Sentences with phrase «magic of television»

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Mr Obama was on the US west coast in a fundraising push which included an event at the home of Marta Kauffman, creator of the 1990s television programme Friends, and one at the Beverly Hills home of former basketball star Magic Johnson.

The Chicago Bulls and Orlando Magic played on national television just a couple of weeks ago, prior to the NBA trade deadline, with the big story being that the best player from one of the team's likely wouldn't be in the lineup when they met this time around.

Sometimes you just want to escape into a world of magic and watch a little slice of life television.

20 Years... and Still Counting is a delightful hour that manages to encapsulate much of the magic that made «Sesame Street» such treasured television in the 1970s and»80s.

Only partly due to its period setting, «Magic City» bears a striking resemblance to «Mad Men», the most decorated of modern television shows.

Andy Armstrong, stunt coordinator for the 2011 blockbuster film «Marvel's Thor,» functions as action and stunt coordinator, while television and live show veteran Joe Stewart («The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien,» «The Magic of David Copperfield») will lead set design.

So Tim Burton, the same man who changed perceptions of Batman from the campy sixties television show to the grittier, Dark Knight persona (until it changed again for the worse with Batman and Robin), works his magic again, using his strange and wonderful imagination on the Irving tale, giving us his take on this familiar tale.

Based on the»80s television series of the same name, The Equalizer is a re-teaming of Denzel Washington and director Antoine Fuqua who made magic with 2001's Training Day.

After that, the second disc also features five specials previously aired on television («Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire», «Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire: Behind the Magic», «Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire: Dark Matters, New Masters», «Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire: Some Animal Magic», and «Inside Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire».

An extraordinary roster of film, television and Broadway stars lend their voices to «Strange Magic,» including Alan Cumming (CBS» «The Good Wife,» Broadway's «Cabaret»), Evan Rachel Wood («The Ides of March»), Kristin Chenoweth (Broadway's «Wicked»), Maya Rudolph («Big Hero 6,» «Bridesmaids»), Sam Palladio (ABC's «Nashville»), newcomer Meredith Anne Bull, Alfred Molina («Chocolat»), Elijah Kelley («Hairspray,» «The Butler»), Bob Einstein (HBO's «Curb Your Enthusiasm») and Peter Stormare («Fargo»).

Complete List of NAACP Image Award Winners Film Categories Best Picture - «The Secret Life of Bees» Best Director - Gina Prince - Bythewood, «The Secret Life of Bees» Best Actor - Will Smith, «Seven Pounds» Best Actress - Rosario Dawson, «Seven Pounds Supporting Actor - Columbus Short, «Cadillac Records» Supporting Actress - Taraji P. Henson, «The Curious Case of Benjamin Button» Independent Film - «Slumdog Millionaire» Documentary - «The Black List» Foreign Film - «The Class» Best Screenplay - Jenny Lumet, «Rachel Getting Married» Television Categories Best Comedy Series - «Tyler Perry's House of Payne» Best Actor in a Comedy Series - LaVan Davis, «Tyler Perry's House of Payne» Best Actress in a Comedy Series - Tracee Ellis Ross, «Girlfriends» Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series - Lance Gross, «Tyler Perry's House of Payne» Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series - Keshia Knight Pulliam, «Tyler Perry's House of Payne» Best Dramatic Series - «Grey's Anatomy» Best Actor in a Dramatic Series - Hill Harper, «CSI: NY» Best Actress in a Dramatic Series - Chandra Wilson, «Grey's Anatomy» Supporting Actor in a Dramatic Series - Taye Diggs, «Private Practice» Supporting Actress in a Dramatic Series - Angela Bassett, «ER» Made - for - TV Movie, Miniseries or Dramatic Special - «A Raisin in The Sun» Best Actor in a Made - for - TV Movie, Miniseries or Dramatic Special - Sean Combs, «A Raisin in the Sun» Best Actress in a Made - for - TV Movie, Miniseries or Dramatic Special - Phylicia Rashad, «A Raisin in the Sun» Best Actor in a Sopa Opera - Bryton McClure, «The Young and the Restless» Best Actress in a Sopa Opera - Debbi Morgan, «All My Children» Best Director in a Dramatic Series - Ernest Dickerson, «Lincoln Heights - The Day Before Tomorrow» Best Director in a Comedy Series - Kevin Sullivan, «30 Rock - MILF Island» Best Screenplay for a Dramatic Series - Shonda Rhimes, «Grey's Anatomy: Freedom Part 1 & 2» Best Screenplay for a Comedy Series - Erica D. Montolfo, «The Game: White Coats and White Lies» News / Information Series or Special - «In Conversation: Michelle Obama Interview» Talk Series - «The View» Reality Series - «American Idol 7» Variety Series or Special - «An Evening of Stars: Tribute to Smokey Robinson» Children's Program - «Dora The Explorer» Best Performance in a Children's Series or Special - Keke Palmer, «True Jackson» Music Categories Best Male Artist - Jamie Foxx Best Female Artist - Beyonce» Best New Artist - Jennifer Hudson Best Duo, Group or Collaboration - Jennifer Hudson, featuring Fantasia - «I'm His Only Woman» Best Jazz Artist - Natalie Cole - «Still Unforgettable» Best Gospel Artist - Mary Mary Best World Music Album - Cheryl Keyes - «Let Me Take You There» Best Music Video - «Yes We Can» - Will.i.am Best Song - «Yes We Can» - Will.i.am Best Album - Jennifer Hudson - «Jennifer Hudson» Literary Categories Fiction - «In the Night of the Heat: A Tennyson Hardwick Novel,» Blair Underwood, Tananarive Due, Steven Barnes Nonfiction - «Letter to My Daughter,» Maya Angelou Debut Author - «Barack, Race, and the Media: Drawing My Own Conclusion,» David Glenn Brown Biography / Autobiography - «The Legs are the Last to Go,» Diahann Carroll Instructional - «32 Ways to Be a Champion in Business,» Earvin «Magic» Johnson Poetry - «Hip Hop Speaks to Children: A Celebration of «Poetry With a Beat»» Nikki Giovanni Children - «Barack Obama: Son of Promise, Child of Hope,» Nikki Grimes (illustrator - Bryan Collier) Youth / Teens - «Letters to a Young Sister: Define Your Destiny,» Hill Harper

With the help of such celebrities as basketball legend and business icon Earvin «Magic» Johnson, Jr., founder of the not - for - profit Khan Academy Sal Khan, and actor and television personality Montel Williams, the Stand Up campaign highlights the success of the nation's public schools — and works to bolster public confidence in the institution of public education.

«It's simultaneously a celebration of the creative minds behind our industry's products and a way to communicate the SEMA Show magic to millions of consumers through television.»

The re-creation of a legendary magic trick goes horribly awry on live television - a terrible accident, everyone agrees.

The re-creation of a legendary magic trick goes horribly awry on live television — a terrible accident, everyone agrees.

Among other television projects, Greenberg is creator, co-executive producer and host of CNBCʼs specials «Inside American Airlines: A Week in the Life» and «Cruise Inc: Big Money on the High Seas,» and is co-executive producer of «Baggage Battles,» airing on the Travel Channel, and The History Channelʼs two - hour special «Lost Magic.»

Among other television projects, Peter Greenberg is creator, co-executive producer and host of CNBC's specials «Inside American Airlines: A Week in the Life» and «Cruise Inc: Big Money on the High Seas,» and is co-executive producer of Baggage Battles, airing on the Travel Channel, and The History Channel's two - hour special Lost Magic Decoded.

There is a large guest lounge with television, DVD player, library, games, tour desk and best of all a magic fridge always full of cold drinks and beer.

Through the power of Xbox, the magic of Kinect and the intelligence of Xbox SmartGlass, you will be able to surf the Internet using your voice on your Xbox 360 and navigate using your mobile devices for an incredibly easy Web browsing experience on the television.2 Whether it is a new website you want to check out on the big screen, an HD video you want to share in your living room, or your favorite website you check daily and want to view in the 10 - foot experience, you will have the power of the Web now on your TV.

Swiss Institute and ARTBOOK invite you to join us for the launch of Imponderable: The Archives of Tony Oursler, Since the late 1990s, artist Tony Oursler has amassed a vast personal archive of objects and ephemera relating to magic, the paranormal, film, television, phantasmagoria, pseudoscience and technology.

Her project transforms the theater into a huge, living creature, mingling cinema and television, hallucinations and high - definition images, dreams and reality: the sumptuously decorated spaces of the Manzoni — from the lobby to the grand staircase, and from the auditorium to the bar — are wrapped in a new skin of images, an enveloping carousel of sound, light and color that restores a joyous magic to what was once Milan's most prestigious movie theater, in a final flutter of life.

A panel of four judges made the decision to award the prize to Gone Again: Deborah Johnson, winner of the 2015 Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction and author of The Secret of Magic; Cassandra King, author of The Same Sweet Girls» Guide to Life; Don Noble, host of Alabama Public Radio's book review series as well as host of Bookmark, which airs on Alabama Public Television; and Han Nolan, author of Dancing on the Edge.

From toys and games to television, movies, digital gaming and consumer products, Hasbro offers a variety of ways for audiences to experience its iconic brands, including NERF, MY LITTLE PONY, TRANSFORMERS, PLAY - DOH, MONOPOLY, LITTLEST PET SHOP and MAGIC: THE GATHERING, as well as premier partner brands.

Abovitz says the high cost is justified because over time, a Magic Leap headset can replace «your phones, your televisions, your laptops, your tablets, which add up to thousands of dollars.»

To control WebOS, and indeed the rest of the television, LG provides its Magic Motion remote, this year with a few hot keys to popular streaming services as well as a scrolling wheel, handy for quickly moving through those multiple rows of content on services like Netflix and Hulu.