continues to upgrade our service to the community.  Effective immediately, ALL VENDOR listings will include a contact email, a new feature that will serve both our production vendors AND industry producers and decision makers.  How can we better serve YOU?  Holla back your suggestions:  TheHollywoodCS@aol.com
 
Do you have some news you would like to share with the entertainment community?  You can post your press release in our COOL NEW STUFF section.  Like this one from 9 ON LOVE: "9 ON LOVE" Tells It Like It Is:  A New Raw and Insightful Documentary On Today's Singles Gets It's Release on the Internet presented by MatchActivity.com The Internet is becoming the place where this generation broadcasts their real lives. That's where you will find a new documentary about love and dating from filmmaker Dave Kebo, Sundance Winner, and MatchActivity.com, a new site where you can meet people who dig the same things you do.  "9 ON LOVE", is presented by MatchActivity.com and produced by Social Animal Digitainment Group. To screen this flick, just log onto: http://matchactivity.com/valentines

Trivia Time:  The Oscar telecast is over and after much anticipation, we now know the winners from the films that entertained us last year.  But, what was the most financially successful movie of the year?  You would think it was one of the films that took home the Oscar honors such as The Departed, The Last King of Scotland, or The Queen.  Maybe it was Babel or the feel-good-movie-of-the-year Little Miss Sunshine.  So what’s your guess?  The top box office movie of the year, according to Nielsen, was Pirates of the Caribbean which took in $423 Million.  Far behind in the number two spot was the animated movie Cars which took in $244 Million.  For comparison purposes, the top box office documentary movie was Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth which took in just under $24 Million.  The hottest DVD of 2006 was Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.
 
The HollywoodCheatSheet.com is proud to participate in the upcoming The Other Venice Film Festival March 15-18, 2007.  OVFF is dedicated to screening full-length, short and animated films that embody the spirit, energy and diversity of Venice, CA – an epicenter for LA artists and filmmakers who continue to pave the way toward expanding the language of underground, alternative cinema. The OTHER VENICE FILM FESTIVAL bridges the community of Venice and that of greater LA together in a wild, exciting, fun-filled weekend of movies, music and mayhem. Cost: $10 for single event ticket; $20 opening night screening and reception; $25 full day pass; $50 for all access festival pass; Abbot Awards: complimentary.  For more information, contact Kris Ellenberg at 310.430.1772 or visit www.othervenicefilmfest.com.
 
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